Topics Started by evilApostate

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Official Increase in the Number of Jehovah's Witnesses You Shouldn't Trust
by David_Jay in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
reports are coming from witnesses that, once again, the number of memorial partakers has risen considerably this past year, 2016. while confirmation is still to come on the exact numbers, the current explanations given for this increase surely causes a dilemma.. imagine the roman catholic church publishing each year the number of members who it felt were mistaken about what they believed in, that this same number of members was likely suffering from problems such as pride or even mental disorders or something along this line.

this number, by the way, was in the thousands too and growing annually.

what would you conclude, therefore about the catholic church and its admission?.
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The true sign of a Cult-Like group is:
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just thought we could have a concise thread listing the signs of a high control, or cult-like group:.

feel free to add to the list:.

the true sign of a cult-like group is:.
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Why didn't God also reveal himself to the Canaanites just as he did to Moses in the burning bush?
by deegee in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
why didn't god also reveal himself to the canaanites just as he did to moses in the burning bush so that the massacre/genocide of the canaanites could have been avoided?.

why didn't god also invite the native palestinians into his covenant, giving them the same laws he gave the israelites, and establish an egalitarian society where people of all races could live together in harmony?.

instead, he ordered his people to invade and slaughter the natives, killing them to the last man, woman and child, specifically instructing them to show no mercy to anyone under any circumstances.
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So the governing body is NOT inspired...are they still "spirit directed"?
by NikL in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
okay there has been lots of buzz about the feb 2017 wt where they say the governing body is not inspired nor infallible.

yet, they are still using the baptism questions.

the second one being... "do you understand that your dedication and baptism identify you as one of jehovah’s witnesses in association with god’s spirit-directedorganization?".
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Is Satan really the bad guy in story of creation?
by evilApostate in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i wanted to take an objective look at satan in the story of creation.

this is not meant to offend those of you who are still christians.

i'm agnostic btw.
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Something funny about Armageddon
by evilApostate in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
years ago, when i was still a publisher, i had a very interesting conversation with a lady in the field service.

we were talking about punishment for sin and so on.

she believed in hellfire.
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1 Step Forward and 3 Steps Back: Trying to Get My Mom to See 'The Light' (Oh the Irony!)
by Sorry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
recently, my mother's been hounding me to do personal study (i think she's slowly realizing i'm becoming disillusioned with the organization and is trying to reign me back in).

i don't know what made me do this, but i decided to test the waters by challenging 'new light'.

she asked me what i learned in personal study, so i brought up organ transplants and the wt flip floppy stance on them (thanks jwfacts!).
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The overlapping generation doctrine - The epitome of stupidity?
by evilApostate in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for years watchtower has taught that some of the people (anointed) who saw the events of 1914 will be alive to see the end of this system of things.

102 years later and the end is nowhere in sight; another failed prophecy.. to remedy the situation they have concocted some 'new light' in the form of the overlapping generation doctrine.

this new doctrine essentially states that the generation of 1914 consists of two groups of anointed whose lives overlap.
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I want to be a JW but they seem to hate me? Help!
by Alostpuppydog in
1. jw
2. experiences
just going to give a little background about myself and then bring anyone who is reading this up to speed with where i am today:.

growing up in a family that was not aware of jehovah's witnesses at all, as none of my family members have had a run-in with them other than my parents, my entire life has been a mess ever since we met them.

the witnesses first came to my door when i was 12 and my dad started bringing me to meetings and we even lived with a witness family for a month when we were both homeless due to my parent's divorce.
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Are Gods true worshippers on Earth today? If they are not JWs then who are they?
by Formerbrother in
1. watchtower
2. bible
is there gods true worshipers on earth today as jesus said there would be?

if they are not jws then who are they?.

who else comes close to being gods true followers today?.