is it my imagination or are most witnesses weird, odd, and “different “?
it seems every congregation has a couple of weirdo elders, pioneers and ministerial servants.
and then you see those witnesses who attend meetings but most people seldom associate with them because... they are eccentric..
Well, maybe it’s because they exemplify the bug-eyed stereotypical cult follower, automatically receptive to whatever conformity edicts and performance pressures coming down from “the top.”
That’s why. You see, they’re just desperately towing the (New York) party line in pursuit of “everlasting life,” replete with panda- lion-petting and sufficient levels of happiness/joy as to evoke vomiting from one’s ears!
have you ever heard the phrase:.
well, since i can't sleep tonight - you're gonna hear my version of what it means.. .
so, just suck it up and deal.. .
The thing that really bugs me about these most recently modern times are all these stupid “new laws,” turning our North American/European countries into a totalitarian fascist police state, wherein, as an example, kids can’t even go riding their bicycles around town – or even on their own street – without their parents being subject to being arrested!
And it’s disgustingly maddening how Big Brother Government is dictating to us every little aspect of our lives – such as where we can take photographs, and even where we can go within our own country (i.e., state laws, including “loitering in a high drug area” just for innocently driving down the road, etc.).
Yes, life was much, much simpler and freer back in the days gone past, despite the lack of iPhone progress.
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201907251076353864-jehovahs-witnesses-caught-showing-illegal-kids-movies-in-sweden/.
using phrase " jehovah's witnesses admittedly run a multi-million dollar film industry.. interesting, since wt was a multi-million 'printing' industry for decades.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xofz--1fq2u.
"and along with making us seem legit comes cash...tons of it.
i mean, what do you think we're doing planning all of these conventions?
Well, at least the Mafia isn’t a totalitarian institution, like the JWs!
The Mafia doesn’t care if you whack off in your own bed at night, eat birthday cake at school, throw rice or confetti at weddings, say “Good luck” or “gesundheit,” allow a blood transfusion for your sick baby, etc., etc., etc.
i have an old friend who grew up jw in my original congregation and is now on his latest wife.
unlike the somewhat religious ambivalence of his previous wives, this one he says is right on par with his religious view.
which is very conservative christian.lately, his wife posted on facebook about the horrible things in the world and the roll media takes in desensitizing us.
@“jws”:
Excellent post! You really put things in perspective with regard to the whole idea of the fairness and logic of an “almighty” deity and his dealings with humanity right from the get-go.
has anyone ever shown a jw that came to your door the bite model of a cult?
what happened?
i am thinking of using that strategy if one comes a' knocking..
The least likely people to believe they are in a cult are, well – those in a cult!
(Tell a fish that they’re swimming in water, and they’ll say, with a most confused stance: What are you talking about?)
"an arrogant person considers himself perfect.
this is the chief harm of arrogance.
it interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person.
Arrogance. Anthony Morris III. Hmmm.
Although, the ultimate arrogance award must go to: Joseph Franklin Rutherford. Followed by Fred Franz and Nathan Knorr.
All those folks could have taught a stellar course in arrogance to the first-century Pharisees, even including Saul of Tarsus, aka the apostle Paul.
And insisting on the blood transfusion issue thing is certainly a pretty good qualifier, as far as that goes, I would think.
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Your hair is certainly beautiful and majestic. Just be really careful if you ever get a job which involves working around big heavy machinery.
i was reading something else on jwn and remembered why i started questioning wts definite statements of fact.. i was asked by a non-jw to prove these 2 points from the scripture:.
1. when did the 2,300 days in daniel 8:13,14 start?
this scripture therefore suggests that jesus himself is the archangel michael.. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102005160?q=jesus+michael+archangel&p=sen.
“Acluetofindtheuser”: “The problem is they have to have an answer for everything. Why can't they just say, we don't know?”
Well, the WTS can just say whatever idea they want for that day and claim that they are “divinely inspired.” And then, when they have to change (“update”) it, they can still claim to be inspired because “the light keeps on getting brighter . . . .” (yada, yada, yada).
So they’re evidently™ always inspired – at the time they say it, that is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omwmpwllmfg&t=1s alot of this movie made me think about how the jw's control life.
there is something to be taken from this movie and how dangerous cults are.
i know this is hollywood but it really speaks to mind control and it's power.
In the WTS, the doors may not be locked and the windows may not be barred – physically – but that certainly is the case mentally and emotionally in that it wields considerable power through manipulation by undue influence to hold people as prisoners. You’re free to leave – they’ll just hold all your family hostage as a blackmail bargaining tool.
And as for the “bottle of phenobarbital” found in the bedroom in the above clip from The Invitation, that would be the dangerous and debilitating state of mental slumber evoked by the WTS when you surrender your innate critical thinking skills.
Astonishing, isn’t it, how parents can actually be conned and manipulated into, in effect, murdering their own biological children by kowtowing to the not-so-subtle demands of the WTS to uphold its ridiculous and deadly blood transfusion policy. Shameful!
