several times over the past few months i have had conversations, both here and in real life, with religious people making all sorts of interesting and conflicting claims.
i like to know how things work, so generally i will ask questions to net out what i am being told and see if it can be explained and make sense.. for instance, if someone said 2+2=4 and i asked how, there are a variety of ways that could be shown to me, a number line, physical objects being put together, counting on fingers and toes, etc.
indeed, in my personal life, i often have to explain how certain technologies work, sometimes planned, sometimes off the cuff, from a variety of group sizes to a varying degree of technical expertise.
I just figure it's a face saving thing. They figure they can't in one breath claim the bible has all the answers and in the next breath admit there are some things they just don't know. As soon as you claim one book has all the answers of the universe contained within it's pages ( an impossibity) anything not covered in the book has to be either false or not worth knowing in order to maintain your original claim that you have all the answers.
It's becomes frustratingly circular.
so i had about had enough of reading jw's excuses online about wt child abuse and the candace conti nightline abc video about her case.
this is a really deep burning topic to me as i'm sure it is to many of you.
so today the gloves came off.
Bravo Mr Flipper. Their head-in-ass attitude is both telling and appalling and scarily reminiscent of the RCC's attitude towards abuse victims that JW's have been so critical of for decades.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
do you think it is possible that the g.b.is deliberately giving out mis-information to confuse either apostates or media that might be investigating them for one reason or another ?
speak out of both corners of their mouth .
and the reason they do so ?
Remember what George Costanza said "if you believe it, it's not lying."
I think they believe what they say, that makes them poor, sad, deluded bastards.
new posters for each new magazine edition.
someone is going to make some moola.. http://kingdomprintsllc.org/products/literature-cart-poster-print-2-separate-prints-march-watchtower-and-awake-2015.
literature cart poster prints- 2 separate prints- march watchtower and awake 2015.
march kingdom ministry insert is about how the field service meetings will be shortened from 10 to 15 minutes down to 5 to 7 minutes.
they want the publishers to report more hours.
in my experience the problem isn't the length of the meeting for service but pioneers and publishers dogging it after the service arrangement.
i am looking for any examples, preferably with independent news sources of any witnesses that have ever been:.
mugged.
raped.
I had a scary experience when a male householder followed me from house to house around the territory all the way back to car.
And yep, I encountered the occasional naked guy at the door.
what kind of response could you expect if you let everyone in your congregation know that.
"... i hate those stupid caleb cartoons.
i hate his crazy mother.
so i was lurking on jwtalk after trying to read the thread on there about the broadcast about the conti case...and holy moly there are some bat ish crazy talk on that site!
they also blocked the thread about the broadcast, lol!
they are scuuuuured (scared).
here is the segment on the conti abuse case in california and jehovah's witness's response as reported on by the abcnews nightline broadcast which was shown early this morning.
it really displays some absolutely shocking behavior from not only her abuser and his (supportive) wife, but also the jw attorneys and elders via video.
i am just blown away by the audacity displayed by these monsters.. we can now understand why governing body member stephen lett slipped in his comments a couple of weeks ago about "untrue reports of child abuse" in one of his talks which can viewed on the cult's website.
Wishful thinking I know but, boy, it would be nice to think that one day the WT's house of cards will come tumbling down.
once again the beloved and loving governing body are demonstrating their utmost disdain for the rank and file members of the jehovah church.
let us review this interesting trend, starting with some facts!
yay, facts!!!
As far as I know the only criteria for being annointed (apart from being baptized) is:
You just know you are. Now with criteria like that, the question shouldn't be why is there confusion, but why wouldn't there be! The arrogance and ridiculousness of the GB and their damn rules about who is good enough and who isn't is beyond belief.
If numbers of partakers continue to rise they will have some serious questions to answer, so maybe in future you will have to "qualify" to be annointed.
