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Oubliette
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Is there ANY JW belief/doctrine that has remained the same from start to now?
by journey-on ini was trying to think of one teaching or doctrine that has remained consistent from the society's inception to now, and couldn't.
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can you give me one?.
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Anthony Morris interrupted conducting an "interview"
by Watchtower-Free in.
ex-jehovah's witnesses cult meme's and humorhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/excult/.
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Oubliette
I don't think ToMo III could get it up with a crane and three Russian sex slaves.
Besides, taking into consideration his fixation with young men in colored sox and tight pants, I think you've got a plaything of the wrong gender hanging from the ceiling.
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Small details...
by Garrett ina witness friend wanted to meet up recently and talk.
since this person was a close friend and who i thought had a level head, i'd go ahead and speak with him.
our conversation actually helped me figure a few things out not only for myself but also about the witnesses.. so we're talking and i'm telling him my experience and the doctrines that i disagreed with as well as the scandals that made me disgusted with the organization.
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Oubliette
Your friend needs to read this thread:
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And then read this post from 00DAD on page 2 of that thread:
So we've got only two beliefs that have remained from Russell's time until now:
1. Soul Sleep, taken from the Second Adventists, which has two sub-beliefs:
- No Hell
- No Immortality of the Soul
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2. Gentile Times ended in 1914 which came from:
- an idea advanced by John Aquila Brown in 1823
- expanded upon in the 1830's by a farmer named William Miller
- later tweaked by Apollos Hale and Sylvester Bliss, whoever they were
- exposed as false in 1840 by John Dowling, whoever he was
- reworked by Second Adventists, such as Barbour after 1844
- then finally take over by Charles Taze Russell as an end time prophecy, with the Gentile times expected to herald the conclusion of Armageddon, NOT the beginning of the Last Days.
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So practically EVERYTHING taught in Russell's time has been since discarded except two basic beliefs, one of which he got from another religion and the other conceived of and then twisted and mangled by a bunch of crackpots all vying for one-upsmanship to prove their personal understanding of the incontrovertible Word of God!
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Small details...
by Garrett ina witness friend wanted to meet up recently and talk.
since this person was a close friend and who i thought had a level head, i'd go ahead and speak with him.
our conversation actually helped me figure a few things out not only for myself but also about the witnesses.. so we're talking and i'm telling him my experience and the doctrines that i disagreed with as well as the scandals that made me disgusted with the organization.
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Oubliette
Garrett's friend: those are small details, the core of our beliefs hasn't changed
Not to diss your friend overmuch, but that is completely NOT true.
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Interesting RC Experience
by Blackfalcon98 ini recently attended the rc for my area.
while there, i encountered a old family "friend" who recently lost her jw husband.
as the interaction proceeds she relates that her grand daughter, who's around my age (early twenties) has "left jehovah".
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Oubliette
eyeuse2badub: RC in Long Beach, CA this past weekend only 29 baptized of the 7,000+ in attendance. Everyone is waking up it seems.
That's less than 1/2 of 1 percent!
When I became a JW in the '80s it was usual to have 1.5 - 2% of the attendance baptized.
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Change to dress and grooming rules for JWs in USA soon?
by RayPublisher inmy guy with the lurk account on jwtalk (where all the kool-aid drinking jws go to talk about how wonderful 'the twoof' is) sent me some more interesting threads, here's one:.
spoiler: starting new the new service year september.
"there will be new directives from the branch through the circuit overseer on dress and grooming that will disqualify one to be a congregation publisher.
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Oubliette
Controllers gotta control.
It's not surprising that the OP used the word "heterosexual" incorrectly. This religion is run by ignorant fools.
Anthony Morris apparently confused yoga pants with Spanx. What a maroon.
Seriously, what is their fixation with how people dress? And why is ToMo checking out the young brothers in tight pants? Maybe he shouldn't let his eyes linger ...
I'm just sayin' is all!
Let's review: It's a cult!
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The Boldest Hoax
by Brokeback Watchtower inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rhffb-vhm4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqf0cdjueja.
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Oubliette
BW: Fodder for the clueless?
Eschew obfuscation and espouse elucidation.
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The Boldest Hoax
by Brokeback Watchtower inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rhffb-vhm4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqf0cdjueja.
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Oubliette
BrokebackWT, why post a video--let alone three-without a single word of commentary or explanation?
What's the point?
I suggest you read this thread:
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Observations About Today's WT Indoctrination
by OneFingerSalute inthis mornings wt was pretty amazing in it's totally asinine application of the term "relationship".. it started right off the bat asserting that jehovah is only interested in a relationship with "you" after "you" put forth the effort to get close to him.
par 14 said to be specific in prayer so you could see "subtle" answers.
par 15 then directly contradicted par.
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Oubliette
If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. - Thomas Szasz
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My Love
by Frenchy inthis is my one and only attempt at free style (no rhyme) tell me what you think.... my love seeketh her in the wind and trees and the valleys and mountains... through waist deep streams of crystal waters dashing upon smooth pebble i search for thee.
oh but to hold thee and to feel thy warm embrace... .
for the fires of the sun would be naught to compare with thy love... thy embrace.... the flames of love thrash about like a thousand tempests in an ocean of fire.... into the cool blue skies they thrust upwards, reaching, searching to consume.
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Oubliette
Frenchy, that's beautiful, even 15 years later!