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Posted on 12/21/2009 12:08:37 PM PST by annieup

FIRST OF ALL THE WITNESSES ARE NOT A CULT. THAT OPINION WAS FORMED BY SOMEONE THAT OBVIOUSLY FEELS THREATNED BY THE TRUTH.IT AMAZES ME THAT WHENEVER A WITNESS DOES SOMETHING WRONG IT MAKES THE FRONT PAGE OF THE NEWS! IF A BABTIST OR PROTESTANT DOES SOMETHING WRONG IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR RELIGION. AND THIS BIG COVER UP GARBAGE IS A JOKE. ADMITTEDLY THEY ARE NOT PERFECT NOR CLAIM TO BE. MATT 24:9 SAYS THAT WE WOULD BE OBJECTS OF HATRED ON ACCOUNT OF HIS NAME. WHAT OTHER RELIGION IS HATED ON ACCOUNT OF HIS NAME? ONLY 1 THAT I CAN THINK OF THE WITNESSES PROUDLY GLORIFY JEHOVAHS NAME. ALSO WE ARE NOT PROGRAMMED. WE HAVE FREE WILL,GOD DOES NOT WANT ROBOTS, THAT IS WHY HE GAVE ADAM AND EVE FREE WILL. AND WE DO BELIEVE IN JESUS. HE IS GODS SON AND HE DID GIVE HIS LIFE FOR OUR SINS. I ALSO GET A KICK OUT OF THOSE WHO TELL US WHAT WE BELIEVE, ESPECIALLY IF IT ISN'T TRUE. PEOPLE JUST MAKE UP WHAT THEY WANT ABOUT THE WITNESSES AND THE NAIVE ONES BELIEVE IT. IF IT IS TRUE THEN LOOK INTO WHY WE BELIEVE WHAT WE DO. DONT JUST ASSUME TO KNOW EVERYTHING THAT THEY TEACH OR BELLIEVE BASED ON SOMEONE ELSE'S OPINION. TALK ABOUT HAVING A MIND OF YOUR OWN!!


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To: DJ MacWoW

ongoing cultic placemarker


661 posted on 12/27/2009 9:35:26 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: ejonesie22; bar_enosh

The Jehovah’s Witness with God the father being separate from Christ, who himself is also a deity, a lower case “g” god, as signified by such things as your adding a theoretical “a” to John 1,(The Word was “a” god) are the “Biblical Monotheist”...

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Put that way, it does seem backwards.

But we cannot expect consistency from these groups.

“It is futile to talk facts to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.” - Thomas Sowell


662 posted on 12/27/2009 10:23:00 AM PST by reaganaut (When we FACE UP to the Majesty of God, we will find ourselves FACE DOWN in Worship" - Matt Redman)
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To: reaganaut

Beware!

The BEAST is at the door!


663 posted on 12/27/2009 11:07:21 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Godzilla

“More than that, we want to hate those who willfully show themselves haters of Jehovah, haters of what is good. …We hate them, not in the sense of wanting to do them harm or wishing them harm but in the sense of avoiding them as we would poison or a poisonous snake, for they can poison us spiritually.”—The Watchtower, June 15, 1980, p. 8

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IOW, “stick with the group” and don’t spend time with anyone who might tell you the truth.

At least the Mormons aren’t THAT bad. They will shun people (especially apostates) but I would not say they, for the most part, treat them like poison.


664 posted on 12/27/2009 11:49:40 AM PST by reaganaut (When we FACE UP to the Majesty of God, we will find ourselves FACE DOWN in Worship" - Matt Redman)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Indeed, comes back around to the mind control / brainwashing by the JW. The 1975 didn’t come to pass IIRC, because the members were TOO obedient, or something along those lines.

PT Barnum had those who join JWs down pretty well.


665 posted on 12/27/2009 1:23:41 PM PST by Godzilla (3-7-77)
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To: reaganaut
At least the Mormons aren’t THAT bad. They will shun people (especially apostates) but I would not say they, for the most part, treat them like poison.

Yes, as you know, the social rejection is a BIG factor in keeping the followers in line. JW is a very strong armed cult when compared to mormonism.

666 posted on 12/27/2009 1:25:21 PM PST by Godzilla (3-7-77)
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To: Godzilla

JW is a very strong armed cult when compared to mormonism.

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I had a friend who grew up JW. She had sex with her boyfriend when she was 17 (one time), and confessed it. She was kicked out and shunned by her family completely. She tried for years to get back in and make amends with her family but no luck. She finally gave up.

We had no idea she was JW until we had a surprise birthday party for her. That was awkward.


667 posted on 12/27/2009 1:43:28 PM PST by reaganaut (When we FACE UP to the Majesty of God, we will find ourselves FACE DOWN in Worship" - Matt Redman)
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To: reaganaut
We had no idea she was JW until we had a surprise birthday party for her. That was awkward.

Indeed, probably was the first birthday party she ever had!

668 posted on 12/27/2009 1:56:43 PM PST by Godzilla (3-7-77)
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To: Godzilla

it was.


669 posted on 12/27/2009 2:08:14 PM PST by reaganaut (When we FACE UP to the Majesty of God, we will find ourselves FACE DOWN in Worship" - Matt Redman)
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To: reaganaut

Did she ever get help/counseling to be able to deal with the abuse the JWs heaped upon her?


670 posted on 12/27/2009 2:10:35 PM PST by Godzilla (3-7-77)
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To: Godzilla

I don’t know. I moved to Utah shortly after the party, and lost touch with her. I have no idea what happened to her. She was still pretty brainwashed by the JWs then so I hope she got counseling and came to Christ, but I have no way of knowing or anyway of tracking her down.


671 posted on 12/27/2009 2:22:59 PM PST by reaganaut (When we FACE UP to the Majesty of God, we will find ourselves FACE DOWN in Worship" - Matt Redman)
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To: reaganaut

Well, there’s always prayer.

And yet the nerve of these folks to do this then show up with their pseudo-linguistics.


672 posted on 12/27/2009 2:50:23 PM PST by Godzilla (3-7-77)
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To: Godzilla

Hey, I’ve enjoyed watching you eat their lunch and pop the bag in their face. :-)


673 posted on 12/27/2009 3:05:11 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: DJ MacWoW

:)


674 posted on 12/27/2009 3:46:59 PM PST by Godzilla (3-7-77)
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