EverApostate

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  Why does it affect us so deeply?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was having a great chat with a valued friend and fellow forum member today on the phone.. we were discussing how deeply we all get affected by jw interactions - even years after fading or disassociating.. you know what i mean.

  those days when we run into jws who we considered to be our close friends.

  or "loving shepherds" who don't act kindly.

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  It still deeply affects me (Even after 8 years of quitting) because my wife and mom are still in the cult and I'm a little suspicious that they may turn against me anytime, influenced by the cult
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  Revelation 14:4

  by Sergey Antonov in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it turns out that on the basis of the book of revelation 14:4 the anointed ones have to be virgins?

  how does the governing body explain this?.

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  These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins

  Defile means Unclean or impure

  That is a great insult to women. Why are women considered as such, even if this is symbolic ?

  Despite these Biblical humiliation, women are the larger army in all the christian sects

  Also, why is 144K a magical number? Solomon supposedly sacrificed 144K cattle in his great slaughter and Sacrifice festival.

  I think Psycho John, who supposedly scribbled revelation, picked this number from the Old Testament nonsense
  
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  Holy Spirit

  by Sergey Antonov in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  jehovah's witnesses say that the holy spirit is inanimate.

  but how then can you sin against the holy spirit, if he is not alive ?!

  🤔 then it is more correct to say that it is not against the holy spirit, but against god..

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  During my Bible (brainwash) study, I was taught that Holy Spirit is Jehovah’s active force and that any sin can be forgiven except sinning against the Holy Spirit. Does that make Holy Spirit greater than Jehovah?

  Sinning against the Holy Spirit. What does this actually mean ? Sinning against an Active Force ?

  Convoluted and Idiotic. What else would religions teach ?
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  For JWs Lurking Here: This Is How Your Governing Body Are Robbing You

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello to all the active jehovah's witnesses lurking on here, or those having doubts.

  seriously, i welcome you.. i was explaining to one of my friends recently about how the watchtower society uses it's members to make them money every day without them even realizing it.

  unbelievable?

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  Giordano , Your experience is amazing. Have always wondered how a super Zealous bethelite could eventually turn out to be cult free.

  If you tell us how you discovered TTATT, that would be great.
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  For JWs Lurking Here: This Is How Your Governing Body Are Robbing You

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello to all the active jehovah's witnesses lurking on here, or those having doubts.

  seriously, i welcome you.. i was explaining to one of my friends recently about how the watchtower society uses it's members to make them money every day without them even realizing it.

  unbelievable?

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  Any cult member expends his/her time, energy and money to the cult, thinking that they are serving their (Imaginary) god or a Guru, all for an (Imaginary) after life.
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  Bumped Into One Of My Best Friends On The Carts This Morning

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  so this morning i'm walking to my office and there's the jws on their carts outside as usual.

  and old sister, a brother in his 20s and an elder i instantly recognized from my jw days.

  one of my best friends of about 20 years.. i genuinely just wanted to say hi as i havent seen him in 3 years.

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  Any cult member is a preprogrammed robot and we cannot expect basic Humanity in them.

  I was thrown out of a JW dinner party, all because I researched about the WT and questioned it.

  That’s my experience. Take heart and continue making the best out of your life.
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  In which month did Jesus die?

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am putting this out as an idea, as something to think about.. this assumes that the death and claimed resurrection of jesus has soteriological significance.

  i am not seeking comments on the veracity of that position, nor with endeavouring to identify any model that provides an "explanation".. i am simply asking, did jesus die in nisan (march/april = "easter") or would it have had proper soteriological significance if the events took place in tishri (september/october)?.

  is it possible - and i doubt there is any way of knowing - that the early christians found it useful to incorporate existing pagan "spring" festivals, as this enabled them to differentiate themselves from the jews' heavy focus on tishri?.

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  In my honest opinion, the jesus story may have been 25% true and the rest is all myth.

  And if he had really existed and died, that may have been pretty much around Good Friday season or to be precise Nisan 14
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  "We don't do that" - Serena Williams talking about celebrating birthdays

  by vivalavida in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i guess you can be physically out, like in a huge way, but definitely mentally in.. serena williams claims she won't be celebrating her daughter's first birthday.. i did know people like that, raised as a jw but never actually baptizing.

  that didn't mean they were not messed up in the head though..

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  May be WT came up with a new light that children could be borne without wedlock but celebrating birthdays is still demonic ?
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  German businessman registers "Watchtower" and "Awake!" trademarks, expects offer from JWs

  by processor in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  seriously.. https://www.wuv.de/marketing/unternehmer_sichert_sich_marken_der_jehovas.

  businessman felt harassed by jws, so he found that word marks "der wachtturm" and "erwachet!

  " (german versions of "the watchtower" and "awake!

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  I thought Jehovah owns these trademarks. Very disappointed now.
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  1980s Brochure/magazine on demon possession?

  by caves in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  does anyone else remember a brochure/ magazine from the early 80s with stories of demon possessed individuals and spiritism ?

  i dont think i saw it around very long.

  it had a story about some lady having her head snapped around by a demon.

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  Another Christian woman kept a handbag given her by an aunt who was a fortune-teller. Using the handbag in the ministry, she experienced powerful thoughts of "Go home!"

  Before I action on my previous comment, I am secretly planning to buy a handbag from a Fortune teller and give it to my still in JW wife and see the consequences.

  We need to make sure of all things, you know, as the Bible says.