Posts by neat blue dog

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What does the Watchtower Society's History of Prophetic Speculation Prove?

by Vanderhoven7 in

question: what does the watchtower society's history of prophetic speculation prove?.

how would you respond to this answer provided by paul coom... yesterday on quora?.

"our organization has never been a prophetic speculator.

neat blue dog

He's saying they're all 'pre-existing' prophecies, and therefore JWs haven't originated any NEW prophecies and therefore aren't prophets. This isn't true however.

Example 1: The Great Tribulation & "this generation" - In this prophecy by Jesus, he clearly said that it had never happened before and 'nor will occur again', so they are making a new fulfillment.

Example 2: 1925 - This was based on counting jubilee years etc. and was not even based on a prophecy to begin with. Therefore, it is a wholely original prophecy, and was said to be 'confidently expected' to come true.

More examples could be cited, but all that is needed is one. Deuteronomy clearly and simply states that anyone who claims to speak 'in the name of Jehovah' and who's words don't come true is a false prophet and is to be ignored.

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My Update

by James Jack in

i just turned 62 and celebrated my first birthday at a local restaurant.

nothing exotic, just draft beer and a burger.

i've been using my spare time to make my community a better place to visit.

neat blue dog

Happy 1st birthday, you're young! 🙂

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Every single action of God happened in this CIRCLE

by pistolpete in

it looks kind of suspicious that everlasting life- death - paradise earth - heaven - salvation - angels - god- jesus -sin-the devil-the truth came from only this location.

(see the circle on the map).

https://twitter.com/godless_mom/status/492027134177579009?s=21.

neat blue dog

Not true. Jesus appeared to the Nephites in what is today known as Utah, and Jehovah appointed the Faithful Slave in New York some centuries later.

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wt's tale of the two mothers.

by waton in

in retrospect, for lurkerking fence sitters.

, today's( may 30 ) study article.:.

a mother un lovingly, on "apostate" advice, does everything, right and wrong to keep her daughter from becoming a wt slave.

neat blue dog

the 'columbus' method of typing. (discover a key visually, and land on it)

That's a hilarious analogy, I like that 🤣

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Do you know of any JW that likes to watch Military Flyover?

by Iamallcool in

jw
friends

just wondering!

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neat blue dog

Yep, and some would go and watch the July 4th fireworks too

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Both corners of their mouth

by neat blue dog in

i was just watching dinesh d'souza talking about a chinese newspaper, and he was saying that the chinese communists like to have a form of communication that isn't 'officially' from the government but can transmit what they want people to hear.

instantly reminded me of the gb, how they have agendas and outlines for circuit overseers, schools, even supposedly spontaneous experiences at conventions that are used to push certain ideas.

they do the effective job at the time, but most jws wouldn't be able to track it down in print later.

neat blue dog

I was just watching Dinesh D'Souza talking about a Chinese newspaper, and he was saying that the Chinese communists like to have a form of communication that isn't 'officially' from the government but can transmit what they want people to hear. Instantly reminded me of the GB, how they have agendas and outlines for Circuit Overseers, schools, even supposedly spontaneous experiences at conventions that are used to push certain ideas. They do the effective job at the time, but most JWs wouldn't be able to track it down in print later. And with the short term memory loss most JWs suffer from, it doesn't pose a problem and does what it's designed to do.

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wt's tale of the two mothers.

by waton in

in retrospect, for lurkerking fence sitters.

, today's( may 30 ) study article.:.

a mother un lovingly, on "apostate" advice, does everything, right and wrong to keep her daughter from becoming a wt slave.

neat blue dog

lurkerking and diddenters, my two new favorite words lol

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GOTCHA!

by JTrottigy in

so i noticed one of the members here came to my jwtalk website, where i am an important administrator, and tried to join my site.. i check in here every so often and i was able to deduce that person was an apostate fraud, likely bent on polluting my site.

i denied their request to join.. ha!

gotcha!

neat blue dog

I am an important administrator

You can't be serious 🤣 how old are you?

Also, why are you STILL too much of a coward to answer the simple question: Why are you disobeying the Governing Body's explicit direction to not talk with 'opposers' online?

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Liberal vs. Conservative mental health study - what do you make of it?

by Brock Talon in

a pew study from 2020 (but one i just now came upon myself) reported that the more liberal you are, the more likely you are to have a mental health condition.

the worst suffering group are white females, ages 18-29 where over 56% have admitted to be described by their own doctors as having a mental health condition.

conservative females of the same age group suffer at less than half that number (27%).. while women tend to have more mental health problems than men (don't be mad at me for saying it, this is what the study reports) it is notable that liberal men have a higher percentage of mental health conditions than conservative women in the same age group.

neat blue dog

Funny thing is, they're currently 'owning' this by making it the cool thing to do, to post on social media about how you have mental illness and not ashamed, spread the word etc. Insanity has gone mainstream apparently.

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Has anyone still in or otherwise heard anything about JWs think we only have 12 months before Armageddon?

by blablabluh in

i’ve noticed a change in family attitude recently, like there is just something extra on their mind.

i even had to call my brother to check if he was dying and too scared to tell me.

anyway, i saw a video last night my saying jws think we only have 12 months left before armageddon so thought maybe this is the reason for changes attitude.

neat blue dog

2014 seems like yesterday, but it was 7 years ago, and there were some JWs hoping that would be the end what with it being the 100th anniversary of the last days.