The catholic Church and others use Hell fire as a means to intimidate people and Jehovah`s Witnesses use Armageddon to intimidate their followers.
smiddy3
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How Fear is Weaponized
by Sea Breeze infear is used by politicians, marketeers, social scientists, military psy-ops tacticians and just about anyone who wants to manipulate or destabilize another.
to illustrate, look at this 1964 political ad by pres.
johnson against barry goldwater:.
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Illustration in todays WT
by road to nowhere inquick glance.
the guy working the cart has a skinny suit.
i assume they stage things so where did the sports car come from?
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smiddy3
A different take on the pictures as I saw it.
# 1. Guy in car ,sorry I thought you was a hooker
.#2. Do you see what these idiots tried to sell me ?
#3. Thank God we found JWN ,now we can live the life free of the Borg.
#4. I told you to get a toupet,no wonder he didn`t take us seriously .
#5. You haven`t been paying attention in science class at all have you ....fail.
#6. Holy molly Jesus does walk on water , look he`s here .!
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Believers: How do you know your view of your chosen holy book is the correct one?
by punkofnice indon't start fighting, darlings.
i am genuinely curious.
after all i was a jobo 50 years and thought the wbt$ was 100% correct.. i ask this because i see that, for example, christian denominations (or whatever), likely have differing interpretations of the same writing.
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smiddy3
Obviously "Its In The Eye Of The Beholder"
How do you know your view of your chosen holy book is the correct one?
Ethiopic Bible, 84 books
Eastern Orthodox ,76 books
R.C.Vulgate,73 books
Greek Orthodox,79 books
Protestants including the Jehovah`s Witnesses who have always protested against the Roman Catholic religion ,as just 66 books.
Or is it just another example of where on earth you happened to have been born ?
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Ex JW Doctors/Lawyers/Etc.....?
by Iamallcool innobody responded so far on my previous thread.
no problem.
the last sentence i asked if you know of any doctors or lawyers, etc..that left the borg too?
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smiddy3
If I remember correctly we had a female JW nurse at a hospital in the congregation I last attended over 27 years ago ,I would love to know if she still remained a JW .And this was in S.E.Qld. Australia.
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Brazil: Watch Tower claim raid on premises unlawful
by Antonio_Madaleno inin september 2019, the branch of jehovah’s witnesses and a number of kingdom halls in são paulo brazil were raided by the police, in search of documentary evidence of criminal activities relating to child sexual abuse.
the jehovah’s witnesses claim that the raid was unlawful.
below is a translation of the court of justice determination.
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smiddy3
They will prolong it for as long as they can hoping that the Holy Spirit will put words in their mouth to defend them.
I saw this in the video of the ARC into Institutionalised Child sexual Abuse when an Elder was put under the spotlight ,and you could just see with the pauses to his response that he was waiting for the Holy Spirit to put words in his mouth .
And they never came..
It was almost embarrassing to watch.
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Evil Wind Chimes
by Sea Breeze ini remember going door to door in the late 60's with my mother as a 5 or 6 year old.
one time she caught me looking at the wind chimes on a porch.
she told me they had pagan origins, were evil, and were somehow connected to demons.
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smiddy3
It was further explained that only the name of Jehovah is a strong [watch] tower and into it the righteous run for protection
It still amuses me to this day about the religion and the name Jehovah .
In the first edition of the book "Aid To Bible Understanding" they admitted that the word Jehovah was not the correct pronunciation of God`s name and that Yahweh was probably the more correct pronunciation ,however they settled on the name Jehovah because it was universally more recognised as the most popular name for God in the world.
Excuse me ? On the one hand they claim Christendom is hiding Gods name from the public and on the other hand they say it is the most popular name among Christians ?
I do not know if they changed this in any revised versions of the "Aid Book " I would love to know.
smiddy
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Unwritten, congregational 'rules'
by Thetruthhurts inwhat were some of yours?
the big one in our hall was no frontal hugs!
these were generally thought of as inappropriate, only side hugs should be given between sisters and brothers.
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smiddy3
During the years I was "in" a couple of times i tried to wear a beard only to be told it wasn`t for christians nowadays ,and later,
on another occassion I was told by an Elder that i was being a narcissist because you have to take so much time looking at yourself in the mirror while you are trimming your beard .?
I now have had my beard for 27 years and I think I would be lucky to look in a mirror once in a month ? to trim it ?
Update : I now get a couple of chicks at the hairdressers to give me a one all over # 3 head and beard every couple of months .
Its heaven .
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New Wuhan coronavirus around.....
by mikeflood innew coronavirus wreaking havoc.....first case detected in the us one hour ago....six deaths already in china.....hope it gets controlled soon.....
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smiddy3
When they said that a religious sect in South Korea was responsible for an outbreak their my first thought was the JW`s as they would be just as arrogant enough to defy a ban on meeting together .
However it was not the JW` at fault here.but some other crazy sect.
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Who has read Steven Hassen books?
by Beth Sarim into me personally, steven hassen books have had a tremendous influence on my waking-up over the last years.. i have read 3 of his books.. combating cult mind control(2012 edition).
freedom of mind.
releasing the bonds.
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smiddy3
I have never read any of his books however I agree that the B.I.T.E. model certainly fits the JW religion .
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TV actress Ja'Net Dubois has passed away.
by NoAbuse inshe was very active in the 1970's then kind of faded away.
i remember her mostly as "weezy" on 'the jeffersons' but she also played the mother 'mrs.
evans' on 'good times'.
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smiddy3
OK now I know who she is I googled her and recognised her photo.