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  A pet peeve

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a pet peeve of mine is that there are numerous christian denominations (other faiths with their 'holy' books too), all claim that their interpretation of their 'holy' book is the correct interpretation.

  my conclusion is that either their god is a very poor communicator or simply doesn't exist.. i used to believe all this stuff when i was a jobo and later a church going christian.

  i simply cannot, in all honesty subscribe to it all any more.

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  sparrowdown

  All religion is a scam ditch it, you don't need religion to explore the metaphysical or ponder the musings of the great philosphers and thinkers or discover the history of the world, in fact you could learn more from the Mel Brookes History of the World movies than you could from any religion and it would be funnier.

  Big Religion is just an opportunistic businessman that sets himself up as the middle man, a bottled water seller set up next to the stream taking advantage of thirsty people. The bible is just one tiny fragment in a world of mystery.
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  There Is No Road in the Desert

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there is no road in the desert, yet you chance upon my friendless camp.. was it stars that led you to me or two yearning hearts become conjoined?.

  i envision a most lovely you, but you're just a dream of what i once knew.. remote i remain in my desert abode while stars and your spirit sail on by..

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  Love it coco, particularly the second line andthe thought of being led by yearning.
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  Find Family Happiness ... NOT!

  by jp1692 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  the other day my wife and i were in sonoma.

  we were just walking around enjoying the pleasant afternoon in the quaint, old downtown area when i saw two jw women standing by their “witnessing cart.” .

  normally, i just ignore them whenever i see jws standing by a cart, but i gotta admit it: this time it really bugged me because of the title on the cart: find family happiness.

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  You just fell for their baity hook sign that's all. When I think back to all the titles of the books mags and brochures they're all misleading intellectual honey trap to lure in all sorts of people. I saw a recent cart asking something about the bible and trusting it or something along those lines and I thought an athiest could mistakenly assume they were anti-bible from the way the question was worded. So deceptive so JWborg!
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  The John Cedars Channel on YouTube taken down after posting a critique of leaked videos for Regional (District) Convention

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the wt is at it again it seems.

  playing dirty as it can, trying to silence dissenters.. the john cedars channel on youtube has been taken down after the posting of a video critique of regional (district) convention leaked videos.. sounds like something putin would do in russia.

  you know what they say, birds of a feather fly together--what a murder of crows all of'em!.

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  They come here citing laws and virtue signalling all the while hiding who they are and lying about their reasons for being here.

  Yep, smells like theocratic warfare to me
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  The John Cedars Channel on YouTube taken down after posting a critique of leaked videos for Regional (District) Convention

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  the wt is at it again it seems.

  playing dirty as it can, trying to silence dissenters.. the john cedars channel on youtube has been taken down after the posting of a video critique of regional (district) convention leaked videos.. sounds like something putin would do in russia.

  you know what they say, birds of a feather fly together--what a murder of crows all of'em!.

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  Show Mother some respect!

  
  
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  Please Switch Off Your Critical Thinking

  by pale.emperor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have an uneasy feeling inside that something is coming this year or the next.

  perhaps a new big announcement that turns jwdom on it's head.. we've seen the statement in the watchtower november 15th, 2013 which said:.

  watchtower november 15th, 2013 - page 20, paragraph 17.. .

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  I think they're definitely preparing people for more shrinkage and consolidations and they want people nice and pre-guilted for daring to even think about not liking it. One message I get from this is "it's not if you are reassigned it's when."

  With JW broacasting " big mother" is already on their screens and in their lounge rooms so dialing up the "you must be prepared for any eventuality and announcement" makes sense as it keeps people glued to JW broadcast for news. The ultimate clickbait.

  The sub-message is harder to identify but continued adjustments of one kind or another is guarranteed.
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  2018 Convention videos leaked by brave insiders

  by Room 215 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anopther coup for cedars: http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/leaked-2018-convention-videos-celebrate-anti-lgbtq-bigotry-unquestioning-obedience-doomsday-fear-mongering

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  There hasn't been food for decades I'd hazzard a guess they recovered from the "no food for you" thing.
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  What Do You Think of The News Media?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i used to pretty much believe anything they would report.

  now, though, i find myself questioning “journalists “, with the realization that much of what is said may be inaccurate or slanted..

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  Nth Korea OMG last month they going to nuke us all this month it's what is his sister wearing to the olympics!?
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  What Do You Think of The News Media?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i used to pretty much believe anything they would report.

  now, though, i find myself questioning “journalists “, with the realization that much of what is said may be inaccurate or slanted..

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  sparrowdown

  All I know is one of the questions I ask myself these days when watching the news is "why this story and why now." Several reasons for this one being the news seems all about sensationalizing the trivial while real stories get buried. Accountability seems all but gone. Nightcrawler and Network come to mind.
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  The Red Headed League

  by dropoffyourkeylee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am sitting here watching my pioneering wife get service time ‘writing letters’ to not-at-homes.

  she has a long list of names and addressees where the jws in field service never got anyone home.

  the letter is simply a word for word copy, handwritten on note paper, then sent in the usmail.

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  sparrowdown

  At the end I prefered faking time.

  The only bank the GB are robbing is JWs time and energy bank.