Posts by sparrowdown

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Why Do People Oppose Jehovah's Witnesses?

by BlackSpirit in

jesus christ, the son of the most high god, jehovah has this to say: "if the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

if you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own.

now because you are no part of the world, but i have chosen you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

sparrowdown

The clue is in the name "Black Spirit"

CTBT = Counting time by trolling.

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Leaked videos - Why?

by NewYork44M in

thank you to those that have passed on "leaked" videos.

one point that i have not seen discussed is "why" apostates are getting these videos.. are videos getting out because of a lack of internal controls, or are there more than a few disloyal insiders that are more than happy to pass on inside information.

or, is there a strategic intent of releasing leaked videos?.

sparrowdown

Yes I have wondered myself about who, how and most importantly why they (WT) have not made some attempt to go after YT channels showing these leaks.

Why isn't there a leaked video of an internal talk about leaked videos? Does it suit them to "leak" info?

In the latest convention series there is a video showing persecution in Russia. The russian police are filmed right from when they get out of the vehicles and are followed every step of the way through the KH closely by the camera man who gets right in on the action. I though who's filming and why are the russian police not at least attempting to look at the camera man and ask him to sit down and stop following them? So who was filming? There was something off...staged about it to me.

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How can you tell someone they have bad breath without offending?

by James Mixon in

jw
friends

i told someone and they became very angry with me.

we have been friends for many years but lately his breath is eye burning.

he is single so he doesn't have a wife to tell him, dear you need a mint.

sparrowdown

Start by asking if you can tell him something because you are concerned about him if he agrees make him promise not to be offended.

Bad breath can actually be a sign of tooth decay or an illness like GERD for eg. Strangely, I had a friend who very bad breath for years they became vegetarian and it completely vanished.

Either way just tell him true friends tell true friends the truth.

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Why Do People Oppose Jehovah's Witnesses?

by BlackSpirit in

jesus christ, the son of the most high god, jehovah has this to say: "if the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

if you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own.

now because you are no part of the world, but i have chosen you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

sparrowdown

Counting time?

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Disfellowshiped- reinstated- damaged

by Damaged in

don’t know how i ended up here but no one who understands will listen, or any one who will listen doesn’t understand.

i grew up in the “truth”, i was baptised at 17 as it was encouraged by the elders.

i really didn’t understand what i was getting into.

sparrowdown

You have discovered what most of us here have discovered ie JWs are a cold, heartless religion and their disfellowshipping process is nonsensical. Sometimes I think it's only their nastiness that keeps them going as a group.

And yes in their eyes you will always be "marked" in some way no matter how hard you try so don't bother trying you will only hurt yourself more by trying to jump through their imaginary hoops because there will always be more hoops with these people.

Try to to do some research on your own and take care of yourself.

You don't need their permission to live nor their approval to be happy.

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Newsweek: JW wives in Russia send letter to Putin advisor

by OrphanCrow in

jw
friends

this article is dated june 7, 2018 and is likely a lead up to the bear ripping the jw bible article.

http://www.newsweek.com/wives-jehovahs-witnesses-jailed-russia-send-letter-putin-adviser-begging-end-965516.

the wives of jehovah’s witnesses rounded up and imprisoned in russia have written an open letter to a top adviser of president vladimir putin, asking him to stop the campaign of terror against the religious group.“this open letter to you is a cry of desperation.

sparrowdown

Great points Mr Roboto!

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Nature is amazing :)

by LoveUniHateExams in

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friends

i studied biology at uni and specialised in animal biology (wolf behaviour) but i've always liked natural history.. even if i never went to uni, i'd still be amazed by nature and i'd still watch nature programs on tv.. i'd like start a thread where posters can post nature clips that are in some way amazing.. the vid below shows wild wolves in the canadian arctic encountering humans for the first time.. these wolves haven't been exterminated by human hunters and therefore haven't learnt to fear humans.

result: wild wolves approach human strangers almost like dogs.

pretty cool.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izgavk7fovu .

sparrowdown

Yes the documentary Blackfish sheds light on the psychopathic corporate mentality of the seaworld industry. They don't care about the animals or the people they hire to care for them. They lie to both the trainers and the public about the animals behavior and needs. In fact the trainers are the only ones who really care about the animals.

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Fox Has a 3 Part Series on Hasidic Jews

by minimus in

jw
friends

yesterday they started a three part series on hasidic jews living mostly in brooklyn and new jersey and how they take advantage of the system and at the same time rule with an iron hand for bidding the use of modern technology, smart phones, tv etc .

if you think the witnesses are bad, take a look at them.

they ostracize you and kick your children out of their schools and treat you as nonexistent !

sparrowdown

Yes, i agree the control this group has over its people is OTT. It seems a bit sad and rather ironic that this sort of oppression of human beings that is perpetrated by a religion exists in the home of the "free."

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