Posts by berrygerry

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May WT A. Morris 3rd life story

by Daniel1555 in

in the life story of am3 i just had to laugh about the following.

"i must confess, however, that when i first learned the truth, i was not very tactful...".

ha ha ha... as if he is tactful today..

berrygerry

Hmmm.

Baptized in July 1971, but he married Susan in December 1971.

Doesn't sound like Susan was a "spiritual woman" to me, to marry a "newly dedicated" man, and a man who was most likely not even a ministerial servant.

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New Caleb video uses fearmongering on children

by Jonathan Drake in

jw
friends

check it out.

literally the message is if you don't pay attention at the meetings you could die.

how insane, i feel like this must wake some people up..

berrygerry

There's no Sunday school or any kind of fun activities.

Well, it may not be fun, but with the total dumbing-down of the meetings, it's all Sunday school.

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No... I wasn't mind controlled

by Zoos in

thou shalt not stay at a hotel that is not on the rooming list.

work prevented me from attending our assigned district (regional) convention so i arranged my schedule to attend in a different city/weekend.

i know that's not a problem, brothers and sisters do it all the time.

berrygerry

Our first child was 3 weeks old at the scheduled convention.

One hotel that was closer than the convention parking lots was never on the approved list.

But, despite the wife's protests, I booked the hotel anyways.

And always had a tinge of conscience thereafter (didn't tell "the friends" what heinous sin we committed).

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What could you have been if you were never a JW?

by minimus in

jw
friends

oh, the possibilities!

there is a lot of wasted talent.

Who is Gog of Magog? - Watchtower May 2015

by jwleaks in

here we go again... let's study... news report... comment.... who is gog of magog mentioned in the book of ezekiel?.

for a number of years, our publications have explained that gog of magog is the name given to satan the devil after his ouster from heaven.

this explanation was based on the fact that the book of revelation identifies satan the devil as the leader of the worldwide attack on gods people.

berrygerry

So, these are quotes from 4 different WT's -

Satan was the invisible pretender who was behind the serpent and cunningly used lies to trick Eve into disobeying

Satan used several subtle tactics in his conversation with Eve.

. For example, in the garden of Eden, inexperienced Eve listened to Satan.

Remember, Satan singled out Eve—the younger and less experienced of the first human pair.

So, the whole mess of the human race was because Satan targeted newborn Eve, and she bit (pun).

However, at the end of the 1,000 years, all of mankind has been perfectly faithful for 1,000 years, as well as fully informed of the history of Satan, God, faithfulness, the 1,000 years, the trickery of the devil, his imminent release, the impending final test, and certain and permanent death for those who succumb,

And, yet, there will be unfaithfulness of such a degree that "the number will be as the sands of the sea" that will encircle and imperil the loyal ones.

I understand this correctly, right?

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Who is Gog of Magog? - Watchtower May 2015

by jwleaks in

here we go again... let's study... news report... comment.... who is gog of magog mentioned in the book of ezekiel?.

for a number of years, our publications have explained that gog of magog is the name given to satan the devil after his ouster from heaven.

this explanation was based on the fact that the book of revelation identifies satan the devil as the leader of the worldwide attack on gods people.

berrygerry

What did Splane say at the last AGM - "If the Scriptures are silent (about types and antitypes) then we must be silent."

Except when it comes to Armageddon, etc.

(Gog OF Magog means this, but Gog AND Magog means whatever else we want it to mean.)

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Does anyone have the Awake! January 1 1989? - 20th Century Quote

by jwfacts in

the awake!

january 1 1989 contains the quote on page 12 "he was laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in our 20th century.

" this was later changed in the bound volume and on the cd library to "in our day.".

berrygerry

A particularly funny and similar example was when the publication date for Object And Manner Of Our Lord's Return was moved back 4 years in the 1930 - 1985 Watchtower Publications Index.

?

4

Annie Lennox

by berrygerry in

annie lennox on jimmy kimmel tonight singing georgia.. she's kept her voice.. awesome..

berrygerry

Annie Lennox on Jimmy Kimmel tonight singing Georgia.

She's kept her voice.

Awesome.

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Which of these activities bothered you the most?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

which of these activities did you hate/bothered you the most?

rank them from 1-5 with the most hated to the least.. .

field service.

berrygerry

I despised Saturday morning ministry.

Assemblies and conventions became a major bore.

I enjoyed cleaning the bathrooms.

I hated Kingdom Hall / Assembly Hall yard maintenance.

I hated talking to zombies after the meetings about BS.

I loved non-Saturday morning ministry and I loved giving talks.

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Spain: Condemned the perpetrators of the pyramid scam 700 Jehovah's Witnesses

by JHK in

google translation:.

condemned the perpetrators of the pyramid scam 700 jehovah's witnesses.

barcelona, february 6.

berrygerry

But WHY did these Witnesses even have any money to invest (and lose!).

They didn't.

The Court emphasizes that most of those harmed by this scam had a precarious financial position, so that its financial position was very poor after delivering all the money they have earned in their working lives "induced by an abuse of confidence of those who considered their 'protectors elders'.