Posts by Rattigan350

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What was your "Aha!" moment?

by Hortenzie in

for me it was when i learned that gb makes their decisions by 2/3 majority vote, not by direction of holy spirit..

When: There is constant pressure to 'Marry only in the Lord', the reason they give is to please God. But to be in the Lord, one must study their books and go to their assemblies. The apostle Paul didn't hinge pleasing God on reading his letters and studying his material and going to his meetings. It was Christianity that he focused on.

Then to continue - Marry only in the Lord was not for the person's happiness, but to augment their business model, i.e. keep people going to meetings and out in service to keep them busy and contributing.

Then the clincher was to realize that their being against audio files and websites was not for the reasons they gave, but because it hurts their business model. Focusing attention on them to make people thankful to them and then to contribute. It is all about supporting them and we mean nothing. I just didn't want to mean nothing but a timeslip.

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Do you give thanks for every meal?

by bruh in

do you give thanks for every meal or do you thank god once for the whole day of meals???

is thanking god for every meal scriptural or something that came along in early christianity ?

?.

Rattigan350

Prayers over meals originated when Jesus prayed over the fish and the bread that he miraculously multiplied.

That was a miracle to which he called on for holy spirit.

Such miracles don't happen today.

Some say that we thank God because the plants and animals originated with Jehovah's creation, however that was eons ago and an automatic process. That would be like thanking FDR for the FDIC or social security because he originated it rather than the workers today.

Thanks, gratitude, should be shown by what is done by the food, how the energy is used.

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Interestingly disturbing!

by DS211 in

i work in the medical field and every 2 years i need 24 hours if continuing education to stay licensed.

my deadline is coming up and i am taking the classes this week and next week.

heres the thing, i scheduled them both on sundays and ive procrastinated over this two year renewal period.

Rattigan350

"I think Jehovah would forgive me for that"

It is sad that people think that Jehovah would hold missing meetings against them as if there was a roll call and attendance record.

The focus is on that a person that is there is more likely to put something in the donation box and when they value the meetings, they will thank the ones who provide them, the CCJW, aka, FDS, by providing for them.

When they get people addicted to the meetings, it is like a membership, like a health club, they know the people will be coming back week after week and pay their dues. That way they don't have to advertise for new members like non-member clubs to get them to pay.

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A Challenge for Jehovahs Witness Apologists : Identify What Jesus Christ Has Accomplished In His Nearly Complete 100 Year Reign From 1914

by smiddy in

i for one would be very interested , if you can quantify what his acheivements have been , these past almost 100 years .. incidental acheivements could do for a start ,.

followed by more meaningfull acheivements ,.

then to top it off , with his major acheivements that he can be accredited with these past 99 years of his kingdom rule ,.

Rattigan350

What has been accomplished since Jesus' death?

Believe in the lord Jesus and you will get saved?

Has anyone been saved? NO!. Every one since that time has died.

Saved by going to heaven? We have no proof of that so what good is it? What good is this belief in going to heaven anyway. (That's another topic)

One can be near Jesus, but one has no needs so what does that amount to?

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Fighting JWs on Facebook

by dogon in

kind of new for me, but i have been letting go of being in fear of posting what i feel on fb.

i have been posting links to very good videos on youtube that show the history of the cult.

funny thing my one cousin posted how he missed a person who passed and that that god only takes the best to be with him.

Rattigan350

I got removed from Witness's FB friends because when they posted about how happy they were about the new Bible, I posted some reality and they didn't like it. That is how it is with Witness forums.

Recently someone posted about the letter stating the combining of the MTS and the school for Christian couples, another poster commented that Jehovah is so good. I stated that the people in the Phillipines wouldn't think that Jehovah is good. I haven't seen what they said about that one yet. Their mindless euphoria is sickening.

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MAJOR DOCTRINE CHANGE IN 1/15/2014 WT ON GENERATION TEACHING

by EndofMysteries in

the generation scripture no longer is speaking about 'the end'.

i'll quote it...... side note: tons of lies in this article, i'll point out at the end of the post.

"yet, jesus words at matthew 24:34 give us confidence that at least some of "this generation will by no means pass away" before seeing the start of the great tribulation.".

Rattigan350

Why not do what I do? Don't have any belief in that matter and it can't be a lie and can't change.

It is possible that not everything that Jesus said was recorded so we are missing too much to draw conclusions on.

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What if Jehovah's Witnesses were right about Armageddon...

by Comatose in

but god has changed his mind?

according to the bible god can and does change his mind.

the example of jonah comes to mind.

Rattigan350

It would be no different if they were wrong about armageddon.

A war comes, some survive, some didn't. That is what will happen regardless of anyone's theology.

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A new start? Watchtower renaming at HQ Columbia Heights

by Gorbatchov in

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friends,.

who was in any doubt that our jw believe is a marketing model, see this pictures of the still existing hq of jw at columbia heights.. earlier comments on jwn that something is going to change in the organisation, these comments are true.. in a few years we will not talk about the watchtower society, we wil talk about jw.org.

i think the current leadership will make a transfer to a new start.

Rattigan350

"I think the current leadership will make a transfer to a new start. No more old Watchtower related problems about years, presidents, scandals."

Yup, that is what I think too. That is the purpose of the new songbook, new Bible. To draw the line to show who the new JWs are.

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Something NEW is happening with Jehovah's Witnesses on the internet

by Watchtower-Free in

dramatic growth is being reported on facebook.

groups of xjws.. .

ex-jehovah's witness recovery group 3 admin.

Rattigan350

"Metropolitan witnessing, public witnessing"

It doesn't take much to do that. Just stand there and the literature gives out itself.

Nothing great about that. That's all it takes to be in the club.

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Since leaving the truth, do you celebrate holidays, and does your participation in such bring you happiness?

by Stand for Pure Worship in

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i ask this respectfully, and do so after watching a favorite show of mine's season opener which had a new years storyline.

hollywood tends to make movies and television show episodes centered around holiday themes appear warm and blissful.

while i'm thankful to have never participated in such holidays, i can't deny my curiosity about ex-jws that do celebrate.

Rattigan350

Cantleave said "As the father of 2 children, why wouldn't I celebrate holidays?"

Because you are the father of 2 children and you should teach them to think for themselves and not be followers.