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An animated walk through of Watchtower's history

by The Old Testicle in

170 years of watchtower history.

this video was made using material researched from their own publications as well as outside sources.. this wasn't produced to bash the organisation but provide a background to its origin and path to today.

the organisation's falls on the merit that this is factual and not sensational.

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1976 - Governing Body arrangement is created. Ironically, that Governing Body now claims there has always been a Governing Body going back to the Apostles in the 1st century congregation.

1979 - Jesus is declared the mediator only for the annointed. I am not sure which is crazier; the belief that contradict the core teaching of Christianity or that the Watchtower took so long to go "full retard".

1981 - The Watchtower comes up with shunning aka "Disfellowshipping". It only took them 1,950 years to come up with this unchristian practice.

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Lonesome time of year

by road to nowhere in

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cold, dark.

isolation on top of it this year.

i am sick of sappy xmas music and tv shows.. i always reflect on what religion has done to my family.

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Road to Nowhere:

You are not alone. Here are two things that help me through dark times -

1. Sadness cannot live in a grateful heart.

I was 36 before I finally got out of the Jehovah's Witness religion 100%. I was already on estranged terms with my parents and one of my siblings. I have made it known that I will never return. As such, I am met with cold silence.

However, I reflect on what good has come from it. I may be 1 years behind on my dream career, but I did get the career I wanted. Now I am about 5 years from retirement. I have had many wonderful experiences due to my job and it sure has provided well for my family and I. My wife and children are happier than we have ever been. Life is the greatest miracle.

2. Every note of the song is the song.

Imagine sitting in an orchestra hall. The conductor begins the concert. All the musicians play one note. Then they stand up, bow, and exit the stage.

Me being a Witness for 36 years is like 36 notes of a song that may go on for another 56 notes. Many music teachers tell their students if the student plays a wrong note to just keep playing through the song. Not to worry about the mistake. Mistakes are how we learn. Our song has many more notes to be played and they all have the potential to be beautiful. We have no control over the past. Only the present. The present is the only place where we can live.

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Dimwits running the show

by punkofnice in

i often found that there were some real dimwits that thought they were marvellous.

a sort of dunning kruger spectrum going on.. donkeys leading princes.

just like our corrupt and retarded politicians.

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Jehovah's Witnesses seem to be in a competition with the QAnon types to see who is nuttier than a squirrel's turd.

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MY GOSPEL

by pistolpete in

has anyone ever read the new testament- critically- and not theologically?

by theologically i mean not reading the bible with the intention of understanding the nature of god and religious truth.

but instead, reading the bible by analyzing only the facts of what is written, in an unbiased frame of mind to pull out what is actually happening in the written stories.. first of all, if you were to read the nt in chronological order, paul’s 7 authentic letters would come before the gospels of matthew, mark, luke, and john.

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Well done, PistolPete! This is a fascinating topic. I too have come to the same conclusion.

Modern Christianity is based on a religion that received its teachings from Paul and not Jesus.

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Would You Like To Be God?

by Ultimate Axiom in

we know there are a few on this forum who think they are, but consider this for a while.

if you are god, you are omniscient, therefore you have nothing to learn.

nothing to research, investigate or explore as there is nothing you don’t already know.

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I like the Hindu answer to this.

In the Hindu cosmology the universe has no beginning or end, but does start over after a period known as an aeon.

The Hindu answer is something similar to this analogy -

Imagine you own a mega casino in Las Vegas. You own everything inside the casino. All the casino's money ("the house") is your money. Gambling would get rather boring rather quick.

So no imagine you are able to forget you own the casino. You think you are just a patron there to gamble. No the stakes seem real to you. The excitement of gambling returns.

In Hinduism, God is everything and everyone. Only everyone has forgotten that. The point is to try to remember. It is a game. It is a theatrical play.

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Roy Baty my Bethel Roommate and Pioneer Partner

by new boy in

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roy baty died three days ago.

i had a strange connection to roy.

i pioneered with him in kansas and he was one of my bethel roommates.

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It is people who are like Roy who must answered this posed question?

Would your rather be -

Right or

Happy?

Pick one.

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3 years after... hello!

by ohnightdivine in

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it's been 3 years since i last visited and posted here in this site.

i wonder if there is anyone here now whom i've had the chance to interact through my posts and comments from years ago.. i just wanted to share that:.

my bible study teacher tried to contact me all of a sudden 2 weeks ago.

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Well done! Merry Christmas!

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Dating in the Org

by Rattigan350 in

you men, who were brothers in the congregation and you were dating sisters in the congregation, did you find that they cared more about how you made them look in the congregation than they cared about you?.

you women, who were sisters in the congregation and you were dating brothers in the congregation, were you more concerned about how he affected your status & how you were viewed in the congregation, than you cared about him?.

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I was raised as a Witness. My teenage and young adult years were in California. I found sisters in the congregation, circuit, etc. cared not about a brother's status in the organization. They didn't even care about a brothers financial status. It was 100% about hormones and dopamine.

Any sister over the age of 22 that was not yet married was looked at as if there were something wrong with her.

Many Witness couples got married young, probably too young. Those couples often lived in one set of parents' basement. There started to be a lot of divorce and adultery.

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What Does Prayer Actually Do?

by punkofnice in

if you think it works, what is your evidence outside of possible coincidence?.

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TBK - Pontoon - I often felt that prayer was me talking to myself, trying to convince myself of something.

That's pretty much it, Punk. Prayer is the practice of setting an intention, usually to benefit the self and others through compassionate action.

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What Does Prayer Actually Do?

by punkofnice in

if you think it works, what is your evidence outside of possible coincidence?.

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This is what it does for me in my practice -

In Buddhism, prayer is primarily utilized for its internal purposes. It is practiced to awaken the practitioner’s inner bodhicitta, or Buddha nature. This concept can be defined as the fundamental compassionate vital energy; an energy that is as much present in the cosmos as it is within the individual. The process of prayer aids the practitioner in uniting himself with the cosmos by awakening this inner energy and consequently tapping into otherwise unused sources of wisdom, empathy and knowledge. The various types of meditative Buddhist prayer serve to calm the mind; bringing it to a state conducive to developing a strong and compassionate heart.

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