Posts by AnnOMaly

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"You can't believe anything science says, they're always changing their minds.."

jw
friends

i know this is going to come up in a conversation shortly, how would you respond to this?

i've had it said to me before, specifically about health, one week wine/eggs/milk/axle grease is good for you, next week it's not..

AnnOMaly

An apples and oranges comparison, admittedly, but here goes:

Science is the means by which humans can understand how things work. As knowledge advances, ideas about how things work are adjusted.

The Org claims its knowledge is divinely given truth, therefore, it should be correct first time. However, the reality is the Org's 'truth' is constantly changing. The reality is that the Org's ideas are based on ancient writings that have to be interpreted ... by humans ... and humans change their minds and have different ideas on what the true interpretation should be.

Therefore, on what basis can the Org dismiss scientists for changing their minds in the light of more research when the Org does the same thing? If scientists cannot be believed because they keep changing their minds, then it logically follows that the Org likewise cannot be believed for the same reason.

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Seven Shepherds Eight Dukes

by Ish Elon in

who is the assyrian?.

the article entitled seven shepherds, eight dukesawhat they mean for us today in the watchtower of the 15th november 2013 contained this important warning in paragraph 16: ain the near future, jehovahas apparently vulnerable people will come under attack from the modern-day aassyrian,a whose intent will be to wipe them out.a it goes on to say: awhat asecret weapona does micahas prophecy indicate jehovah would raise up against that implacable foeaathe assyriana?

a very unlikely oneaaseven shepherds, yes, eight dukesa!

AnnOMaly

Ish Elon

China called. They want their wall back.

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I have nothing left in the tank, I need help

by Yondaime in

i dont have the willpower to attend meetings anymore.

i'm literally on the sound system list every week.

i'm either reading on sunday or tuesday, praying on tuesday nites, adjusting mics, passing mics, or working the sound system, or doing last minute parts for the service meeting.

AnnOMaly

I dont have the willpower to attend meetings anymore. I'm literally on the sound system list every week. I'm either reading on Sunday or Tuesday, praying on Tuesday nites, adjusting mics, passing mics, or working the sound system, or doing last minute parts for the service meeting. Not to mention service on Saturdays and Sundays.

On top of that I'm in college. I'm really considering taking a break from meetings for a couple of months, but I'm scared the cult will weaponize my family against me.

What do I do?!!!

Learn to say 'No' more often.

Take a week or two's 'meeting vacation' and when you return, scale down your 'privileges'/commitments. They'll keep dumping lots of stuff on you to do only as long as you allow them to. Explain to family and/or elders, if they ask, you will burn out if you don't ease up. More than likely they'll understand. If they don't, well, too bad. You do what you have to do. Good luck :-)

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Revelation, its Grand Climax.... remember when?

by wallsofjericho in

i remember being at the assembly in 1988?

when this was released.

everyone was so excited that we finally had a simple explanation of revelation with pictures.

AnnOMaly

It seemed like 6 times, sir82 and daringhart13, but it was only 4. I noted down each mind-numbing time we started the damn thing.

April 1989;

March 1991;

October 1994;

(Revised edition) January 2007.

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UNCONFIRMED RUMOUR - GB Member DF

by notsurewheretogo in

did you see the post on reddit?

unconfirmed naturally and just a rumour but at at one assembly this week it was announced that the 6 members of the gb send their love.. .

there are 7 members of the gb.. .

AnnOMaly

Someone posted that they heard a member of the GB was disfellowshipped.

Not true. Somebody got mixed up and in true Chinese whispers fashion an urban myth was born. Cedars explains what likely happened on the latest jwpodcast.

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Obscene TOMO turd quote from talk.

by hamsterbait in

on the thread about growth up but babble studies down thread, an audio of tomo turd has been posted.

can somebody put it in this separate thread - it's important.. he says how billions of innocent children and other inoffensive people will not get to enjoy their ice cream, as they are about to be annihilated.

they count less than mere "amuse - bouches".. what reward will all those get who peel off their tight pants and spanx before it is too late?.

AnnOMaly

Yes, it is in Tony's talk.

No it's the guy before Tony - a guy called Brother Cask(?).

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Are You Raising An Introvert?

by darth frosty in

jw
friends

its not easy being an introvert in an extrovert worldespecially when youre a kid.

it is even more difficult if none of the adults in the kids life recognize that the child is an introvert.

this doesnt happen only when the childs parents are extroverts, but also with introverted parents who have never understood their own introverted nature.. .

AnnOMaly

^

The article above. Me to a T.

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Children calling jw adults uncle and auntie, when did that start?

by awakening in

jw
friends

i cant figure out when the auntie and uncle thing started or why.

it sure is a peadophiles dream to have a kid they dont know call them uncle!

they are now in a special relationship.

AnnOMaly

It's a common cross-cultural thing where young children address friends of the family with the honorary title 'auntie' or 'uncle' - less formal than 'Mrs.' or 'Mr.' (or 'Sister' and 'Brother') but still more respectful than just calling them by their first names.

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1052969

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UK LGBT press responds to Jehovah's Witness Governing Body member Anthony Morris

by Balaamsass2 in

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/11/10/jehovahs-witnesses-boss-dont-wear-tight-trousers-theyre-designed-by-homosexuals/.

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AnnOMaly

I got a Google Alert (keywords, 'JWs' and 'abuse' weirdly, LOL) for another report on Tight Pants Tony:

http://www.towleroad.com/2014/11/morris.html

JEHOVAH'S WITNESS LEADER PREACHES AGAINST TIGHT PANTS, SAYS GAYS ARE PUSHING THEM

Anthony Morris III, a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, recently gave a sermon against tight pants.

God hates them, and by the way, they're designed by homosexuals.

Morris first warns the women:

"Some of our sisters - what it is are these spanx - these skin tight stuff they wear - when they exercise - they leave their home and they're jogging in this stuff. Look at the verse. Is that appropriate to wear skin tight spanx or whatever they call it? It's not modest and it's certainly not sound of mind. It's really not appropriate. There's really nothing else to say about it. Now you want to be in your home or your room and wear that stuff that's your business. But don't go out like that and say you worship the true God."

And then he warns the men:

"And the other one that needs addressing is for these young fellas, cause the older ones aren't doing much of it thankfully, is the metrosexual look we've addressed that in the past. What's happened now is that it's really caught on more - the tight suit jacket and the tight pants. Better known as tight pants. They are tight all the way down to the ankles. It's not appropriate. It's not sound of mind."

And then (leaving his congregation in stitches) he goes after the gays:

"The homosexuals that are designing these clothes - they'd like you in tight pants."

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My Breaking Point -- 11/9/14

by game1914over in

jw
friends

i have enjoyed reading your comments during the past four years.

deep down inside, i have always been agnostic.

the first few chapters in genesis are contradictory and differing.. no one has ever been able to answer my question: "why was satan ever created?".

AnnOMaly

You got a little mixed up, there, SAHS. COJ was asked by a householder in FS to prove 607 BCE as the year of Jerusalem's destruction. That's what started him off. He wrote a treatise (later became GTR) in the mid/late '70s and sent it to HQ which led to a smear campaign against him and to him eventually being disfellowshipped.

Before that, in the '60s, Ray Franz was asked by the leadership to research Bible chronology for the Aid book. He couldn't find archaeological or historical support for the 607 BCE date so wrote the Aid book articles in a way that tried to undermine the evidence for 587/6 BCE.