Posts by berrygerry

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The org uses "Emotional entrapment and manipulation" rather than factual substance....

by stuckinarut2 in

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friends

have you noticed just how much the org is now appealing to "emotions" rather than facts?.

we used to be told that worshiping god has an element of emotion involved of course, but that the primary motivation should be logical truth.

now though, they seem to be highlighting the "fluff" rather than the substance!.

berrygerry

Doesn't Romans 12:2 tell witnesses to "prove" the truth to themselves?

One of my favourite scriptures. Used to use it often in service. Wish my family would apply it to themselves.

I think in the last 5 years or so, there has been a very tangible change. The ORG is being forced by time to appeal to emotion even more. There is NOTHING logical left, at least not for those who know TTATT.

They KNOWthey're wrong, and that they haven't a clue what to teach anymore. That being the case, how else can you keep people in?

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Bible Students

by lambsbottom in

berrygerry

I was looking for Thy Kingdom Come to show my family about Russell's Pyramidology.

A sister in my city had an ad online for them, but it was the BS's reprints - to which I explained to her their source. She seemed disbelieving that they reprint the books (She also had originals, but wasn't selling them).

Question for Jacqueline, what do the current BS's think of 1914 and Pyramidology?

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Bible Students

by lambsbottom in

berrygerry

If the “mountains of Israel” apply to the Jehovah’s Witnesses and the kingdom, in what sense had it been “a continual waste?”

In every sense, waste of time, waste of paper, waste of life.

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How exactly did J.F.Rutherford wrest control for himself over the Watchtower Society?

by Terry in

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berrygerry

Interesting history.

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2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and then what?

by truthseeker in

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friends

in just a few weeks, this year will end and a new one begins.

nothing special, just 2006.. but when you analyse the jw doctrine, it is another nail in their already 91 nail studded coffin.

the watchtower has for decades taught that jesus' presence and rulership began in 1914. since changing the generation of 1914 doctrine, a whole decade has passed, with little in the way of anything new.