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  The "Food Truck" analogy

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was pondering the way the society condemns anyone who looks for "spiritual food" outside of their approved channel.

  as we know, jws are only to go to the approved website, and research material.. this illustration came to mind.. lets say we have a 5star fancy restaurant, and a new clean food truck.

  both kitchens prepare a meal.. if the food is simply assessed on its own merit, and the source of its production is ignored, it can be deemed as healthy, safe, nutritious and tasty.

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  stuckinarut2

  I was pondering the way the society condemns anyone who looks for "spiritual food" outside of their approved channel. As we know, JWs are ONLY to go to the approved website, and research material.

  This illustration came to mind.

  Lets say we have a 5star fancy restaurant, and a new clean food truck. Both kitchens prepare a meal.

  If the food is simply assessed on its own merit, and the source of its production is ignored, it can be deemed as healthy, safe, nutritious and tasty. Or it can be deemed as not fit or dangerous.

  If however we are swayed by the appearance of the establishment, and dont go further by testing the food and checking the kitchen, we could make a serious mistake.

  What if a masterful chef prepared food in the food truck, but a filthy cook threw something together in the 5 star restaurant kitchen?

  So too when it comes to FACTS about the Society. Or "The truth about the Truth" if you like.

  If the information is factual it is factual!

  Of course the GB tell all JWs to only eat their food- which is full of distortion, errors, whitewashing, propaganda and lies. But they also accuse us "apostates" of doing the same!

  So surely the food itself needs to be checked- not simply thrown away because of where it was made!?
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  National Siblings Day

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  as has been mentioned, jws on social media seem to go overboard for the whole sibling day bandwagon, like they're so thrilled to participate in a holiday of sorts that hasn't yet been explicitly forbid that it's pathetic.

  so, it's okay to honor your brother and sister on a certain day, but it's wrong and pagan to honor your father and mother on a certain day, something that the bible specifically says to do?

  has anybody ever called them out on this, or seen someone else do it?

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  YES!

  I have noticed the same thing .

  The few remaining JWs on my social media feed are mad for this day!

  It is really odd...
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  Rappin' for Jesus

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. humour

  "how do we appeal more to the 'youths' ...".

  "... i know - we'll do a religious rap !".

  "kids love that shit ...".

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  Is this what we can expect from the next JWBroadcasting music clip?? hahaha
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  Rappin' for Jesus

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. humour

  "how do we appeal more to the 'youths' ...".

  "... i know - we'll do a religious rap !".

  "kids love that shit ...".

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  OH MY %&*^!!!

  WTF??
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  My Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain Moment...

  by HiddenPimo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is my first post.

  i am physically in and mentally out.

  well i will not be offering a tl/dr version as that would be too difficult and it would also be an oversimplification of how i got to see the man behind the curtain.. my story begins at the 2016 regional convention of jehovah's witnesses.

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  stuckinarut2

  Welcome !

  You are with friends here. We totally understand the path you have walked - we have been down such similar paths ourselves.

  Please feel comfortable to be yourself here.
  

  Much love and support!
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  "ToMo3's liquor purchase video actually PROVES Jehovah's direction!"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  ok, so i played the game of putting on my jw apologetic cap for a moment, and thought of how a devout jw could rationalize this whole liquor buying situation.. they could say:.

  "this actually proves that jehovah is guiding his organization!!

  he was bringing this activity of tomo3 to light, and it would also prove to be a loyalty test for all jws, to see if they would be stumbled right out of the truth!".

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  Or maybe they will just say "That was a photoshopped fake video!"
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  "ToMo3's liquor purchase video actually PROVES Jehovah's direction!"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  ok, so i played the game of putting on my jw apologetic cap for a moment, and thought of how a devout jw could rationalize this whole liquor buying situation.. they could say:.

  "this actually proves that jehovah is guiding his organization!!

  he was bringing this activity of tomo3 to light, and it would also prove to be a loyalty test for all jws, to see if they would be stumbled right out of the truth!".

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  OK, so I played the game of putting on my JW apologetic cap for a moment, and thought of how a devout JW could rationalize this whole liquor buying situation.

  They could say:

  "This actually proves that Jehovah is guiding his organization!! He was bringing this activity of ToMo3 to light, and it would also prove to be a loyalty test for all JWs, to see if they would be stumbled right out of the truth!"

  I know we have all heard JWs rationalize the most ridiculous stuff of the Society...so how is this going to be any different?

  Thoughts?
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  The subtle , yet massive change of Matt 5:32 in the "New" New World Translation

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so i noticed this change in the text of the new silver nwt compared to the older nwt at matthew 5:32. old nwt:.

  "however, i say to you that everyone divorcing his wife , except on the grounds of fornication makes her a subject for adultery...etc" .

  new nwt:.

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  I was always under the impression that "sexual immorality" was anything outside of normal marriage.

  So that is why I think that this wording change seems to allow a greater scope of reasons for divorce if the elders say so?
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  Something different about the memorial invitation

  by days of future passed in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i found this memorial invitation quite different than the previous ones.

  i couldn't find a more recent posting about the invite, so i may be going over old ground.. at first i just looked thru it.

  but then on second look, i realized there was more going on than i thought.

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  Can someone please post the actual pics of the memorial invitation?
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  Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

  you can't write this stuff.

  right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

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  Let me tell you, I learned all about alcohol while at bethel!

  I never drank before spending 5 years there. (mind you it was also my "youth" years until I was 24, so thats probably normal?)

  Many at bethel had home brew kits set up in the tunnels underground, and had secret stashes of drink in their walk in wardrobes...