much as been revealed over the years to the date setting doctrines made by the wts.
such as ( 1874, 1914, 1925 , 1975 this generation, the last days, the end times etc.... which were not created by other christian based faiths.. as to critically examine why might reveal a hidden agenda to all these date setting proclamations.. the point in question is did the wts and its leaders intentionally manipulate or exploit the preaching of the gospel to enhance the proliferation of their own printed publications ?.
i would say convincingly yes, no question.
Can we move on from Russell he's not relevant to anyone anymore, current witnesses couldn't care less what he wrote or published. And frankly who is?
The Life How did it Get Here book, the Trinity brochure, the Revelation Book all full of slyly worded twisted reasonings, logical fallacies, half truths, outright lies and out of context quotes. The purpose is not to sell books but to indoctrinate members. It's a bloody cult after all and a clever one at that.
i'm gobsmacked.. the 7 rock star popes in warwick know darned well that the 2 witness rule allows child rapists to get away with their crime.. geoff (whacko jacko) jackson was at the australian royal commission and should have seen first hand what a vile man made law the 2 witness rule is.. my question is, why do they still insist on this pervert protecting rule?.
i know it's a highly controlling cult but still...........................stuff my old boots, mate!.
the above is more a rhetorical question.
Pedophlia is not just any other crime like stealing a car etc. What kind of idiot thinks that pedophiles are like "oopsy I sexually molested a child, oh well, I've learned my lesson now so I'll just go join a community group that has young families and kids, I'm sure I'll be fine I won't have the urge again, I'm cured now right?" Oh I know a WT apologist or a pedophile sympathizer or a lawyer for a pedophile.
Either willful ignorance as to the nature of pedophilia or someone whose job it is to twist words, play semantics and cry "rights of corporations, orgs and groups" in order to defend them. I spose defending WT is dirty job and someone's gotta do it.
in this picture from the latest watchtower, what in the world is the guy watching on the left side of the picture??
it looks like a female vampire holding a lightsaber.
am i missing something?.
@average joe - Hot Fuzz and Sean- arguably both modern "masterpieces" lol😉!
in this picture from the latest watchtower, what in the world is the guy watching on the left side of the picture??
it looks like a female vampire holding a lightsaber.
am i missing something?.
The word uncanny can refer to magic.
let the reader use discernment:.
i was disfellowshipped in june of last year.
while i've been awake for nearly a year, i still often feel groggy.
Great point josephus.
I agree, one day of apostate voices coming together could equal a year of therapy!
i'm following an old friend on instagram who's an uber elder and he does lots of work on kh's and has gone to warwick on his own dime to help with the construction.
on his instagram post he says " i can't post pictures of the kh remodel but i can post pics of jack daniels that i had afterwards" or some such.
why aren't they allowed to take pics of remodels?
I'd say this is standard directive now for all official WT stuff and probably applies to personal stuff aswell that shows WT activity. The borg's getting paranoid and probably for good reason apostates and woke people are everywhere and sharing info.This would be one of WT's biggest concerns right now.
Plus, it feeds the org's gigantic ego to keep secrets and create the illusion that they're actually relevant.
let the reader use discernment:.
i was disfellowshipped in june of last year.
while i've been awake for nearly a year, i still often feel groggy.
Great to hear from you Neil aka the great apostate.
I applaud yours and the others efforts to bring these issues to the fore smack dab in WT's dirty little backyard, well done mate, well done. Hope to see more in the future.
i learned today that a "brother" from my former congregation has been arrested.. the rumor mill was in overdrive (you know how the jws are), my ex-wife and a pimo member filed me in just an hour ago.
both gave 95% the exact details so i take it as legit.... when i used to do sound desk there was a brother in his late 40s/early 50s who for some reason always had a tan and always sat at the back of the hall.
he was a loner, i used to feel sorry for him so would make small talk while i was setting up the sound desk and he was sitting there.
Good thing he had the sense to call the police, while it's good to out the perp, while gossiping about the details spare a thought for the victim the little girl must feel terrible.
the story mentions they may come after jw's-.
http://www.sltrib.com/religion/local/2017/11/07/memo-to-all-religions-mormonleaks-may-be-coming-after-you-with-new-faithleaks-site/?hl=1&noredirect=1.
I like the phrase "high demand religion" it's more catchy than high control.
"Is your religion a demanding asshole? Then listen up."
a growing discourse on this forum has been around what "the end" means.
as jws, many here spent varying proportions of our lives waiting for the end when an unsettling realization was that the end that approaches is more likely to be from old age than the world's end.
through the centuries, group after group, has claimed it has "inside" information on the end of the world, drawing in the desperate-for-comfort like moths to flames.
It's more a question of when did the "last days" of the old WT begin.
I'd say not long after if became obvious the internet had surpassed tv and newspapers in it's ability for hijacking people's attention. Right about then WT would have started making plans for the "last days" of the old WT and first days of the new JWdotborg.
Will this generation (boomers, X, Y, and Z) see the end of the old WT? Most definitely!
