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  Average Age of this Forum?

  by Garrett in

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  2. friends

  heyo!.

  i'm quite interested in knowing the average age of those of us who use this forum.

  i made a quick strawpoll that you can find at the following link: http://strawpoll.me/4340636 just pick an age and click "vote" if you wish to participate.. admins: if this breaks any rules, i apologize in advance..

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  Garrett: I'm really happy that many of you participated and thank you all!

  So what are the results?
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  Question Box: Should JW's use the Internet to witness to people abroad?

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i hadn't seen this posted here yet.. source via wifibandit on exjw subreddit.. what are your thoughts/comments on this?.

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  I couldn't find it either. It's certainly worth repeating!
  
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  Newton versus Watchtower quackery

  by opusdei1972 in

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  the following is a watchtower's criticism against newton:.

  down through the ages, talented scientists have indeed made surprising breakthroughs in their search for answers to puzzling questions about nature.

  some, however, have also made serious errors in the process.

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  Newton was leaving the cave of ignorance. He actually discovered some real "new light."

  WT leaders fear the light and prefer to remain in the mental darkness of their deep, profound ignorance.
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  Interesting Pew Stats on JWs--Alarming Trends for the Borg

  by Cadellin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  someone may have linked to this already, but the this interactive page in the pew religion study is pretty interesting, especially when you look at the trends for jw between 2007 and 2014. here's what it shows:.

  jws are increasingly non-white.

  in fact, the percentage of white jws has decreased from 2007 to 2014 by 12%, while hispanic jws have increased by 8%.

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  Old, poor, female minorities. Not a healthy outlook.
  
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  Question Box: Should JW's use the Internet to witness to people abroad?

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i hadn't seen this posted here yet.. source via wifibandit on exjw subreddit.. what are your thoughts/comments on this?.

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  There is another thread about it, but I like that you posted a pic of the article.

  It's just more control-freakery from the delusionally self-important Gibbering Boneheads.

  Let's review: It's a cult!
  
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  Abuse of Power - Today's WT Study, May 10, 2015 (w2015 3/15)

  by Oubliette in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ok, so i only read the wt study articles to keep up with the indoctrination that my two "still-in" children are being subjected to.

  when i read this in today's wt i nearly blew a gasket: .

  [naboth] held to jehovahs law in the face of horrific abuse of power.

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  No, ctrwtf got it right!
  
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  Hello, just introducing myself

  by Miss Behaving in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've just signed up two days ago, but i've been lurking for about a year and a half.

  here's my story if you're interested:.

  my parents converted when they were in their first semester of college.

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  Hi MB, welcome!

  You've gone through an incredibly painful experience. And yet you have already begun the hard work to become yourself.
  You don't need me or anyone else to tell you that you still have some tough times ahead, but persevere and you can accomplish great things!

  Welcome to the rest of your life.

  Oubliette
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  Are you religious or are you spiritual? Wake up to what?

  by Deltawave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is a huge difference between been religious and been spiritual.

  been religious is about been superior to others in the sight of god.

  however, been spiritual is about self awareness, inner peace and unity with the natural world.

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  DW: You might enjoy this book by Sam Harris:

  Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

  BTW, don't forget Jesus also said this, "You are my friends if you do what I command." - John 15:14

  That's where the control freakery started with his little cult.
  
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  Abuse of Power - Today's WT Study, May 10, 2015 (w2015 3/15)

  by Oubliette in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ok, so i only read the wt study articles to keep up with the indoctrination that my two "still-in" children are being subjected to.

  when i read this in today's wt i nearly blew a gasket: .

  [naboth] held to jehovahs law in the face of horrific abuse of power.

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  Ok, so I only read the WT study articles to keep up with the indoctrination that my two "still-in" children are being subjected to.

  When I read this in today's WT I nearly blew a gasket:

  [Naboth] held to Jehovah’s Law in the face of horrific abuse of power. (Num. 36:7; 1 Ki. 21:3) His example thus speaks to us because any one of us may face persecution for similar reasons. (Read 2 Timothy 3:12.) - [Emphasis added]

  I gotta' tell you, maybe I've been more fortunate than others, but pretty much THE ONLY ONGOING ABUSE OF POWER I'VE EVER HAD TO DEAL WITH IN MY ENTIRE LIVE HAS BEEN FROM THE WTBTS!

  I trusted these fuckers and they lied to me, to all of us. How hypocritical of them to write offensive words like this when they themselves are guilty of the atrocities which they denounce?

  The leadership of the WTBTS should be held accountable for their crimes against countless millions of people.

  Since I've left the organization I've pretty much become an atheist. If there is a "god," he/she/it is certainly nothing like the childish, bronze-age desert god depicted in the Bible.

  Sometimes I feel a little cheated that there isn't such a god, for he surely would severely punish the likes of the self-appointed "Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses" for their many lies, hypocrisies and errors.

  But there isn't such a god and there is no one to hold them accountable. The only thing we can do is to live our own life and learn to trust ourselves.
  
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  Types and anti types

  by Deltawave in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  according the watchtower study of may 10th, it has been made clear no prophetic meaning should be given to a a scripture or passage unless the bible itself gives clear interpretation of it.

  therefore daniel 7 especially gives it's fulfillment to nebuchadnezzar only.

  no future kingdom or 2520year wait til 1914. no gentile times or "this generation".

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  "... it has been found that some of the older explanations about types and antitypes are unduly difficult for many to grasp." - w2015 3/15, p. 10, paragraph 10
  

  Yeah, like mental midgets such as Stephen Lett!

  So let's dumb down the scriptures because a lot of people are uneducated and unintelligent.