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ex mormon learning a little about JW

by curious777 in

hello friends.

i am an ex mormon who got a little bit obsessed with cults and how they work, after leaving the church.. recently i have been very interested in learning about the structure of jw because i find it very similar in some ways to how the mormon church is organized, except with different names for everything.. i have some questions:.

does the love bomb stop the moment you get baptized?

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Is your average JW also a double standard type of person? I mean: Do they actually follow what they preach? Do they really believe in their hearts what they teach and learn?

I forgot to answer this question. It is a good one.

I think this is the hallmark of all Christian sects. You are hard pressed to find any Jehovah's Witness, including the 8 members of the Governing Body, who practice everything they preach. Most Witnesses regularly practiced something that goes against the religion's doctrine. This is done even in groups with a wink and a nod.

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Does this look like the WT is going to be around a long time? One Watchtower @ One Awake for the public in 2022

by pistolpete in

i keep hearing that the watchtower org is going to be around forever because of the many other religions that have been around a long time.

but i disagree because the wt is not like other religious cults.. the watchtower's breath of life is dependent on the last days that started in 1914. .

you can’t change 1914 without a death blow to the entire organization.. the watchtower's 2nd reason for staying alive, is it's continual urging that the life saving preaching work of warning people is the most important work ever.. but- it's very obvious to many, even the old ones that instead of speeding up the work------the work is slowing down to a drip.. comment by former believer; .

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Sounds a lot like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. ...and the band played on.

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2021-July-S-147-Announcements And Reminders!

by Atlantis in

jw
friends

2021-july-s-147-announcements and reminders.

english and german.

https://www.filemail.com/d/rscphytdmrtfyau.

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The celestial chariot is moving the goal posts again....errr, I mean is on the move again!

Jehovah is certainly speeding up the preaching work as the end draws near. So, the foot is on the gas pedal, but the car's gear is in reverse. They are actually going to reprint old issues? Isn't that "old light"?

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ex mormon learning a little about JW

by curious777 in

hello friends.

i am an ex mormon who got a little bit obsessed with cults and how they work, after leaving the church.. recently i have been very interested in learning about the structure of jw because i find it very similar in some ways to how the mormon church is organized, except with different names for everything.. i have some questions:.

does the love bomb stop the moment you get baptized?

truth_b_known

Curious777:

There was a time about 30 to 40 years ago where an entire congregation would be encouraged to love bomb a newly interested person. My father forced me to do so while I was growing up. This often made me feel uncomfortable. Things did change. It did get to the point that the love bombing circle shrank just to the person who was studying with the newly interest person.

You are also correct - once that new person is baptized they often soon found themselves alone. They might be able to engage in conversation before or after the weekly meetings at the Kingdom Hall. They invites to people's homes or other social events would soon disappear after baptism.

I do recall many new converts disappearing within a year of baptism. What do you expect when they are told to cut all ties with non-Witnesses and then they are starved for social interaction after baptism?

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What aspects do you view most favorably about the WT and/or its religion?

by Disillusioned JW in

even if you disapprove of much about the wt and/or its religion, what aspects do you view most favorably about the wt and/or its religion?

for me one of the things i view most favorably about the wt and its religion is its extremely strong insistence that jws never intentionally kill another human being.

i especially appreciate that regarding those who have been born, but i think some abortions of human embryos might be justifiable.

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I suspected that Romans 13:4 (and the rest of the first part of chapter 13) was spurious (or I at least wondered if it was and I hoped it was).

That is refreshing DisillusionedJW. There are three criteria that be apart of any philosophy/belief system/religion -

Faith
Doubt
Determination

First, we must have faith. This is not a clinging to belief and ignoring contrary ideas or facts. Rather it is accepting truth as we experience it. We first must accept something to be truth.

Second, we must doubt what we accept as truth. This is not skepticism. Rather, it is the refusal to accept something without evidence.

Third, we must be determined to seek evidence about what we have faith in.

I have a lot of doubt in the writings of Paul. Honestly, I doubt he was ever sent by Jesus. I think Paul was that type of person that is easy to believe based on how he presents himself.

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The Rise of Skywalker (2019) - how much crack was JJ Abrams smoking when he made this? lol (spoilers)

by LoveUniHateExams in

i saw the rise of skywalker (2019) a few weeks ago.. and it is totally crazy, lol, it has everything but the kitchen sink.. i can somewhat feel for writer/director jj abrams because rian johnson went f**k up in the previous film.. e.g.

in the force awakens (2015), abrams introduced snoke, but then in the last jedi (2017) johnson killed him off, the same thing happened to luke.. but that doesn't really hide hollywood hack abrams from criticism of this movie.

bringing back emperor palpatine - i mean, really?.

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People forget to give credit where credit is due for the original Star Wars (now Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) film. Science Fiction author Alan Dean Foster was brought in to develop the final script. The script treatments up to the point were not as good (though I did like the original one that mirrored Akira Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress).

20th Century Fox had more control back then because they held the purse strings.

The Abrams trilogy lacked story. It was like one of those weird film deals where they have to make a movie or lose the right to the property. Much like all the Fantastic Four films to date.

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The Rise of Skywalker (2019) - how much crack was JJ Abrams smoking when he made this? lol (spoilers)

by LoveUniHateExams in

i saw the rise of skywalker (2019) a few weeks ago.. and it is totally crazy, lol, it has everything but the kitchen sink.. i can somewhat feel for writer/director jj abrams because rian johnson went f**k up in the previous film.. e.g.

in the force awakens (2015), abrams introduced snoke, but then in the last jedi (2017) johnson killed him off, the same thing happened to luke.. but that doesn't really hide hollywood hack abrams from criticism of this movie.

bringing back emperor palpatine - i mean, really?.

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The whole trilogy is a train wreck. As if millions of childhoods cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.

The return of Palpatine was used in popular comic book miniseries entitled Star Wars: Dark Empire, which I thought was pretty good. It was definitely better than the Abrams Star Wars movies.

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What aspects do you view most favorably about the WT and/or its religion?

by Disillusioned JW in

even if you disapprove of much about the wt and/or its religion, what aspects do you view most favorably about the wt and/or its religion?

for me one of the things i view most favorably about the wt and its religion is its extremely strong insistence that jws never intentionally kill another human being.

i especially appreciate that regarding those who have been born, but i think some abortions of human embryos might be justifiable.

truth_b_known

Using the logic of the WT, God would have to appoint people to specifically violate his laws in order to fulfill the governmental ministry He called them to!

Whether I pull the trigger or pay someone else to do it, I am still responsible for a persons death. I agree with Sea Breeze on this one. If government agents with "swords" use those swords the way they are intended they are doing God's will as He appointed them to do so.

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What’s Your Opinion On The News Media?

by minimus in

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friends

do you think most of what they cover is accurate?

do you trust the media , especially mainstream?.

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The fact that people in the U.S. choose which cable new network to get their "news" from based on their political ideology say it all. In the U.S. you are better off watching your local station news.

It is not just a matter of how much opinion and spin that get put on news stories. It is also a matter of what stories will be covered and those that one. Stories that do not support a particular political ideology on the surface may be outright ignored.

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Reason why fancy dress up parties were totally band!

by Witness 007 in

we had a fancy dress up party in our congregation.

elders special pioneers and many others came, though some came as cowboys and pirates with guns and swords which was not in line with the watchtowers "beat your swords into plough sheers.

" some sisters were belly dancers....yes they exposed their stomachs.....shock horror!

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For some reason pirates and cross-dressing always seems to be the straw that breaks the camel's back. Ironically, the problem with pirates has been stated as "the are known rapists." You mean like countless Witnesses you shield from local authorities?

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