Topics Started by Noumenon

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JW's + child sacrifice
by Noumenon in
1. watchtower
2. bible
interesting article here by the provocative david icke (of the 'we are ruled by alien lizards' persuasion).. there is a comment in the article about child sacrifice rituals, etc.

this brings to mind the fact that most jw parents are of course quite prepared to allow their little baby or child to be sacrificed to jehovah out of blind obedience to the organisation's blood policy.

also, the jw policy on insisting that 2 witnesses testify to any child abuse/molestation, thus making the religion a haven for paedophiles, can also be said to be a form of child sacrifice.
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The idol of 'accurate knowledge'
by Noumenon in
1. watchtower
2. bible
jws certainly do bang on a lot about 'accurate knowledge'.

for most christians john 3:16 is the most important verse in the bible, but to jw's john 17:3 is.

jw's are so enamored with this concept of 'accurate knowledge' above all else that they have basically made an idol out of it.
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survey of who answers up
by Noumenon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a close friend of mine who is a faithful dub told me today that he had recently been asked by one of the elders to record the number of persons in the congo who had answered up during the watchtower.

no names were to be recorded, just the number of individuals out of the whole congo that had answered up.

i've never heard of this before, despite being raised a jw?
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how would u answer this?
by Noumenon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
"true worship is back again

today, we see the reign of the 7th king of bible prophecy, anglo-america, continue to dominate the world.

this king will only be in place for a ?short while?.
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demon attack in Kingdom Hall
by Noumenon in
1. jw
2. friends
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i once heard about a sister that was having a lot of trouble with demons, and apparently she had a bad demon attack in the kingdom hall.. anyone else heard of such a thing?

so much for the house of jehovah being some sort of refuge.. i have also heard of a witness who still experienced a demon attack despite calling out jehovah's name aloud.
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Can 'the truth' survive the Internet?
by Noumenon in
1. jw
2. friends
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great article here, from some university prof. doesn't seem he was ever a jw either.. http://libertyunbound.com/archive/2003_10/cox-truth.html
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JW's became modern Israel in 1931
by Noumenon in
1. jw
2. friends
...at least according to this group of ex-jw's...... "as members of the y.o.r.w.w.

congregation, we believe and teach jehovah's witnesses are god's name people, established as such in 1931, when they took the divine name upon themselves, thus starting what historians and theologians say was the beginning of the "divine name movement" of our time.

and as such, they have become modern day "israel" of bible prophecy.
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Franz v e-watchman
by Noumenon in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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hey all u 'postates, watchman dude is having a right ol' pop at your hero ray franz again.... here's the link:.

http://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/viewtopic.php?t=1691&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=0
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E-watchman is not disfellowshipped!?
by Noumenon in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i note that e-watchman has just confirmed that he is not disfellowshipped, despite running an 'apostate' website and having sent 1000's of letters around the us, canada, and bethels around the world.

this from his latest mailbag questions and answers:.

"as for any judicial action taken against me, no, there was none.
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Start of the '7 times' period in Daniel
by Noumenon in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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hi - would be grateful for any info on what russell and the early bible students believed as to when the '7 times', 2520 years, prophesy in daniel 4 started.

specifically, did they hold that the supposed 2520 year period started with jerusalem's destruction in 586/607bce or babylon's destruction in 539bce, and why?