Posts by sparrowdown

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cleveland ohio convention results

by nowwhat? in

of 3 in cleveland: avg.

attendance 7500 baptised 27 a robust growth of 0.38%!

not my convention so no details..

sparrowdown

Hot in Cleveland?

More like Not in Cleveland.

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Anything i should know about the upcoming convention?

by CitizenofEarth in

anything i should be aware of?

i am not sure i will go, since i just moved away from home a month ago.

it is not cheap to travel 250km and pay for hotel here in denmark, and i am not exactly rich.

Latest son of thunder video on YouTube and the 07 letter to the elders.

by Crazyguy in

in his video he mentions an elders letter sent to germany in 07 , i believe.

in this letter if i'm understanding it correctly the elders are being instructed to send most of any information on hand about child abuse in their congregation to headquarters and any thing else they have at home or in their personal possession to destroy it.

this seams to be the most obvious case of wt telling their elders to destroy information.

sparrowdown

Maybe Zalkin would like to determine if it's real. Not that a letter for German elders would help in the US, but it's possible people like Mr Zalkin would appreciate a heads up on letters like this exisiting and the mindset of WT.

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Judicial meeting questions.

by Fader812 in

why do elders ask such perverted questions during judicial meetings?

kinda creeped me out, actually creeped me out a lot.

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sparrowdown

The elders being trained by WT to ask creepy questions is underdtandable to some degree as they JWs are a creepy cult. But, what I find to be a more interesting study in human behaviour is why oh why do people answer them?

Yeah, yeah I know the elders are big and scarewy and have the power of disfellowshipping but if more people told elders to go f*** themselves in JCs more individual elders may start thinking twice about what questions they ask.

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Are Jehovah's Witnesses a cult just as evil and dangerous as Islam?

by cookiemaster in

i know you might think i'm exaggerating but if you really think about it, maybe i'm not.

these two religions originate with the same ancient belief system.

islam is a dangerous middle eastern cult that seeks to control every aspect of its members' lives.

sparrowdown

The majority of muslims are peaceful? In Hitler's Germany the majority of germans were peaceful the same can be said of other countries where genocidal atrocoties have been committed, the majority of the people were peaceful. All that was needed for these things to happen was a murderous minority on a power trip the peaceful majority were irrelevent.

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I asked an elder how is the witnessing going in Bangladesh?

by Chook in

i said god is not giving them much of a chance to hear his message, i think it's one to 3 million ratio.

i said if wt paid prime internet space they could beam their propaganda to everyone instantly, then you could show the world mr lett live , and explain how he is to rule the world from heaven.

then i asked that god seems to like the anglo nations , i should of asked how many chinese and indian are on the gb..

sparrowdown

As eyeuse2beadub said, God isn't just white he's American.

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Watchtower bible used as a prop in a R rated movie

by greenhornet in

it was a wtf moment .

the movie is on netflix called american violence.. it was a non block buster hit.

any way the time stamp is 1: 38: 42. if anyone is interested.

sparrowdown

You're right smiddy, a priest is holding it which makes it even more strange as a choice of bible versions to hold up in a lethal injection scene. It's not like you can walk into a bible or book store and purchase a new world translation.

My best guess for an explanation would be a jw in the prop department, but who knows.

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Watchtower bible used as a prop in a R rated movie

by greenhornet in

it was a wtf moment .

the movie is on netflix called american violence.. it was a non block buster hit.

any way the time stamp is 1: 38: 42. if anyone is interested.

sparrowdown

It was the black New World Translation and it was very distinguishable as the pre silver sword black new world translation.

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Are JWs "mind trained" to be habitual liars?

by nonjwspouse in

i don't mean overly obvious, or otherwise meaning to cause harm, but taught to lie for the purpose of avoidance.

this type of lying can be pervasive in areas of life that are not just to avoid discussions with people who have questions about the jw, etc.

my husband will lie/be deceitful about the silliest, simple things.

sparrowdown

Yes, they are trained to re-frame situations, articles, rules, bible accounts, their own motives and intentions to the point that to a non-indoctrinated mind it would appear they are either very stupid or very dishonest, when they are actually programmed, programmed to re-frame.

Freedom to have and express thoughts and feelings are not allowed as a witness so what do you do with those normal human functions? You pretend they don't exist and lie if someone catches you with an unapproved thought or feeling.

So much so, that it eventually becomes natural to do so even about stuff that doesn't matter.

Survival as a JW relies upon your ability to suppress and/or reframe any undersirable unapproved thought such as doubt

Because as we all know doubt is the gateway sin to the worst sin ever -apostatsy!

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Caption Comp

by Tallon in

well now; filming on the set of 'planet of the apes' was a blast.

being the 'muscle' in general aldo's militia was a great opportunity for kicking some serious butt.

i'm looking forward to having another crack at it.. .

sparrowdown

Yeah, it was me in the commercial, yes, I can really play the drums, no, I didn't get to meet Phil Collins.

Does anyone have any questions not related to that damn commercial?