"...dedicated their life to God..." translation: "Dedicated their life to the Watchtower"
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Anthony Morris wants former Jehovah's Witnesses DEAD
by neat blue dog inin a disgusting new video, anthony morris iii talks about apostates, and brings to mind his 'hot dog' talk all over again as he anticipates the demise of ex-jehovah's witnesses.
i don't know if you're familiar with maggots, but when you see a whole bunch of them it's not a pleasant sight.. .
what a fitting picture of the final end of all of god's enemies.
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Twisting Micah 6:8 to fit the Governing Body's narrative
by RULES & REGULATIONS inmark sanderson: “wisdom is with the modest ones” (prov.
here is governing body member mark sanderson reading micah 6:8 from the new world translation.
twisting micah 6:8 to fit the governing body's narrative to be ''loyal'' to jehovah and ingrained into every member's brain to also include the ''governing body.
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truth_b_known
In Micah 6:8 the Hebrew word hesed or chesed is being translated as "mercy" in some translations and as "loyalty" in the new Watchtower Bible. Hesed is not easily translated into a single English word. Mercy is on the right track, but there's more to it. However, loyalty is not the idea and being loyal to someone or an organization is definitely not what the author was trying to convey.
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Zoroaster spoke thus
by Doug Mason inthe following is from: cosmos, chaos and the world to come (pp.
222-224), norman cohn.
yale university press.
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truth_b_known
Doug:
There is a YouTube channel I follow in which the content creator goes over the creation account in Genesis chapter 1 (apparently the creation account in Job differs). The content creator suggests that the creation account of Genesis is an allegory that contains Persian mythology. The reason it does not say that God created the Sun, but rather refers to lights, is because the Hebrew word for Sun is the same as a Persian god. I have not verified this, but I think it relates to your research.
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A Growing Problem for Materialists
by Sea Breeze inthe famous double-slit experiment proves that light travels both in individual particles called photons and also as a mathematical probability wave.
matter itself exhibits this particle-wave duality which allows objects to exist in two different places at the same time, depending on whether of not you are looking (testing) at it.
scientists have recently been able to get molecules as large as 2000 atoms to exhibit this duality!.
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truth_b_known
I believe a materialist is one who upholds the credo of science - "If it cannot be measured it does not exist."
When one introduces an idea with evidence that goes outside the credo, those who uphold it simply raise the bar of evidence required for proof.
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truth_b_known
Good one, Nowwhat. I had a similar thought. Publisher Window Washer watches as his donation to the World Wide Work is put to good use entertaining the Governing Body entourage at the local Regional Convention.
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A Growing Problem for Materialists
by Sea Breeze inthe famous double-slit experiment proves that light travels both in individual particles called photons and also as a mathematical probability wave.
matter itself exhibits this particle-wave duality which allows objects to exist in two different places at the same time, depending on whether of not you are looking (testing) at it.
scientists have recently been able to get molecules as large as 2000 atoms to exhibit this duality!.
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truth_b_known
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-MNSLsjjdo
It's pretty mind blowing to say the least.
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jehober "always'" protects his 'loyal servants'?
by eyeuse2badub inlast week i watched the docuseries on prime video called “the last narc”.
it was mainly about the notorious mexican guadalajara drug cartel during the 70’s and 80’s and a united states dea agent, kiki camerena, who was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered in guadalajara, mexico in 1984. this is a very well-known and haunting event here in the usa.. however, there was also about a 7-8 minute segment during the docuseries that graphically detailed the kidnapping, rape, and murder of 4 jehovah’s witnesses that also took place just days before kiki camerena was taken.
the jw’s were 2 married couples, us citizens, dennis and rose carlson, ben and pat mascarenas.
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truth_b_known
The mental gymnastics Witnesses go through on this topic is of gold medal Olympic proportions. When such events happen and the Witnesses seem to be miraculously saved the response is - "Praise Jehovah! Faithfully remaining loyal to Jehovah and his organization will literally save your life." When such tragedies happen and the outcome is not so nice the response comes in one of two forms -
"It is as the Bible says, 'Time and unforeseen circumstances,'" or
"They must have had a 'secret sin' that caused Jehovah to remove his protection."
So, the question to present in the 2 tragedies listed in the original post is this - Which was it? Did 2 JW couples who moved to a foreign nation because "the need was great" end up raped, tortured, and murdered because of dumb luck or did they have a secret sin? Did 43 Witnesses drowned to death after being swept out to sea because of dumb luck or were all 43 committing a secret sin that caused Jehovah to remove his protection?
A Witness might respond "Sometimes Jehovah protects his faithful people because they yet still have some purpose to fulfill got him." To which I would respond, "Do you mean the same God who has 8 million servants worldwide, but who would use rocks to cry out if no one proclaimed his holy name?"
In short, the Watchtower's own teaching in writing states that those 2 couples had to be allowed to be tortured, raped, and murdered to prove that humankind needs God and to prove Satan's claim that humans do not need God a lie. 43 Witnesses who agree with that statement had their lives cut short by drowning at see to prove that same point.
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Why Jehovah`s Witnesses are wrong emphasising the name Jehovah.
by smiddy3 inhi friends, feel free to correct me where i`m wrong with this post.after all it`s just my observation of jw`s and the bible.. in the beginning of gods dealings with adam it was on a personal level , god to man so to speak.. god then dealt with humans via the patriarchs , then with the levi priesthood ,then judges ,( and a woman was a judge ) then kings ,somewhere in between all of this prophets played a major part ,and then came jesus christ the messiah.. and to my knowledge god has not validated a successor to him with any evidence i`ve seen .. jehovah`s witnesses claim to be christians but have with no new testament backing usurped jesus with jehovah.. this period of time ,until god says otherwise ,christians are to give honour and glory to none other than jesus christ .. that is the name that is above any other name until god says otherwise.
phil.2:9-11. not the name jehovah .the bible never says anything about a kingdom of jehovah ,the coming kingdom is the kingdom of jesus christ with his associate 144,000 earthly subjects.. this is just my understanding of what the bible actually says .. whether i believe it or not is another matter..
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truth_b_known
Does is feel like arguing over whether we should say Woden or Odin, Zeus or Jupiter?
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You Know You're A Jehovah's Witness When...
by pale.emperor inyou know you're a jehovah's witness when.... being offered a scholarship to a good university is considered a bad thing.. when you see a house you like you claim it for after your god kills the owner.. you recieve spiritual guidence from a bus driver and a window washer.. you're engaged to a person you only met 3 months ago.. your widowed mother is marrying a man she met at the convention who she's known for 2 weeks.. there's jehovah's witnesses meeting in your house on a saturday morning to talk about going out knocking on doors on a saturday morning.. a lie in on a weekend happens about twice a year.. you dont talk to your own parents/children because they have a different opinion about a magazine.. you're not quite sure what you're supposed to believe anymore.. when someone criticizes your a magazine you feel like you're being attacked.. your 3yo son owns a suit.. if you're not married by the age of 30 you're considered to be gay or something wrong with you.. (for girls) if you havent married the first or second person you've dated you're considered promiscuous or something wrong with you.. you get your scientific knowledge from a magazine written by people who've never been to college and have never actually read the source they claim to be citing.. you get excited if there's a storm or natural disaster.. you get excited when there's a terrorist attack.. you get excited when there's a pandemic.. your version of tinder is the lunch break at a convention.. your girlfriend dresses like her grandmother.. your grandparents, despite being in the same religion as you, died believing totally a different belief system..
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truth_b_known
Your grandparents, despite being in the same religion as you, died believing totally a different belief system.
Wow! Powerful statement indeed.
When you religious leaders flip-flop multiple times, in writing, on the same topic and you accept it as God making the lighter brighter and brighter...
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Another example of. Brotherly love you can only find in jehovahs organization
by nowwhat? inso my 88 mil died and was the epitome of a faithful sister.
my wife and her sister are members of the congregation for 40+ years.
to be fair it was short notice but we had the showing and visitation and only about 12 out of 120 of the congregation showed up and only 1 elder!
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truth_b_known
I'm sorry to hear of your family's loss. Peace be with you all.
I wonder if your MIL knew that only 12 people from the congregation would show to her funeral, and only 1 elder, if she would still believe that love was an identifying mark of the one, true religion.
I know my parents do not have many years ahead of them. I already feel sad about my father's future funeral talk. I wonder if the elder giving the talk will acknowledge my father believes he is one of the annointed and will mention my father's heavenly hope or will just give the same canned outline talk. Not to mention my father had a rather extraordinary life before he became a Witness. I wonder if they will mention any of it.