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My Meetings With Two Elders Today, "I am not a Christian and I am going to Die!"
by ÁrbolesdeArabia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
hi, my time is drawing ever closer as i can no longer speak lies about the organization and all the past revisions and my sins i committed against everyone i judged while serving on judicial committees.

i lay awake at night with guilt because i ask jehovah and his son jesus christ to forgive me for being so judgemental, self assured and arrogant at certain times in my life.

i was not a prince of peace, at times i was a coward when i was first appointed because i wanted to keep all things peaceful with my peers, not with my heavenly father and saviour jesus christ.
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THE REAL REASON WHY THE WATCHTOWER NEVER WRITES ABOUT ISLAM OR MUSLIMS IS FEAR!
by ÁrbolesdeArabia in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
for a religion that claims to be "fearless and bold" the watchtower has avoided writing about islam and muslim practices and how they are part of babylon the great.

the attacks on christendom are not a bold move because the "tower" and "gb" know the christian church is not going to send a suicide bomber into a kingdom or district convention.

it's not fair to christendom to receive all the hate speech from the "leaning tower of brooklyn", why don't they write the truth about islam?
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What is the role of the rest of the Anointed,please ?
by Phizzy in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am a little confused, i have to admit it is laziness/nausea, i cannot make myself read the latest rag that spews out the new shite, but my question is, what is the future role of the rest of the anointed ?.

if the fds, which now consists of a handful of men, is going to be "appointed over all jesus' belongings" are the rest of the anointed not only redundant now, but into eternity too ?.
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Differences Between JWs in the US and Europe
by BU2B in
1. jw
2. friends
there are many cultural differences between the general population of the us and europe, what about jws?

i have heard about such things as beards being allowed, movies that a jw cant watch in the us or would be frowned upon watching being ok, same with tv shows, and even the way they dress in public.

seems more laid back over there if this is true.. any truth to this?
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Do WT Bible NWT pick and choose word meanings to suit their agenda?
by *lost* in
1. watchtower
2. bible
can anyone offer thoughts on this.

any examples.

i just discovered this.. nwt v kjb isaaiah 14;12. kjv - uses lucifer.
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Do other churches use the name Jehovah?
by barry in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i have seen on this site recordings of jw elders at tribunal meetings claim other churches hate the name jehovah.

one former baptist now jw elder said other churches hate the name and never use it.

please look at the following and there are many more hymns not included than these.
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New light Watchtower magazine leaked from organization weeks ahead of general release
by cedars in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
http://jwsurvey.org/governing-body-2/new-light-watchtower-magazine-leaked-from-organization-weeks-ahead-of-general-release.

if doctrinal explanations are missing from the article, it is because they are also missing from the magazine.. i would like to give my thanks again to my source for supplying me with the magazine article weeks ahead of its scheduled release.

it showed remarkable courage, because risks were taken.
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What I take from the Watchtower's cunning efforts to keep us away from God and his message the gospel.
by Fernando in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
from my experience, by telling us ordinary folk jesus is not our mediator, the watchtower keeps us from a personal relationship with god.

misdirection.. similarly by keeping us away from god's message, the unabridged gospel, the watchtower keeps us blind, ignorant, subservient, passive, docile and captive.

suppression.. because there is a conflict between our "authentic self" and "cult self" mental distress or "cognitive dissonance" arises.
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how valid are commitments made while being a jw.
by man in black in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
several times on this board i have read comments from people who were considering joining a new religion.

and how a jw baptism was not "valid", so there should be no problem while getting ready to join the new church.. if a baptism is not real, what about other aspects of life,, such as a marriage ?

outside of the legal requirements that are written down and recorded, from a spiritual standpoint, is it just a bunch of nonsense ?.
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To believers: Is Blasphemy really the Unforgivable sin?
by cantleave in
1. jw
2. friends
mark 3:29 seems to indicate that this is so.. so please theists explain what is meant by this scripture?

is god really that petty?

do you believe that blasphemy is a greater sin than murder or paedophilia (which isn't even mentioned as a sin) or genocide?.