Hey Matt, Glad you are enjoying life. I agree with your agnostic/atheistic position. This continues to be my position as well, and is constantly reinforced by allt he JW drivel. Case in point, "Jehovah has experienced injustice in ways we can't even understand. Imagine the injustice of seeing your own son falsely accused as a criminal and then tortured and killed." Uh, yeah, didn't he want that? Wasn't that his plan all along, oh excuse me, purpose all along.
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Introductions
by Onager ini've made a few posts here already so i thought i'd introduce myself.
i'm an ex-jw from cheltenham pittville (uk) congregation.
i've been free and clear for a few years now so i'm through the anger phase and in the happily getting on with my life phase.
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Bethel writing dept.
by Kojack57 ini heard that 3 brothers have resigned from the writing department recently.
does anyone have any information about this?.
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Have not heard it from any reliable source. Got a friend who is always on the gossip train, expect that if it were true, I would have heard by now.
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The Only Time JWs Make Contact
by naazira ini've realised that the only time jws make contact with me is during memorial season, and at the start of the new service year.
they always try to talk more in the beginning of the service year.
as the pioneer sister always said "start off strong, and get a lot of hours early.
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Good for you....at least they aren't hounding you.
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2014 Distict Convention. Symposium: Anticipate Future Kingdom Blessings! (part 6 "New Scrolls")
by Splash intranscript of the talk from the 2014 uk district convention (aug 2014).. sunday morning.. symposium: anticipate future kingdom blessings!
(part 6 "new scrolls").
(speaker not known).
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"These scrolls are likely to be published to everyone, including many that are actually resurrected."
Yes, they may be published to everyone, but only a small number will have the authority to interpret and apply. The JW hierarchy will never end. Simply accept that there will be nothing "new" about the new order.
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Quick, answer this question: What was the meaning behind: MILLIONS NOW LIVING WILL NEVER DIE?
by Terry inpay attention to what you are told, and how it is presented.. what is the actual message being communicated?
what is the intention behind it?.
this 128-page book millions now living will never die, was placed with the people on a contribution of 25c a copy.. .
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Create religious fervor, similar to the whole 1975 debacle. By the way, love the photos from the era...they say more than ANY article could. It;s a fact!!! OK?
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Do you intend to die?
by new hope and happiness inas far as i know, all of us are going to die.
our hope, our stories, and the fantazy of " good people" telling tales of heaven, or a new system, or future reassembling of our consciousness is not likely?
do you still cling to it?.
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Yes, I intend to die. I am not putting my eggs in the afterlife basket. Make this life worth something.
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Tick Tock
by Brainfloss inwell the clock is ticking down on august and i have yet to recieve a copy of the jw org flyer err tract.
i own a home no tract.
i own two businesses at two different locations no tract at either.
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But you know about it. and that is all that matters. Its like the old "even if nobody answers the door, we still make a witness by those who observe us" Well, you know the tract exists, you sure know about JW.ORG so consider yourself served. LOL
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9yr old girl kills her gun instructor with an uzi
by EndofMysteries inhttp://www.cnn.com/2014/08/26/us/arizona-girl-fatal-shooting-accident/index.html?hpt=hp_t2.
"a 9-year-old girl learning to fire a submachine gun accidentally killed her instructor at a shooting range when the weapon recoiled over her shoulder, according to arizona authorities.
another reason to go against those arguing that young children should be taught how to use guns.
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Tragedy. No excuse for that trainer. He will not be able to make that mistake again.
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I got asked THE QUESTION !!
by Tech49 ina little experience that happened very recently:.
another brother, an elder, and i were talking, i was explaining to him and giving him several examples of how a couple of the elders in our congregation were blatantly trying to run their own show, parading themselves around as "representatives" of the body, when the other brothers didnt know what the hell they were talking about.
they are using their "elder powers" to bully and push people around, causing a bit of angst and hurt feelings.
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I have a possible 3rd reason....he wanted someone to help him invalidate the importance of the supposed FDS. The infamous hypothetical comment....
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The Watchtower and its absurd accusations against the Church Fathers
by opusdei1972 ini love to read the watchtower's article "the church fathersadvocates of bible truth?
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there we may read the most contadictory statements of the watchtower society, which shows how deceptive and ignorant is the jehovah's witnesses religion.. .
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Wholeheartily agree with your post.
I have always, and I have to express ALWAYS, had an issue with the constant criticism of the early church. Even when I was a kid and we use to study the "All Scripture is Inspired" book, I would read the passages about the early "church" and ask "What "church" are we talking about?" If the Roman Catholic "Church" was the only "organized" church at the time, then aren't we talking about them? To criticize the early church as "apostate" and then in the same breath state that God blessed the process of the canonization of holy writings aka the Bible by means of that same early church is tantamount to saying that Charles Manson was a good parent!
The thing that eventually opened my eyes to this whole issue was the study of Marcion, the son of the bishop of Sinope. The church excommunicated Marcion because of his heretical views and by the end of the second century his impact of the church was notable. It was a "reaction" of the church to his selected canon that our current canon exists. Try to make sense of that?