Topics Started by Ding
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Watchtower Propaganda Techniques
by Ding inis there a book (books, articles, etc.
) that systematically examines and exposes wt propaganda techniques?
if not, do you think such a book would be useful in helping people escape the borg or in recovering from their own indoctrination?.
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How Much of the WT Teaching Did You Believe?
by Ding insome people on this forum have said that they never really believed any aspect of wt teaching, that they couldn't wait to get free of it all.. others seems to have been really gung ho, believing it all until something happened that got you questioning "the truth.".
i would say my own high water mark was about 50%, which put me squarely on the fence, trying to decide if i should be in or out.. how about you?.
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Holy spirit indwelling
by Ding inis it your understanding that any jw can have holy spirit indwell them or is that an experience a part of the anointing that the wt teaches is reserved for the 144,000?.
please provide references if you can..
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Not Witnessing
by Ding ina friend of mine recently encountered two jws at a cart.. he asked them if they were out witnessing.. they said, "no, we're not witnessing, but you can take any of the literature.".
he asked, "would you like to talk with me about jesus?".
they said, "no, just take the literature and move on.".
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New Light on the 144,000?
by Ding insomeone on facebook is claiming to have reliable information that the gb is about to announce new light on the 144,000 -- that it's symbolic, not literal.. one person suggested that they will retain the two-class teaching and just change the meaning of 144,000. his idea was that the change would avoid three problems with the current teaching:.
1. embarrassment over more and more partakers at the memorial when the number should be getting less and less.. 2. embarrassment over 12 symbolic 12,000s somehow equaling a literal 144,000.. 3. solving the problem of running out of "anointed" ones who are old enough to be on the gb.. thoughts?.
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Watchtower Rules and Enforcement
by Ding ini've been thinking about the wt's disciplinary system -- marking, private reproof, public reproof, disfellowshipping.
did you find their system oppressive while you were a jw?
did you find the system theoretically okay but unfairly applied (playing favorites, etc.)?
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The phrase "one of Jehovah's Witnesses"
by Ding injws don't say, "i am a jehovah's witness.".
instead, they say, "i am one of jehovah's witnesses.".
what does the second way of saying it convey that the first does not?.
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Trouble opening PMs
by Ding ini cannot open my pms.. i click on the envelope but all i get is an error message..
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PMs won't open
by Ding inmy pms won't open.. it shows that i have a pm, but all i get when i try to open it is a "try again" error message.. nothing seems to work..