A Paduan
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Just wanted to post this "reminder" for newer jws
by A Paduan in*** awake!
if you are a young person, you also need to face the fact that you will never grow old in this present system of things.
because all the evidence in fulfillment of bible prophecy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years.
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The three F's
by A Paduan inthere was a program on yesterday evening on four corners, australia's leading public current affairs program.. it was on the exclusive bretheren, a group very similar to the jws; fundamentalist, literalist, authoritative, family splitting, assisting to deny shunned partners any child custody etc.
etc.. the group is smaller, and on that basis i think able to maintain more strictness.. those who left had a saying for what keeps others in - the three f's - fear, family, finances.
http://abc.net.au/4corners/.
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A couple at the door
by A Paduan ina couple at the door just offered me (held out a pamphlet within 20 cm of me) "a personal invitation" to "a convention, as are being held around the world".
of course i declined - and thought, 'what was personal about that?
they're mass produced, handed to anyone who'll take it, there's no name on it (e.g.
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Load em up
by A Paduan in.
i was just reading the thread on "why baptise the young" and it occured to me that whereas infant baptism is something given that is beyond control of the recipient, the jw baptism of "young people" lays the responsibility at the feet of the recipient, though in the main too young to wear this responsibility, creating yet another victim blaming exercise for the wtbts.
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Did you think that you knew more ?
by A Paduan in.
as a jw, were you convinced that you knew more theologically than "those in christendom", yet hadn't really even read the bible ?
more than say, a monk who over a thousand years ago hand wrote one, and read it everyday ?
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Is it a virus ?
by A Paduan ini postulate for debate that jwism is actually a type of virus that replicates itself by targeting the brain of the host - not all humans are susceptible, and there are various treatments available, some more effective than others; though because it is the brain, the host typically suffers from a lack of personal health care management.
isolation is naturally effective against the virus, but is detrimental for immunodevelopment.
it has been shown that many people have strong immunity, with no susceptibility from any level of exposure.
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Are the wtbts more paranoid of "other information" ?
by A Paduan inhas the wtbts impetous for controlling and prohibiting other information sources become stronger, and more of a focus for control and in regards to who is an apostate ?
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does earlier literature have the same level of "don't read anything else" in it ?
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Are "annointed" denied to be such if they disagree with the status quo
by A Paduan inif one of the annointed disagrees with current thoughts does the gb say, well, they mustnt be annointed?
is anointed status simply another matter of 'the slaves opinion' ?
how does someone get to be an "annointed" anyway ?