JWs are conditioned to believe that they need to be at meetings and in field service consistently and constantly so as to avoid falling into sinful conduct. They believe that, on their own, they are capable of little - especially in terms of understanding the Bible. They depend on the Organization for most, if not all, of their self-worth. They depend on the favorable opinion of elders. If the elders think they're doing well, then by george, they are. If the elders think they are lacking, they must be lacking.
rocketman
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WT Society Makes JW's Feel Bad about Themselves - No Self Worth
by flipper ini have noticed this a lot in attitudes of witness relatives i've talked with over the last few years , as well as other former witness friends i have talked to.
many witnesses feel bad about themselves due to having it drilled into them that we are all " sinners " who allegedly inherited " sin and imperfection " from adam and eve .
that essentially humans are " born dead " or in a " dying " condition due to alleged " inherited sin " .
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WHY ALL THE QUESTIONS ?
by iknowall558 in" acts 22 : 16. what are you waiting for.........?
the ethiopian eunuch had this attitude when peter preached jesus to him.
he immediately requested and received baptism.
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rocketman
There are likely legal reasons why they take such a cautious approach. Once you're baptized, you can be df'd. They don't want disfellowshiped people pleading ignorance and/or possibly suing.
Also, they don't want people bearing the name of "Jehovah's Witness" while still steeped in some practices that are going to bring "reproach" upon the Organization.
Their approach is overly-cautious and tedious, but just going ahead and baptizing people would be a major headache for them, even if it's more in tune with what the 1st Century Christians did.
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If there was no global flood - does this mean that the Bible is not inspired?
by Olin Moyles Ghost indo you agree that if there was no global flood, then the bible is not inspired?
here are my thoughts.. it is pretty obvious that there was no global flood 4,000 years ago.
) that there were one or more large local floods in mesopotamia around the time of noah.
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rocketman
Could the story of the global flood be, well, nothing more but a story, told to drive home a point, much like Jesus' story of the Good Smaritan? If Jesus repeatedly used parables to teach, would God have used them to teach as well?
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Why do women...
by LouBelle intend to put their lives on hold when they are with a new man.
they tend to make this new guy their all.
they leave their girlfriends in the dust and spend every waking minute with him and when he is with his friends they still sit at home and wait.
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rocketman
As much as men need women, women do seem to have a certain "need" for a man that sometimes goes beyond reason or at least beyond what might be considered practical in terms of what the man actually gives back. I think that contributes to the appearance that some women are dropping all else to focus on this guy.
I think also that women are under more societal and perhaps family pressure to land a steady man. The independent woman who stands on her own and is her own person is a notion that is gaining ground, but I think a lot of people still buy into the notion that she's not "complete" without a guy.
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I have heard that the WTS is changing their watchtower logo
by jambon1 inhas there been a letter read at the meetings?.
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maybe this has been discussed?.
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rocketman
This might be the new logo.
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Gods Body
by mouthy ini know in 2002 i posted the fact that someone called me & told me that the wt was saying god had a body.
if you read that site ,you will see i had to apologise,it was a faullty read.. well today i have recieved a call from an ex curcuit servants wife informing me that the feb 1st wt 2009 page 5 .
seems to be indicating it .god has a body,,,.
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rocketman
OOps,
Anyway, using 1 Cor 15:44 seems incorrect to me. It says that 'if there is a physical body, there is a spiritual one. God has no physical body.
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Gods Body
by mouthy ini know in 2002 i posted the fact that someone called me & told me that the wt was saying god had a body.
if you read that site ,you will see i had to apologise,it was a faullty read.. well today i have recieved a call from an ex curcuit servants wife informing me that the feb 1st wt 2009 page 5 .
seems to be indicating it .god has a body,,,.
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rocketman
Back in the 70s, I thought Disco was a sad ending to an otherwise pretty darned good decade of music. However, looking back, some disco songs have aged pretty well and I've reconsidered my negative view of at least some of it. That said, there are quite a few examples of Disco songs that are terribly repetitive and so bland that I'm glad the era is gone.
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New Englanders...Stay home !
by hubert ini went out this morning to pick up a few items for tonight's new years eve, and once it started snowing, i think everybody in town went out for last minute shopping.
it was getting very slippery, and traffic was everywhere.
i got home as soon as i could, and brother, i'm staying put!
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rocketman
Yet another New England snowstorm (we're just getting light snow in Eastern PA).
Obviously, all those sports championships have brought the wrath of God upon you.
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Last bookstudy group this week I think there will be great sadness in the
by eyeslice intuesday sees the last group bookstudy for many.
i know the group that my wife attends will be having a bit of a party afterwards.
even my son ,who is 17 and has not attended the meetings for the past 6 months, says he wants to go on tuesday.
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rocketman
When I was in, the percentage of attendance for the bookstudy was almost always a bit lower than that of the KH meetings, but it was off only a point or two in terms of percentage, and sometimes it would exceed that of the TMS/SM.
