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I have heard several jw's say, 'that doesn't happen in Jehovah's organization, only in Christendom'.

Doing that would lead people to believe in God.

They can see the names of the devices connected to the WiFi, but there is a specific process and your permission in order to see your browsing history. Its a lot harder to do with tablets.

I hope they don't start supplying Caleb and Sophia dolls to the bethelites.

I imagine they would say someone found gods true organization by flushing a toilet.

Man the gb is getting desperate for money.

Cats were once considered gods and were worshipped seriously, cats were from a pagan god, so the pagans believed. so why are jw's allowed to have cats in their homes, own them as pets, care for them as if they are family members? Yet having a Christmas tree is a death sentence in Jehovah's eye's.

On ‎6‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 5:09 PM, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

Considering the title of the video, among a person of knowledgeable experience, that in my opinion would be a "given"..

SURPRISE!!

Not.

I agree but not everyone is as in the know as you and I. Even some x jw's as myself don't like that language. However I've seen jw's post such language, which is not a surprise either, given that we are all human.

You could have warned that there was very foul language in the video.

Its a good thing they didn't have the governing body back in Jesus day, they would have disfellowshipped Jesus.

On ?6?/?15?/?2018 at 3:11 PM, The Librarian said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you read this.... remember PERCEPTION is 90% of everything. Sometimes it even trumps the truth itself for centuries. It is that important.

I suspect we should consider that most businesses no longer require suits (business casual and clean is now ok for most jobs)

I try to not bring my electronic devices to my business meetings. It sends the wrong message I think.  What is wrong with the Bible and songbook (actual books)?

Let's also consider what a Kingdom Hall full of Mercedes and Audis appears like to the public.

I remember how I felt as a regular pioneer showing up in California one day at a KH with all their expensive cars. WRONG MESSAGE!!!

Remember what Jesus said about the RICH?

Just some random thoughts when I saw this on Facebook.

Any ideas?

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For one, this meme didn't mention anything about using tablets, almost every church uses them these days. What it is addressing is being required to dress to the 9's in order to get jehovahs approval, or believe you must dress like a business man in your worship of Jehovah...several criminals and pagan rituals require special dress, just like the jw's.

Jesus and His disciples didn't drive fancy camels and donkeys. I believe the reference there is jw's who are blessed enough to drive a nice car isn't doing charity, which is nothing new. Several members of my church drive very expensive vehicles. The car you drive shouldn't be the judge of the heart or financial situation.

Now as far as helping others. I myself have had a 1 on 1 discussion when I was studying that even if your next door neighbor is trapped in a burning house, you as a jw are supposed to leave them be and only help other jw's in your town. In all reports of natural disasters the reports were always giving assistance to jw's only, then anyone else who may need it afterwards. 

And on top of that you have no charities, and with the watchtower being worth hundreds of billions of dollars possibly, I'm sure they could afford at least a bloodless charity.

20 hours ago, Gone Away said:

Who can verify this age?

Maybe they used the same method the watchtower used to calculate the day Adam was created on?

Good question.

Would God have then created the Borg and Feruengi?

When you listen to the stay alive til 75 talk and a few other video's, jw's applaud and cheer at the announcement that billions of men women and children are going to die horrible deaths by Jehovah,  yes this Jehovah and his followers are a perverse group.

On ‎6‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 3:24 PM, Jack Ryan said:

Did You Know?

You can openly and publicly question if the President of the United States is fit for office. You can question his policies, his statements, and his character. Your family and friends will not be taken away from you.

You can openly and publicly question the policies, fitness for office, statements, and character of governors, senators, congressmen, judges, and various other politicians and leaders in the United States. Your family and friends will not be taken away from you.

If you believe in a god, you can pray to your god questioning his authority, ability to rule, his decisions, and his purpose. When you open your eyes, you will find that your family and friends have not and will not be taken away from you.

Jesus had his authority questioned many times. (Matt. 21: 23-27) According to the Bible, he would have had the power to punish those questioning him. Yet, he did nothing to them. He harmed no one physically or emotionally.

You can confidentially question the ability to lead, the validity, the teachings, the doctrines and policies of the Governing Body to only two family members or close companions.  Your family and friends WILL be taken away from you. You will be labeled as dead, evil, and mentally diseased. You can and will likely lose all the social connections and relationships you have developed over a lifetime.

Only absolute dictators take away the rights of those they rule if their authority is questioned. Look at the examples of Stalin, Hitler, Bashar al-Assad, and Kim Jong Un. 

The Governing Body today will attend court hearings in other countries rejoicing when freedoms are granted to their followers. They will organize letter writing campaigns to lobby for religious freedoms of Jehovah's Witnesses. They will take legal arguments to the highest courts to fight for the rights of the organization that they govern. Yet, all it takes for you to lose all of your freedoms to be with your very own family is the admission to enough witnesses that you no longer believe the Governing Body are chosen by God and have authority over you. 

Did You Know? The Governing Body will fight tooth and nail for their own perceived freedoms, but they have no problems taking away your own freedoms and declaring you dead if you dare to question them.

Of course you can't, they call themselves Jehovah, and who is going to question Jehovah.

17 hours ago, JW Insider said:

When did JWs ever say the word Christian was a demonically inspired word?

It was a common saying in our home growing up, 'those Christians are demons'. And when you think about it, I don't think the watchtower has ever had anything to say about Christians other than they serve satan.

You guys are forgetting a 'generation' for a Jewish calendar was 40 years. So the overlapping generations is non biblical and is a man made excuse for trying to explain the failed prophecy of the governing body. 

The 8 million # is an inflated number by the governing body. A baby cannot be counted as a jw.

And talk about counterfeit Christians....it was the jw's who used to believe the word 'Christian' was a demonically inspired word, not they call themselves Christians...who are the counterfeit Christians then?

I'm pretty confident God would have had alternate plans, like space travel, which makes most since to me seeing as how such perfect minds would have no problem inventing the means to do so.

The parents should be arrested as well.

When I was a jw I found a nice looking bottle, so I started to dust it off and a genie popped out and told me he didn't do demon impressions.

Ouch!

I remember something very similar, if you didn't obey the watchtower and governing body, Jehovah was going to kill you, which was basically not being forgiven by the governing body since the governing body considers themselves to be Jehovah.

That's what I was raised to believe, and in really horrible ways according to the pictures in the magazines and books.

I remember it seemed to be very uncomfortable for the entire congregation when someone would comment on something that wasn't parroting the paragraph.