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  HOW TO AVOID THE A-HOLE SPIRIT OF SOME HERE...

  by DATA-DOG in

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  1) take meds for your megalomania and delusions of grandeur.. .

  suggestions welcome.. .

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  The air of superiority is the core of being a Jehovah's Witness don't you think ? JW's believe they have all the answers. Their whole existence is based on the idea of "us" and "them". JW's have the idea the common rubble of humanity around them simple do not have the "special knowledge" they have. There is no special knowledge in reality, everything knowable can be known. Even those who leave the WT and see behind the curtain and the immense fraud and arrogance of the "organization" often retain, desperately in fact, the need to be "right" to "have all the answers".

  That right there is about the only bit of absolute truth I have read in a long time. It's true of ex-jw's that have left the org but remained some form of annoying hippy Christian and it's true of many ex-jw's that have become hard core absolute cold hearted atheists.

  This does not include Objectivetruth who deserves a category all of his/her own own. Buddhist practice detachment by the way not attachment.
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  Members of the writing department has resigned

  by hardtobeme in

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  this is what i found at anointedjw.org.

  i don't know if it's true.

  on august 25, 2014, we received the following comment and inquiry: .

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  Since January 2014, I have noticed a palpable, change in the Tone of some Watchtower Study edition articles.. I have seen areas of these articles that place more importance in Jesus and His Example, than on "Obeying The GB".. These shades of humility and genuine concern for Truth in these writings, have not challenged any of the WT doctrines, but nonetheless there was something there.

  Do you mean that the other way around?
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  Hello

  by ladystellas in

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  hello i m ladystellas, new here.. greetings to all.. .

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  Nice avatar.. looks like an angry aubergine.
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  HOW TO AVOID THE A-HOLE SPIRIT OF SOME HERE...

  by DATA-DOG in

  1. watchtower
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  1) take meds for your megalomania and delusions of grandeur.. .

  suggestions welcome.. .

  dd.

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  I'm not sure which is worse.. a superior arrogant, smug 'I'm right your wrong' atheist or a superior arrogant smug 'I'm right your wrong' Christian. Both extremes are unpleasant.
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  public WT november 2014

  by fastJehu in

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  since many years the nov public wt has only one color and no picture on the front cover.. very strange.

  so the design department saves time and can go from door to door ...... .

  download: http://download.jw.org/files/media_magazines/42/wp_e_20141101.pdf.

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  Hold on a sec.. what's with all the running around? Is it not Satan who is the one who is meant to be doing all the fleeing?

  James 4:7 "...Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
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  Any Educated Guesses...........??

  by sparky1 in

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  a friend of mine is trying the 'slow fade' like i did.

  he is a third generation witness and comes from a prominent family in his circuit.

  his uncle stepped down as an elder because he had doubts and could not serve anymore (although for now he remains a witness in good standing).

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  Prominent family? What on earth is a prominent family? You mean like the Mafia? Or Cardinals? Military Generals?

  Prominent? adjective adjective: prominent 1. important; famous. " she was a prominent member of the city council "

  synonyms:

  important, well known, leading, eminent, pre-eminent, distinguished, notable, noteworthy, noted, public, outstanding, foremost, of mark, illustrious, celebrated, famous, renowned, acclaimed, famed, honoured, esteemed, respected, well thought of, influential, prestigious, big, top, great, chief, main ; major-league

  The humility of the witness is simply astounding... Jesus would be so proud of the self-important fantasy titles they and their underlings adorn themselves and each other with as though it means anything in the real world, or any world for that matter.
  
  Prominent = big family of professional window cleaners...
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  Debunking the Bible

  by Coded Logic in

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  there seems to be an endless number of ways to show the bible is not devinely inspired but all of it seems so complicated.

  anyone know any simple arguements for this?

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  Question: When did Jesus die? On the Sabbath or the day before?

  Answer: Yes?

  Is that Objective truth in action?
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  ELDER LIES AND GET'S PRAISED FOR IT! FALSE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ME!

  by BucketShopBill in

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  want to know how a lie can turn into a compliment?

  only in the jw mindset!!!.

  we got called into the dreaded back room after meeting to find two elders wanting to discuss a 'serious' matter with us.

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  Why the indignation? You act as though you'd be ashamed to have ever done such a thing. I thought it was something serious for a second. Unless you too of course view disfellowshipped people as lepers.

  In a sense they are right because your associating with a whole bunch right now by being in this forum. The conscience works in mysterious ways..
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  jw apps spying on us?

  by purrpurr in

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  hi everyone i'm back from the hell that was twickers.

  i have a question, there's a ton a jw related apps available for download.

  is it possible for these apps to be able to spy on the user once downloaded on to the tablet or phone?

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  Apps do have to go through an approval process to be on the Android Store (Google Play) or the Apple Store/iTunes. If anyone is an app developer, you will know that even the simplest apps go through this process and are tested just as thoroughly by Google and Apple.

  If there was anything dodgy going on that wasn't part of the app specifications then it would be shown up in that process.

  You think so? How did the game app Angry Birds slip the Google and Apple approval process then for years?

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25922569
  
  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/27/nsa-gchq-smartphone-app-angry-birds-personal-data
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  Debunking the Bible

  by Coded Logic in

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  there seems to be an endless number of ways to show the bible is not devinely inspired but all of it seems so complicated.

  anyone know any simple arguements for this?

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  This is no way to win friends and influence people. In my entire life, I never encountered such rude atheists.

  I don't think they are looking for friends. They are just adamant about smashing to pieces and tearing down what they think is a colossal lie. I'm not sure there is any real way to do that gently and not hurt fragile egos. There may also be a lifetime of residual anger towards the people that told them this lie. ie: witnesses and even ex-witnesses, bible folk.. etc.

  In the world of evolution there is no scientific reason for manners or tenderness.