EdenOne

Joined

• started 155 topics
• posted 2,912 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by EdenOne

• 
  99

  Golden Rule: Pure Garbage?

  by willmarite in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on another thread a poster made the comment that the golden rule was garbage.

  she said it was arrogant and made assumptions.. i didn't want to derail that thread so i started another wondering if this is a common thought about this belief on this forum.

  i guess i naively thought the value of doing to others as you want them to do to you was generally accepted as positive.. i understand people have different opinions of jesus as a person but i don't want to get into that here.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  EdenOne

  
  
• 
  40

  Cut and Paste of "The List" by Prominent Bethelite of Previous Watchtower Predicted Dates

  by TMS in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  " {watchtower sep 1 1989 12}.

  " {tiah 240-1, also references in wr oct 1879 3941, tkic 84}.

  '" {zions watchtower mar 1880 repr 82}.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  EdenOne

  marked
• 
  99

  Golden Rule: Pure Garbage?

  by willmarite in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on another thread a poster made the comment that the golden rule was garbage.

  she said it was arrogant and made assumptions.. i didn't want to derail that thread so i started another wondering if this is a common thought about this belief on this forum.

  i guess i naively thought the value of doing to others as you want them to do to you was generally accepted as positive.. i understand people have different opinions of jesus as a person but i don't want to get into that here.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  EdenOne

  I'd like my coffee strong with a drop of milk and a sugar cube. Thank you, Viviane.

  Eden
• 
  6

  Another Music Artist that was raised a JW....

  by whathehadas in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i didn't know that this r&b artist from the mid 90's, case, was raised a jw.

  one of the host (charlamagne tha god) on this radio show was raised one also.

  go to the 18:50 mark where it's brought up.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  EdenOne

  I was reading the article on Wiki about U2's lead guitar The Edge, and at some point it says that in the early days of the band, he nearly quitted the band for religious reasons. That statement is taken from a source which I cannot open to check the reference, but it made me wonder if he too had been raised in the JW's.

  Eden
• 
  11

  JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES OLD SUPREME COURT CASE (THEY LOST) COMES UP IN THE NEWS concerning TERROR and HATE SPEECH!

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know about it and i'll explain the reason why.it has to do with terrorism and hate speech!________________________.

  in researching my book about jehovah's witnesses, (i wept by the rivers of babylon) i studied many supreme court cases jehovah''s witnesses were fighting during the 1940's.. one such case is: 1942 supreme court ruling chaplinsky v. new hampshire.. if you had to use just two words to describe this case those two words would be: fighting words.. __________________________.

  a jw street preacher incited his fellow citizens to riot against him by insulting everything they held dear: their god, their religion, their government, and their flag.. (that doesn't surprise you, does it?:).

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  EdenOne

  Marked
• 
  166

  **MUST READ** AlanF's email to Knocking.org

  by sf in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a must-read that, hopefully, will stay an "active topic" for all seekers and lurkers, by bumping it to the top as often as possible.

  alan wrote it in randys {dogpatch} thread regarding knocking.org documentary and in reply to the email mr. engardio sent to barbara anderson.

  however, it is so vital a read that it indeed needs its own thread:.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  EdenOne

  marked. Very useful

  Eden
• 
  14

  The Evidence / Proof That Jehovah Witnesses / I.B.S.A. Have NEVER Been Gods Spirit Directed Organisation .

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a topic i think every ex jw should have oppurtunity to contribute toward .. it has been 144 years since c.t.russell first published "zions watchtower and herald of christs presence" in 1879 .. red flag 1 " zions watchtower " ?

  obviously c.t.russell had sympathy with the zionist movement of the day.. "christs presence" in 1879 ?

  that is right and armageddon was to occur in 1914.. when that did not occur 1916-18 was promoted.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  EdenOne

  Crime rates among Baptized Witnesses are comparable to the general population.

  Can you objectively back up this claim?

  Eden
• 
  23

  Another reason god is a terrible "father"

  by _Morpheus in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  its easy to look around and say if a singular all powerful were real he would stop the suffering of man and animal, a position i support.

  however there is another even more basic premise i have pondered at times as well (im sure im not the first of course) : would any loving parent ever hide from their children?

  consider it... our all knowing all loving father hides from us even though we cry out to know him.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  EdenOne

  The question that everyone that calls Jehovah a "loving father" should as is: What kind of selfish monster of a father would put his own reputation ahead of the well-being of their children? Because this is in fact what the Jehovah's Witnesses teach on the issue of "sovereignty". The all-important question revolves around Satan questioning Jehovah's right to rule the universe and the rightfulness of his rule. Nevermind how many billions of lives of his human creatures are expended and countless suffering mankind is put through so that "Jehovah's good name" is restored.

  Utter nonsense. If. You. Just. Think. About It.

  Eden
• 
  7

  Anybody see this?

  by Junction-Guy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just saw a couple of news stories from israel.

  apparently the jw's were attempting to hold some kind of convention there, and the the town ruled against the jw's, but another court sided with the jw's and they were allowed to have their event.

  it turns out several hundred local orthodox jews turned out to protest this event, and it did turn violent at one point.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  EdenOne

  Unfortunately, the Israeli state has become lately a racist, orthodox-driven bigot entity. While I understand that they frown at the Jehovah's Witnesses because of the ambiguous moves by JF Rutherford to appease Hitler, it is a sign of something bigger and more worrying going on in Israel atm.

  Eden
• 
  32

  Would you call JW HQ???

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a friend who is still in.

  this friend is a partaker, but has serious doubts about the org.

  this friend wants to stand up as a man, and wants to call wtbts hq.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  EdenOne

  Before the day is over, his congregation elders would have been tipped off by Bethel, and he will be in serious boiling water. Just watch...

  Eden