EverApostate

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  Folly of claiming “only we have the truth”

  by venus in

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  one’s mindset and its conditioning pursue what one believes to be the “truth” which it says ‘i can perceive with my senses.

  this makes possible for the life to be perceived in many different ways.

  imagine all were born blind.

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  "Only we have the truth" is as Arrogant and ignorant as "I am the only righteous person"
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  What actually happened AFTER Jesus zoomed up into the clouds and disappeared?

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what happened after jesus zoomed up into the sky?for a while, he was expected to return rather quickly.in the meantime, there was the “great commission” and evangelism to be tended to.. the jesus believers were meeting in people's homes.

  members of that community would take turns using private homes to gather.

  thus, they went house to house.. these footstep tracers of jesus (they called themselves akolouthontes "followers" or some called themselves mathetai or "learners.

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  Jesus got spoiled with the luxuries of heaven and is not coming back as promised.
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  Did you ever buy into 1975?

  by tornapart in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for those of you that can remember.... did you really believe that armageddon was going to come in 1975?

  i was a child of the 60s, in my teens in the 70s and can honestly say that i never bought into it.

  i saw brothers and sisters selling their homes and moving into rented property.

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  During 1975, I was a School going happy kid raised by loving protestant parents and never even heard about this JW cult during that time. Lucky me !!
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  How many members of Governing Body have college(or higher) degrees?

  by intropist in

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  2. friends

  i just wonder what universities they would have gone to?

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  if possible, former members and current ones separately.... .

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  Graduates from University of Middle East Myths.
  
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  Do any of the current Governing Body have academic qualifications?

  by usualusername1 in

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  2. friends

  do any of the current governing body have academic qualifications?.

  thanks.

  paul.

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  Graduates from University of Middle East Myths.
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  New "Annointed" Brother In My Old Hall...

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i've only just stopped laughing.. in my old hall there's a brother who's now claiming to be of the anointed.. he's 28.. i do wonder if he's doing this for attention, if he's awake and messing with them, or if he really is that deluded.

  when i was in he was an ms. which surprised even me because only a year earlier than that he was "a bit of a lad", is rubbish at talks and relies on his elder uncle to get him out of trouble all the time.. i guess this now means he's get his pick of jw sisters.

  he's been after the same one as the rest of his peers since 2014..

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  My wife and I had a chance to associate with one anointed lady who was separated from her husband during that time. Some elders in the congregation warned us not to have close associations with her, as they never had a good opinion about her. Pretty much, most anointed are viewed suspicious as far as I have seen.

  Deep in their minds, even a devout JW believe that these anointed stuff are all nonsensical, which reflects as their disbelief towards the anointed.
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  "The purpose of reporting field service time is for encouragement"

  by HereIgo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was told this when i was an aspiring jw, aka unbaptized publisher.

  the above explanation didn't make sense to me then and it never did make sense throughout my jw career.

  over time, it appeared to me the real purpose of field service time reporting was to gauge one's spirituality and for the ceo *cough* co to make sure the elders were on top of things during his visit..

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  When I was in as a JW, reporting the Field service time seemed to be the most silliest thing to do. Very often I wondered, why would an Almighty god necessitate this time reporting, as this is a Corporate method of reporting to get paid.

  Keeping track of time, serving god, is like keeping track of the time we help our parents or loved ones. Isn't that Stupid and silly ?

  Watchtower with its time reporting mechanism, blatantly proves that it is yet another tight control Business corporation .
  
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  Once you've proved the truth to yourself you don't need to keep trying to disprove it...

  by cognisonance in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was told this during my judicial committee (some five years ago) when i brought up concerns i had with the "truth.

  " in addition one of the elders (who was an engineer) said once you've accepted a proof of pythagorus' theorem you don't later start doubting that theorem.

  i thought that argument was a weak analogy then.

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  Pete Zahut and StephaneLaliberte. Very Good Points.

  As Pete says, why do we need to go to the meetings and reaffirm ourselves about the truth. Do we need to get together twice every week and affirm ourselves that the sun, moon and Gravity is true, and also go and tell people in the neighborhood that these are true ?

  Truth need to be told only once. Only Lies need constant Propaganda.
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  Once you've proved the truth to yourself you don't need to keep trying to disprove it...

  by cognisonance in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was told this during my judicial committee (some five years ago) when i brought up concerns i had with the "truth.

  " in addition one of the elders (who was an engineer) said once you've accepted a proof of pythagorus' theorem you don't later start doubting that theorem.

  i thought that argument was a weak analogy then.

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  Once you've proved the truth to yourself you don't need to keep trying to disprove it

  This is a Cultist tactic to ban the thinking process for the members.
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  Bible contradictions.

  by pleaseresearch in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  what are your biggest, funniest, scariest, etc.... wait wt says there are non hahahah.

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  Proverbs 26
  4 Do not answer the stupid one according to his foolishness, So that you do not put yourself on his level.
  5 Answer the stupid one according to his foolishness, So that he does not think he is wise.

  Why don't christian see this blatant Contradiction here. Or am I missing something Wise ? Someone Explain please