Posts by OneGenTwoGroups

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Witnesses illusion that they have their OWN conscience!! What a joke! Examples.

by Witness 007 in

witnesses always claim to have a "bible trained conscience" yet they are really just watchtower robots who cant piss without checking with an elder or watchtower.

an elder who cuts hair was scared when i asked for a bald buzz cut since my hair was receding and grey.

he actually rang a bethel elder to see if this was okay watchtower wise!

OneGenTwoGroups

This thread should be bumped once per month. So damn true.

Doing sports officially with your school a conscience matter? NOPE, it's just a no-no

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If the light is getting brighter why are they getting dumber?

by scotoma in

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don't they have editors?.

why can’t they get it through their heads that they aren’t under the mosaic law.. look at the “imperfect food” that was served up at the nov 14 watchtower study.. "3. what can we learn about clothing from god’s law to the israelites?.

3 for example, in god’s law to the israelites there were rules that protected them against the.

OneGenTwoGroups

Just like many other sects of Christendom and other religions. Your holy scriptures can be mumbo jumbo'd to fit what ever belief you already have. Even if it doesn't actually make any sense at all, your sheeple shall follow.

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Fiji: Tears of joy for villagers

by darkspilver in

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from the fiji times.

see also https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5673136815079424/fiji-houses-built-love.

tears of joy for villagers.

OneGenTwoGroups

"they were the ones encouraged instead"

Oh yes, always got to throw this one in with each and every one of these Fing experiences.

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When you stop & think about it ,why would Gods chosen people in the Old testament need an army ?

by smiddy in

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as the op states why would israel /jewish nation need to have an army at all ?

if they were the chosen people as the bible states under a theocracy , why would the men of israel need an army .?

to protect them ?.

OneGenTwoGroups

"Seed" preservation is one of the worst apologetics for this question. There is no need for a seed, Abel could have been born Jesus. No need to drag shit out for 4000 years.

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If you read the bible w/out instruction, what would you think?

by TTWSYF in

anyone reading [or did read] the bible without someone else telling you what it meant?.

would you be leaning towards the jws or baptists or lutherans or what?.

just asking.

OneGenTwoGroups

"the bible" is a name of a "book" that we all use and throw around. However, it is one of those few words where we grant too much to it. "Bible" is a word without any definite meaning.

Which translation? Why?

Which master texts is it based on? Why?

What texts were the master texts based on? And how were variants handled and why?

What texts are considered canon and what was not? Why?

Interpretation of whatever phrases are in their Bible of choice is what actually matters the most. Yet most Christians and especially JWs deny that the Bible is open for interpretation, and they also categorically deny that any of their teachings are "interpretations". "Scripture interprets scripture" "Interpretations belong to God"

oh lordy

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Proverbs 4:18 "light gets brighter"

by stuckinarut2 in

we are all familiar with the classic use by the society of proverbs 4:18 about "light getting brighter".

they say it applies to revealed truth, and doctrinal changes etc.. have you ever just read that chapter (and even the surrounding chapters) in full??.

it has nothing to do with doctrinal changes or teachings.. it has to do with acquiring wisdom and life skills in order to live a successful life.

OneGenTwoGroups

if the bible says what it says and doesn't say what it doesn't say then =

THIS SCRIPTURE IS TALKING ABOUT THE "PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS ONE",

it doesn't say:

"In the last days of this world Jehovah will have a mouthpiece that gets a lot of things wrong."

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Sex & Divorce

by IMHO in

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1. you can't have sex until your married.. 2. you're not married until you've gone through a legal ceremony.. 3. you get 'unscriptually' (although legally) divorced therefore not 'free' to remarry'.

4. can you still 'scriptually' have sex with your former spouse?.

OneGenTwoGroups

I've always wanted to ask this same question because many people are in this situation. And all are told by elders to remain celibate, yet there is no discussion of this in Watchtower print anywhere.

If you are married in the eyes of Jehovah then you can f*ck in the eyes of Jehovah. This is logical, but of course JW dogma and logic have never been friends.

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Election Post-Mortem

by Simon in

i'm sure many people, republicans included, are shocked at the results of the 2016 presidential election.

really, wtf!.

the polls were wrong and although it's tempting to blame voter suppression and fbi interference, that would just avoid looking at the real issues for the loss.

OneGenTwoGroups

Biggest problem is the DNC. They are the least honest in my opinion. Trump overcame the RNC establishment, while Sanders couldn't. My opinion as to why: The RNC is sincerely deluded, the DNC knows they are full of shit hypocrites.

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GB "... it can make mistakes when explaining the Bible ..." Simplified version WT Feb 2017

by freddo in

study article: who is leading god's people today?

start of paragraph 12.. standard version: "the governing body is neither inspired nor infallible.

therefore, it can err in doctrinal matters or in organizational direction.".