Interestingly, and sadly, this religion survived,....why?????
People in positions of power and authority saw a means to control the masses and acquire financial rewards from them. Always follow the power and money.
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24Christianity: The most deceptive religion
by opusdei1972 injesus was a jew who apparently thought he was the messiah, however, after dying, his disciples began to propagate the lie that he would return from heaven during his generation.
but, his generation passed away, and it was clear that it was a false prophecy, then a dishonest christian wrote the second letter of peter so as to condemn those who realised that the prophecy was a fiasco.
interestingly, and sadly, this religion survived,....why????
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Watchtower Society now PROMOTES using Social Media / Networks?
by FusionTheism inhave you seen this?.
http://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/teenagers/whiteboard-animations/social-network-smart/#?insight.
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Heaven
So is this 'nu-lite' considered a flip or a flop?
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The flat earth conspiracy!
by Truthexplorer inok. let me first start by saying i am not a flat earther.
i like most on here will have the same view most will have here about our planet.
in saying that however, i am incredibly gob smacked by the book written by eric dubay called 'the flat earth conspiracy'.
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Heaven
The Voyager 1 space probe was sent out in 1977 to explore our solar system. As it left our system Feb 14, 1990, the spacecraft was ordered by NASA to turn around and take a photograph of the planet Earth, some 6 billion kms away. The "Pale Blue Dot" image is now over 25 years old. The image is a dot... not a line. The Earth is NOT flat.
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The JW religion has just cost me my marriage & my family life
by jambon1 inafter leaving the organisation 10 years ago i fought with everything i had to stay in my marriage and with my three children.
after a tumultuous number of years trying to maintain a happy family life while living in a divided home, it's finally over.
the religion is single handedly responsible for destroying my marriage and my family.
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Heaven
It's incredibly sad.
Ending of a marriage is one of the highest stressors anyone can experience. The effects are very similar to suffering from the death of a loved one.
And I agree with GT... you were, are, and still can be a great Dad.
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No More Money!
by Hold Me-Thrill Me inas of this june (i've already given my may contributions which are substantial) i am no longer giving money to support useless building projects that serve no good purpose.
i am no longer giving money at conventions or assemblies.
i am no longer giving money toward the circuit overseers upkeep.
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Heaven
If everyone stopped contributing to the Watchtower World Wide Pedophile Defense Fund, the Borg may actually go broke.
Thanks for doing your part HMTM.
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The JW religion has just cost me my marriage & my family life
by jambon1 inafter leaving the organisation 10 years ago i fought with everything i had to stay in my marriage and with my three children.
after a tumultuous number of years trying to maintain a happy family life while living in a divided home, it's finally over.
the religion is single handedly responsible for destroying my marriage and my family.
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Heaven
jambon, I am very sorry about this. It is disgusting.
Well done the JW religion! You have accomplished the division that your holy book brags about.
This is 100% accurate. Anyone who doesn't agree, check out Matthew 10:35.
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The flat earth conspiracy!
by Truthexplorer inok. let me first start by saying i am not a flat earther.
i like most on here will have the same view most will have here about our planet.
in saying that however, i am incredibly gob smacked by the book written by eric dubay called 'the flat earth conspiracy'.
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Heaven
Yeah... and I've got a prime hunk of Florida (swamp) land available for sale.
Check out Eratosthenes of Cyrene. Using a very simple technique, he figured out that the Earth's surface was curved. He is one of my heroes. :0)
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Attention JW lurkers: May JW TV broadcast demonstrates the GB's utter contempt for you (and all non-elite JWs)
by sir82 inin may's "we will never solicit for money, but now we're going to solicit you for the next hour" broadcast, we kept hearing about all the "facts" that the gb would like for us to know.. hmm...what facts did they leave out?.
-- $millions have been spent in out-of-court settlements of child abuse cases.
-- $untold amounts are being spent on legal defense of wt policies related to child abuse.
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Heaven
"We will never solicit for money, but now we're going to solicit you for the next hour"
sir82, this is exactly what struck me from the video.
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If They Stopped Shunning Tomorrow?
by cofty inimagine that the cult decided to stop shunning family members on the proviso that the dfd person was not actively trying to attack the cult.. (please don't debate whether or not this is likely - it's hypothetical).
how would you respond to your family?.
personally i think i would be less than cooperative.
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Heaven
KateWild said: A better question would be would you welcome with open arms a family member who had shunned you if they had just learned TTATT?
If that family member apologized to me and wanted an open dialogue about TTATT then yes I would welcome them. If they wanted to try to control me, then no, I would not.
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Rumor about the Imitate Jesus Convention
by FusionTheism ini saw a rumor a few weeks ago on reddit that the new imitate jesus convention is supposed to present new light and clarified understandings on the disfellowshipping/disassociation practices.. supposedly, if this rumor has any truth to it, there will be a talk given at the convention about how we should not be strict like the pharisees in how we shun people, loosening up some of the jw rules about this practice.. has anyone here heard anything about this or have more info on it?.
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Heaven
About this 'imitating Jesus' idea....
I am completely uninterested in this. The guy is dead! I am not ready to be dead just yet.
