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  Why does the Almighty need a mediator?

  by economy in

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  god is alike to all of his children, hence cannot elevate one child above all others just because one was brought into existence before others.

  (ezekiel 18:4) someone has to be first-born which does not give him any superiority over others!

  interestingly, jesus simply dismissed the whole idea of one being placed over the others as pagan.

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  I am so done with Patriarchal belief systems. We no longer live in the Bronze or Iron Ages.
  
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  The borrowed magic of the memorial

  by Half banana in

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  myth comes from myth and ritual comes from ritual.

  myth and ritual are borrowed in the way fire is borrowed to light another flame.

  john 6:53 says that whoever does not eat (jesus) body and drink his blood will have no life in him.

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  JWs gather once a year on the wrong day to NOT do what Jesus supposedly instructed them to do.
  

  As for the Christian faith, this sums it up pretty well:

  
  
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  Religion is a snare and a racket? Who knew?

  by Slave4_38y in

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  Back when Rutherfraud said this, JWs were considered a 'sect' and not a 'religion'.

  My Mom was crystal clear with me on this fact.
  
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  So, Who Controls Your Mind Now?

  by Night Owl in

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  well?.

  nightowl.

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  Well, I do, of course. My levels of seratonin, endorphins, dopamine, and melatonin, to name a few, are all key factors in the functioning of my brain.
  
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  Is the organization actually gaining more members or losing more?

  by yogosans14 in

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  last time i was at the kingdom hall they were praising themselves about all the growth in members they have been having.

  is this "growth" they are having statistically accurate?or are a lot leaving?

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  I suspect that even if Botchtower tracks people who leave, I am not sure they'd publish those facts. It probably doesn't look good.

  With a large majority of the industrialized world's people aging, there is quite a number who will become too old to witness and will die off in the next 20 years.

  My Father is one of these people. I have no idea what his official status is as a JW. I suspect it is 'inactive'. I guarantee they've removed him as a Ministerial Servant. He no longer has the ability to witness. Dementia has a way of doing that to a person.
  
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  Does anyone have a light?

  by Slave4_38y in

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  Perhaps all the money they've had to pay out for the ever increasing number of law suits has affected their ability to pay their electricity bill.
  
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  Religion is a snare and a racket? Who knew?

  by Slave4_38y in

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  The 'racket' part is a reference to something shady or illegal. As in:

  Racket (crime), a systematised element of organized crime
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  Religion is a snare and a racket? Who knew?

  by Slave4_38y in

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  As prologos said, the snare is a reference to a trap such as this:

  
  
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  Send In The Clowns

  by OneFingerSalute in

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  as i sat through another mind numbing sermon this morning i could not help thinking that the speaker was a total clown.. lime green suit, white shirt, yellow tie, blue socks barely higher than his ankle, brown shoes, and an orange cast.

  all that was missing was a big red rubber nose!

  and of course everyone remarked what a wonderful talk he gave.

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  Love the clown pics.
  
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  Inactive ones are not JWs

  by gone for good in

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  years ago, the insinuation was often presented, that those who were inactive were actually not witnesses at all.

  the point being made was that ''...winesses is a verb, not a noun...''.

  i know there were published assertions to this end in the older books and magazines, with possibly even quotes from the likes of rutherford or knorr ,.

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