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  Waking up to TTATT: Blessing or Curse?

  by Jules Saturn in

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  if you take the red pill, you'll have knowledge, you'll be awakened, aware of reality, you'll have freedom.. if you take the blue pill, you stay in your bubble, wearing rose colored glasses, and feel security in an illusion.. taking the red pill isn't something that's easy to do.

  to accept that everything around you is an illusion built up on lies or half truths.

  but hey, it might feel good to be aware and break free from this illusion.

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  neat blue dog

  I have these thoughts every so often, and it's definitely affected my mood and emotions because I, like you, mentally left in 2016.
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  Jerry Lewis

  by glenster in

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  rip march 16, 1926 to aug.20, 2017 he was too conservative for me about a few things but he was my biologicalmother and you never forget a woman like that.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xejfsfmbfqs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3kamg9lizw&t=87s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkog-wi9_2g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cxz769dgae.

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  neat blue dog

  The Nutty Professor also holds the record of longest period of time between an original movie and its sequal with the origin star reprising his role. (It was an animated movie, which was made a few years ago, and features the voice of Jerry Lewis as his original character, but it focuses on his son.)
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  Kingdom 'proof', then & now

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  back in the day, the bible students believed that 6,000 years of human history ended in 1874, and that therefore they were already living in the 1,000 year reign.

  as such they were looking for proof, such as miracle wheat, showing god's blessing on the land, and beth sarim, which was to be a testament to the imminent resurrection.. but then emphasis switched to the future, when the chronology was adjusted 101 years to 1975. that was also coupled with the teaching of 'the generation that would not pass away'.. now recently, especially since the 100th anniversary in 2014, emphasis is being placed back on the now.

  with the overlapping generations and the last days being stretched to their limit, the new spin is: 'yeah, the new system is nice to talk about, but who needs it?

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  neat blue dog

  Back in the day, the Bible Students believed that 6,000 years of human history ended in 1874, and that therefore they were already living IN the 1,000 year reign. As such they were looking for proof, such as Miracle Wheat, showing God's blessing on the land, and Beth Sarim, which was to be a testament to the imminent resurrection.

  But then emphasis switched to the future, when the chronology was adjusted 101 years to 1975. That was also coupled with the teaching of 'the generation that would not pass away'.

  Now recently, especially since the 100th anniversary in 2014, emphasis is being placed back on the now. With the overlapping generations and the last days being stretched to their limit, the new spin is: 'Yeah, the new system is nice to talk about, but who needs it? We're under kingdom rule right now!' From the "God's Kingdom Rules!" book, to the "Organizational Accomplishments" video series, to one of the recent music videos about "what the kingdom's done so far", the idea that's really being pushed is that the organization itself is somehow good enough proof of Christ's invisible rule.

  Of course that begs the question of the thousand year reign. Do the years before Armageddon not count? On that note, do you think the GB will ever revert to the previous belief that we're now IN the 1,000 reign, and possibly have been since 1975, (so they'd end up being 'sort of' right, just like they claimed success for the failed 1914 prophecy)?
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  Recent meeting videos not on app?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi, i'm just wondering if anybody has copies of recent videos that didn't show up in the app:.

  about a month or two ago, there was an ldc update video, and the uk had their own video.. also, within the month, there was a video of what not to do at the door.. thank you!.

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  neat blue dog

  Hi, I'm just wondering if anybody has copies of recent videos that didn't show up in the app:

  About a month or two ago, there was an LDC update video, and the UK had their own video.

  Also, within the month, there was a video of what NOT to do at the door.

  Thank you!
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  Whenever I read a WT quote...

  by kairos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i hear it as if it were being read by stephen lett.. any other gb voice is also amusing.. it just makes the content sound even more like a joke.maybe, it's just me....

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  neat blue dog

  I used to do that when mentally in and thought it was upbuilding. Now it just makes me want to puke. I'll still try it again, for laughs.
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  Car commercial reminded me of JWs

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  on the radio today, an ad for a car dealership said:.

  'if a salesman came to your door to sell you a car, would you buy it from him?

  of course not, you'd go online and do your research.'.

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  neat blue dog

  On the radio today, an ad for a car dealership said:

  'If a salesman came to your door to sell you a car, would you buy it from him? Of course not, you'd go online and do your research.'

  Enough said.
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  New property website listing: York St.

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://oneyorkst.com.

  it's been a while since they've had a listing or a sale..

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  neat blue dog

  http://oneyorkst.com

  It's been a while since they've had a listing or a sale.
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  "Our Lord and Savior" . . . Seriously??

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did anybody else notice in the convention drama when they went to the memorial the speaker called jesus "our lord and savior"?

  when have you ever heard jws use that phrase?

  christians, yes; jws, no..

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  neat blue dog

  I'm from the US and any talk like that is typically viewed as 'Christendomish'.
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  "Our Lord and Savior" . . . Seriously??

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did anybody else notice in the convention drama when they went to the memorial the speaker called jesus "our lord and savior"?

  when have you ever heard jws use that phrase?

  christians, yes; jws, no..

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  neat blue dog

  Did anybody else notice in the convention drama when they went to the memorial the speaker called Jesus "our Lord and Savior"? When have you EVER heard JWs use that phrase? Christians, yes; JWs, no.
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  Beards a-poppin!

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i live in a pretty conservative area of the united states, and in the past two decades i can remember 2, that's right, two instances of seeing a jw with a beard in my area.

  (not counting myself at times, 😜, and i'm obviously not counting bearded visitors dressed in casual clothes).. however at this year's convention, i saw about a dozen bearded jws .

  this is like an explosion where i live.

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  neat blue dog

  Yeah it's been happening in Europe for years, but in the US it's newsworthy.