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  Well, I asked a question and his answer blew me away

  by Lost his mind in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  first time, been lurking for years, but i asked my husband who has been studying for 20 plus years if he has ever questioned those that were "teaching" him.

  blew my mind.

  i ask him all the questions that you have asked yourself, but he will not ask them.

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  Welcome Lost his mind.

  I take it that your husband is not baptized. If not then I wonder what's been keeping him from getting baptized for those 20 years.
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  Blind Guide Dog.... Erhmmmm

  by CloseTheDoor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i saw this on facebook.

  i'm nauseous from reading.

  it's just another example of how some will go so far to make up bs and pawn it off as "truth.".

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  Makes me wonder if Christianity started off with similar stories.
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  The present Governing Body will rule the U.S.A.

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i havent gone to meetings in about 1 year and a half.

  one of my neighbors who is a jw-lady told me that the co on the last visit said that its very likely that right after armageddon (which is just around the corner) the present governing body members will be in charge of the united states since they are familiar with the culture.

  and that the apostles and early christians will be in charge of areas like china.

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  NewYork44M, "Did they say who will live in the White House?"

  Rutherford of course.

  Russell will rule the Middle East from inside one of his pyramids.
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  JWs through the eyes of an eight year old

  by maksutov in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my wife is a jw, and is teaching our eight year old daughter jw beliefs.

  i am trying to teach her about evolution and critical thinking skills.

  here is a conversation we had today (as best i can remember it):daughter: "why do bad things happen?

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  Double post.
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  JWs through the eyes of an eight year old

  by maksutov in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my wife is a jw, and is teaching our eight year old daughter jw beliefs.

  i am trying to teach her about evolution and critical thinking skills.

  here is a conversation we had today (as best i can remember it):daughter: "why do bad things happen?

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  Maksutov, an easy to understand example of vestigial organs are the horses vestigial toes which serve no purpose whatsoever but indicates the changes that the horse goes through. There are pictures of horse evolutionary ancestry in their toes that became hoofs.

  

  

  Also, the leftover wings of wingless birds could drive the point even more clearly.

  
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  Atheist Miracles

  by Perry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i reworded a variation of a common critique of atheists to my own liking.

  no, i do not hate atheists, i love them!

  they keep me from getting bored.

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  Perry,

  That so called dinosaur tissue was a colony of bacteria. Common sense would tell you that something that is 4,000 years old, as young earth creationists say it is, would long ago have decomposed entirely.
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  Governing Body Needs To Fight For Social JusticeCalifornia’s low-wage workers now earn less than in 1979

  by RoyalFlushPhil in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  jws with good jobs need to thank themselves for not quitting their job because the trend is things are going to get worse as wages drop and inflation eventually moves upward.

  the housing market shows this mess happening right before our very eyes, think about the rental markets, their really tight because people don't have money to buy houses and they don't have the down-payment.

  many have fear their investment won't grow like they did prior to the 2008 meltdown years, their lack of conviction is driving rental prices higher.

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  RoyalFlushPhil, I appreciate the post that you made but my advice would be to keep the title much shorter.
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  Atheist Miracles

  by Perry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i reworded a variation of a common critique of atheists to my own liking.

  no, i do not hate atheists, i love them!

  they keep me from getting bored.

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  “If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims.” - Dalai Lama

  That applies to any religion including Christianity.
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  Newton versus Watchtower quackery

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the following is a watchtower's criticism against newton:.

  down through the ages, talented scientists have indeed made surprising breakthroughs in their search for answers to puzzling questions about nature.

  some, however, have also made serious errors in the process.

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  Watchtower,

  "However, Newton also pursued alchemy, a pseudoscience that used astrology and magical formulas in attempts to turn lead and other metals into gold."

  This might seem ironic but Newton was an avid fan of Biblical chronology:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton's_occult_studies

  I wonder if the Watchtower missed that on purpose.
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  "The organisation is imperfect, but it doesn't affect my relationship with Jehovah"

  by Alive! in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've noted active, devoted jw's state the above.. and, it's not a problem for me to remain trusting of god, i just don't trust religions or men.. recently, a member of this forum stated that he remains an active jw, in the family of god's people, wanting to encourage and do good - whilst recognising that the pastoral leaders (the gb) have shipwrecked the faith of many, being unsound scripturally etc, etc.. stop and think about this - the bible says to not follow after those who lie and hurt the faith of "little ones".. the pharisees were accused of traversing over lands and expending much energy to make a single convert - only for that convert to end up worse of than he started off with.. it's one thing to not believe this is the 'truth' and feeling the awful pressure of managing ones life, trying not to lose ones family.. it's quite another thing to declare oneself to be a christian believer of god's jw household, and somehow believe the god of love would use corrupt liars to parade as jesus' brothers in the urgency of last days.

  really?

  and, to then visibly promote faith in corrupt men, and try to bring converts into a place where the rulership is wrong.. some of us are dying from hurt here.......give me a break..

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  Brother Jeramy,

  "No, I did not seek any kind of rebaptism. There is only "one baptism," and inasmuch as I ended up coming to reject the Watchtower Society's baptismal formula that I originally affirmed at my own baptism, I also know that Jehovah is not bound by human formulas."

  If you had a Catholic baptism does that mean that you don't have to be rebaptized? Which is worse, Catholic baptism or JW organization baptism?