Posts by berrygerry

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David Splane address bethelites

by rosesinbloom in

i did not write this piece.

i enjoyed the simple and understandable reasoning.

hope some of you enjoy it too.

berrygerry

Unbelievable,

It is hard to imagine that they will putting out any new Watchtower Library CD's, or else they will be severely curtailed as to content.

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Lorenz Reibling gives interview about real estate

by OrphanCrow in

this interview was posted april 16, 2015 on youtube.

lorenz reibling's replies to the reporter in argentina are in english.. lorenz reibling is intimately connected to the watchtower society and, according to some sources, is a jw himself.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ssa-9yvii.

so who is lorenz reibling?

berrygerry

I have done the timeline work - I have been researching this subject heavily for the past 4 or 5 years - and I think that bloodless surgery did not arise from the JWs' demand for treatment, that demand only paved the way for existing interests to expand into what the blood management field is today. The blood ban was the vehicle that propelled the bloodless field of medicine - the JWs were the guinea pigs for the research required to develop technology that has been described as "The Golden Standard of Care" - a standard that blood management societies want to implement globally.
Blood management societies that owe their existence to the JWs who founded the very first blood management society of its kind - the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management.

This thread would make a great movie. "God's Guinea Pigs"

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Disfellowshipping Image

by naazira in

jw
friends

this photo can be found in the april 15 , study edition article titled:.

why disfellowshipping is a loving provision.

just by looking at this image we can see how quickly the barrier between the congregation and former member is put up, after the announcement that this sister is no longer one of jehovah's witneses.

berrygerry

Usually don't post about images - but this is one messed-up image. I think a few Bethel artists are toying with us, or having an inside joke.

If you zoom this article in PDF, the little boy looks like a 40-year-old midget (his arms are folded, and he looks pissed. Blue-dress was probably his fave.)

The brother at the back looks like he's casting for Walking Dead.

And I do not see demon faces that easily.

However, the post about pony-tail's sleeve is spot on. That is one mellow Jesus face, eyebrow, closed eye, nose, smiling mouth, and beard.

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The Puzzle of Leaving Brooklyn

by berrygerry in

as brooklyn is undergoing a major renaissance, i could never understand why wts sold at far less than the optimum real estate peak.. thank you seth meyers for clarity.. http://observer.com/2015/06//.

berrygerry

It's funny.

Before I became fully out, I remember one DC speaker going on about the recession - and the GB had told people ahead of time not to be buying houses, etc.

When they announced that they had sold some of their main-stay properties, I was certain that New York real estate would collapse the following year.

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The Puzzle of Leaving Brooklyn

by berrygerry in

as brooklyn is undergoing a major renaissance, i could never understand why wts sold at far less than the optimum real estate peak.. thank you seth meyers for clarity.. http://observer.com/2015/06//.

berrygerry

As Brooklyn is undergoing a major renaissance, I could never understand why WTS sold at far less than the optimum real estate peak.

Thank you Seth Meyers for clarity.

http://observer.com/2015/06//

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No end to JW logic, Oranges can make you gay

by James Mixon in

i was told that today by a jw...no more to say.

berrygerry

And limes will turn you into an alien (wearing a JW.Borg pin).

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I had breakfast with 50+ JWs on Sunday

by zimunzucz in

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friends

we pulled into a hotel parking lot saturday around 6pm on the return leg of a wonderful family vacation to new england - an then fate stepped in---a man in a suit got out of a car with the rest of a picture perfect family.

i immediately noticed all the name tags--- and my blood pressure spiked 50pts- damn!!

i was booked in a 4 story hotel full of jws-- the only time they took off the name tags was in the swimming pool- they were so proud of themselves.. at 6:30 am the hot water went cold in the wife's shower- what do you expect on the 4th floor when a herd of jws is trying to get ready at the same time?

berrygerry

Colour me impressed!

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Game of Thrones - Shunning

by berrygerry in

i waited a week to avoid any spoilers.. last week's episode was harsh, to say the least.. a live burning-at-the-stake of a child to please the gods.. and yet, we have conventions taking place around the world - with bravos to those parents who sacrifice the emotional well-being of their children by shunning them.

clap-clap-clap.. what is worse, killing them outright, or the long, drawn-out emotional sacrifice demanded by the modern-day baal, gb 2.0?.

berrygerry

I waited a week to avoid any spoilers.

Last week's episode was harsh, to say the least.

A live burning-at-the-stake of a child to please the gods.

And yet, we have conventions taking place around the world - with bravos to those parents who sacrifice the emotional well-being of their children by shunning them. CLAP-CLAP-CLAP.

What is worse, killing them outright, or the long, drawn-out emotional sacrifice demanded by the modern-day Baal, GB 2.0?

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The Conundrum of "Taking the Lead"

by berrygerry in

for a borganization that boasts of "happy family life" there is a striking disconnect, particularly post-50's happy days reality.. adherents who were faithful in not pursuing "a career" end up in dead-end jobs.

the wife has been programmed to not work, to not place children in daycare, and to somehow suffer it out financially as a family - while not missing any theocratic event, field service, monetary donations, kh building and maintenance.. the vast majority of elders seem to have a "stepford" wife at home, who has been encouraged by the borg telling her that "jehovah sees" her sacrifice of the time and lifestyle that her family has devoted to the borg.. very often, i have seen wives fed up with the bs and leave their husbands, sometimes their children, and certainly, the borg.. the females that stay seem brainwashed with the indoctrination, and any seeming unhappiness or failure must be the fault of not applying the borg's urgings.. having heard personally, and from others, that family happiness comes from the requirement of the male to "take the lead" lends to an interesting search:.

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=take+the+lead+site:jwmatch.com&start=10.

berrygerry

For a Borganization that boasts of "Happy Family Life" there is a striking disconnect, particularly post-50's Happy Days reality.

Adherents who were faithful in not pursuing "a career" end up in dead-end jobs. The wife has been programmed to not work, to not place children in daycare, and to somehow suffer it out financially as a family - while not missing any theocratic event, field service, monetary donations, KH building and maintenance.

The vast majority of elders seem to have a "Stepford" wife at home, who has been encouraged by the Borg telling her that "Jehovah sees" her sacrifice of the time and lifestyle that her family has devoted to the Borg.

Very often, I have seen wives fed up with the BS and leave their husbands, sometimes their children, and certainly, the Borg.

The females that stay seem brainwashed with the indoctrination, and any seeming unhappiness or failure must be the fault of not applying the Borg's urgings.

Having heard personally, and from others, that family happiness comes from the requirement of the male to "take the lead" lends to an interesting search:

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=take+the+lead+site:jwmatch.com&start=10

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New David Splane Video: No 1900 Year Faithful Slave

by FusionTheism in

governing body member david splane has a new video on tv.jw.org where he talks about all the horrible things committed by martin luther and the protestant reformers.. his conclusion is that there has been no faithful and discreet slave on the earth during the past 1900 years (before 1919 i guess.).

he also says that maybe there were a few anointed on earth, maybe not.. he did add an interesting statement that he doesn't condemn the other churches just for misunderstanding the bible because the society has done that.. another odd point, was that he actually mentioned catholic missionary work in a somewhat positive light, while totally condemning the reformation views on predestination..

berrygerry

Oppostate: "And he publicly posted the list of 95 theses* on unscriptural practices by the Papists and thus igniting the Protestant Reformation. Martin would be right here, or be JWfacts if he lived now.

Not just Luther, but all of the Protestants previously lauded by GB 1.0

Was thinking of Tyndale:

John Foxe describes an argument with a "learned" but "blasphemous" clergyman, who had asserted to Tyndale that, "We had better be without God's laws than the Pope's." Tyndale responded: "I defy the Pope, and all his laws; and if God spares my life, ere many years, I will cause the boy that driveth the plow to know more of the Scriptures than thou dost!"

GB 2.0 has moved towards the position that was held by the previously-despised RCC. The Bible cannot be understood except through the GB, and even if they're presently wrong, God wants us to obey them.

Tyndale could be reworded:

"I defy the ~~Pope~~ GB, and all ~~his~~ their laws; and if God spares my life ... "