EverApostate

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  Very little that is factual in the Bible?

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  2. bible

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mryipltf3i.

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  EverApostate

  I’m pretty sure the talking donkey part is legit.

  When the talking donkey is Legit, why cant there be a talking snake too. I love the Bible. So much fun to read
  
  
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  This year’s convention

  by lastmanstanding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  two things i noted at this year’s rc.

  1) the new teaching with respect to matthew 25:45 which was applied equally to the rank & file jw.

  this teaching is also found in the watchtower study for last sunday.. then he will answer them, saying: ‘truly i say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of these least ones, you did not do it to me.. 2) the new armageddon video which was a big shift.

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  EverApostate

  The illustration of the JWs being in a field rather than in a bunker is possibly because the scary bunker videos depressed too many

  True, My JW wife has Claustrophobia - the fear of having no escape in a closed space
  What a Psychologial manipulaters, these GB are
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  The urban legends we heard as JWs!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  how often have we heard some sort of sensationalist urban legend as jws?.

  here is an example i was told as a kid:.

  the experience of a sister who knocked on a door and was greeted by a big fierce looking man- intimidating and mean.

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  EverApostate

  My 2 cents

  A brother lost his job because he took leave to attend a Friday Convention. He was worried and Prayed. And then next day, someone miraculously kept a basket of vegetables in his doorstep. (Seems Jah would provide only for a day)

  A sister bought some stuff from some Christian Store and since then her dog was always barking at it, until she got rid of it . Seems Jah created dogs with a capability to see demons. How partial he is!!

  Cults are a lot amusing.
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  Teachings/beliefs that fade into oblivion without explanation.

  by smiddy3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "millions now living will never die" that teaching persisted for a number of years from the early 1920`s ,sad to say that their would not be anywhere near millions alive today.and with another few years their won`t be anybody alive .. the year 1925 was supposed to see the resurrection of faithful men of old such as abraham issac and jacob and noah who were to be princes in the earth.

  of course no such thing happened and we don`t here anything more about that prediction anymore.. the time period between adams creation and eves creation was an excuse why armageddon was delayed in about october 1975 because they didn`t know how much time had elapsed between the two.

  that`s all forgotten about now.. six thousand years of human history was supposed to have ended in about october 1872 according to studies in the scriptures vol.2 1906 , the "time is at hand" page 11 (forward 1916 ) puts the start of the one thousand year reign of jesus christ as of the year 1873. so in 1906 they the i.b.s.a.

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  EverApostate

  One Circuit Overseer came to visit me when I started to show signs of Apostasy.

  I asked him about Watchtower's Ban of Organ Transplants and Vaccinations and the subsequent ban lift in the past. He was staring blankly and with the looks on his face I came to know he genuinely never knew about it or he should have been a great actor.

  Such Life threatening teachings of WT, had faded into oblivion within a few decades.
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  If JWs are living "The Best Life Ever," then why preach?

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  shouldn't the unhappy and unfulfilled worldly people see what jws have and be drawn to them?

  shouldn't they be showing up at khs asking for bible studies?

  at work shouldn't they be asking how jws families are so happy?

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  EverApostate

  You have a point

  If people are rich and famous or powerful, many would flock to them for help and association. Or alteast for a selfie.
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  What is the most troubling or disturbing biblical passage you ever had to rationalise when a Jw?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  now that we have stepped away from the jw faith, how do you feel about the bible itself?.

  what about those awkward sections of scripture?

  how did you rationalise or justify those sections?.

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  EverApostate

  From Job’s story, I learned Jehovah values children the same as cattle and possessions.

  Jah treats women as possessions too.
  
  
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  What is the most troubling or disturbing biblical passage you ever had to rationalise when a Jw?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  now that we have stepped away from the jw faith, how do you feel about the bible itself?.

  what about those awkward sections of scripture?

  how did you rationalise or justify those sections?.

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  EverApostate

  A man was stoned to death for picking up sticks on the Sabbath. So much of a Loving God.

  I bring this up whenever I get into a conversation with any Christian. And would ask them if I was the man who picked the stick and they were the Israelites, would they have stoned me ? Would be fun to watch the Terror look on their faces
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  For Those Claiming That the GB are Simply Naive - Another Philly Story

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.philly.com/philly/news/jehovahs-witnesses-child-sex-abuse-stephen-lett-chessa-manion-20180620.html.

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  EverApostate

  john.prestor .

  You defined it best
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  Jesus with an iPad. Really?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at a local meeting, one of the elders said that if jesus were on the earth today 'you can be sure' he would be preaching by showing videos on a tablet.. i kid you not.. i wonder what videos he'd be playing?.

  obviously this was the elder's own pet theory.

  wasn't it?.

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  EverApostate

  Scratch When he lived, he preached using the latest methodology available in his time.
  Careful Really? What latest methodology was that?

  Jesus, climbed a mountain, following Satan, to see all the Kingdoms of the Earth. That should have been the latest Methodology

  And he rode on a Donkey + colt . Add that too.

  
  
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  Universal sovereignty on trial

  by Factfulness in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just had a thought of clarity regarding the jw explanation for this doctrine.

  they explain that satan challenged god regarding his right to rule.

  god failed to prove his right to rule.

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  EverApostate

  Would the president of a country challenge a local thug, that he is the most powerful person in the country.

  That Would be too silly.

  But that's the way JWs are taught to believe