This brings to mind what my 9 year old son said this past Friday while watching Guardians of the Galaxy... "Daddy, this movie is really violent!" My reply.. "Well, if you don't want to watch, you can go outside." Guess who stayed to finish the movie. It honestly was quite shocking. This came from a kid who loves watching little fuzzy animals get beat on in Pokemon and watching and playing light saber battles in Star Wars. I've got to intiate some advanced de-indoctrination techniques on the child before it starts getting worse.
tidalblitz
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Stupid comment Witness made about the Exodus film.
by Trapped in JW land ini was talking with two brothers at the kingdom hall the other day.
one of them suggested seeing the new exodus movie.
the other brother says, "i heard it's really violent"!
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Not on JW.org: THANK YOU!! Jehovah's Witnesses sue hospital after hospital honors NO BLOOD request.
by Balaamsass2 inhome articles wood news should jehovah's witness be able to sue after refusing blood...
should jehovah's witness be able to sue after refusing blood transfusion?.
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tidalblitz
I heard a good analogy the other day.
If I jump out of a two story window for the fun of it I would be putting my life in danger I think most would agree. Now if the house was burning down and the only chance I had of survival was to jump out that window almost everyone would say I did it to save my life and would agree on that choice.
Now take that with blood. To just abuse blood for the fun of it I would agree that it is completely wrong. Now if your survival depended on blood, even if it may come with risks, it’d be worth doing to save your life. Somehow I think God (if he’s out there) would agree.
That is a great analogy! Gotta remember that one.
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Today's Watchtower study. Good example of "talk is cheap."
by stillin inall about love.
how to do it.
why jw's are the experts at it.. gag.
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tidalblitz
It pissed me off that the watchtower glossed over the "Who is my neighbor?" question. All they do is pretty much quote the scripture without any application. I don't know how anyone can read that parable and not think, "What about disfellowshipped ones?" How can you love DF ones while shunning them? Those 2 don't go together at all. I couldn't stomach the rest of the study. Stupid lemmings...
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Just curious...how did you find Jehovah's Witness Net?
by cultBgone inthe influx of new posters made me wonder if the push to view jw.org is helping curious ones find this support site?.
please post whether you found jwn during an internet search or if someone told you about it.. i myself was directed here by a df'd family member once i shared my doubts with that person..
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tidalblitz
I found this site searching for KM downloads about 2 years ago. I was a 100% believer at the time but considered "spiritually weak" as I was rarely attending meetings and hardly ever went out in service. If WT provided digital copies from the get go, I would never have found this site. So I guess I'm thankful to them for that.
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Hypocrisy of a paragraph in the "Draw Close to Jehovah" book!
by stuckinarut2 in"draw close to jehovah" book.
page 106, para 20:.
20 does serving whole-souled mean that we must all spend the same amount of time and energy in the ministry?
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tidalblitz
@KateWild your comment about headaches and depression are on point. Before every meeting, I always have some sort of headache or nausea. Then I would get depressed when I see my wife getting herself and the children ready. While at the meeting, I'm hardly ever paying attention as I'm mostly up and about with my little one. The few times that I get to pay attention, I get to hear all the bullshit spewing forth from everyone.
I've managed to stop going out in FS. I don't really care if I get judged. If someone says anything, I'll just shove Matthew 7:1,2 in their face.
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Did you ever actually believe the JW fantasy version of "Paradise"?
by Darth Fader The Sequel ini am sure this topic has probably been discussed many times before but,......... i would like reassurance that i am not the only one who gagged every time i heard a jw pontificating on their fantasy version of what "paradise" will be like.
particularly when it comes to the animals.
more specifically, that the animals will all become vegetarians.
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tidalblitz
Unfortunately, I wholeheartedly believed in the paradise up until recently. Always thought that I would have a pet tiger. Nowadays, it seems like JW don't think about the practical daily life in "Paradise". For example, there would not be any electricity and no running water. Where would the food come from? Not very many know how to farm. I guess Jah would have to provide mana again, at least in the beginning. I'm not so sure that many JW would be ready to live a subsistence living life style. Are people really ready for this? It's all just romanticized.
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Silence after stating my confusion about "144,000"
by tidalblitz inthe other night, i was told about a question that a friend's bible study had asked them.
the bible study asked: "if jesus is perfect, why does he need the 144,000 to help him rule?
" this friend does not know how to answer this question.
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tidalblitz
It amazes me how I never thought critically about the teachings and doctrines before. Like a lot of born-ins, you just accept. The indoctrination of young ones is disturbing. I even got baptized without even really wanting to.. it was what everyone else was doing, so why not?
It makes me truly afraid that people can believe 100% that JW is the one true religion without even analyzing what is being taught, much less even knowing what is taught.
For myself, I've boiled down the JW faith into one simple question (or two) with a YES/NO answer: Do you believe the Governing Body is God's sole channel for bible truth.
-If you answer YES, then you accept everything lock, stock, and barrel. If YES, what scriptural evidence do you or did you use to convince yourself of that?
-If the answer is NO, then why are you letting these men control how you think?
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Silence after stating my confusion about "144,000"
by tidalblitz inthe other night, i was told about a question that a friend's bible study had asked them.
the bible study asked: "if jesus is perfect, why does he need the 144,000 to help him rule?
" this friend does not know how to answer this question.
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tidalblitz
The other night, I was told about a question that a friend's bible study had asked them. The bible study asked: "If Jesus is perfect, why does he need the 144,000 to help him rule?" This friend does not know how to answer this question. I was asked what I thought. I said that I don't think Jesus needs the 144,000, per se. Only that that is a reward for the 144,000 for being faithful.
After relaying this answer, I went on to mention what I've always thought never made any sense. The 144,000 anointed get the reward (heavenly) that they do only because they were born early. It has nothing to do with how faithful they were or what they did. It's only because they were born early. I myself, and millions of other JW, do not get this reward because we were born too late. This never made sense to me, nor did it seem particularly fair. There is nothing I can do. I was born late and it doesn't matter how much faith I have or whatever else. This concept of 2 different rewards based on the arbitrary criteria of when I was born always seemed stupid to me.
Anyway, after I mentioned this little tidbit, all I get is silence and a wierd look. End of the conversation. It's soo frustrating not being able to have an honest and open dialogue about these things. How is anyone supposed to work these things out if you can't express yourself?
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G.B. TALK URGING CHILD BAPTISM!
by The Searcher inthe introduction & conclusion to this video is in german, but david splanes' words are loud and clear in english - get your kid baptized asap!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h33pwdsuvlq&feature=youtu.be.
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tidalblitz
I 100% agree with everyone who mentions Jesus' example. He got baptized at 30. I feel that anyone who does get baptized shouldn't do so until they are 30, like Jesus. After all, are we better than Jesus?
Also, are there any biblical examples of young children or teenagers being baptized? It's so obvious that they want young children to be baptized so that they can have that sledgehammer of familial shunning hanging over their head. The rhetoric coming from the GB is disgusting... I remember one video of a Tony Morris III talk where he stated that "they can't get in on your coattails!"
Being in this religion is like being in a dream that seems so real and exciting. Once you wake up, you're so disappointed and you feel so fatigued! You try to go back to sleep, but you realize it's impossible, so you just get out of bed. I need to get out of bed already!
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This new JW video is so stupid that it has to be a troll
by Pacopoolio inrecently, my mother, who had stopped talking to me because i was 'apostate,' started speaking to me again.. (note that i successfully faded as opposed to ever being disfellowshipped due to dodging every elder question with "i'm not sure, i'm still searching and trying to find the answers.").
the reason why?
at the international convention this year, they receieved a new video called something or other.
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tidalblitz
The story of this videos sounds eerily similar to a drama from 2 years ago. In fact, I'm 100% certain that this is the case. So is Watchtower making videos of previous dramas now?