Posts by stuckinarut2

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The Simpsons and Back to the Future 2 are better at making predictions than the watchtower corporation.

by hoser in

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friends

i'll leave this open for you guys to fill in the blanks.

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stuckinarut2

Ok ok...I'll bite.

So, based on the idea that the paradise will consist of a vegan diet, the Simpsons well prophesied: "You don't win friends with salad!, you dont win friends with salad!"

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Vegan paradise

by coalize in

if in the wts earthly-paradise fantasy, the wolf won't eat no more the lamb and they will be the best friends, will human continue to kill lambs to eat?.

the earthly paradise is vegan?.

stuckinarut2

Haha! You beat me to it Diogenesister!!

"Keep spending most our lives dreamin' of our vegan paradise"🍌🍉🍎🎶🎶🎶

Very cool!

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"Just around the corner." The dumbest song that I have ever heard..

by DATA-DOG in

i'm at my quasi-thanksgiving dinner with relatives.

i hear a haunting sound from another room.

"is that a children's song?

The very fact that they have the elderly couple in the final scene proves that the older ones are getting frustrated at the delays..... This seems like a deliberate attempt to keep them hanging on.....

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WTBTS' corrupt translation - to elevate elders!

by The Searcher in

the wt march 2017, p.11, par.

13 quotes ephesians 4:8 as saying, "the bible refers to them as 'gifts in men.

however, the org's own kingdom interlinear translation (and every other bible translation) gives a truthful translation of the verse: .

stuckinarut2

I can still distinctly remember an elder who thought he was my mentor, saying to me "as gifts in men, we have the assignment to represent God in the congregations!"

Yep, that self-glorifying attitude reminded me of Jesus words "they will have their reward in full"

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WTBTS' corrupt translation - to elevate elders!

by The Searcher in

the wt march 2017, p.11, par.

13 quotes ephesians 4:8 as saying, "the bible refers to them as 'gifts in men.

however, the org's own kingdom interlinear translation (and every other bible translation) gives a truthful translation of the verse: .

stuckinarut2

Great pick up Searcher!

What a difference one word makes!

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"Just around the corner." The dumbest song that I have ever heard..

by DATA-DOG in

i'm at my quasi-thanksgiving dinner with relatives.

i hear a haunting sound from another room.

"is that a children's song?

stuckinarut2

Are you freaking kidding me??

Is this for real??

Oh wow.....wow......

But, it's not a cult right?

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The physical effects of Cognitive Dissonance

by stuckinarut2 in

most of us here have gone through, or are going through the various stages "cognitive dissonance".. this is a term used to describe a situation where our minds, and hearts just know that something is "not quite right", and therefore we find ourselves in a muddle trying to reconcile the things we know with the things we are hearing or being told.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cognitive_dissonance.

so just wondering, how many of you found yourselves (or still find yourselves) becoming phyiscally ill in some way during the time of fading?.

i know that when i look back, for several years even before i was awake to the many issues and facts about the society, i would feel ill at assemblies or conventions.

stuckinarut2

I was just thinking too, that many witnesses feel guilty, because the society keeps telling them "that God's people are the happiest on earth" etc. And yet, so many witnesses feel stressed or anxious all the time.

So they then feel GUILTY because they are SUPPOSED to be so "happy", yet don't feel so...

That must play havoc with the ones with low self esteem...

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Great new video! A MUST watch for all...

by stuckinarut2 in

jwfacts has uploaded a new video on his youtube channel that is a must watch for all!.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pltnibcweqq.

thanks paul.

stuckinarut2

Bumped for new members

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"West World" and The Jehovah Witnesses

by new boy in

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friends

sitting there watching the new hbo series last night, i couldn't help but laugh and think about the similarities.

the creators (the gods) and the hosts (their creations) have an interesting relationship.. the "hosts" are programmed to have free thinking but only up to a point.

just like the witnesses.

stuckinarut2

It is not nudity James if they are "just robots"... (haha)

It is a great show!

The similarity between hosts "waking up" and seeing reality for what it is, is great! (very good comparsion to witness world!)

Also, the way they recognise "wrong or innapropriate behaviour" carried out toward them is also very relatable to the witness world!

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Counting time

by Emma in

i may not have put this in the correct spot, but i do think it's scandalous the way time gets counted now.

i've seen a cart at the edge of our farmer's market, never anyone close enough to talk.

yesterday was a drizzly day and there were two carts set up, covered in plastic, "witnessing" on their own.

stuckinarut2

I am glad this thread was revived!

The premise the society uses for counting time is so false! They SAY it is "so we know how much activity is done, and therefore we know how much material to produce etc..."

Then if that is the REAL reason, the report slips should be ANONYMOUS! Why does the name need to be on it??

Ah ha! Because as we all know, it is REALLY about control over the people.

SINCE WHEN IS SPIRITUALITY BASED ON OUTWARD APPEARANCES?? (yes, I was shouting there)