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  Freaky Pepsi Ad

  by metatron in

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  2. friends

  http://www.businessinsider.com/pepsi-ad-shocks-londoners-2014-3.

  check it out.

  metatron.

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  AnnOMaly

  I thought it was great!

  I loved the giant tentacle busting through the concrete and grabbing someone.

  (And I always preferred the taste of Pepsi to Coca Cola anyway - on the rare occasion I drink fizzy beverages.)
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  Will firing the DOs be the first step to a new Watchtower?

  by Juan Viejo2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  against my better judgement, i've decided to share the following as a response to guy pierce passing and the announcement of the elimination of district overseers later this year.. late in january (2014) i got an email from one of my contacts (a fader) who served at bethel for several years, but is no longer at wt hq.

  he still has a lot of close contacts within the service department and in other departments at patterson and knows people in all of the ny offices.

  i kept this email set aside on a flash drive and haven't shared it with anyone - figuring i'd publish an article about it later this year when i had more time to do it right.

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  And by the way, that number is under discussion and is very likely to become identified as symbolic and not literal ...

  Well, that change would be LONG overdue.

  ... -"representative of a great number of chosen men selected by Jehovah for special service and an eventual heavenly reward." (It may also be determined that only males can qualify to be "annointed"- but that will be a hard one to shove down JW throats - especially older sisters. They may offer that as an "opinion requiring further research and spiritual guidance," but give Jehovah the final choice as to whether certain women have qualified or can qualify for the" heavenly prize."

  WTH? They wouldn't dare ... Would they? That would cause a riot.

  Kinda feel sorry for all the older COs and DOs being put out to grass after spending their lives being supported by the Org. If they and their families have been good, faithful JWs, putting Jehovah's the Org's interests first with all the sacrifices, none of them would have two pennies to rub together!
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  Thanks WTBS for changing the Kingdom Songs, you freed me!

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yesterday, i saw a picture of a family signing kingdom melodies together.

  it made me realize a fact that i am somewhat ashamed to admit:.

  for over a decade, i have been aware of the false prophecies, the deceptive statements, the lack of scriptural support for many core practices and other issues with the witnesses.

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  In some cases there was nothing 'doctrinally wrong' with the old version.

  Take "Making Jehovah's Heart Glad," for example. The song was based on Prov. 27:11. It was 4 verses long and I guess they wanted to shorten it. OK.

  So which verse do they cut? Only the one that has a direct connection with the cited Scripture! Instead they retain the one extolling the virtues of the 'faithful slave'! Madness.
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  Thanks WTBS for changing the Kingdom Songs, you freed me!

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yesterday, i saw a picture of a family signing kingdom melodies together.

  it made me realize a fact that i am somewhat ashamed to admit:.

  for over a decade, i have been aware of the false prophecies, the deceptive statements, the lack of scriptural support for many core practices and other issues with the witnesses.

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  i felt like all the joy and life had been sucked out of the songs.

  Exactly. Many of them were bland and sounded like they'd been arranged and played by a robot.
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  Thanks WTBS for changing the Kingdom Songs, you freed me!

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  yesterday, i saw a picture of a family signing kingdom melodies together.

  it made me realize a fact that i am somewhat ashamed to admit:.

  for over a decade, i have been aware of the false prophecies, the deceptive statements, the lack of scriptural support for many core practices and other issues with the witnesses.

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  AnnOMaly

  My eventual exit resulted from a slow, gradual, 'death by a thousand cuts.' Singing Kingdom songs often helped make the meetings a little more tolerable for me. When they changed them and mangled the old favorites (even ones I wasn't particularly fond of personally but had been standard fare for as long as I'd been alive and longer), that was a significant 'cut.' Not only were statements from the stage and audience a source of irritation, but now so were the songs. No redeeming features left to want to attend for. I'm with you, ecan6.
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  "The gentile times reconsidered"

  by zebagain in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  have just finished the book by olofsson on this subject.

  anyone else read it.?

  it is extremely detailed and not an easy read at all.

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  AnnOMaly

  Anyone else read it.?

  Naturally.

  A very detailed and thoroughly researched work.
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  The Last BOE!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is the last boe we will be able to provide.

  our informant or source, was caught, disfellowshipped, and thrown out of bethel.

  we knew that sooner or later the watchtower would find him out.

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  AnnOMaly

  Ah dammit!

  Thank you, 'Source,' for putting yourself at great risk in letting us know what's really going on behind the scenes. I can only imagine the frequent anxiety you experienced over the years, and now this storm you have had to weather with its far-reaching impact on your and your family's lives. I wish you all the best for the future.

  And thank you, Atlantis and team, for your tireless efforts in getting these documents out to us.
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  Well, it's March, and the College answers are coming in....

  by CaptainSchmideo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  some of you may remember what i posted back in january:.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/271786/1/my-son-has-had-two-very-big-university-interviews#.uyrnovldv2e.

  well, it's now march, and we have been getting answers:.

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  AnnOMaly

  Take that!, Gerritt Loesch!

  Ditto!
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  Regional Convention Program Posted

  by kneehighmiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://download.jw.org/files/media_books/b8/co-pgm14_e.pdf.

  i think i will want to kill myself during the friday afternoon symposium.

  it should be called "how to not enjoy life or have fun.".

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  Symposium: What Must Be Kept in Second Place?
  
  Recreation
  Eating and Drinking
  Concerns About Health
  Courtship and Weddings
  Family Ties
  Material Pursuits

  They can't all go in second place.
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  June Study WT Up and Bashing Uni Again

  by konceptual99 in

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  2. friends

  rehashed format but same ole' shite.. hypocritical article on viewing "weak" ones compassionately usign the example of a single mum arriving late yet the may km has a whole article on how rude it is not to be punctual.. read it and weep....

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  I felt queasy then intensely irritated when I looked at the article - the illustrations particularly: a path with books, certificates, trophies and other signs of learning and accomplishments, compared with the alternative path where the only 'worthwhile' pursuits presented are (what looks like) Bethel service, preaching, preaching, conducting Bible studies, construction and more preaching.

  And Flavia's experience - as others have pointed out, she already had a degree when she got involved with the JWs. It was spun in such a way as to make her choice an 'either/or' situation, a false dichotomy: “While wanting Jehovah’s blessing, I also wanted satisfaction from my career in science. I had to choose.” Why was it one or the other? Why not both? Why not have God's blessing using the passion and talents He's given her? [Rhetorical questions - we all know the Org's demands on people's time and minds.] The camera may have caught her wrong, but her smile doesn't reach her eyes and I think that is noteworthy.

  I'm so glad my kids don't have to sit through that crap any more. They are talented; their hearts are in the subjects/activities they're gifted in; and they sure as hell are not letting those gifts be put on hold or wither away - which they would have to do otherwise because the Org. has little or no use for them.