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Shunning: A Violation of YOUR Right of Freedom from Religion?
by cameo-d ini really get hot under the collar when i read the stories of ex-jws being told to leave weddings, funerals, and family gatherings simply because the.
wt has overstepped their bounds and passed public judgement on these people declaring them "unfit to be around".. .
these judgements are based on adherance to wt interpretation of scriptures and organizational rules and laws they have devised from this "pick.
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Worship God? Please explain......
by AK - Jeff inperhaps there are wide variations in opinion as to what is constituted 'worship'.
but why would an omnipotent, omniscient, all encompassing, self-fulfilled being need worship from lowly human beings?.
now, those who don't believe in god or any higher being, please don't turn this into a slamfest of insults against others who do believe.
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Are all economic policies flawed;Baddboy'd economic theoryt/heories
by badboy indo all economic polices promoting posterity contain the seeds of recession?.
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The redeemed of YHWH eat the delicious flesh of "ZIZ"
by hamsterbait inunfortunately i don't possess "the legends of the jews" by louis ginzberg.. apparently in volume 5 of this work (pp 43 - 46) there is a description of the messianic banquet, where the redeemed of yahweh, in their roof garden, are served the inexhaustible, delicious flesh of the monsters behemoth, leviathan and ziz(?
), whilst drinking the liquors of the four sweet rivers of paradise.. as far as i can find the wt only acknowledges the existence of the first two monsters, but makes no mention of ziz.. leviathan they say is the crocodile (a memory of egypt?
) and behemoth is the hippopotamus (was this known in israel?
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See them everywhere
by callitquits76 infirst of all let me say hi, ex witness of 19/20 years here - left the borg about 6 or 7 years ago now.. just when i think that i am away from them for good, there is some knock on the door, a familiar face, or something in the media which brings it all back.
how i would love to just let it go and live life to the full without remembering what i went through with the witnesses.. just last week it came back to me again, a knock on the door and i was caught totally offguard.
i made my excuses and basically closed the door in their face but after i lamented on how i should have fought my corner, like i used to when i phased myself out.
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What character trait
by John Doe inor traits cause someone to be susceptible to high control fring religions?
distrust of society and government/religionbeing a social misfithaving some deep seated jealousy of successful people for whatever reason that causes a person to relish the idea of being smarter and knowing that the successful are completely wrong and will dieoverly emotionalinsecurity .
or, do character traits have anything to do with religious susceptibility?.
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How can I help my wife to get out
by Albert Einstein ini am fading out after 18 years in jw cult (pioneer, ms, elder etc ...).
my wife was born in jw family, very strong family bonds, very loyal to jw.
at home we can talk pretty open, but she is so blindfolded, so loyal, not willing to admitt jw could be totally wrong... is there any chance to help her step by step?
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What do you believe is the main reason people become JWS ?
by Homerovah the Almighty injust thinking back on my own family that started with the jws in the early 50's, .
both of my parents came from different religious backgrounds one was catholic and the other a anglican.. what probably sparked my mother's attention, who was the first to be in contact with a jws, .
was of course the destruction of the system of things and a new paradise for those that god approved.. and i'm guessing that this what catches most peoples attention just as it did to my mother.. i'm also assuming that this is most likely what grabs other people as well.......any comments ?.
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I was tricked by Jehovahs Witnessess!
by rebel8 inbobby henderson of the flying spaghetti monster fame posted this 2 years ago.
i just came across it while looking for something entirely unrelated to jws.
he has an interesting take on an encounter with jws.. did you feel the preaching tactic/magazine topics that started out talking about something completely different than religion....were deceptive?.
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Thoughts on the 2012 theory?!
by ZeusZero inwhat are your thoughts on the 2012 theory regarding the end of the world.
we have read recently about the financial crisis being an early sign of this end.
id like to know what you fellow brothers and sisters think of this.