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  Watchtard Dancing Around the Word "Rapture"

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there were so many things wrong with this weeks watchtower, its hard to pick one, but one that really bothered me was this watchtower business and their delivery.

  i have never seen them quite have to explain something away like this in a study article like this before.

  shows me they are battling people feeling confused.

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  It's totally the rapture.

  The latest WT teaching is essentially what Fundamentalist Christians mean when they use the term: Rapture, (minor details aside). Although I doubt JWs will start using the term anytime soon.
  

  JW's now believe in The Rapture
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  I'm sick of...

  by freemindfade in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm sick of.... ...having an elder i barely know invite himself over to my house, and bring another asshole elder with him, you know, to "see how i'm doing" f-ck them.

  ...having same elder with all insincerity approach me at the beeting and before inviting himself over, ask, "how are you doing?

  " then when i say everything is great, go ahead and invite them selves over anyway.

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  Good, good!

  Hang in there. Soon it will all be passed.
  
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  I'm sick of...

  by freemindfade in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm sick of.... ...having an elder i barely know invite himself over to my house, and bring another asshole elder with him, you know, to "see how i'm doing" f-ck them.

  ...having same elder with all insincerity approach me at the beeting and before inviting himself over, ask, "how are you doing?

  " then when i say everything is great, go ahead and invite them selves over anyway.

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  Wow, you must be having a particular bad day. I'm sorry to hear that.
  

  What's the status of your fade? Why can't you just tell the elders to leave you alone?
  
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  TV.JW.ORG (September 2015) - Generation explained again

  by Designer Stubble in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  guess the overlapping generation concept is difficult for most to comprehend.

  david spane does his best to explain it again.

  the cutoff date for this generation has now moved to 1992 (was once 1935), the year that fred franz died.

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  I have heard anecdotal evidence that Sanderson started partaking when he was young. I know a guy that knows a guy that knows. ... my source says mark was about 19 when he started partaking

  Well that settles it! ... lol
  
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  I never realized how boring I was.

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  as a true believer in the watchtower, i never knew how truly boring i was until being out for a couple of years and then sitting down with a group of jws and having a conversation..

  thats what happened this morning.

  i decided to go have breakfast at mcdonalds and a group of jws who were out in service and know me also stopped for breakfast and sat down with me and we talked for about an hour.

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  I'm glad you're not boring anymore.

  Welcome to the rest, and THE BEST, of your life!
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  Extreme emotions re today's watchtower

  by Tornintwo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was supposed to attend the meeting today, one of my once a month duties for the sake of my family and my fade.

  i read the wt and i just can't stomach going.... what this wt does is again and again reiterate that only jws will survive the coming destruction and that they should be happy about this and raise ourselves erect...eg:.

  we cannot expect that many people will suddenly convert to true christianity.

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  Millie: Funny that one of the criteria for living through the coming upheaval is how you treated the anointed.

  Never mind that there are almost no anointed in any congregations anywhere.

  I guess you can treat them well by proxy through your financial support of the FDS, which coincidentally are the seven leaders of this scam!

  Let's review: It's a cult!
  
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  Death is not something to be feared!

  by iconoclastic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  science can explain how of things, but it cannot explain why of certain things (for example, why did life arise from non-life and evolved from simpler creatures to more complex life forms only to die and disappear?

  ) so are the conflicted religions whose chief concern is in safeguarding each ones separate identity..

  next option is to look for pearls among the stonesusing power of our own reason.

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  Rebel8, thanks for giving us the context of Sagan's quote.

  I knew there must be more to it. The OP contains many examples of WT style misquoting: selectively taking a quote out of context to make it appear to say the exact opposite of what the author intended.

  Clearly a deliberate deception.
  
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  Jamaican news - ‘SHUNNING’: A Cult-Like Practice Of Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by defender of truth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  www.jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20150913/shunning-cult-practice-jehovahs-witnesses

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  Well written article. Thanks for sharing.
  
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  Death is not something to be feared!

  by iconoclastic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  science can explain how of things, but it cannot explain why of certain things (for example, why did life arise from non-life and evolved from simpler creatures to more complex life forms only to die and disappear?

  ) so are the conflicted religions whose chief concern is in safeguarding each ones separate identity..

  next option is to look for pearls among the stonesusing power of our own reason.

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  Iconoclastic: Science can explain HOW of things, but it cannot explain WHY of certain things

  I completely agree with your thread title. It caught my attention. But you lost my by the fourth word of your long, convoluted and rambling essay, which did not--as far as I could tell (and, yes, I read the whole messy thing)--support your thesis.
  

  You clearly do not understand what science is, how it works or what it does and does not attempt to know, understand and explain.

  You might find this thread helpful in understanding science:

  The Philosophy of Science

  
  

  
  

  
  
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  Today's Watchtower Study

  by sprintcmp in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so my uber devoted mom called me this morning....wanted to encourage to go to the hall today.

  she has called my df brother also to encourage him.

  our deliverance is getting near, she says....and you need to get to the meeting today.

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  The fact is that violence is actually in decline. Anybody want to return to the Dark Ages? I think not!

  Professor Pinker explores ideas drawn from his book entitled The Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence has Declined.

  Prof. Steven Pinker - The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity