Posts by aqwsed12345

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The Second Death

by cameo-d in

we are born into this world spiritually ignorant.

in the same way that many of you feel that you were trapped by circumstances in this religion by being a "born in" likewise many other people experience the same feelings whether it is a religion or a political system.

i think it is our mission in this world to become aware of the falsehoods that we are brought into by birth because it develops our conscience.

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Gehenna / Hell / The Lake of Fire

. . . It is the loss of all good . . . and the misery of an evil conscience banished from God and from the society of the holy, and dwelling under God's positive curse forever . . . The decisive and controlling element is not the outward, but the inward . . . The figurative language of Scripture is a miniature representation of what cannot be fully described in words . . . the unholiness and separation from God of a guilty and accusing conscience, of which fire and brimstone are symbols . . . the future punishment of the wicked is not annihilation . . . the wicked enter at death upon a state of conscious suffering which the resurrection and the judgment only augment and render permanent.
(Augustus H. Strong, Systematic Theology, Westwood, NJ: Fleming H. Revell, 1907, 1033-1036)

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CHRIST is not my MEDIATOR? coincidental?

by clarity in

shocking, that i never realized that christ was not my mediator until 2 yrs ago!.

funny, the things the watchtower comes up with......i wonder where all these new 'teachings' hatch from?

imagine the gb sitting in their 'secret' office scratching their collective heads, searching for new leads!

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Mediator for only the 144,000

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What is a false prophet?

by Spade in

if jehovahs witnesses are false-prophets, who can we look to as a prophet(s)?.

http://www.watchtower21.org/2011/01/what-is-false-prophet.html.

a false prophet as described in the old testament under the mosaic law covenant:.

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APOSTLES OF DENIAL by Edmond Charles Gross (helluva book)

by Terry in

i got my hands on a copy of this book and started reading it.. what a great book!.

interview with author dr. edmond gruss.

written by ed gruss and randall watters wednesday, 26 august 2009 15:21randall watters interviewed dr. edmond gruss at his home in 2001, while proofreading ed's new book, "jehovah's witnesses: their claims, doctrinal changes, and prophetic speculation" book.

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Reading Recommendations re: Jehovah’s Witnesses

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The April 2011 Awake

by Yan Bibiyan in

the new asleep is available on jw.org in its full color pdf glory.. i only glanced trough...seems pretty blah....except for the opening article and the pictures in particular.. the article addresses parents grieving to the loss of a small child due to an infectious disease.

an unimaginable situation for any parent (myself included)!.

the wt seems to show the natural reaction to the loss of a child and the expected grieving in a way that any normal parent would react.. however, it stood out in a stark contrast to the 1994 awake, where children lost to a stupid misunderstood and missaplied belief were lined up all smiling and their parents commended for the very actions that cut the life of their own children short!!.

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Secrets of Pedophilia in an American Religion—Jehovah’s Witnesses in Crisis, (2007) A commentary written by former member of the Watchtower organization's Writing Department staff, Barbara Anderson. The author chronicles her experience inside the Watchtower organization with child abuse issues.

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I need help with what to believe?

by hannahmcmanus in

i've been jehovah's witness for about a year now, and recently i've been finding problems in some teachings that my parents and congregation can't answer satisfactorily.

since i began voicing my issues my mum in particular has become increasingly overbearing and, although she says there's nothing wrong with asking questions, it's obvious she doesn't like me having doubts and not accepting her answers, even though they don't explain any of my problems.

it feels like i'm being forced down a path that i don't want to take, but i don't know what to do.

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http://fisheaters.com/challenge.html

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Is the salutation ... "Are you in The Truth?" ... still in use?

by Lion Cask in

the title is the question.

when i was actively studying with the witnesses back in the mid 70's i was often asked that question.

i guess it was a reflection of the crowd i was hanging around with and the fact that i was a friendly at the time, but on reflection i haven't been asked the question for eons.

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Watchtower Dictionary says:

" come into the truth, to To become a Jehovah’s Witness. “I came into the truth in 1991. When did you come into the truth?”"
" in the truth slang Associated with the Watchtower organization. Examples: “I’ve been in the truth ten years; how long have you been in the truth?” “I was born in the truth.”"
" truth , the The JW organization, as in, “I’ve been in the truth since 1981.”"

This very diehard JW dictionary says:

true Christian: Synonymous with ``one of {Jehovah's Witnesses}'' among people {in the Truth}. The implication is that the one referred to is {doing well}. Of course there are many {unbelievers} who have a different opinion. <<A faithful, hospitable widow in Canada was raising four young daughters as true Christians.>> [w95 10/15 32] She was raising them to become Jehovah's Witnesses.

true religion, true worship: The worship of Jehovah as outlined by Jehovah himself in the Bible, and not by men, and carried out by his {organization}, both the heavenly and visible parts. (Joh 4:23)

truth, Truth: That which is actually so; it is never at odds with itself. When spelled with a capital (in mid-sentence), it refers to the full body of revealed Truth about God and his purposes as explained in his Word, and taught by his{organization}. The practice of consistently spelling it with a capital when referring to the Truth in the sense defined here may be my own, and is modeled after Acts 9:2 and other verses that show the early disciples used the phrase ``The Way'' to refer to true Christianity. (Note that The is capitalized, as it appears all three times in NW.
NOTE: The scriptural and divinely inspired name for the true worshipers of Jehovah, {Jehovah's Witnesses}, is a recent acquisition, seen in retrospect to have been given to satisfy a need to be distinct from other groups who likewise profess to be Christian. Thus when outsiders ask us what our religion is, we quickly reply: ``We're Jehovah's Witnesses!'' Under such circumstances it would not be adequate to say: ``We are Christians.'' A Roman Catholic or Baptist might give the same reply. Nor would it be meaningful to say: ``I'm in the Truth.'' However, inside the organization, among one another, we refer to our religion as ``the Truth'', because that is what it is. <<How long have you been in the Truth?>>

in the Truth

The state of being a dedicated, baptized servant of Jehovah. <<How long have you been in the Truth?>> <<I have no fleshly relatives who are in the Truth.>> (See also {Truth}.)

NOTE: The phrase does not intend to imply anything about how well a person might be doing in the Truth. <<So you've been in the Truth for ten years, huh? But how long has the Truth been in you?>> An admittedly cheeky question.

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What is "the Kingdom"?

by Darth Eowyn in

i have been lurking for a couple of months and decided to join because i wanted to get further information.. i am not a jw, ex jw, or even considering becoming a jw.

i am a fairly devout, practicing catholic.

two weeks ago, a couple of jw publishers stopped by to discuss their schtick.

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Dear Butterflyleia85, please read this:

"There is One Mediator" (1 Timothy 2:5): Does This Rule Out "Mini-Mediators"?

Hebrews 11:16 explicitly say that saved people under Old Testament period go to heaven (not when they died, but when Christ took them to heaven after his resurrection), but here is an article about this question, please read this also:

No Heavenly Hope for the Old Testament Saints?

Praying to the Saints

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What is a false prophet?

by Spade in

if jehovahs witnesses are false-prophets, who can we look to as a prophet(s)?.

http://www.watchtower21.org/2011/01/what-is-false-prophet.html.

a false prophet as described in the old testament under the mosaic law covenant:.

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Watchtower Dictionary says:

prophet noun 1. Any of the Old Testament characters, such as Ezekiel and Jeremiah, who acted as God’s spokesmen, performed miracles, and foretold future events. 2. The Jehovah’s Witness organization today, in its claimed role as God’s spokesman or channel of communication. 3. A role the JW organization says it has never claimed for itself.

NOTE: Although definitions #2 and #3 contradict each other, both must be accepted and believed. The organization employs definition #2 when asserting its authority over members and definition #3 when trying to escape responsibility for failed predictions.

a prophet yet not a prophet

In a classic example of Orwellian doublethink Jehovah’s Witnesses learn to think of their organization as God’s prophet and, at the same time, not a prophet at all. These contradictory notions, both of which must be believed simultaneously, are reflected in these quotes from The Watchtower:

“Whom has God actually used as his prophet ?… Jehovah’s witnesses are deeply grateful today that the plain facts show that God has been pleased to use them.”—January 15, 1959, pages 40-41

“Thus this group of anointed followers of Jesus Christ, doing a work in Christendom paralleling Ezekiel’s work among the Jews, were manifestly the modern-day Ezekiel, the ‘prophet’ commissioned by Jehovah… these followers of Christ embraced the name ‘Jehovah’s Witnesses’… ”—April 1, 1972, pages 198-199

“Jehovah’s Witnesses… do not claim infallibility or perfection. Neither are they inspired prophets.”—May 15, 1976, page 297

(For several similar quotes see Index of Watchtower Errors pages 112-113.)

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Article about the JWs (German speaking)?

by ex-Special Pioneer in

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glaubensgemeinschaftnein zu zeugen jehovasrainer wehaus, aktualisiert am 20.01.2011 um 17:10 uhreine zeugin jehovas verteilt "wachturm" und "erwachet" foto: hornersiehe auch vatikan.

johannes paul ii.

wird am 1. mai seliggesprochen kirchen.

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http://bitflow.dyndns.org/german/LotharGassmann/Zeugen_Jehovas_1996.pdf