Posts by sparrowdown

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Zappa

by JRK in

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i am stoked about going to see dweezil zappa in concert on thursday.

it is going to be a date night, and the person i am taking never had the chance to see his father frank in concert.

i know that she will appreciate the complexity and beauty of his music, as well as some of his off-color humor.. yes "humor does belong in music!".

Brilliant Medical Advice from the Slave

by Vanderhoven7 in

not sure where i picked this up:.

self explanatory science and medical advice from the faithful and brilliant servant class in brooklyn________________________________________thomas edison, the inventor and electrician, of phonograph and telephone fame, has been experimenting with the new light "x-rays.

" and has succeeded in taking a photograph through oak eight inches thick.

sparrowdown

"Faithful and Brilliant Servant Class in Brooklyn" ???

Lol always with the bragging.

Interesting claim "Theosophists and others" are taking credit for the "new light X-Rays" as being part of their "deception outfit."

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Broadcasting rebranded?

by Saltheart Foamfollower in

i had to look at jw broadcasting today (aaaargh) and noticed it has had a bit of a makeover.

it is also now called jehovah's witnesses broadcasting.. sf.

sparrowdown

That's a mouthful. Although, "JW" is ambiguous for the uninitiated.

Borgcasting sounds cooler though.

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Are older women holding the congregations together (at least in the US)?

by Spiral in

so i went and had a facial yesterday, and the aesthetician (and business owner) was a 30 something women, and we got on very well from the start.

the conversation came around to how many new churches are being built in this area, and i said i was surprised by it all.

she had a very interesting take on the situation.

sparrowdown

I agree DD the only way forward for JWland is to become something other than what it is now.

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Are older women holding the congregations together (at least in the US)?

by Spiral in

so i went and had a facial yesterday, and the aesthetician (and business owner) was a 30 something women, and we got on very well from the start.

the conversation came around to how many new churches are being built in this area, and i said i was surprised by it all.

she had a very interesting take on the situation.

sparrowdown

True Sir true.

But, being morons hasn't stopped them from becoming billionaires, either. People who have made money then need to keep it. Unless of course they have so much money they can afford to be idiots.

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Are older women holding the congregations together (at least in the US)?

by Spiral in

so i went and had a facial yesterday, and the aesthetician (and business owner) was a 30 something women, and we got on very well from the start.

the conversation came around to how many new churches are being built in this area, and i said i was surprised by it all.

she had a very interesting take on the situation.

sparrowdown

I don't think the borg gives a crap about older women full stop.

But I also think the borg is trying to future proof itself by catering to a younger demographic, I mean, they would be fools not to.

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Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia Interrogated by Masked Police

by pale.emperor in

http://www.newsweek.com/jehovahs-witnesses-russia-ban-police-903021?utm_source=quora.

i guess the gb's idea of writing to the russian government last year didn't help?

now they have their names and addresses in which to raid their homes.. i sometimes wonder if the gb knew this would happen and wanted it to happen to ensure they'd be persecuted thus creating their own fulfillment of prophecy..

sparrowdown

Hmmm if they had only followed their own advice "Do not put your trust in men to whom no salvation belongs."

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So, I got a contact letter from a local Jehovah's Witness...

by SecondRateMind in

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...which was kind of her.

i find i like most christians, even mormons, and jw's.. she sent me a leaflet, which asks: where can we find the answers to life's big questions?

science?

sparrowdown

SRM - It's got nothing to do with your attitude or expectations the woman is in a cult and she was expected by her cult leaders to recruit.

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J.W's Brain LOCKDOWN

by Phizzy in

i know we often talk of the mind control and how jw's believe what they are taught because they are controlled as to the information they receive, but i think the mind control goes frighteningly beyond simply keeping information away from them.. the jw mind is in lockdown.

it simply cannot accept facts, evidence, reasoning or whatever that goes against what they believe.

they cannot assimilate and consider an argument, it is not that they are being awkward, or willfully blind, their minds are so shut down they are incapable of taking in what is being presented.. i am aware of how, in common with other cults and high control groups the j.w org achieves this state among its members, but how on earth do we open such a solidly closed mind ?.

sparrowdown

JWs like to get "reactions" then, they can judge you based on the reaction. They like to think just their very presence causes admiration and guilt from onlookers. Admiration at their being so good and guilt at not being as good as them. Because of course everyone is watching them - very narcissistic!

I find indifference to their beliefs and their culty social games really gets to them. They really have no idea what to do with indifference. As I said they need a reaction any reaction so they can interpret it and label you as either "guilty" or "bitter" or "pathetic loser" or "weak and ashamed" etc etc. If they are met with smiling indifference to their religious beliefs combined with calm assertiveness ie giving them nothing they can "read" it's like they become genuinely intrigued with why you are immune to their guilt-inducing superpowers. Maybe even intrigued long enough for a little seed of curiosity to sprout in their mind.

Other than that a well timed "innocent" question can hang around in their heads for while too.

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So, I got a contact letter from a local Jehovah's Witness...

by SecondRateMind in

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friends

...which was kind of her.

i find i like most christians, even mormons, and jw's.. she sent me a leaflet, which asks: where can we find the answers to life's big questions?

science?

sparrowdown

FYI - The person who sent you the leaflet wasn't being kind she was doing what she has been trained to do, which is, active recruiting for her religion. All JWs are required to report the time they spend recruiting each month.

If she was successful in recruiting you, you also would be required as a condition of baptism to recruit others and report that time as well.

Not much "love" there just adherence to rules. JWs are all about the rules.