Posts by stuckinarut2

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floods in eastern Australia.

by zeb in

after cyclone debbie pounded her way across the queensland coast she then dropped massive amounts of rain onto the land.

one area just west of mackay was hit with a metre of rain in 48 hours.. lots of damage towns going under lives lost.. go the abc.net.au/news..

11. How can we show our support for the Messianic King? (From book study last night)

by NikL in

the study was on how wt has refined itself over the years by ceasing celebrations of christmas etc.. paragraph 11.

11 what a fine example those faithful bible students set for us!

reflecting on their example, we do well to ask ourselves: ‘how do i view the direction we receive from headquarters?

stuckinarut2

So what about the fact that much of what "headquarters" has dispensed has proven to be incorrect over the years?

Was "headquarters" getting things wrong, or was God having a bad day when he dispensed such "spiritual truths" to them, and needed a "do-over" to get it correct??

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UK number plate

by stan livedeath in

here in the uk--private--or personal- car registration plates are popular.. heres one i photo'd tonight.. .

July's watchtower leaves out some important info from a quote!

by stavro in

jerome over on discuss the truth has picked up on something interesting.. in the july watchtower on page 28 of the article entitled “winning the battle for your mind” the following statement is made “keep in mind that satan does not want you to think clearly or reason things out well.

because propaganda is likely to be most effective, says one source, if people… are discouraged from thinking critically.”.

the quote comes from a book entitled: “media and society in the twentieth century: a historical introduction by lyn gorman, david mclean" the watchtower however, chose to leave out a portion of the quote.. the full quote is "therefore, it is likely to be most effective if people do not have access to multiple sources of information and if they are discouraged from thinking critically.. the following sentence which the watchtower also decided was best not to include states,.

stuckinarut2

Konceptual99: They rely on the lack of research done by the vast majority to allow the potentially embarrassing editing of the original quote and it's context to slip by unnoticed.

Yes, sadly, 99% of witnesses WILL NOT look for the actual quote from the original source if it has been quoted in the society's material! They will just take it as factual and correct BECAUSE it is in the material.

The other 5% who DO research the original, end up on forums like this with us!

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"Cautious as serpents, Innocent as doves" ? How does this fit in with the moves against Russia??

by stuckinarut2 in

we know that jesus supposedly said at matthew 10:16.

"be cautious as serpents, yet innocent as doves".. so , with all the hype going on about russia, and the "personal" letter writing campaign the gb is making all witnesses be a part of, this scripture came to mind.. surely this action is the very opposite of being "cautious"!?

surely it is not being "innocent" as to world affairs and political activities?.

stuckinarut2

Nice comments!

True, the GB are not cautious or dove-like!

haha

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July's watchtower leaves out some important info from a quote!

by stavro in

jerome over on discuss the truth has picked up on something interesting.. in the july watchtower on page 28 of the article entitled “winning the battle for your mind” the following statement is made “keep in mind that satan does not want you to think clearly or reason things out well.

because propaganda is likely to be most effective, says one source, if people… are discouraged from thinking critically.”.

the quote comes from a book entitled: “media and society in the twentieth century: a historical introduction by lyn gorman, david mclean" the watchtower however, chose to leave out a portion of the quote.. the full quote is "therefore, it is likely to be most effective if people do not have access to multiple sources of information and if they are discouraged from thinking critically.. the following sentence which the watchtower also decided was best not to include states,.

stuckinarut2

Its just like the misquoted Ramah Singh quote all over again....

Come on WT / GB, when will you learn???

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What does CLAM stand for?

by QuestioningEverything in

jw
friends

i've seen this in a few posts and not sure what it means.

:) please help..

stuckinarut2

Cult Lies And Manipultaion

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Shockingly sad - Ex-JW's suicide note revealed

by darkspilver in

jw
friends

w a r n i n g !the candian national post newspaper has released a copy of the scrawled and bloody suicide note.brought up in jw family, but kicked out of the family home when he was a teenager.it's featured on page 6 of the wednesday 29 march 2017 print edition.see online for full story - please note it includes a colour picture of the suicide note.

stuckinarut2

Its a case of 'what came first, the chicken or the egg?'

Would this person have suffered such emotional turmoil that led to a life of troubles if they were NOT raised in the cult?

The cult HAS to take some responsibility for screwing up their life, which in turn led to unfortunate choices for them...

My heart goes out to their loved ones.

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Kindness and the corporation

by punkofnice in

i refer to the thread started by nikl quoting the daily text.

in which the comment said:.

kindness can help you to deal with a conflict of loyalties.. can anyone here (or there), give a verifiable example of when watchtower corporation has ever shown 'kindness' when it wasn't for some selfish gain?.

stuckinarut2

Great thread and comment punk!

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Special Video tie-in this week in Australia? Saturday April1st. A GB Speaker?

by stuckinarut2 in

i have been told that there is to be a special talk linked via video hook up all around australia this saturday april 1st?

a 3 hour program apparently?.

someone said it was a governing body speaker?.

stuckinarut2

smiddy :

My 2 cents worth would be the expected negative report to be delivered by the ARC has to how Jehovahs Witnesses respond to child sexual abuse .And how they are going to put a spin on it.

Good thought Smiddy.

They can try and polish the turd, but it will still stink!