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Sledgehammer subtlety: The insidious reworking of Micah 6:8
by rory-ks inmicah 6:8 might be - or have been - a favourite verse of many.
the verse used to read:.
"he has told you, o earthling man, what is good.
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Testify to ritual humiliation in the judicial process
by rory-ks inthose judicial committee videos are remarkable viewing.
(part 1, part 2) they can leave one in no doubt about the humiliating way that jehovah's witnesses treat their men.
i urge you to get hold of a copy.
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"Deep down inside even they know it is BS." Discuss
by rory-ks innope, bungi bill's interesting statement from this post didn't take, so i'll start its own.. from my own experience, i hated the field ministry.
it might just be because of the kind of character i am, whatever, i never was able to overcome that feeling of dread every time i went door-to-door.
i felt aware of how much people disliked having strangers cold-calling trying to sell them something.
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How often do you see the Witnesses out on the ministry?
by rory-ks ini only ask because i hardly ever see them out on the ministry.
it is a very rare sighting to spot them actively engaged in the house to house ministry.
or out on the street work, in the marketplace, etc.. the other reason i ask is because they are constantly pictured as being on the preaching work.
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Daughter marries son marries brother marries sister?
by rory-ks inso in the february 2014 study edition of the watchtower there is the article, rejoice over the marriage of the lamb.
in paragraph 6 it identifies the future bride as "the king's daughter.
" this daughter is identified as the anointed.
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WALL-E: Unplugging someone from the mainframe
by rory-ks in<a href ="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1bqpv-icku" rel =" nofollow ">...</a>.
there are many parallels that can be made.
i was particularly struck with, "try blue, it's the new red," and how in an instant the witnesses can change from one form of thinking to another.. my main thought, however, was the way a short sharp shock disconnected two of these people from the mainframe.
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There will never be another Raymond Franz
by rory-ks ini would not be in the least surprised if a prospective new member of the governing body has to sign a legal contract promising that should they ever leave the gb, they must maintain complete silence about what goes on in the inner sanctum..
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Jehovah's Witnesses, sado-masochism, and the fear of freedom
by rory-ks inquite on the contrary to jehovah's witnesses being a fulfillment of the promise jesus made that the truth shall set you free, the religion acts as a device through which to escape from freedom, or as erich fromm puts it, to get rid of the burden of freedom.
the following passages, taken from the book the fear of freedom, by erich fromm, can be left largely to speak for themselves:.
the first mechanism of escape from freedom i am going to deal with is the tendency to give up the independence of one's own individual self and to fuse one's self with somebody or something outside oneself in order to acquire the strength which the individual self is lacking.
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Three cheers for Hymenaeus, Philetus, Alexander et al
by rory-ks init's about time we embraced these courageous men who saw sense and went their own way in the early days.. hymenaeus, philetus, alexander et al: "they were not of our sort...".
no need to get offended when you are compared to them..
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Ghostworld of the Excommunicated
by rory-ks inthis is an account of my own experience of being disfellowshipped.
i'm sure it will be familiar to many of you.. ghostworld of the excommunicated.
here's fun, though: please feel free to sign the ghost-wall at the end of the story..