Posts by thedepressedsoul

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WT predicted the future! They got it right!

by thedepressedsoul in

in this sunday's watchtower they proceeded to put this in the article, "distractions, said the watchtowerof september 15, 1958, will likely increase as this world nears its doom.

how true!

"are they really patting themselves on the back for this statement?

thedepressedsoul

My prophesy: moronic statements in Watchtower study articles will likely increase as time goes on.

I never realized how bad it was. Hope they don't lay off their writing department.

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Congregation in U.K. "executed"!

by The Searcher in

latest from a reliable source: .

"more news from the south-west of england.cinderford congregation has been terminated.

if you look on jw.org it hasn't disappeared yet (dec 20th 2015) but it's meeting time is shown as sunday at 10.00 am and that is not possible, as lydney who shared the same hall are listed as sunday at 10.30 am.cinderford and lydney shared a hall in parkend, lydney, gloucestershire.

thedepressedsoul

All those halls they're building to support their huge growth... Right....

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WT predicted the future! They got it right!

by thedepressedsoul in

in this sunday's watchtower they proceeded to put this in the article, "distractions, said the watchtowerof september 15, 1958, will likely increase as this world nears its doom.

how true!

"are they really patting themselves on the back for this statement?

thedepressedsoul

Here's another golden nugget from that article, "Jesus was not burdened with material possessions; he did not own a house or land."

Do these guys think before writing these articles? They own thousand of properties! Yet they tell their members they shouldn't own land and even go as far as saying that Jesus did not own land.

So Jesus did not own land yet his only true organization does?

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Does Jehovah Intervene - JW Teaching

by thedepressedsoul in

i have been a jw my whole life and i have never been able to get a clear answer on this question.

jw's do not believe that jehovah will intervene if someone is sick, dying or stopping a car crash.

they feel that jehovah is letting "this world" play out before he solves all of these problems.

thedepressedsoul

If Jehovah didn't intervene to help you, it's because he's allowing things in this system to play out. If something gooddoes happen to you, though, it's because of Jehovah.
In short, anything good that happens to you is because of your involvement in the cult, and if anything bad happens it's either Satan's system testing you or because you're not having enough involvement in the cult.

I see what you are saying but it still doesn't explain why they say Jehovah intervenes for some things and yet when it comes to sickness/accidents that he stays completely out of it.

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Update on everything going on in JW Land - Insider Information

by thedepressedsoul in

i'd like to start off by saying that i will be very vague in everything i say.

i am fairly "high up" in jw land and have to be somewhat careful how i word and say stuff.

sorry in advance if any specific details are left out.

thedepressedsoul

Here's something that makes me want to puke.

I can't tell you how many witnesses have said that the cost cutting methods is one of the smartest decisions they've ever seen. How Jehovah must really want more funds and time to go into the preaching work...

These people don't think before they speak...

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Tanzania News Update

by mana11 in

i wanted to share with you some feed back from this region.

since you could say tanzania and other regions within africa are the last hard to reach places on the earth.

it is where the www preaching work funds are directed, as being justified to get your donations.there are now no longer any foreigners at the branch within tanzania, they all were told to go.

thedepressedsoul

It's like they're just up and abandoning certain areas. This doesn't seem temporary either. It's like they are accepting their current membership size and are hoping to just be able to sustain their main branches indefinitely.

I've heard many witnesses saying how smart these types of moves are as they are allowing more funds to go to what is important, the preaching work.

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Good books to read?

by thedepressedsoul in

i read crisis on the conscience and i am about to start, "who wrote the bible?

" does anyone have a list or great books to read for anyone searching for the real truth?

i've only ever seen the world through a jw lens and i am excited to see what other view points are out there!

thedepressedsoul

Sorry this came up twice! It was stuck on "qued" for 10 minutes so I exited the browser. For some reason it ended up posting it twice the following day.

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WT predicted the future! They got it right!

by thedepressedsoul in

in this sunday's watchtower they proceeded to put this in the article, "distractions, said the watchtowerof september 15, 1958, will likely increase as this world nears its doom.

how true!

"are they really patting themselves on the back for this statement?

thedepressedsoul

In this Sunday's Watchtower they proceeded to put this in the article, "“Distractions,” said The Watchtowerof September 15, 1958, “will likely increase as this world nears its doom.” How true!"
Are they really patting themselves on the back for this statement? "Likely"? If that wasn't a broad statement I don't know what was!
Do they not realize they have printed failed prediction after failed prediction and now they want to show you their wisdom because they said something would likely happen?
I love how they quote themselves like it's some scientific statement that they are using as reference material to support their study article for that week.
This crap is getting harder and harder to sit through...

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Does Jehovah Intervene - JW Teaching

by thedepressedsoul in

i have been a jw my whole life and i have never been able to get a clear answer on this question.

jw's do not believe that jehovah will intervene if someone is sick, dying or stopping a car crash.

they feel that jehovah is letting "this world" play out before he solves all of these problems.

thedepressedsoul

I have been a JW my whole life and I have never been able to get a clear answer on this question.

Jw's do not believe that Jehovah will intervene if someone is sick, dying or stopping a car crash. They feel that Jehovah is letting "this world" play out before he solves all of these problems. For example, if Brother Faithful has cancer he is not to pray for Jehovah to heal him. Rather, Brother Faithful is to pray for strength to endure his challenge. Seems rather convenient right? Of course he's going to have to endure no matter what until the cancer kills him.

However, on the other hand you have brothers giving experiences at conventions, Kingdom Hall, Assemblies and Year Books about needing X amount of money to continue pioneering and Jehovah gave them exactly the amount they needed by a random donation. How Jehovah must have provided exactly what they needed!

Brother Faithful wants a new chair for his bible study room but can't afford one since he is pioneering. On his drive home from service he sees a great chair that someone is throwing out. How Jehovah must have provided that chair for him!

You guys get the point. So which is it? Jehovah won't provide for someone dying of a sickness or stop a car crash yet he will give Brother Pioneer $20 to make his bills or give him the new chair he didn't really need for his office?

I have yet to get a straight answer on this question. Does anyone have any insight?

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Good books to read?

by thedepressedsoul in

i read crisis on the conscience and i am about to start, "who wrote the bible?

" does anyone have a list or great books to read for anyone searching for the real truth?

i've only ever seen the world through a jw lens and i am excited to see what other view points are out there!

thedepressedsoul

I read Crisis on the Conscience and I am about to start, "Who wrote the bible?"
Does anyone have a list or great books to read for anyone searching for the real truth? I've only ever seen the world through a JW lens and I am excited to see what other view points are out there!