neat blue dog

Joined

• started 367 topics
• posted 2,360 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by neat blue dog

• 
  40

  Holy Spirit - Present or Gone in the Congregations?

  by BourneIdentity in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was doing some reminiscing and remember the days back in the late 80s and early 90s where i truly could say the meetings were so encouraging and that i felt the holy spirit present and operating on all of us.

  today when i attend, there is nothing of the sort.

  is it because jehovah has withheld it?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  neat blue dog

  C: brainwashed and having a placebo effect

  Final answer.

  Actually, the 90s were a low point for the organization in a lot of ways. They could no longer charge money for literature due to a court decision, funds were drying up, the move to softcover books was initiated, there was no slick media like today, even the quality media they had like the org video and convention dramas took a nosedive in production value over that decade, and probably most important, one of the biggest teachings they had for decades, "this generation", had to be changed out of necessity. Only those so far in they couldn't see the forest for the trees wouldn't notice.
• 
  22

  Less facial hair? More spirituality!

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we've often seen the happifying kingdom trope of a bearded bible student coming up from the baptism water with a freshly shaven, baby smooth face.

  beards, after all, signify independent thinking and are best left to worldlings.

  our new july 2019 issue of the watchtower, however, sheds increasing light on the subject.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  neat blue dog

  Soon, his Bible Trained Conscience moves him towards full assimilation, as he Symbolizes his Dedication by Water Immersion.

  
  

  This is an important reminder that spirituality is superficial and easy to spot. What a loving, Simplified Arrangement from God's Organization!
• 
  22

  Less facial hair? More spirituality!

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we've often seen the happifying kingdom trope of a bearded bible student coming up from the baptism water with a freshly shaven, baby smooth face.

  beards, after all, signify independent thinking and are best left to worldlings.

  our new july 2019 issue of the watchtower, however, sheds increasing light on the subject.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  neat blue dog

  As he progresses in Accurate Knowledge through his Free Home Bible Study, we notice that the beard has now become a goatee.

  
  
• 
  22

  Less facial hair? More spirituality!

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we've often seen the happifying kingdom trope of a bearded bible student coming up from the baptism water with a freshly shaven, baby smooth face.

  beards, after all, signify independent thinking and are best left to worldlings.

  our new july 2019 issue of the watchtower, however, sheds increasing light on the subject.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  neat blue dog

  We've often seen the happifying Kingdom trope of a bearded Bible student coming up from the baptism water with a freshly shaven, baby smooth face. Beards, after all, signify Independent Thinking and are best left to worldlings. Our new July 2019 issue of The Watchtower, however, sheds increasing light on the subject. In These Last Days, we should expect The Slave will provide more nuanced teaching aids such as this. The man in the first illustration has a short, well groomed beard as he first recognizes the Ring of Truth, not knowing that this marks him for destruction, as angels depend on dress and grooming styles to decide who to slaughter at Armageddon.

  
  
• 
  5

  Starting a new business venture in NY near warwick

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  "faithful and discreet" booze delivery service.

  our motto is:.

  "we will faithfully deliver your booze on time and be very discreet about it!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  neat blue dog

  Unfortunately the delivery confirmation page doesn't work to well, it's always stuck on "just around the corner".
• 
  2

  A man after Rutherford's own heart

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  they were already both fowl-mouthed, both abrasive and offensive with others, both false-prophecy-pushing egomaniacs .

  .. and now they're both fond of the bottle.

  (figurative singular.

  1. 
  2. 
• 

  neat blue dog

  
  

  They were already both fowl-mouthed, both abrasive and offensive with others, both false-prophecy-pushing egomaniacs . . .

  And now they're both fond of the bottle. (Figurative singular. Actually bottle"s". Many, many bottles.)
• 
  5

  Today’s bible study, how to blow one of their doctrines using just one verse.

  by Crazyguy2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  at the talk today the speaker was bloveating about paradise and how we will need to teach the ones being resurrected gods ways.

  ofcourse we all know that the resurrection will start just a few years after the big a so that everyone can be taught the truth and the big j’s ways before satan is released at the end of the thousand years to test everyone after of course they have grown to perfection and then can truly be tested as perfect as adam.

  revelations chapter 20 starting in verse 4 thier bible but notice verse 5 ; and i saw thrones and those who sat on them were given authority to judge.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  neat blue dog

  Great find but that isn't the half of it. Like ding said, they'll twist it any way they need to fit other dogma.
• 
  25

  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.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  neat blue dog

  "Jesus take the back seat"

  Isn't that, like, the OPPOSITE of the Carrie Underwood song?
• 
  26

  The Anointed Apostate: the Remarkable Sister Pettifog

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  (on the anniversary of my jw best friend's death, i've reached into my archive to replay this incident in his honor)

  the remarkable sister *pettifog*.

  this morning i arrived on my bicycle at the local starbucks early and took up a seat at the outdoor table in the fresh air.. that’s when it happened--a group of 3 older ladies at one of the other tables outside rose to leave and one of them walked over to my table and spoke directly to me.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  neat blue dog

  Fantastic story! Wish I could've net her. Too bad about her letter. She should've mailed it to every JW she knew instead.
• 
  13

  Welcome to all of the Resurrected "Faithful Ones of Old" from 1925 onward.

  by smiddy3 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i haven`t had a chance of yet to welcome all of you newly resurrected ones that joseph rutherford assured us would be arriving since 1925 .. so please feel free to make yourself known to us and if we don`t hear from any of you, what should we derive from that .?.

  hello......hello.......?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  neat blue dog

  What a powerful witness you've just given! The clergy must be nashing their teeth right now, we're such a thorn in their side! 😏