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  Biblical incidents that bothered me.

  by EverApostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i wanted to discuss the (supposed) biblical events that disturbed me a lot when i was a jw.

  these incidents were just read and discussed in the kingdom hall as if these are normal and justified, which clearly weren't.

  perhaps this led to my awakening.

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  Killed first born. (Ex.12:23 )Who is the destroyer that God will not allow to come into their homes? Slaves beaten. (Ex. 21:26-27) Slaves can escape death if their tooth is knocked out by their master, they can go free. Elisha: God is bald so He took offense.. Uzziah: We can be thankful that God don't do to us what he did to Uzziah when we commit our very first sin. And Daniel's a little excessive revenge by GOD, but we must remember young immature children ripped apart for teasing a bald head man. My grandkids rub my bald head and my friends and family tease me about my baldness and not once have ever thought about calling down bears from the foothill....
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  Can all 7 members of the Governing Body ride in this elevator at the same time?

  by Alfred in

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  2. physical

  in case the picture didn't load.... i'm referring to an elevator with a (quite common) weight capacity of 1,500 lbs.. would the 7 members of the governing body exceed this weight limit??

  david splane: 195 pounds.

  stephen lett: 205 pounds.

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  Their egos will take them to the top..Lett: OK guys that's enough about me, let's talk about you guys. What do you think of me????????
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  Can you be disfellowshiped for reading other religious materials?

  by paradisebeauty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am having a conversation with a jw and they say you can not be disfellowshiped for this.

  is this true?

  i thought you can be disfellowshiped for this.

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  DF for reading other religious materials, hell I was counsel by a CO ( over for lunch) for having a Ebony magazine...
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  JW leadership hypocrisy 1975

  by Half banana in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it is felt that there is one law for the rich and another for the little people who are made to toe the line.

  money equals power and it is a sad historical fact of humanity that where there is power there is abuse.. andersoninfo a few days ago produced the facts here that in 1975 the watchtower had spent nearly 2 million dollars to buy the neo baroque building in new york known as the towers.

  when they sold it recently for 200 million dollars they made a profit of more than 10,000%.

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  Catholic church wealth, gifts from Satan. WT wealth is a blessing from Jehovah, righteous money. Catholic church a charitable organization, gifts from Satan given to the needed. WT blessing from Jehovah where does it go????
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  What can the leadership at Watchtower do to turn things around?

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  let's play devils advocate here.. put yourself in the governing body's shoes.

  they are well aware of all the issues they are facing.

  they know their numbers (they 'do the math' as they say in the us).

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  A young GB member and a dynamic speaker..Hell the GB members today are too old and out of touch, who will join a religion when the leaders have one foot in the grave. My old Baptist church membership was down, a young minster arrived and the choir grew, membership increased there was joy in their hearts. HE was young, nice looking and he gave the opening pray at M. Jackson memorial..
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  San Francisco Giants vs. Kansas City Royals - World Series Winners ?

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  once again for the 3rd time in 5 years my favorite baseball team the s.f.

  giants are headed to the world series !

  so who do you think will win this years series and your reasons for your predictions ?

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  Yes Houston a hell of a team, and a great world series.
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  Faced with the reality of mortality

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  how have you all coped with facing the reality of our mortality?.

  most of us were raised to firmly believe we would never get old or die... so here we are now having to face the reality that are getting older... we are going to die.. sometimes it really pisses me off that we were never helped to comprehend this most basic of facts.

  we were given a utopian dream as a "fact", and hence never taught how to face our inevitable futures.... thoughts?.

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  The reason why older members are so unhappy, they know they will die you are not special...
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  JWs don’t break up families

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i get very angry when i hear this claim being made by jws and get even angrier when i read the article they have on their faq section on jw.org which i’ll leave a link here:.

  https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/families/.

  i know that the majority of this article is written about having a spouse that isn’t a believer and how the bible encourages them to stay together but that’s one of the things that can cause division in a family, for an example if a son or daughter marry a nonbeliever or a worldly person the parents aren’t going to attend the wedding.. once i was told by an elder that if i continued with my behavior of wanting to seek worldly friends and worldly companionship that i would have to leave my home because the holy spirit would leave my house and that would have a huge impact on my family.

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  Search religions that break up families, JW's lead the pack.
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  JWs don’t break up families

  by Jules Saturn in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i get very angry when i hear this claim being made by jws and get even angrier when i read the article they have on their faq section on jw.org which i’ll leave a link here:.

  https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/families/.

  i know that the majority of this article is written about having a spouse that isn’t a believer and how the bible encourages them to stay together but that’s one of the things that can cause division in a family, for an example if a son or daughter marry a nonbeliever or a worldly person the parents aren’t going to attend the wedding.. once i was told by an elder that if i continued with my behavior of wanting to seek worldly friends and worldly companionship that i would have to leave my home because the holy spirit would leave my house and that would have a huge impact on my family.

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  In every case when I tell someone I was once a JW they will say, they are nice people but they break up families...These are the words of folks who were never a JW...
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  God will not let you suffer more than you can bare.

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i had a conversation with an old jw friend and he spent a good part of the evening preaching to me.

  as i am “inactive”, i am forced to stay low, thus, i was not argumentative.

  yet, at one moment, he said that angels protect jws in field service and other situations.

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  What will happen if he let you suffer more than you can bare????Your head explode....