Posts by Apognophos

Isrealite men gave gifts, in proportion to the blessing the Jehovah had given him.

Translation: "The more money you give the bigger the blessing Jehovah will give you?" Unbelieveable!

You just reversed the statement. The statement was that the more someone had (due to Jehovah's blessing), the more they gave. So the message is that Witnesses with more should give more.

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What's with this "no windows in kingdom halls" thing?

by Trapped in JW land in

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i hear many people on this forum say that kh's don't have windows.

but i have never been to one that didn't have windows.

is this only in a certain area or something?.

Apognophos

I don't know, Trapped, I find it very tiresome when people say this. I've only been in congregations where the Halls had windows.

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Why Do Atheists Struggle So Much Against God Who Supposedly Doesn't Exist?

by Perry in

an athist made this casual statememt on another thread:.

this would suggest to me that there are at least some atheists that do have consistant beliefs.. .

as an atheist, how could he possibly trust the reason that suggests this to himself?

I would suggest that atheists are not struggling against God but against the tendency of man to believe in God. If you've ever found an aspect of mankind to just be totally unpalatable -- say, you're fed up with people being greedy, or ignorant of politics, or you disagree with an accepted cultural practice like drinking alcohol or eating meat -- then you know what it's like to feel that you need to protest the status quo.

"Angry" atheists are generally people who hate the tendency of man to believe in something he was taught by his parents, who were taught it by their parents, etc. They refuse to accept that people should be allowed to be so gullible. They see religion as the cause of many of man's problems and want to make it go away as soon as possible.

None of this has to do with any one particular conception of God and it does not require the atheist to believe in any such God, only to believe that other people believe in him/her/it.

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Can anyone tell me any narrative of having successfully avoided Baptism while being raised JW?

by SonoftheTrinity in

i just worry for my stepkids about their future that way..

Apognophos

I just think that, from the standpoint of a believer in Jesus, the fact that he was baptized at 30 does not provide some example to be applied to all Christians. Jesus' situation was unique. Think about it this way: was Jesus not sure if he wanted to devote himself to God before 30? Of course not. So there would have to be some other larger reason why his baptism took that long, which would not apply to Christians today. If I were still a believing Witness, I would not be convinced by this analogy and would simply think someone was being deceitful and stalling for time.

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CREATIVE "DAYS" - What do JWs believe?

by Bloody Hotdogs! in

a few weeks ago, i asked you to critique my website article on dinosaurs (http://www.jwbeliefs.com/what-do-jehovahs-witnesses-believe-about-dinosaurs/).

it was pointed out that much of what i wrote depends on the creative "days" being relatively short - something i believe jws teach.. after being prompted to review my conclusions/research, i was more convinced than ever that jws promote relatively short creative days.

the nail in the coffin was the teaching that day seven is indicative of the length of the other six days (i.e.

Apognophos

I agree, Slidin. They're definitely going with (c) for a few different subjects -- their old statements on certain banned forms of sex would be another example of deciding not to talk about something anymore and hoping it goes away.

P.S.: Please check your PMs, Hotdogs.

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As a JW Did You Often Feel "Guilty" About Something?

by minimus in

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if muslim is supposed to be the religion of peace, jehovah's witnesses has to be the religion of guilt..

Apognophos

stillajwexelder: Ahh, I gotcha

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I am going to pioneer after the holidays!

by snakeface in

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yes, you heard right.. as you know, most christian organizations publish and distribute little tracts with their gospel message.

well they also make some that expose the lies of the wt, and explain how it is a cult.

even if people are not interested in the "gospel message" in these tracts, the tracts do a good job exposing the wt as a cult.. now, those of you who are now agnostic or athiests or just non-religious, please keep reading, to understand what i plan to do.... i am expecting to receive $$ for christmas.

Apognophos

stuckinarut2, that makes me think that someone should set up a cart with all the literature from the Rutherford era and start hawking it like a carnival barker: "Jehovah the Almighty God lives in the Pleiades! Yes, that's right, the constellation! His throne is up there! Come learn more! Did you know that the world will end during World War II? It's true! Read it right here!"

When the Witnesses object, just say loudly in front of everyone that you're trying to help out by offering some of the older literature that they don't carry anymore.