Fernando
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Article on self-righteousness written by one of the conscious-class?
by Fernando inthis article seems to read as if written by someone who is at least half awake.. your thoughts?.
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Are we living in the best time in human history, and on the edge at the same time?
by Fernando inpersonally i believe we are.. your thoughts?.
how will it turn out?.
what can/should we do?.
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Religion vs the gospel
by Fernando inour family's journey out of the watchtower has led us to see the gospel as the antithesis or exact opposite of religion.. for us religion is men telling us what to believe and do (to control us).. for us the gospel is god telling us what he has done (to liberate us from such men).. how have you come to see the relationship between religion and the gospel?.
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How would you define RELIGION, and why?
by Fernando in"judge" rutherford defined or classified all religion as "a snare and a racket" in his books "religion" and "enemies".. after rutherford's death in 1942, his protege, watchtower vice president, and aclu darling, hayden c. covington, in the early 1950's, for reasons of legal expedience and supremacist aspirations, suddenly converted the watchtower into a religion.. this was done alongside one of the most audacious, spurious and longstanding swindles of the us legal system.
this involved twisting philippians 1:7 and misrepresenting the watchtower's true nature, objectives and activities.. .
this meant that it became necessary for the watchtower to suddenly reclassify and redefine religion (w51 1/15 p. 43 new legal booklet well named; w51 8/15 p. 511 questions from readers; yb75 p. 161 part 2 "for gladys bolton...").. two new watchtower classifications were suddenly created: "true religion" and "false religion".. now "true religion" meant "true beliefs" whilst "belief" in ever changing watchtower doctrine was equated with the one "faith" of scripture.. all this while the watchtower increasingly and maliciously truncated, obfuscated and hid the liberating full "good news" (or unabridged gospel) of scripture, which it lyingly claimed (in court) that it was actually "defending and legally establishing".. how would you have defined religion before learning ttatt?.
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Catholic Church clearly identifies some of the roots of ongoing child sex abuse in religion
by Fernando inon four corners on australia's abc tonight (saturday) at 08:00 pm, i was surprised when archbishop mark coleridge spoke frankly with kerry o'brien and did what it seems the watchtower never will be able to.. he identified:.
clericalismcareerismabuse of powera culture of secrecya culture that is determined to avoid scandalas being some of the roots of ongoing child sex abuse in religion (and the cover ups).
a transcript is also available at this link:.
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What's the difference between exJWs who FLOURISH and those that don't?
by Fernando inquite a few here on jwn seem to have grown and developed in leaps and bounds, sometimes beyond their wildest dreams.. others seem to still be struggling.. what do you think makes it possible to flourish?.
the degree to which our mind has been liberated from watchtower thinking?.
if so, this seems to happen in many different ways, so what is the secret?.
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Surprising how WBTS became EXACTLY what Russell was against.
by Fernando in*** jv chap.
15 p. 205 development of the organization structure ***.
however, brother russell emphasized that they were not attempting to set up an earthly organization.
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Milking the convention cash cow for all it's worth - some questions
by Fernando inif memory serves there have been discussions about:.
pressure to donate to cover convention expenses far beyond actual expenses.
obtaining venue subsidies and or sponsorships but not passing on the savings to the flock.
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Questions for WT Library users on "Legalism" (TTATGN series, no. 2)
by Fernando ingood day to all jwners.
this series of ttatgn questions is especially for those of us who (want to learn) use the watchtower library (to help our trapped loved ones find liberation).. today's focus is on "legalism" a word that appears once in the entire watchtower library, in a great article, which reads like a summary of ray franz' book isocf.. please share your thoughts on how any or all these (socratic method) questions may be asked and/or answered by ourselves and those we seek to help:.
what is legalism?what is the opposite of legalism?is legalism apostasy?what is moralism?is moralism similar to legalism?what is meant by "law vs grace"?explain the "5 solas" in a single sentence.looking forward to your ideas and suggestions.. fernando.
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A question for WT Library users on "Touchstone" (TTATGN series, no. 1)
by Fernando inhow would you explain what the "touchstone" is and what it has to do with the "good news"?.
there is nothing the watchtower "ruling religious clergy class and hierarchy" secretly fears more than:.
their own publicationsttatt (the truth about the truth)reading the bible without watchtower goggles onttatgn (the truth about the good news.