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  For the Supporters of Those Who Love Jehovah

  by lovesjehovah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am jehovah's witness, despite some of the questionable teachings, crimes, and other outlandish behaviors of specific people affiliated with the religion.

  i know that my relationship with jehovah is not influenced by any outside factors.

  i do not condone any crime.

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  I love how Jehovah keeps the Down Syndrome birth rate at 1 in 700. 1 in 1400 would be too rare. Praise the wisdom of Jehovah!
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  Reasons for doubting.

  by New day in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  somebody mentioned in a recent topic that they had a conversation with a former elder whose breaking point was when the overlapping generation was highlighted in recent times and how he would never serve again until somebody gave him a scriptural reason to believe it.

  i am in a similar position.

  i have gone in the last 18 months from taking the wt study, leading fs groups, and doing talks on the mtngs to doing almost nothing, as i resigned a little over a year ago as an elder due to a combination of family responsibilities and huge doubts.

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  The overlapping group thing woke me up. Elder of 14 years MS for the previous 10, pioneer for most of those years. Still stuck in a fade right now.
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  Matt Dillahunty and Tracie Harris Respond to JW Caller's Arguments For God's Existence

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in this recent episode of the atheist experience "john from london" calls in to the show to give his arguments for god's existence.

  matt and tracie use logic to point out the flaws in his arguments - very weak arguments!.

  near the end of the conversation, john starts talking about the un turning on religion.

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  Debating Matt and Tracie? Get ready to get schooled.
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  Matt Dillahunty and Tracie Harris Respond to JW Caller's Arguments For God's Existence

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in this recent episode of the atheist experience "john from london" calls in to the show to give his arguments for god's existence.

  matt and tracie use logic to point out the flaws in his arguments - very weak arguments!.

  near the end of the conversation, john starts talking about the un turning on religion.

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  Religion = bad ideas

  Will the UN disseminate good ideas in it's battle?
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  Kenneth Flodin: ‘This Generation Will ... Not Pass Away’ (Matt. 24:34)

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmbpbb5k_mc

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  Jesus was NOT talking to ANOINTED people when he said these words. Asshole!

  No one was anointed until after his death. He was talking to the "other sheep" version of his disciples at the time he spoke these words. Remember, John the Baptizer was of the "other sheep" just like the rest of the monkeys were until the "outpouring of the holy spirit" at Pentecost 33.

  Their BS is really stretched.
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  Coordinator of Elders Problems in One Southern England Circuit!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  information just passed to me.

  let's hope this becomes even more widespread.

  i wonder if the britain branch suspects a conspiracy?

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  My immediate family was composed of 3 elders and 1 MS and 4 pioneers. That was 10 years ago.

  Now, zero, zip, and zilch.
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  Why does the Watchtower leadership slap its own defenders in the face?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  take the case of rolf furuli.

  i don't think there has been a specific thread on the hebrew verbs u-turn in the nwt, and how the society has responded to the work of perhaps their brightest and ablest defender in their history.

  so here goes.. rolf furuli has defended jws on multiple fronts in many different settings, on issues ranging from chronology, mental health, doctrines, bible translation and the blood issue.

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  I've appreciated reading through this scholarly thread. Nice to see specifics on the Hebrew translating efforts of the WT darling Fred Franz. He had the time (single, really single) and the ability, so he did a lot of work.

  But, as I was waking up from the cult, the point Simon made hit me between the eyes.

  The following doesn't matter:

  • What an ancient Hebrew extant says
  • What a Hebrew scholar says
  • What the NWT nor the rNWT says
  • What an old Watchtower says

  The only thing that matters is that seven hands go up on Wednesday morning around the GB table and vote unanimously on a piece of "new light". That procedure trumps EVERYTHING and EVERYONE, yesterday and today.
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  Are there any ex-missionaries here??

  by fulano in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been a missionary in the dominican republic for almost 10 years and i was wondering if there were any ex-missionaries on this forum.. i am back in my country now for 3 years and totally inactive.. what i noticed in those missionary-years was the lack of spiritual interest among the missionaries.. discussions were about rooms, cars and greater responsibilities, the bad territory.

  and the local c.o.s and d.os.. was this only in the dr or are there other experiences??.

  ere other experiences?

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  The old missionary home. He that has the most seniority gets the best of everything.

  I've known lots of missionaries over the years and have spent nights at several missionary homes. There always seemed to be one psycho in the house making everyone else's lives miserable.

  All of that is now a thing of the past it seems. Are there any more functioning missionary homes in Central or South America?
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  Why Rational People Buy Into Conspiracy Theories?

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife is taking a literature course at a local college.

  this was her final topic of the semester: why rational people buy into conspiracy theories?i automatically thought of this site and of jws.

  the jws i knew, were the kind of people that would believe in conspiracy theories, and i noticed a small following on this site.. the article that was referenced for this course was: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/magazine/why-rational-people-buy-into-conspiracy-theories.html?_r=0.

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  My "favorite" is chem trails. Makes me LOL.
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  Why Rational People Buy Into Conspiracy Theories?

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my wife is taking a literature course at a local college.

  this was her final topic of the semester: why rational people buy into conspiracy theories?i automatically thought of this site and of jws.

  the jws i knew, were the kind of people that would believe in conspiracy theories, and i noticed a small following on this site.. the article that was referenced for this course was: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/magazine/why-rational-people-buy-into-conspiracy-theories.html?_r=0.

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  OneGenTwoGroups

  That feeling of "I'm in the know", "I got it figured out", is very appealing to a person with low self-esteem and a lack of success in life, love, and/or money.