Posts by Heaven

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Sister trying to convince me and herself

by NoMoreFear4Tracy in

jw
friends

long story short i was raised in this cult (but was never baptized) my mother is die hard jdub, i didnt take this "faith" seriously until i was 26, but i had always gone to meeting, was enrolled in the theocratic school and was mediocre in service.

at 26 i made the conscious decision to make this religion my own.

i red the bible cover to cover and used cross reference from the watchtower and other religious sites,with the end goal to get baptized.

Heaven

Time for the Apostate Army to create a counter document. I don't have time right now to do the whole thing but I'll start with:

1) The name 'Jehovah' is unpronouncable in Hebrew.

2) Jehovah's Witnesses are NOT preaching to all the inhabitted Earth. The mathematics on this alone does not support this hypothesis. 7 million JWs in no way, shape, or form can preach to 7 billion, and growing, Earth inhabittants. Also, there are ongoing discoveries of indigenous tribes of peoples no one ever knew existed before (eg: Amazon rain forest tribes discovered in 2008 and 2011). I guarantee you JWs are NOT preaching to these people.

3) Jehovah's Witnesses are not expelling from their organization known child sex offenders. I personally know of 1 such person who is still a JW and sexually abused his daughter. We could list a number of known offenders still in good standing.

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jw.org says "be your own person"

by hoser in

on jw.org.

http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/whiteboard-animations/stand-up-to-peer-pressure/.

it says be your own person at 0:53. .

Heaven

Be your own person ... and you will be called into the back room and 'shepherded'. If you persist, you will be disfellowshipped.

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Lets list everything that has pagan origins!!

by song19 in

i have a feeling i am going to have to explain to my jw folks why i have decided to allow my children to participate in holidays at school.

theyll probably be wondering too why i will get together with our non jw family for the holidays.. .

we know jws avoid holidays because of their pagan origins.

Heaven

Pagan

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144000

by mikeypants in

i'm sure this has been brought up before but.... i was talking a lil bit with the wife today about things as she brought it up.

she's baptized and all that, i'm not.

after the zone meeting i said enough.. anyway, she mentioned there's about 6000 anointed left and that armageddon would come before they all croaked.

Heaven

In JW land... the math has never, and will never, add up.

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CAN WE BE BETTER THAN THE GOD WE SERVE?

by Terry in

be careful what you say god is and what he wants; you may be saying more about yourself than you realize.. it may well be our personal taste in religion is revelatory of our basic character.. _____.

look at the devout islamist whose worship consists of blowing people up or cutting off heads.. contrast that to those hindi who sit with legs folded in their own lap contemplating bliss.. now contrast both the above to somebody who believes service to god is visiting the sick in hospitals.. _____.

instead of there being 3 different gods served--there might only be an extraordinary unveiling of each person's heart and mind!.

Heaven

Jesus Said - "unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you." (John 6:53)

Therefore, you must be a cannibal in order to receive 'eternal life'. Geez... and here I was taught that going door to door with Awake! and Watchtower magazines would get me that. Man, was I mislead.

About becoming a cannibal... no thanks. I'd rather be a vegetarian.

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Buffalo JW's in a panic!

by nowwhat? in

"we cant go door to door in 7 feet of snow!

".

Heaven

Satan must be currently focused on Buffalo.

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CAN WE BE BETTER THAN THE GOD WE SERVE?

by Terry in

be careful what you say god is and what he wants; you may be saying more about yourself than you realize.. it may well be our personal taste in religion is revelatory of our basic character.. _____.

look at the devout islamist whose worship consists of blowing people up or cutting off heads.. contrast that to those hindi who sit with legs folded in their own lap contemplating bliss.. now contrast both the above to somebody who believes service to god is visiting the sick in hospitals.. _____.

instead of there being 3 different gods served--there might only be an extraordinary unveiling of each person's heart and mind!.

Heaven

In many parts of the world, humans have abolished slavery... something God has been unable to do.

The discovery of penicillin/anti-biotics has saved countless lives from death due to infections -- another human endeavour that God was unable to do.

The development of modern dentistry has saved many from death due to diseased teeth/gums, etc. Once again, NOT God's accomplishment but mankind's.

I am sure I could go on and on.

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A powerful JC recording from 1984!

by Island Man in

this jc from 1984 features a brother and his wife, who were evidently about to be df'd for apostasy.

but the brother knew his ttatt well.

the elders really couldn't muster any half-way convincing arguments to refute the damning facts on 607 and 1914. even 1975 was touched on.

Heaven

This couple tried to go and get all spiritual, and guess what happens, they find out that thier religion is full of lies when the cults teachings they ponder don't add up.

Yeah... this is what happens when you read the Bible too.

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Lets list everything that has pagan origins!!

by song19 in

i have a feeling i am going to have to explain to my jw folks why i have decided to allow my children to participate in holidays at school.

theyll probably be wondering too why i will get together with our non jw family for the holidays.. .

we know jws avoid holidays because of their pagan origins.

Heaven

NewYork44M... actually, Paganism is still very much in existence today. There are solitary witches as well as covens that exist too.

They are just quietly going about their lives due to past indiscretions by the Christians and other holier-than-thou, judgmental groups who felt the Pagans were heretics/infidels etc.

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Lets list everything that has pagan origins!!

by song19 in

i have a feeling i am going to have to explain to my jw folks why i have decided to allow my children to participate in holidays at school.

theyll probably be wondering too why i will get together with our non jw family for the holidays.. .

we know jws avoid holidays because of their pagan origins.

Heaven

*Heaven, with hands on hips * Vidiot, I was a rural dweller... and I ain't no hillbilly!

Bruja... you are welcome. I like that picture as well. I think if I was to accept any 'religion' kindness and the divinity in all things makes far more sense to me than the violent, angry, spiteful, male spirit/Sky Daddy of the 3 main faiths.