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"Do We Have to Jump From the WatchtowerÂ’s Frying Pan into Hellfire?"
by leavingwt insome may enjoy this new post at free minds by sherry jansma.
do we have to jump from the watchtowers frying pan into hellfire?.
one of the most appealing doctrines in the theology of jehovahs witnesses is their teaching on hellfire.
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This is scary we are to put the GB in the same place as Jesus according to the Dec 15 WT
by life is to short ini do not know how to scan the wt if someone can it would be great but i wrote it out verbatim .
i think what the wt says speaks for its self.
am i missing something and or reading something into what they are saying.
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Did born-in's have the capacity to "test their faith"?
by sabastious in2 corinthians 13: 5a - 5 examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves.. this verse just comes at me like a locomotive.. to examine something is to truly use my mental capacities and to look at something objectively.. how do i accomplish this, even now?.
i was raised in an organization that controlled my information and used fear of rejection as well as my need for approval to "inculcate" the "truth" into me.. by that right, i (and all born-ins) do not have the ability to examine our faith (as a jw).. there will always be an artificial pull either for or against the society (whether we are aware of it or not).. free will has been comprimised; therefore our "faith to our creator" has been tainted and cannot be judged as worthy or unworthy.. of course many of us have regained our ability to discern and look at things objectively.. but i believe that we will never be able to truly look at the watchtower organization without a slant.. not to say the conclusions we come to regards to the organization are not valid (because they are and have been validated).
my point is that the organization has no right to judge and ostracize any born-in for leaving and even for speaking out.. they broke us, and now they are demonizing us for the things we did in that broken state.
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Every Single Article... almost
by In init's so striking now when i read the wt.. every single gd article mentions the governing body, or the elders, or the hierarchy -- its sickening the level of control, absolutely sickening.. these guys must be so fearful and so eager to validate their claim to power.. next weeks study lesson is drowning in it!.
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i am graduating!
by cheerios inafter a long hard road, i am now a college graduate :) it's amazing to be liberated :) ... and educated ... .
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Bible written for the anointed....
by Momma-Tossed-Me ini have heard this jw argument before which explains away some of the scriptures alluding to everyone going to heaven but i was on jwfacts, 144,000 section and saw that belief no where in there.
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has anyone done any research to debunk that theory?.
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What made you start questioning: people or doctrine?
by In inlet us know what got you questioning wbts in the first place.
i've got a theory that it starts with people hurting us and only then does the "apostate" turn to looking at the beliefs.. anybody who started questioning beliefs first?.
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Why did we all take the NWT at face value?
by sabastious inwhy didn't we ever care about checking whether or not the nwt was "the most reliable bible on the planet.
" such an audacious claim and it didn't spark much investigations.. (not saying no one did check it, just seems the vast majority never did, at least not for a long time).. so here we all were, with this unverified and propietary bible using it as the word of god to teach about the meaning of life?.
-sab.
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JWs live in willfull ignorance
by brotherdan inwatch this video and notice how the jw does not want someone to show him anything in the bible that is contrary to what he already believes...whether the trinity doctrine is correct or not is no my issue with this video.
the person recording asks directly, "would you be willing to let me show you where jesus is called jehovah or almighty god in the bible?
" the jw says, "no, that would just cause me to doubt my beliefs.
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New Watchtower Quotes : Feel the Love and Anger and Deception
by brotherdan infrom the january 2011 kool aid edition wt:.
paragraph 8: "still, as a people,the chosen ones and their loyal companions will physically survive the end of apostate christendom by taking refuge in jehovah and his mountainlike organization.".
paragraph 9: "christendom deserves the coming destruction for contributing to the spiritual illiteracy common among churchgoers and for its manifest hatred of gods name.".