Island Man
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JwFairyTale's TTATT-provoking conversation with a pioneer
by Island Man inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyw-f8aunjg.
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Are all JWs united in their beliefs?
by enigma1863 inso i used to think that all witnesses believed the same exact thing but i have heard some claims that they believe things i'm not familiar with.
do you know if it's true?
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Island Man
Truth be told, all JWs are united in their fear of openly disagreeing with Watchtower. JWs do not have true unity of belief. What they have is psychologically coerced conformity to Watchtower teachings.
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"Who else is preaching in twos? Who else is putting kingdom interests first? Who else rejects the trinity?"
by Island Man inthe next time a jw asks you the questions in the title, just tell them about the "two by twos" and the "cooneyites".. they have some similar beliefs as jws but are even more zealous in putting kingdom interests first, living far simpler and less materialistic lives than even zealous jws.
they reject the triniy as unscriptural.
they preach in twos.
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Island Man
The next time a JW asks you the questions in the title, just tell them about the "Two by Twos" and the "Cooneyites".
They have some similar beliefs as JWs but are even more zealous in putting kingdom interests first, living far simpler and less materialistic lives than even zealous JWs. They reject the Triniy as unscriptural. They preach in twos. Unlike the JWs they do not idolize an organization. They refuse to draw attention to themselves as a sect by refusing to give themselves a sectarian name as other denominations have. Their only literature is the bible.
The JWs are definitely not as unique as they claim and they aren't even the most zealous self-sacrificing christians out there.
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The WT and GB compared to Catholics before the reformation.
by EndofMysteries ini just read this article about luther and i'll quote a paragraph.
it's interesting how you can substitute a few words and see it identical to the wt.
now let me substitute pope and catholic church for governing body and watchtower...... .
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Island Man
End of Mysteries, do you mind if I use the detials of your OP in a Yahoo Answers question?
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JW.ORG signs to be put on all Kingdom Halls! New directive.
by stuckinarut2 inso i have been told that all kingdom halls are to have a large jw.org sign placed prominently out the front..... can anyone confirm this?.
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Guess What? Elders Can't Get Clergy Insurance !
by metatron inhttp://www.americanprofessional.com/clergy/.
elders don't qualify for clergy malpractice insurance, even if they wanted it.
no divinity school degree.. .
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Island Man
Don't be giving Watchtower any ideas now or we could have a future letter from Watchtower reading something like this:
To All Bodies of Elders:
Dear brothers,
We live in difficult times hard to deal with. (2 Timothy 3:1) Satan continues to put pressure on Jehovah's loyal servants. This pressure is often put upon you the hard working shepherds in the more than 111,000 congregations worldwide. Many elders have faced and are facing vindictive lawsuits from disloyal former servants of Jehovah who have apostatized. While there exists insurance coverage to deal with such situations, this wicked system under Satan's control debars Jehovah's shepherds from qualifying for such coverage unless they compromise their spiritual integrity.
Recognizing this difficulty, the Governing Body has therefore lovingly taken the decision to create a special worldwide fund to provide the same insurace coverage currently being denied our brothers by this wicked world. Payment details and other related matters will be fowarded to you in future correspondence. We trust that you brothers will gratefully embrace this new loving provision from Jehovah to contribute to the legal security of your fellow shepherds serving worldwide. May Jehovah bless your generous spirit!
Please accept our warm Christian greetings
The Governing Body.
And voila! Just like that Watchtower could create a new income-generating scheme!
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Jehovah's Witnesses table witnessing WTF
by Watchtower-Free in.
apostate & ex-jehovalarious meme collection.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/jwmeme/.
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Island Man
What sacrilege! How can they be so unthinking as to sully the reputation of that adult entertainment joint with their cult liter-a-trash?!
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No killer tornados since since World War I. How can this be?
by suavojr inyes, how can this be if we are living in the last days of mankind?
did god went to half time????.
the wt leaders and r&f get so happy when they see death and mayhem around them.
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Island Man
The fact that there hasn't been any killer tornadoes this year wouldn't phase an indoctrinated dub in the least bit. They would probably say something like:
"It's just one year! You're making a big fuss about no killer tornado in one year when there were many years prior with many killer tornadoes. There still have been more deaths from tornadoes on average, since 1914. And another thing, the fact that there are no killer tornadoes this year could just be the silver lining of a very dark cloud. It could forebode a severe shift in climatic conditions that would result in dangerous weather in other areas and other ways."
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The Fossil Record: vs God Allowing Pain & Suffering
by Shanagirl inwhat a man does with the fossil record tells a lot about his worldview.
is it the result of a world-covering deluge?
or did this sorry chronicle of pain, suffering, and death precede humans (and the reign of death) by millions of years?
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Island Man
It's a pity somebody didn't choose a completely different word but thats what we are stuck with.
I propose that they switch to using the word model. Germ model, Gravity model, Evolution model. We can even get more specific and talk about things like The Darwinian model of Evolution, the Newtonian model of Gravity, The Einstinian model of Gravity, etc.
But even then I suspect the desparate Creatards would be saying: "oh but it's just a model - it's not the real thing." LOL
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Is Deuteronomy 18:20 being overlooked re the JW org being a false prophet.
by Island Man innote what deuteronomy 18:20 says:.
however, the prophet who presumes to speak in my name a word that i have not commanded him to speak .
that prophet must die.".
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Island Man
Note what Deuteronomy 18:20 says:
“‘However, the prophet who presumes to speak in my name a word that I have not commanded him to speak . . . that prophet must die."
Yes, the term false prophet is not limited to one who makes false predictions in God's name. A person can also be a false prophet if he presumptuously presents his own instructions or teachings as coming from God.
How often has the JW organization in its literature, made statements to the effect that the instructions coming from the organization are coming from Jehovah? How often have you heard a speaker say of some new organizational directive: "Jehovah is telling us . . .", "this is Jehovah's direction" or similar words used to clothe the human-originated, organizational directive as coming from Jehovah himself? No doubt we have all seen statements in the literature about 'obeying Jehovah's direction given through his word and organization'. But there are even more damning examples in some of the older publications. Take this for example:
"The Lord breaks down our organization instructions further and makes them more practicable by further instructing us through his `faithful and wise servant'. He says, `Let us assign the field, the world, to special pioneers, regular pioneers and companies of Jehovah's witnesses in an orderly way, sufficient for everyone to thoroughly witness therein, and let us place upon each one the responsibility of caring for the New World interests in these respective assignments.' He says the requirements for special pioneers shall be 175 hours and 50 back-calls per month, which should develop into a reasonable number of studies; and for regular pioneers 150 hours and as many back-calls and studies as can be properly developed during that time. And for company publishers he says, `Let us make a quota of 60 hours and 12 back-calls and at least one study a week for each publisher.' These directions come to us from the Lord through his established agency directing what is required of us; and, for those who really love the Lord and are guided by his counsel, that is a reasonable service requirement. This expression of the Lord's will should be the end of all controversy." ("Righteous Requirements," The Watchtower, July 1, 1943, pp.204-205, p.205).
I don't think many JWs are cognizant of this kind of false prophetry. It might be good to point it out to them as (1) they may not have given it much thought and (2) it continues at present.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20140423101822AAyX2Qh