B_Deserter
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Debating Disassociation
by B_Deserter init's been about 10 years since i posted here.
a lot's happened of course.
but here's where i'm at right now.. i was never (to my knowledge) disfellowshipped.
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Becoming officially recognized as Annointed
by B_Deserter ini've heard there is a very secretive process the wts uses to determine whether or not they'll consider someone "of the annointed.
" from what i've heard it's a very rigorous set of questions.
can anyone here confirm this?
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"How Cults Work" -- A Comparison with Jehovah's Witnesses.
by B_Deserter inthese are selected comments regarding the article posted here: http://people.howstuffworks.com/cult.htm.
there is no meaningful difference between a cult and a religion in terms of faith, morality or spirituality.
the primary differences are that a "cult" operates outside of mainstream society, often calls on its followers to make an absolute commitment to the group and typically has a single leader, whereas a "religion" usually operates within mainstream culture, requires varying levels of commitment from its members and typically has a leadership hierarchy that, in practice, can serve as a series of checks and balances.. jws definitely operate outside of mainstream society.
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Your most hated Kingdom Songs ever...
by B_Deserter inwe all know that skilled songwriters the brothers are not, so what are your most hated kingdom songs?
the ones that made you cringe when you saw them listed on the km or watchtower?
mine?.
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Is the WT banning vasectomies?
by B_Deserter ini talked to a dub friend of mine who said they had a new "it's a personal choice, but jehovah will kill you if you do it" article about vasectomies.
basically, the reasoning is supposedly that since jehovah gave us our reproductive organs, tampering with them is wrong if not medically necessary.
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When did this forum go apostate?
by B_Deserter ini was curious because i had heard simon was a jw when he started this forum.
i was looking through the old posts, but couldn't really pinpoint one that was a "turning point" so-to-speak.
simon must have left the j-dubs at some point.
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The Witnesses and the Atheist - A Video Drama Series
by B_Deserter inhttp://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3cc084de787a6331.
my apologies for the weird speech.
sometimes xtranormal decides to pronounce words differently at random times.
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The Witnesses and the Atheist: A Video Series
by B_Deserter init's a work still in progress.
some of the speech is weird because the software didn't say it correctly (it's a text-to-speech program that makes videos based from a script).
anywho, i hope you like it:.
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Gary Gygax
by B_Deserter ini've seen gary's name on a few lists of celebrity jehovah's witnesses.
after some looking i discovered that gygax was not in fact a jehovah's witness.
there were a few interviews in which he self-identified as one, either to be ironically humorous (due to the intense anti-dnd stance of the watchtower) or because he felt a certain affinity to it, but it's not really accurate to consider him a jw i don't think..
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What It's All About
by B_Deserter inaccording to jesus, the second greatest law, after loving god, is "love your neighbor as yourself.
" it is the principle that binds the entire body of the law together, and every rule a christian should follow should have its motivation in these laws.
"love they neighbor" answers the question of why christians behave in a certain way.