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  Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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  Women need to be modest while jogging!

  Yeah, sisters! Be sure to wear a nice tight-fitting bra so there are no bouncing melons to tempt any brothers who aren't yet ministerial servants and therefore unworthy of consideration as marriage material.
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  Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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  From Reddit:

  • If your kids fall out of the truth it is the parent's fault. (holy shit he is actually saying this!) *Sisters shouldn't marry brothers who are not Ministerial Servants. Sisters will pay for that bad decision.
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  Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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  Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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  Island Man

  " Island Man- Your Kidding right?"

  Umm . . . kinda. Exaggerating would be more accurate.

  From the ex-JW Reddit thread Anthony Morris said that Spiritual families visit bethel. If you haven't you need to do it.

  This would have the effect of JWs' practically regarding the visit of Bethel as being just as important as Muslims regard a visit to Mecca.
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  Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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  OMG! The new light is that JW families must make pilgrimage to Bethel at least once in their life. Yes, Bethel is now the JWs' Mecca!
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  Give The Devil His Due

  by Island Man in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  that's the theme of a recent public talk delivered at skeptokon by aron ra.

  he makes some very interesting points and shares some interesting experiences about the strange behavior of fundamentalist christians, like the way they label everyone who doesn't share their beliefs as being worshipers of the devil.

  and that's not the only point in his talk that ex-jws will find familiar.

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  Island Man

  That's the theme of a recent public talk delivered at SkeptOkon by Aron Ra. He makes some very interesting points and shares some interesting experiences about the strange behavior of fundamentalist christians, like the way they label everyone who doesn't share their beliefs as being worshipers of the Devil. And that's not the only point in his talk that ex-JWs will find familiar. He has a witty sense of humor and often gives insider jokes (which former bible-believers will understand) in passing. Enjoy:

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbiADYVORGE
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  Zone Visit: An Announcement That Will "Test Your Faith"

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is the scuttlebutt in one of the "bethel congregations" by us.. no details as to exactly what this "faith-testing" announcement might be.. anyone else hear any of this pre-zone visit hype?.

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  GustvC:The abusers issue is of no consequence.

  GustvC: Actually, for the number of existing JWs, the number of abuse cases is really minuscule

  SaritaJ:

  Your bible says: Luke 17: 1-2 Then he said to his disciples: “It is unavoidable that causes for stumbling should come. Nevertheless, woe to the one through whom they come! 2 It would be more advantageous for him if a millstone were hung from his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to stumble one of these little ones.

  Mt 18:6 But whoever stumbles one of these little ones who have faith in me, it would be better for him to have hung around his neck a millstone that is turned by a donkey and to be sunk in the open sea.

  Mr 9:42 But whoever stumbles one of these little ones who have faith, it would be better for him if a millstone that is turned by a donkey were put around his neck and he were pitched into the sea.

  Amen! SaritaJ
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  Caleb & Sofia have Mormon cousins

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this was pointed out by throwingawayjehovah.

  http://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/2lnkst/this_was_in_a_mormon_catalog_that_got_sent_to_us/.

  http://www.coreyegbert.com/blog/i-want-to-be-baptized.

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  Maybe Watchtower hired the same marketing and rebranding consultants that the Mormon's did.
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  Russian E.P.A nabs JW's for dumping waste

  by Newly Enlightened in

  1. social
  2. current

  apparently, as if jw's problems with russia wasn't bad enough, this just in.... http://rapsinews.com/judicial_news/20141107/272536636.html.

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  Eh.... I smell a trumped up excuse by the government to go after a group they have publicly demonstrated hatred toward. Not that I blame them... but....

  ... Eh!

  I really hope the report is true. But like I indicated on another related thread, I know the Russian govts recent history of persecution against JWs so this could be a trumped up charge motivated by enmity toward the JWs. But I really hope it's not.
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  Is It Spirituality or Mentality?

  by Chris Tann in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there are many religious people who say they pray for holy spirit and feel better.

  some who are over stressed will say they keep praying for a calm disposition until the stress and anxiety disappears,claiming it is god's spirit.

  others will ask jesus into their hearts and feel an overwhelming sensation of peace and clarity.

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  Yes it is mentality. Religious people just like to use the word spirituality to put an ethereal, divine spin on it.