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  JW.org's new miserable picture

  by neat blue dog in

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  in the new article about the international convention in manila, the picture of the crowd is pretty telling.

  they look so drained and miserable!.

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  neat blue dog

  Outdoors on most likely a warm and humid Manila day.

  It's actually at a modern indoor venue, so lack of AC isn't the problem.
  
  
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  Memorial date

  by DomineIvimus-DI in

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  can someone please help me with this, if you’ve looked into it before?.

  i read somewhere that the witnesses didn’t celebrate the memorial on nisan 14 according to the jewish calendar.

  i did a quick google check - seems next years memorial is on tuesday (nisan 13) rather than the wednesday, nisan 14 according to the jewish calendar.

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  In a semi-recent WT they explained why they differ from the officially recognized calander:

  The calendar is based on moon sightings and so isn't entirely consistent. In modern times they use telescopes to find the first known glimmer of the waxing moon, which spells the start of the month. However the GB doesn't agree with this because there were no telescopes in Jesus' time. So they count from when a sliver of the moon is first visible to the naked eye.
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  JW.org's new miserable picture

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the new article about the international convention in manila, the picture of the crowd is pretty telling.

  they look so drained and miserable!.

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  neat blue dog

  In the new article about the international convention in Manila, the picture of the crowd is pretty telling. They look so drained and miserable!

  

  

  
  
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  If I was still PIMI, I'd be terrified

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just looking at the pictures in tomorrow's wt study makes me think of the nightmares i used to have as a child.

  and nowadays the pictures are sometimes more realistic, so for any who are truly mentally in, this has a terrible effect on them and even their life choices.

  looking in as a pimo or pomo it seems almost comical that adults would believe in this sci-fi bible fan-fiction, but it's not funny when we remember that all ages of the r&f are being manipulated by the gb by these cheap and evil means.. .

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  Here it is:

  
  
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  Ewart Chitty

  by NoAbuse in

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  ewart chitty was appointed as secretary-treasurer , which position he held until his appointment to the governing body in november 1974.. when in brooklyn, chitty seems to have preferred younger men as roommates.

  the actual charge brought to the gb against chitty was made by a former roommate and involved some sort of inappropriate conduct.

  the gb concluded that chitty had homosexual tendencies, and asked him to resign.. a rare photo of chitty in happier days.

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  For any lurkers reading this, Greenlees was a pedophile that was caught molesting a child of a friend. The GB did what they often criticize Christendom of and swept it under the table, merely transferring him elsewhere. A very brief and vague reference was made to it in the WT, but no names of course. I don't have links at the moment but this has all been documented and can be found if you really want to know.
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  I got a Sympathy Card in the mail

  by Butterfly607 in

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  2. experiences

  i haven’t been to a meeting in months.

  just got a sympathy card in the mail from a “sister”.

  i don’t know her beyond her face.

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  neat blue dog

  She doesn't sound angry to me Simon, but you do bring up a good point:

  what they have been told about you

  The way the gossip machine goes it could be anything under the sun. OR it could just be the natural JW assumption that if you're inactive you must be stumbled or depressed, because there's no other logical reason.
  
  
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  If I was still PIMI, I'd be terrified

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just looking at the pictures in tomorrow's wt study makes me think of the nightmares i used to have as a child.

  and nowadays the pictures are sometimes more realistic, so for any who are truly mentally in, this has a terrible effect on them and even their life choices.

  looking in as a pimo or pomo it seems almost comical that adults would believe in this sci-fi bible fan-fiction, but it's not funny when we remember that all ages of the r&f are being manipulated by the gb by these cheap and evil means.. .

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  There's another recent painting that REALLY drives me up the wall: There's this war room with generals, etc. making plans against JWs, and there's multiple images of JW Broadcasting on the screen beside them. Lol get over yourselves! This wet dream of yours will NEVER happen!
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  If I was still PIMI, I'd be terrified

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just looking at the pictures in tomorrow's wt study makes me think of the nightmares i used to have as a child.

  and nowadays the pictures are sometimes more realistic, so for any who are truly mentally in, this has a terrible effect on them and even their life choices.

  looking in as a pimo or pomo it seems almost comical that adults would believe in this sci-fi bible fan-fiction, but it's not funny when we remember that all ages of the r&f are being manipulated by the gb by these cheap and evil means.. .

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  True, some people like the rush from stuff like this. Makes them feel special and have a purpose!
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  If I was still PIMI, I'd be terrified

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just looking at the pictures in tomorrow's wt study makes me think of the nightmares i used to have as a child.

  and nowadays the pictures are sometimes more realistic, so for any who are truly mentally in, this has a terrible effect on them and even their life choices.

  looking in as a pimo or pomo it seems almost comical that adults would believe in this sci-fi bible fan-fiction, but it's not funny when we remember that all ages of the r&f are being manipulated by the gb by these cheap and evil means.. .

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  neat blue dog

  Just looking at the pictures in tomorrow's WT study makes me think of the nightmares I used to have as a child. And nowadays the pictures are sometimes more realistic, so for any who are truly mentally in, this has a terrible effect on them and even their life choices. Looking in as a PIMO or POMO it seems almost comical that adults would believe in this sci-fi Bible fan-fiction, but it's not funny when we remember that all ages of the r&f are being manipulated by the GB by these cheap and evil means.

  
  
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  January 2020 WT, earthly hope

  by neat blue dog in

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  2. beliefs

  one of the latest wts rehashes this core jw theology.

  i know it's old hat, but i feel it's always worth pointing out, as it's one of the major things to wake me up and it's relatively easily proven using the bible alone.. throughout the bible, there aremany examples of men of faith who re-ceived holy spirit; yet, they did not havethe hope of living in heaven.

  john the baptistwas “filled with holy spirit.” (luke 1:13-16) jesus said that there was no mangreater than john, but then he said thatjohn would not be included in the heav-enly kingdom.

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  neat blue dog

  One of the latest WTs rehashes this core JW theology. I know it's old hat, but I feel it's always worth pointing out, as it's one of the major things to wake me up and it's relatively easily proven using the Bible alone.

  Throughout the Bible, there are
  many examples of men of faith who re-
  ceived holy spirit; yet, they did not have
  the hope of living in heaven.
  . . .
  John the Baptist
  was “filled with holy spirit.” (Luke 1:13-
  16) Jesus said that there was no man
  greater than John, but then he said that
  John would not be included in the heav-
  enly Kingdom. (Matt. 11:10, 11)

  Jesus didn't say that. He implied that those coming after him would accomplish greater things.

  It simply means that
  Jehovah will bring them back to life in
  Paradise on earth.—John 5:28, 29; Acts
  24:15.

  Again, it says nothing of the sort. Those two scriptures cited simply make general references to the resurrection. They say nothing at all about Earth, but to any JW casually reading, the inclusion of 'references' makes it seem superficially reinforced.

  The vast majority of God’s servants
  on earth today do not have the hope of
  living in heaven.

  Because they are told that isn't an option.

  Like Abraham, Sarah,
  David, John the Baptist, and many oth-
  er men and women in Bible times, they
  look forward to living on earth when
  God’s Kingdom will rule over them.
  —Heb. 11:10.

  That last scripture cited says,

  "For he was awaiting the city having real foundations, whose designer and builder is God."

  Of course this scripture isn't talking about Earth, as just a few verses later it says,

  "But now they are reaching out for a better place, that is, one belonging to heaven."

  "Belonging to heaven"? I know, it sounds awkward. That's because this is one of WTs most obvious deliberate mis-translations. Virtually all other Bibles say 'a better place, a heavenly one', but they out of necessity twist the wording.

  The scripture immediately goes on to say about Abraham and company,

  "he has prepared a city for them"

  and in this case the WT slips up. They include a cross reference to another scripture very close by that specifically identifies that city.

  Hebrews 12:22,

  "a city of the living God, heavenly Jerusalem".