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  This sums Wt up to a "T"

  by joe134cd in

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  just saw this on you tube.

  although he is talking about religion generally and from a christian perspective.

  it very much sums up the transition wt is going through.. https://youtu.be/mkejzeh5ee8.

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  What he says is correct. Religions have been reduced into mere social clubs. Many are realising now that people can live without religion but religion cannot live without people. Even during my school days I realised that religion is not needed because I am created in God's image--there is a divine spark in me that sustains my body.

  I understood people have varying responses to others' action which shows people create their emotions such as unhappiness and happiness, depression and joyfulness, anger and contentment ...

  I create happiness

  I create moving pictures in mind--even while sleeping (dream)

  I created my body

  If such a great power resides in my body, it is a divine spark--exact representation of God's very being. Hence why do I need guidance of religion? I can always turn to my soul within.
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  what is the sales technique here?

  by Kevin McFree in

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  jw's will never knock on your door and say, "hi, we are here to convert you".

  speaking to a reporter recently a jw media rep at hq said " our main purpose going door to door is not to convert but to share bible truths with people".

  does anyone know the sales techniques involved here?

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  Exactly the way an Insurance Agent frames his wording--I am not here to sell insurance, but to share information about insurance.

  After purchasing one, when you really need insurance coverage for some loss, then their concern would be how to not give insurance, seeking for all loopholes that would make you ineligible.
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  Stop harassing jws

  by pomo6780 in

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  we want people to learn ttatt.

  we have numerous resources online to draw jws in so that they will wake up.

  however, i've noted some radical methods that have been used by fellow exjws, and quite frankly, this must stop.

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  pomo6780, you said: "Humanity is lost when people attack others for no reason. Complete strangersconfronting others is not normal."

  Very valid point, must be known by God too which means He would not authorize one human preaching to another!
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  Stop harassing jws

  by pomo6780 in

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  we want people to learn ttatt.

  we have numerous resources online to draw jws in so that they will wake up.

  however, i've noted some radical methods that have been used by fellow exjws, and quite frankly, this must stop.

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  My own twin sister who is a zealous JW stopped preaching to me when I asked her this question:

  If God is able to listen to the prayers of billions of people (as all religions teach), then it must equally be easy for God to communicate with all people simultaneously. Without going for such an easy option, why does He use people like you to communicate with other people?
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  Bible is good if we look for implied truth

  by venus in

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  thumbs-up gesture doesn’t covey much if we see only four fingers closed and thumb standing upward.

  but if we look for the implied meaning, then it is a positive, informal signal indicating a job well done, and saying ‘keep it up.’.

  similarly, biblical accounts don’t convey much if we see them as mere accounts.

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  days of future passed

  If what religions teach (God can listen to prayers of billions of people simultaneously) is true, then it would mean He can also communicate with billions of people simultaneously.

  Yet He doesn't do that? Why? It is of no use. Everyone knows one day he would die, and has seen the death of many people, and billions of people who ever lived on earth are no more--yet most people behave as though they won't die, get immersed in accumulation of things in abundance which they won't finish using before their death. Why does this sure thing as death have no effect on people? If this doesn't influence people, what else would influence?
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  Stop harassing jws

  by pomo6780 in

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  we want people to learn ttatt.

  we have numerous resources online to draw jws in so that they will wake up.

  however, i've noted some radical methods that have been used by fellow exjws, and quite frankly, this must stop.

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  To JWs coming to me I always say: "Religion must be chosen after you are mature enough to do so--may be in the second half of your life, after making enough observations." This is implied in the famous verse of Jesus:

  "By their fruit you will recognize them"--Mathew 7:16

  Then I put a question to them: If you really follow Jesus, what you will do first?

  Jesus defied/rejected the Scriptures of his time, and appealed to each one's conscience--Mathew 7:12
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  Satan in Heaven

  by pleaseresearch in

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  this has always baffled me.

  that is why was satan and his demons allowed to be in heaven for so long after they split from god?.

  if we did that then we are out of the congregation, members are shunned and also kicked out of families homes.

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  If we mix both The Fall Guy’s comments (Satan as original apostate, or The apostate and Jah and Jesus continuing to have associations and communication)

  with pleaseresearch (a day’s trip on to the mountain top with both Jesus and Satan being fully engaged in conversations)

  it would have a hydrogen bombing effect on WT teaching of shunning the apostates
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  Present day tree.

  by pleaseresearch in

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  since leaving and fading.

  i don't celebrate christmas but in its place which is sad i know.

  we have present day.

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  Any festival is a joyous occasion. The word “festival” in one language means “that which makes you feel elevated.”

  Doing something that makes you feel elevated can never be wrong under any circumstances—especially so Jesus has categorically declared that there is no distinction of pagan and non-pagan in the eyes of God (Mathew 5:44-48)
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  God is our help, not “a burden”

  by venus in

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  sir julian huxley (one of the great pillars of modern neo-darwinism) may be a symbol of people who feel god is a burden because he wrote: “the god hypothesis .

  is becoming an intellectual and moral burden on our thought.

  " therefore, he concluded that "we must construct something to take its place.

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  Hi sparky1
  

  I was not "presenting my worldview as if it were gospelor that I alone have discovered."

  I was only highlighting how Galatians 6:7 is going to be fulfilled in a very big way, on a global scale. That is not my way--it is the most ancient truth, and would be true for all times.
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  God is our help, not “a burden”

  by venus in

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  sir julian huxley (one of the great pillars of modern neo-darwinism) may be a symbol of people who feel god is a burden because he wrote: “the god hypothesis .

  is becoming an intellectual and moral burden on our thought.

  " therefore, he concluded that "we must construct something to take its place.

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  HI tor1500,

  That's an interesting scripture: "Do not forget to do good and to share what you have with others,+ for God is well-pleased with such sacrifices." Hebrew 13:16

  Thank you for that