All cults have their own loaded language. They regularly take normal words and build their own meanings for them. In the case of the word encouragement, Botchtower's definition is far from the actual, real, and truthful meaning of that word.
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16What exactly is encouragement?
by naazira inwhen elders want to meet with an inactive person to encourage them, what does this really mean?
encouragement is a term thrown around by the organisation.
does this encouragement usually consist of prying into the inactive one's lifestyle?.
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the Witch of Endor
by Magnum in1sa 28:3-25 (nwt - not revised version).
7 finally saul said to his servants: seek for me a woman who is a mistress of spirit mediumship, and i will go to her and consult her.
then his servants said to him: look!
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Heaven
Soooo.... let me get this straight now.
The Bible says it's okay to seek the counsel of a spirit medium but Botchtower says it's evil.
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Take a Break With a Bit of Humour
by Finkelstein inlets see what we can find on youtube or elsewhere that tickles your funny bone .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyv-qyewpkk.
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Heaven
LOL! Love the Fruitcake Lady! -
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My Mission is over!
by abiather inwhen i understood, jws are wrong in some vital areas [eg.
woman being viewed secondary, refusal to greet those differing with them ....], but right in other vital areas [such as their teaching that human rule is doomed, and will be replaced by gods rule], i began a diligent search for the right organization.
my search ended with brahmakumaris.
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My Mission is over!
by abiather inwhen i understood, jws are wrong in some vital areas [eg.
woman being viewed secondary, refusal to greet those differing with them ....], but right in other vital areas [such as their teaching that human rule is doomed, and will be replaced by gods rule], i began a diligent search for the right organization.
my search ended with brahmakumaris.
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Heaven
Outlaw, that pic you posted on the left is very Watchtower-esque.
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You will never grow old in this current system of things... - Awake, May 22, 1969 p. 15
by cappytan incheck this out.
got this bound volume from my dad.. .
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Heaven
Yep. I was raised on this crap. My parent's have this bound volume too. -
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Why Armageddon Now?
by Garrett ini've been thinking and here's what i've come up with.
correct me if i'm wrong, but in the bible does it not state that the word would have to be preached throughout the entire inhabited earth for a witness to all people and then the end would come?.
with the world being as vast as it is today, it would be practically impossible for the witnesses to speak to everyone in the world.
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Heaven
7 million voices versus 7 billion in the world... JWs are just a drop in a bucket. They're rhetoric is embarrassing and unheard by the majority. Always has been, and always will be. -
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You are invited to sit down with the GB members..
by James Mixon inyou have the opportunity to sit and discuss what's on your mind.. what would you tell them??.
my question, do you men have a heart, how do you sleep at nights??.
why do you think jehovah pick you to feed the sheep??.
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What is your definition of 'soon'? -
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JW Table at My Student Center Today, My Response
by breakfast of champions inthey're baaaack!!!
jws "tabling" at my student center again, first time in over six months.
i wonder if the fact it's been 15 degrees out had anything to do with it?
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Heaven
BoC, this is excellent. Glad you sent it. Definitely share with us any results.
As time passes, my embarrassment for anyone who belongs to this organization grows.
How self-righteous of them to camp out at an institution of higher learning to peddle their BS on how evil it is when this is the farthest from the real truth.
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Hearts aren't really heart shaped!
by rebel8 ina message brought to you by the people who have the unique true knowledge that jesus wasn't born on 12/25:.
hearts aren't even really "heart shaped"--it's just a pagan symbol and everyone wrongly believes they're shaped that way.any questions?
(this forum gets totally buggy when you use emoticons!).
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Heaven
rebel8 said: The doctrine in the thread title was a jw teaching back in the 1970s and 1980s.
Yep, that was around the time I was waking up.
