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  New "paradise" video preview? "Will you be there?"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my wife (unstuck) just saw a new 2-3 min video in her ex jw facebook feed, depicting a "paradise" scene preview.. it was complete with aerial shots and slow motion montages, with moving music.. scriptures were quoted across the screen, such as rev 21:3,4. i shazamed the music, and it came from another "worldly" album called "world of dreams.future world music" (you should see the song titles from that album!).

  is it an official wt video, or some private persons production?.

  if it is official, they seem to have once again resorted to desperate emotional manipulation tactics..... anyone else know?

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  stuckinarut2

  Thanks for your comments everyone.

  The video I was describing in the opening post was not the one from the 2016 convention.

  It was a different one. I will try and work out how to upload it from the Facebook post...

  Watch this space....
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  New "paradise" video preview? "Will you be there?"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  my wife (unstuck) just saw a new 2-3 min video in her ex jw facebook feed, depicting a "paradise" scene preview.. it was complete with aerial shots and slow motion montages, with moving music.. scriptures were quoted across the screen, such as rev 21:3,4. i shazamed the music, and it came from another "worldly" album called "world of dreams.future world music" (you should see the song titles from that album!).

  is it an official wt video, or some private persons production?.

  if it is official, they seem to have once again resorted to desperate emotional manipulation tactics..... anyone else know?

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  stuckinarut2

  My wife (unstuck) just saw a new 2-3 min video in her ex JW Facebook feed, depicting a "paradise" scene preview.

  It was complete with aerial shots and slow motion montages, with moving music.

  Scriptures were quoted across the screen, such as Rev 21:3,4

  I Shazamed the music, and it came from another "worldly" album called "World of Dreams.Future world Music" (you should see the song titles from that album!)

  So has anyone else seen this? Is it an official WT video, or some private persons production?

  If it is official, they seem to have once again resorted to desperate emotional manipulation tactics....

  Anyone else know? Anyone else seen it?
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  Disfellowshipped people are dead people?

  by snugglebunny in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  skimming though my iphone earlier today i came across a fb post - which i now can't find!.

  basically it was a claim that a gb member had stated that associating with a disfellowshipped person was akin to sleeping next to a corpse.. so obviously i'm curious as to whether anyone else has come across this..

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  stuckinarut2

  It was said by GB member Lett during a broadcasting episode a few months back.

  Ill try and find the right one....
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  Can you believe the opening song at the memorial tonight?!

  by Indian Larry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did anybody (who went to the memorial) notice the opening song?.

  keep in mind that this is the most important night of the year for the witnesses.

  it is supposed to be all about jesus christ.

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  stuckinarut2

  Simply put, that song was drawing attention to and praising HUMANS, rather than God or Jesus.....
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  The GB wants us to read this bible passage to you!

  by StephaneLaliberte in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i had a brother visit me yesterday to invite me to the memorial.

  as usual, despite the unspoken passive aggressiveness, i was polite,.

  anyway, this year, he started his presentation by saying: "the governing body (gb) wants us to read this bible passage to you!

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  stuckinarut2

  Yep, so rather than saying "Jesus or Jehovah would like these words shared with you", it is the GB?

  So when did the GB overtake the 2 big J's in importance?
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  Was it just me or was something different about the memorial last night?

  by kpop in

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  2. friends

  this was the first memorial that i declined to do any work for the memorial.

  i was assigned as a parking attendant after getting downgraded from doing the sound and had no intention of doing either task but i had to attend for my family and continuation of my fade.

  i sat there last night listening to the talk and couldn't help but shake my head as my brain attempted to process the bs.

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  stuckinarut2

  Great thread!

  This was our second year we didn't attend, and by the sounds of it, we did not miss anything!
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  You Can Encourage An Inactive Christian!

  by Yesu Kristo Bwana Wangu in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/jw-meeting-workbook/april-2017-mwb/meeting-schedule-apr10-16/encourage-inactive-christian/.

  this is part of the clam meeting this week.. how contradictory is it?.

  first, they instruct people to avoid inactive ones and to shun them and to treat them the same as da'd or df'd ones, .

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  stuckinarut2

  Hypocrisy and double-speak at its finest!
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  Can you believe the opening song at the memorial tonight?!

  by Indian Larry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did anybody (who went to the memorial) notice the opening song?.

  keep in mind that this is the most important night of the year for the witnesses.

  it is supposed to be all about jesus christ.

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  stuckinarut2

  WOW!
  Is that really the lyrics of the song?

  I am honestly gob-smacked!
  
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  Memorial - from disgusted to feeling sorry

  by UBM101 in

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  2. beliefs

  i went with my husband tonight for the first time.

  it was pretty appalling how they lied about the 144k and everyone else.

  then passing the wine and bread for nothing.

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  stuckinarut2

  Good point punk! They did indeed say that prior to the 2014 memorial!

  "This may well be the last memorial prior to the end of this system". It was in the Kingdom Ministry.

  They also said that in a KM back in the 1970's....
  
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  You will be with me in Paradise

  by AmyWatson916 in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm reading a book called, "what to do when they knock".

  it points out that on page 36 of the 2014 "what does the bible really teach?

  " book jesus promises the criminal, "you will be with me in paradise.

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  stuckinarut2

  Interesting question!

  Using the official Witness reasoning, only those who die AFTER Jesus died would have the opportunity to go to heaven as one of the 144000.

  So, therefore, IF that criminal was suddenly blessed with being chosen to be part of that exclusive group, then he could ONLY gain entrance to heaven IF he died a second or two AFTER Jesus died...