EverApostate

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  Did it bother you that they taught, "miss a meeting and you'll fall away?"

  by Wasanelder Once in

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  how many times did we hear that if we dont attend meetings we will leave the truth because satan will get ahold of us?

  that always bothered me.

  i thought, "if my faith isn't able to stand alone what good is it?

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  There was once an elder who attended the meeting when his father was dead. And everyone praised him for his integrity.
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  When and where is the War in Heaven, supposedly?

  by jam in

  1. jw
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  1)when did this war breakout or did i miss it.. many commentators conclude that the battle between michael.

  and the dragon occurs roughly at the start of the church age.. some even argue that the battleground is the church itself.. others say this scene describes the dispute between michael.

  and satan for the body of moses (jude 9) or the long-ago.

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  Hindu Mythologies have numerous accounts of these wars between gods and demons. The Christian Bible is no different. The Almighty god, in a moment, can make the demons powerless. Then why the need for a war ? Religion defies common sense and if we take some time to think about this we won’t waste time in determining the logistics and timeline of these.
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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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  Read the Bible to become an Atheist. That was how I became one.
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  Want to get JW friends' thoughts on their "new" preaching methods.

  by compound complex in

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  the subject of jw.org and its tentacles reaching everywhere has already been discussed at length; however, jw kith and kin are going gangbusters on social media.

  i lost it when i saw da vinci's most famous lady wearing a jw.org button as a brooch.

  in hand, she had a tract, which i assumed had not yet been perused (she was distracted, apparently, while posing for the real master).. my dear and otherwise studious jws -- many very good at preaching and in human relations -- are obeying wt directives and just handing out the tracts in service and advertising up a storm on the internet.

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  When I was in, I asked about this to my dear good friend (Now he considers me as his worst enemy coz I left). He proudly stated that Jah is spreading the good news through the Internet, to places where the preaching work is banned. I got that as a very silly explanation. You mean , the Almighty god has to rely upon mans technology to sneak in his good news? Can’t he lift the ban in those countries?
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  Celebrating 100 years of Armageddon NOT coming

  by Smiles in

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  will they "celebrate" 120 yrs... 150 yrs... 200 yrs... ?.

  when will it stop?.

  the wt now has its organization actually celebrating.

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  I think they will come up with a new light such as “Armageddon has started Invisibly”
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  Today's WT study! So hypocritical!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. bible

  so today's study is all about being kindly, and not judgemental to those in the congregation....we don't know their circumstances etc.... i can't believe the hypocrisy being spewed out...both in the article and by means of the answers from the audience!.

  we know the reality is so different!

  unless a witness does everything exactly as the gb directs...in every aspects of life, they are effectively no longer a good person, but are viewed as spiritually lacking or weak..... they are going directly beyond the biblical directives, and being ones who condemn, rather than ones who commend!.

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  When I was in the cult, Several times I asked the fellow believers about donating to charities and natural disasters. Invariably everyone advised me to provide the donations to the Watchtower, which they mentioned was the most charitable thing to do.
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  What Would You Answer A JW If They Asked You If You Would Ever Come Back ?

  by minimus in

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  I dont want to serve an Imagination and waste me life Or I dont want to be a salesman for Watchtower contributing my time energy and money.
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  Bible Atrocities

  by Trapped in JW land in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i really can't wrap my head around how people can still consider god loving with such atrocious biblical accounts such as, 1 samuel 15, (god ordering the slaughter of amelikite baby's and children) 2nd kings 2, forgot the verses (god sending bears to maul 42 children) and many others.have you ever asked a witness or anyone elsewhat they think about these accounts?

  what was their response?

  i'd love to ask one, but unfortunately i'm still physically in the cult and i wouldn't want to raise any suspicions.

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  Cofy, APPRECIATE your time for the brilliant summary. When I left the WT, I asked an elder if he would have killed the Children, if he had been living back then in Moses time. He said "Sure I will"

  That confirmed my thought that people would even murder for the sake of religion.
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  Do you think it's rude or disrespectful to be in the bathroom for any reason while the brother is praying?

  by toto555 in

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  i had a publisher tell me this recently that she felt that it showed disrespectful to the brother up there giving the prayer, like you're ignoring him or something.

  what do you think?

  and if so, any bible scripture or watchtower or awake backing this idea up specifically?.

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  Prayer is talking to ourselves. So it wont be rude, if you are doing whatever you want, during that insanity.
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  THE PROBLEM with reading the Bible literally is . . . you can't think too hard

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i want to begin with a quotation by stephen colbert: "we're not talking about truth, we're talking about something that seems like truth the truth we want to exist" - stephen colbert on the origin of the word "truthiness.".

  moses brought 10 plagues upon egypt to change pharoah's mind about letting jehovah's people go.. the 5th plague is to destroy only the egyptian livestock:.

  6 and the next day the lord did it: all the livestock of the egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the israelites died.. a few days later the 7th plague is described:.

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  The complete Bible is a Sribbling by ancient midle east nomads, who had no other work to do. These ridiculous (Plagues of Egypt) stories is an insult to the intelligence of anyone who takes time to read these nonsense.