by blondie 20 Replies latest jw friends
Wow Blondie! Ahhh I almost feel tempted to come back on this site just to read this articles you comment on... well said!
I enjoyed your reasoning and well spoken, clarification from their lack of... well, honesty. They are so manipulative into getting you to think they are the chosen one.
... (I just have so much to say, I can't speak) I will end with this I guess. I wish my JW family could hear more comments... something that would wake them up!!
Blondie can you comment on the NLT of Acts 17:11
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New Living Translation (NLT)
11 And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.
It's galling to read this claptrap, published by self-sparing Bethelites who tut-tut at the rank and file from behind their cloistered walls.
My comment ( in private to my wife) was So you, dear member of the writing dept, why don't YOU set the example, quit your cushy Bethel job and demonstrate how to trust in Jah for a job in this day and age. Need a full report on how great all went for you.
Assholes.
Propaganda.
Another collection of stock experiences, some from the Bible and some embellished ones on file at the washtowel headquarters. Each one has someone that was in a pickle because of trying to serve Jehovah, each one chose Jehovah, and supposedly each one came out ahead. I would be willing to bet that every single one of those was either made up or highly embellished.
The first fallacy is, does Jehovah have to do for you what he did for selected others? Once an example is written down, all that Almighty Lowlife Scumbag has to do is refer others to that example in lieu of helping someone else. Jehovah gets the praise, while getting the fun of watching people suffer. In real life, someone would have ended up getting fired and not been able to land another job. Sure, they could go on welfare. But, what happens when hyperinflation renders their welfare toilet papers worthless? They are very sketchy in giving details about how those people found sustenance, which would lead me to believe much of it was made up.
Another fallacy is that, are they even telling the truth? How much do they need to doctor things up? Those people that give up much to pious-sneer usually end up regretting it when they are almost dead. They wasted their lives, bringing no one into the cancer (or, if they did bring someone in, that person is now apostate). This, they do not tell. Rather, they embellish things. I wonder if some of these stories, which remain in files, are really recycled stories with a few minor changes, or fiction altogether.
I wonder if those people that think that raising a family and leaving an inheritance is wrong have even read their damn Bible. I know that the Bible says that raising a family to be value creators is a virtue, not a liability--and Jesus frequently mentions that. And leaving an inheritance is actually scripturally proper--those idiots that claim to know the Bible inside and out should be able to find it somewhere in the process of finding "new light". Yet, the hounders discourage people from pursuing careers on some stupid premises, usually that it will eat into field circus or make people miss boasting sessions.
As for me, I would rather cut the two biggest time wasters out of my life. And those are boasting session attendance and field circus. Neither of those does anything productive, and neither is going to help me with anything worthwhile. And I would rather spend money on things I want or need, like Christmas decorations, computer products, silver, vitamins, quality material items, and getting ready to move somewhere on the other side of the world when my present country becomes fully totalitarian rather than on the Worldwide Pedophile Defense Fund.
The beatings will continue until morale improves
I had a discussion last night with my fleshly brother that is dug in to the Borg like a tick. I challenged him on Matthew 19:28 as I have always taken issue with this scripture even before the figurative scales were removed from my eyes!
I asked him so the anointed are judging the anointed? He replied, “I understand how this could be confusing, however the WT says it is a special reference to the other sheep”. I said “special reference? When does Jesus say that this is a special reference?” Paragraph 1 says that spiritual Israel usually applies to the anointed. I said this is misleading statement by the WT because this expression ALWAYS refers to the anointed, not usually. In fact this is the only reference that the WTS has decided to classify Spiritual Israel as the great crowd. In addition this was Jesus himself speaking; why would he say something so confusing? Why wouldn’t he say something like; “you who have followed me will also yourselves sit upon twelve thrones, judging a great multitude of believers” or “Judging men of the earth”…anything?I said perhaps, like the rest of the entire book of Revelation the number 144,000 is also figurative. He then turned white as a ghost and said “well that’s where faith comes in”. Then he quickly changed the subject. I am sure he now considers me to be of the “Mentally Diseased Class”.
I feel sorry for the multitudes of such good hearted, sincere people caught up in the mire of deception from the WTS. Makes me very sad!
I'm thinking of a word the poster OUTLAW has often used to describe many an article written by the WTBTS and this past Sunday's study lesson is no exception.
Let's see: I think the word is................................. WATCHTARDED!
Thank you, Blondie. Good work.
ARE YOU LETTING
JEHOVAH BE YOUR SHARE?
That is such a stupid phrase and title.
Good review as always Blondie.
iclone "He then turned white as a ghost and said “well that’s where faith comes in”.
LOL, if he hadn't've changed the subject you could have asked him "faith in what, exactly?". It always comes down to having faith in the society. Not Jah, Jesus or the Bible.
Blondie, thankyou so much for continuing to do these reviews. I read everyone you write & it's fair to say your reviews were what helped switch on my mind to critical thinking.
