Maybe if you checked, you would find an AC power cord coming out from their bodies. Any stuff that cheesy could only come from some audio-animatronics machines like at Disney World.
Posts by SAHS
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3My take of the convention
by mann377 injust spent the last weekend listening to the program and fortunatly i'm not programable.
anyway i had to listen to two members of the gb.
it was very interesting to listen now with the aid of technology and the big screens.
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'Jehovah's Kingdom' convention banner
by undercover inmaking the rounds on facebook is a snapshot of some jws holding a huge banner from the upper deck at a convention.
it says, "jehovah's kingdom" and underneath a crudely drawn download 'bar' with the number 99% on the right side, as if to say in computer lingo, jah's day is almost here.
behind are other dubs holding up smaller placards, but i can't remember what they said.. is this a wt sanctioned or approved action?
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It seems that the WTS is becoming more and more aware that any kind of “logical” or “factual” academic approach on their part is simply not going to cut ice because of the ease with which information can now be compared and tested against their history, . . . . so, that is why they are instead focusing more on the charismatic, emotional-type approach. It’s like they are hoping that people will think they will be discovering some tantalizing hidden, mysterious type of information by checking out the WTS’ Web site.
Many JWs will probably just be getting a box of the new contact cards and scattering them around to accumulate their hours in a sort of “high-speed dubbing mode.” And, of course, if that is going to be the case, then us “apostates” should, as “OneEyedJoe” suggested above, “go to vista print and order some similar looking cards that instead direct people to the "Why Jehovah's Witnesses need your help" PDF on jwsurvey instead” – or perhaps also list some other choice Web sites, such as “http://jwfacts.com,” “http://aawa.co,” “http://www.silentlambs.org,” and “http://ajwrb.org” – you know, the real thinking man’s sites. That would only be fair, I think – a sort of tit for tat.
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'Jehovah's Kingdom' convention banner
by undercover inmaking the rounds on facebook is a snapshot of some jws holding a huge banner from the upper deck at a convention.
it says, "jehovah's kingdom" and underneath a crudely drawn download 'bar' with the number 99% on the right side, as if to say in computer lingo, jah's day is almost here.
behind are other dubs holding up smaller placards, but i can't remember what they said.. is this a wt sanctioned or approved action?
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“Is this a WT sanctioned or approved action? Or was it some rogue rubes trying to liven things up? . . . I wonder just who is responsible for something so out of place . . .”
Well, as far as that kind of thing goes, I think that it’s basically the same phenomena you see at hockey and football games, with people holding various signs and banners and painting their faces, etc. People are apt to do those sensational sort of things anywhere. It’s just part of human nature, albeit often rather immature and asinine.
“I'd rather see a "JWFacts.com" or "jehovah-witness.net" banner, personally.”
Now, THERE’S the idea, “undercover”! Don’t forget “http://aawa.co,” “http://www.silentlambs.org,” and “http://ajwrb.org” – those ones are important too. You know what? We should arrange a busload of us “apostates” to hit convention arenas and do some, um, public “wallpapering” (especially if the media is there with their camera).
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GB guilty of the ultimate spiritual crimes. How can JW's believe this stuff?
by integ inthe gb is guilty of the ultimate spiritual crimes.
blasphemy against god by claiming they "speak for jehovah".
they said it again recently in an article..that they speak the words of jehovah and we should listen to those words.
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“yadda yadda 2”: “All that really matters is that these modern-day Pharisees heinous policies and doctrines which cause real harm and suffering and death to real children and adults is stopped. Wicked creed annd policies such as their blood transfusion policy, faulty child abuse policy, shunning policy.”
So true! Freedom of speech and freedom of religion are well and good, but only up to a reasonable point. The no blood transfusion thing – along with the no organ transplant thing, the no immunization thing, and the no alternative military serice thing, all of which were at one time strictly enforced policies – are definitely over the line! Enough is enough.
In terms of what would actually constitute a “God send,” I think that in reality “http://aawa.co,” if anything, would certainly fit that bill! Hopefully some lives, especially innocent children and babies, will be saved from disaster at the dirty, greedy hands of the WTS!
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GB guilty of the ultimate spiritual crimes. How can JW's believe this stuff?
by integ inthe gb is guilty of the ultimate spiritual crimes.
blasphemy against god by claiming they "speak for jehovah".
they said it again recently in an article..that they speak the words of jehovah and we should listen to those words.
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Truth is, the GB make sure they appear to be “covered” by talking out of both sides of their mouth in anticipation of any type of eventuality.
They have said and published in print that they do, in fact, speak for God as his sole mouthpiece and prophet – but they have also said that the men in the WTS, including the GB, are actually not inspired. . . . So therefore, if anything the WT says happens to “come true” (or at least seems to), such as the rough approximation of the timing of the first world war occurring sort of near one of their significant dates, namely 1914, then they can say, “See, we were right on that one!” But if – that is, when – things don’t actually happen according to how they said they would, then they can always just say, “Well, we never really said that we were actually inspired.”
The other such way the GB has “fixed,” or “covered,” potential outcomes of events is that they have said that increased distressing political upheavals and conflicts of the nations, such as civil and international wars and acts of terror, are signs that the great tribulation and Armageddon are about to happen (such as Matthew chapter 24) – but they have also said that whenever the nations are crying “peace and security,” then “sudden destruction” is to be “instantly” upon them (1 Thessalonians 5:3). . . . So therefore, when political tensions and conflicts erupt and worsen, then they can say, “See, these events are fulfilling Bible prophecy about the ‘sign’ of the ‘last days.’” But when such conflicts are in the process of being resolved, such as when certain “peace plans” start to be formulated and implemented, albeit usually quite temporary, then they can say, “It looks like this current talk of ‘peace and security’ is fulfilling Bible prophecy, so the UN is about to turn on false religion, which will be the beginning of the great tribulation, leading to Armageddon.”
So, you can really see how the GB has made sure that they keep all the bases covered, so that when whatever situation or event they could interpret as being “significant” arises, they can simply pick one of their pet statements they have already expressed to match it in a favorable light toward themselves. In other words, they have everything set up so that no matter what happens or doesn’t happen, they can always pull something out of their magic WT hat which may seem to prove them right, depending on how they manage to spin it. They’re always right, don’t you know.
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Ironic quote in the 5/14wt lesson "Are you moving ahead with Jehovahs Organization"
by BU2B inthe whole article makes me ill with its worse than average mind control.. i was going to only include one quote but there are so many doozies that i will post what i feel to be the worst.. from paragraph 6.
"gods organization survives and flourishes on earth because the people who are part of it have his approval.".
the great tribulation has been "so close" for over 120 years of wt history.
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To “BU2B”: Now that is a most stellar and poignant post if I ever saw one! It can’t really get any clearer or more obvious than that to cause any normal, thinking person to wake up and realize that the WTS is nothing but “human reasoning” – and completely flawed “reasoning” at that!
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Female Attendants
by Quarterback inthe best thing to come from the regenal convention this summer, is to see women used as attendants at the end of the program.
they were used in distributing the new publications to convention delegates..
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“Splash”: “They don't get the same badge and I think they have to register as a +1 to a brother.”
Sounds to me an awful lot like a little pooch on a leash. How insulting and demeaning. I applaud any women who leaves the WTS on the grounds of extreme sexism and hyper misogyny, thereby cutting that damn chauvinistic leash!
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Name Some Things That JWs Look Down Upon That Normal People Wouldn't Even Think About?
by minimus injws look down on others for saying, "bless you" if someone sneezes.
it has something to do with the demons.
another example is that it is considered satanic if a man took his hat off for a lady!
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Drunkenness and bestiality. They seem to frown on that in my area.
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How Rutherford used Bible Prophecy to Legitimize the Watchtower
by donuthole inwhen rutheford took over the presidency he was faced with several schisms.
one on side you had bible students loyal to charles russell and his teachings.
on the judge's side, you had those bible students loyal to the watchtower and rutherrford as president.
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Well, “donuthole,” Pastor Charles Russell, as whacky as he was with all that pyramidology and numerology, was at least purportedly a champion of Christianity – namely, its main character, Jesus Christ. Just a glimpse of the year texts during Russell’s era confirms at least a basic respect and affinity for the Lord and Savior by including therein a name we don’t really see much of these days in JW land – the name Jesus Christ.
But when that “judge” Rutherford guy came onto the scene – or more like craftily and forcefully stole the show, that name Jesus Christ began its steady disappearance from the WT literature, and not just the year texts. The thing is, Rutherford wanted to really go spiritually backwards in that he went from progressive Christianity back to the ancient Mosaic Law (i.e., no blood transfusions, etc.) and related everything to the ancient Israelites crawling around the desert under Moses.
It certainly reminds me of where Jesus said at Matthew 23:2 (RNWT) that “the scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the seat of Moses.” Since the Rutherford era, the “Governing Body” (now apparently comprising the entire “faithful and discreet slave” solely by themselves) has seen itself, not as servants directing people to Jesus, but, rather, as the modern-day “Moses” leading the modern-day “Israelites” into the future “Promised Land” of the New System (now just referred to as “Paradise”).
Talk about anti-progressive thinking! And, of course, a large reason why the WTS wants to kind of distance itself from that poor Jesus fellow is because his message was indeed progressive and based on love. He was more focused on the essence of the Law rather than the petty legalities and technicalities.
Ever notice how in all the scriptures used by the WTS, they seem to kind of skim, or even skip, over the gospel accounts relating to Jesus? I mean, sure they will give some (token) mention of it, such as the Sermon on the Mount, etc., but all in all they seem to really focus much more on the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament), with all those fancy dos and don’ts and endless stoneable offences, and when they do cite the Christian Greek Scriptures (New Testament), they predominantly focus on that arrogant prick, the apostle Paul, with all his misogynist and Pharisaical crap. But the reason, I believe, that the WTS seems to just skim over the teachings of that Jesus fellow is that they just don’t quite lend themselves to, or jive with, all that other legalistic, Pharisaical stuff (i.e., Moses and the apostle Paul) which they keep thumping.
So, now it’s all Jehovah, Jehovah, Jehovah, and more Jehovah – even in the New Testament, into which they methodically and compulsively insert to the max – as well as “the apostle Paul said this” and “the apostle Paul said that” and more Paul, Paul, Paul. That is because Moses and Paul lend themselves quite well to the WTS’ authoritarian regime, whereas Jesus lends himself quite well to, well, Christianity!
So, that is why the noticeable change between the Russell and Rutherford eras. Simply put, Rutherford used and capitalized on fundamentalist backward thinking to bolster his own monarchical empire, . . . . of course with him at the top. And it’s been that way ever since, with the current pope committee (“Governing Body”) at the very top!
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Did You Ever Have A "Crush" On Anyone Here?
by minimus ini know that many many have had crushes on me..
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I sort of like Focus’ avatar. It looks kind of prrrrrdy. ;-)