Posts by Garrett

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Where is it said , not to independently do deep study of scripture

by william draper in

i do believe it is written somewhere in jw literature .

Garrett

Who needs to study anything when we have the watchtower to tell us what to think. Only fools would do independent study... Apostates.

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Why people don't believe in God

by pressman in

do you want to know why i think people don't believe in god?

well i believe people don't want to believe in god because they are scared.

they know that if they finally do gorge the confidence to believe in him, he might discipline them for their skepticism.

Garrett

I'll give you my current take on god. I say current, because I'm at a stage in my life where I'm still figuring things out.

first off, you're speaking of the Christian God,however, if you were born in India, you would most likely be Hindu and would not believe in the Christian God. So your belief is solely based on where you were born and who you were raised by.

now, since we're speaking of the God of the bible I will say that ere are things that no longer make sense in my mind. First off, the flood seems impossible, second allowing rape (even if it was in the Old Testament, God would of known it was terrible and should of stopped it) what about slavery? Famine? Why wait until now (since everyone says the end is close) to take action? Jehovah would of proved a long time ago that he was right about the whole issue of universal sovereignty. why wait until the entire earth was filed with billions of people? I guess he doesn't want anyone to beat his record of mass killing, eh?

now what I do believe is this. I believe that we are here on earth, and we need to make the most out of our life here, not just for ourselves, but for others as well. We should try to help and positively impact the lives of those that we cross paths with. As for God, no one can provide sufficient evidence that he is or isn't, so I remain agnostic. However, I don't believe in the God of the bible or any of the other made up gods of different religions. I only entertain the thought that there might be s higher power.

peace,

gsrrett

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These guys crash a Kingdom Hall on Memorial, video included

by Crazyguy in

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7mars2mtaui.

to funny nice job....

Garrett

I Heard thé fake drunk/high guy and decided I had seen enough.

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Memorial attendance up or down on last year?

by freddo in

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as per the title.

and was the one you attended at an early or late time of the evening.. any partakers?.

Garrett

Attendance is going down... I wasn't there 😎

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The end

by Garrett in

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oh...my...god.... i can't.. well, i am officially done trying to explain things to them.

they talk in circles, and their excuse for everything is "imperfect men".

imperfect men!.

Garrett

@crazyguy thanks for the suggestions, but this whole thing was seriously detrimental to my mental health. I won't bespeaking to them ever again.

@jonathan drake yes, thanks for your experience. I had no family to lose since none of them are in the Lie, so I don't really have to worry about that :) im definitely going to remain quite now. I'm done.

@data-dog yep, I see that now. It's the most moronic thing I've ever experienced.

@robert, thanks :) I won't be spending time with them these jws are in the states, im in Europe.

@zeb, yep, I'm thinking of taking up writing or maybe even drawing as another hobby. We'll see :)

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WT addresses the "rapture" teaching.

by wifibandit in

look at paragraph 15 of the 2015 july 15th study edition pg 18-19.. http://imgur.com/3wparys.

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basically they admit to teaching the rapture (for the anointed remnant), just don't call it that!.

Garrett

I'm glad someone brought this up. When I was learning the lie, I never got this point. , I'm looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts on the matter.

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Some Questions About Jesus

by Coded Logic in

why didn't jesus ever write anything?

why are there no letters to jesus?

no painting of jesus from that time?

Garrett

There is a logical explanation for all of this....

imperfect men! ( you'll get the joke if you read my last post)

no but seriously, the logical explanation is that they are all the same person with multiple personality disorder.

mystery solved

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The end

by Garrett in

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oh...my...god.... i can't.. well, i am officially done trying to explain things to them.

they talk in circles, and their excuse for everything is "imperfect men".

imperfect men!.

Garrett

oh...my...God.... I can't.

well, I am officially done trying to explain things to them. They talk in circles, and their excuse for EVERYTHING is "imperfect men".

1975? Imperfect men!

rape and molestation? Imperfect men!

no rules to protect children? Imperfect men!

1914 ? Imperfect men!

so what you're saying is.... This organization is no different from the Catholic Church. Dang you sound moronic.

then you try to reason with them and it gets worst! Them: we need to obey those that take the lead among us and trust them. They are appointed by jehovah

me: ok, would you trust someone who failed to protect you from harm?

them: well, if they didn't protect me from harm, no..

me: (referring to deposition in Candace Conti case) but isn't that exactly what the elder failed to do for candace?

Them: yeah but they are imperfect men.

me: but you just said God appointed them so don't they have his Holy Spirit and guidance in how to handle the matter to protect an innocent child?... Fair enough, though... What about the branch letter saying to report the child abuse to them instead of directly to the authorities?

them: Jehovah's organization has had to learn. They used to celebrate Christmas, the light gets brighter.

There is NO reasoning with them. I don't know why I even tried. Then they told other people and I had to IM 4 people at once! My brain is going to explode. So I just told them I'm an apostate and that they probably shouldn't speak to a mentally disturbed agent of satan.

this will be the last you hear about this. Sorry for bothering you over A WASTE OF FUCKING TIME.

love you all, I'm off to get wasted. Happy Easter.

garrett

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New Watchtower Subliminal image just uploaded

by artcritic in

this picture was taken from the official jw site.

just uploaded this one.

its new and unseen .