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  So who's going to the meeting in Baltimore tonght?

  by ShirleyW in

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  i'm sure some kind of arrangement was made, some of the uber dubs in a panic as to what they would do if the couldn't get to their meeting tonight.

  probably bumped it up a few hours so they wouldn't be out at night for those that live in the middle of what's going on..

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  JW's are are licking up every ounce of this.
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  New Watchtower and Awake 11 pages of shallow articles...what happened!!!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  found the latest copies next to the toilet {witnesses must have visited my wife} and had a look after not reading anything for a year.

  its a pamphlet not a magazine!

  only a few pages long with shallow articles.it felt like my "spiritual food" was now those cheap home delivered diet t.v meals!!

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  The whole JW religion has been dumbed down. Most can't/wont even put up a fight at the door or try and defend their beliefs.

  Deep personal bible study is a thing of the past. I don't know hardly any that do it besides a few old timers. Now study is going to JW.org or watching JW Broadcasting.

  People 40 and younger for the majority just don't have an interest in the bible anymore.
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  £150,000,000 Jehovahs Witnesses HQ approved

  by defender of truth in

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  the jehovahs witnesses have gained planning to build a vast uk headquarters complex in chelmsford.the international bible students association, which manages the christian groups literature, gained planning to redevelop a derelict farm near galleywood with a 1.2m sq ft scheme.the 150m complex will provide homes for 1,200 people spread across 16 five-storey blocks, a large printing plant, offices, auditorium, health and fitness centre, water treatment plant and on-site parking for 1,040 vehicles.. the ibsa is now set to begin groundwork at the 82-acre temple farm site and start construction by 2016.. .

  www.constructionenquirer.com/2015/04/29/150m-jehovahs-witnesses-hq-approved-for-chelmsford/.

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  My guess is they will only have 3-4 LARGE Bethel's and shut down all the mini ones. US Branches, Canada and the UK one. There really is no need for all of these Bethel's since everything is going digital.

  Media is rapidly changing and they are still behind. They can't even embrace social media because the second they make a YouTube channel, FB or Twitter you can only imagine the down votes and comments it will get.

  They have an uphill battle and this may be a consolidation move to close down all the smaller branches. Who knows.
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  Satan is more dangerous then pedophile - Assembly Part

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am sitting at the recent assembly, bored out of my mind (have you ever heard anyone call these things fun?

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  he starts off with an illustration.

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  thedepressedsoul

  The best is, people make outrages and offensive claims and then cry religious persecution when people disagree and act against religion.
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  Satan is more dangerous then pedophile - Assembly Part

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am sitting at the recent assembly, bored out of my mind (have you ever heard anyone call these things fun?

  ) and the next speaker walks out on stage.

  he starts off with an illustration.

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  thedepressedsoul

  When I was younger, my mom use to tell me that she would call the Boogeyman to come get me if I didn't clean up my toys. That fear she put in my mind caused me to do exactly as she said and clean up my toys. Did that Boogeyman actually exist, most likely not. How can you prove that something you've never seen doesn't exist? Just like big-foot.

  Now replace that scenario of the Boogeyman with Satan and replace my toys with religious beliefs and practices. Do you see the similarities? Both are used to get someone to do their agenda.
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  Satan is more dangerous then pedophile - Assembly Part

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am sitting at the recent assembly, bored out of my mind (have you ever heard anyone call these things fun?

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  he starts off with an illustration.

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  thedepressedsoul

  Were you ever actually a JW?? You don't remember that Peter said Satan was a roaring lion??

  Again, you need a physical item of fear to put the invisible fear of an invisible entity into peoples minds.

  If I put an actual roaring line to the right and of you and then tell you to the left is Satan. I then go on to say, "Trust me, that Satan on your left is 10x more dangerous, you should run to your right to that lion. You have a much greater chance of survival. Plus, any damage that lion does is temporary. That Satan on your left though, man, that will be permanent."

  Which way do you think you'll run? I bet I know which way.

  That's exactly what the speaker did and that is the line of reasoning you are trying to defend.
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  Satan is more dangerous then pedophile - Assembly Part

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am sitting at the recent assembly, bored out of my mind (have you ever heard anyone call these things fun?

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  he starts off with an illustration.

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  thedepressedsoul

  If he had said Satan and pedophile are equally bad, ok that's better.

  I see your point. My whole point is why even compare it to a pedophile at all? Why bring that up? It's because most parents are terrified of someone causing harm to their kids and most kids are terrified because all they hear.

  So here you have a guy playing off of that fear of a child predator and using it as a way to make people even more afraid of the devil to keep them in line. You're taking a real, physical fear that people already have and using it to put fear about an invisible entity.

  Let's say you have a fear of clowns. It's as if someone is taking your fear of clowns and using it in a way to make you afraid of bats. "You think clowns are bad, did you know bats are actually 10x worse and actually bite you?" What you are doing is taking someones existing fear and using that to plant fear into another object. You are playing with their fears and emotions for your own agenda or in this case, belief.
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  Satan is more dangerous then pedophile - Assembly Part

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am sitting at the recent assembly, bored out of my mind (have you ever heard anyone call these things fun?

  ) and the next speaker walks out on stage.

  he starts off with an illustration.

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  thedepressedsoul

  You're going to die anyway so what difference does it make if you die a few years earlier at Armageddon?

  Typical religious person. "you're going to die" when someone doesn't agree with a teaching or has a different view. I hope you live a long and prosperous life and you sentence me to death. Yet, you're the christian. We wouldn't be using fear to get me to believe what you believe, now would we? I feel like I've seen this tactic used somewhere else...

  It's as if you want to structure rules off of the Hebrew Scriptures and give the appeal or front of the Greek scriptures.

  Still no explanation as to why the Devil is more dangerous than a pedophile. Another example of a religious person. Making random claims and refusing to back them up.
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  Satan is more dangerous then pedophile - Assembly Part

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am sitting at the recent assembly, bored out of my mind (have you ever heard anyone call these things fun?

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  he starts off with an illustration.

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  thedepressedsoul

  SHADOW- Your statement, " you see what you want to see even when it isn't there. " Truer words have never been spoken. I guess you know yourself better than we do. Peace out, Mr. Flipper

  Haha, that is a very ironic statement.

  Reminds me of Watchtower lessons when they attack other religions for having "man made rules" and then proceed to say no tight pants, turn in your field service time, don't watch X movie, must be a ms by 21 or you aren't a good marriage prospect, 10 hours a month shows "you're" spiritual etc.. Leave you scratching your head saying wtf!?!
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  Satan is more dangerous then pedophile - Assembly Part

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am sitting at the recent assembly, bored out of my mind (have you ever heard anyone call these things fun?

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  he starts off with an illustration.

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  thedepressedsoul

  For those who still believe in God and Satan, Satan is a greater threat than a pedophile. That is what the speaker said. Anything else is your own conjecture. You see what you want to see even when it isn't there.

  In what way? Please explain in what way Satan is a greater threat than a pedophile? I've only heard you just state it's a greater threat with no line of reasoning or any evidence to back the claim up.

  I'll show you tons of reasons and evidence a pedophile is more dangerous.