Posts by sparrowdown

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In the last 20 years How Many Changes Have Occurred in Watchtower Beliefs?

by minimus in

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jehovah's witnesses say that they have the truth and the truth is constant.

they believe that what they teach is the truth that comes directly from jehovah god.

can you think of anything that has changed in the last 20 years to show a jehovah's witness that the truth is not necessarily the truth..

sparrowdown

When the changes are altogether it's quite an impressive list of "scratch thats" but when you're in there the changes are introduced in such a way that you don't really notice anything changing drastically.

They are careful to keep the prescription for spiritual health stable and predictable.

Pray more, study more, witness more, give more, do more etc, and while your focused on this "formula" they change the furniture around on you.The last few years have been continual adjusting to the way they do things with no sign of the changes stopping anytime soon.

Round and round and round they go where they stop nobody knows - cept the GB of course.

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How do the foreign language Congregations find people to call on?

by UnshackleTheChains in

ok. i had a fascinating conversation with one of my polish colleagues at work.

she knows i'm a jdub and an activist as have filled her in warts and all about watchtower.. she came up to me today explaining how a couple of polish witnesses came to her door.

she was curious as to how they knew to call on her door knowing she was polish.

sparrowdown

Lol @ steve2. I remember the foreign language slips being blue? The gay slips would have to be rainbow of course.

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How do the foreign language Congregations find people to call on?

by UnshackleTheChains in

ok. i had a fascinating conversation with one of my polish colleagues at work.

she knows i'm a jdub and an activist as have filled her in warts and all about watchtower.. she came up to me today explaining how a couple of polish witnesses came to her door.

she was curious as to how they knew to call on her door knowing she was polish.

sparrowdown

Foreign language is followed up the same way as deaf people.

I wonder if they have new slip now for gay people.

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2017 Kingdom Hall in Chile with Flag with Meeting

by ILoveTTATT2 in

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finally, after 5 years, we have received footage that shows, unmistakably, that there was a flag in the kingdom hall, while a meeting was happening.here is the video:https://youtu.be/uel3otw6gemi will post this year's pictures below.

this year we had pictures and video of three different kingdom halls with the flag!.

sparrowdown

Steve2 - yeah, good point, if they use their flag to cover a window they can call it a drape and Jehovah isn't anti-drapes.

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Help ... maybe

by vienne in

dr. schulz and i are pushing to finished volume two of separate identity by mid-2018.

to make this book the best it can be we need material that we haven't been able to find.

1. a tract on spiritism by n. barbour published about 1881 or so.

sparrowdown

Fair enough vienne, I get that you need to plug your stuff somewhere.

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How do the foreign language Congregations find people to call on?

by UnshackleTheChains in

ok. i had a fascinating conversation with one of my polish colleagues at work.

she knows i'm a jdub and an activist as have filled her in warts and all about watchtower.. she came up to me today explaining how a couple of polish witnesses came to her door.

she was curious as to how they knew to call on her door knowing she was polish.

sparrowdown

Yes what wasanelder said. They fill out a little slip with the address and nationality and it gets passed on to the relavant congregation service overseer who gives the info to some witness to call on that person. All very creepy and stalkerish.

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What is Nature's most perfect food?

by compound complex in

greetings, gourmands of the forum!.

i agree with garfield, but mayo comes in a close second.

slathering my pasta with an inch of best foods real mayonnaise (hellman's, east of the rockies) is close to heaven for me.

sparrowdown

I loves me taters too. Must be some irish genes in there somewhere

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Help ... maybe

by vienne in

dr. schulz and i are pushing to finished volume two of separate identity by mid-2018.

to make this book the best it can be we need material that we haven't been able to find.

1. a tract on spiritism by n. barbour published about 1881 or so.

sparrowdown

My, such epic heroic music for such a sad little group.

Just for my information, is your colleage a baptized believing indoctrinated JW by any chance?

You do realize many here have been hurt and traumatized by this horrible cult with lives stolen, families torn apart, time lost with loved ones forever all because of this horrible cult?

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Why the verb shun is missing from the JW lexicon

by cognisonance in

so my parents when i confronted them about how unhappy i am at them shunning me, responded by saying: "you keep using the word shunning, we're not shunning you.

"i am a bit confused how they can say that.

i'm an ex-jw and an atheist.

sparrowdown

JWs are wordaphobes truthaphobes and realityaphobes.

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What is Nature's most perfect food?

by compound complex in

greetings, gourmands of the forum!.

i agree with garfield, but mayo comes in a close second.

slathering my pasta with an inch of best foods real mayonnaise (hellman's, east of the rockies) is close to heaven for me.

sparrowdown

I'm not sure if "nature" made mayo but I suppose she made the ingredients for it lol.

Arugula - I could eat it all day just like a bunny rabbit. With maybe a drizzle of olive oil, salt and pepper and crusty bread for dipping.