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  The Fear mongering of this weeks WT study!

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  have you all read this weeks study article?.

  oh my word it is full of fear inducing tactics....doom and gloom outlooks.... anxiety inducing methods to develop absolute control over witnesses and cripple them in any attempt to think for themselves!.

  (notice i am saying "themselves" rather than "ourselves"?!

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  Village Idiot

  I'm suffering from insomnia tonight. Now with this picture in mind I'm afraid of getting to sleep.
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  The Fear mongering of this weeks WT study!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have you all read this weeks study article?.

  oh my word it is full of fear inducing tactics....doom and gloom outlooks.... anxiety inducing methods to develop absolute control over witnesses and cripple them in any attempt to think for themselves!.

  (notice i am saying "themselves" rather than "ourselves"?!

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  Village Idiot

  One of the women is wearing slacksbut then they're all informally dressed.

  One of the men shaves his head. Is that allowed? Or maybe he's just naturally bald.

  It's getting late for me. I better get some sleep. But then I might dream of this. 
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  New Kindumb Halls in a neighborhood near you

  by suavojr in

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  new kindumb halls in a neighborhood near you.

  notes and highlights from todays meeting.

  opening statement about this meeting being a historic event, over 100k elders under the us branch together live from nyc..

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  Village Idiot

  "New KH’s will have big screen TV’s where the yearly text goes, the sound will have video, internet and a computer monitor."

  So will they be taking these big screens into the basement during the Great Tribulation?
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  Don't you just love a great quote?

  by stillin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have seen a few here on this forum.

  i just came across on in a book i'm reading that i thought i would share with you, appropriate to the forum.. "men think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one".

  charles mackay in extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds (1841).

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  Village Idiot

  I worry that no matter how cynical you become,

  it’s never enough to keep up.

  Jane Wagner
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  The Fear mongering of this weeks WT study!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have you all read this weeks study article?.

  oh my word it is full of fear inducing tactics....doom and gloom outlooks.... anxiety inducing methods to develop absolute control over witnesses and cripple them in any attempt to think for themselves!.

  (notice i am saying "themselves" rather than "ourselves"?!

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  Village Idiot

  Bitchtower: "When Gog begins the assault..."

  Could someone fill me in as to whom Gog refers to currently? They keep changing it.
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  The Fear mongering of this weeks WT study!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  have you all read this weeks study article?.

  oh my word it is full of fear inducing tactics....doom and gloom outlooks.... anxiety inducing methods to develop absolute control over witnesses and cripple them in any attempt to think for themselves!.

  (notice i am saying "themselves" rather than "ourselves"?!

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  Village Idiot

  Could you provide some direct quotes from the article or a link?

  One thing's for sure, if the Witnesses ever get into a situation where they are being persecuted by a government the Governing Body will be the first to throw them under the bus. 
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  Strange Webpage

  by wannaexit in

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  what do you make of this:.

  https://sandiegokingdomhall.wordpress.com/.

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  Village Idiot

  Someone who's psychotic may have put that up. Seriously. Either that or a scam artist.
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  Don't you just love a great quote?

  by stillin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have seen a few here on this forum.

  i just came across on in a book i'm reading that i thought i would share with you, appropriate to the forum.. "men think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one".

  charles mackay in extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds (1841).

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  Village Idiot

  "Hay hombres que luchan un día y son buenos. Hay otros que luchan un año y son mejores. Hay quienes luchan muchos años, y son muy buenos. Pero hay los que luchan toda la vida, esos son los imprescindibles. - Bertolt Brecht

  Translation:

  There are men who fight for one day and they are good. There are others who fight for a year and are better. There are those who fight for many years and are very good. But there are those who fight all their lives and are indispensable.

   
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  Don't you just love a great quote?

  by stillin in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have seen a few here on this forum.

  i just came across on in a book i'm reading that i thought i would share with you, appropriate to the forum.. "men think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one".

  charles mackay in extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds (1841).

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  Village Idiot

  millie210: "...as I free fall in that no mans land between what I formerly thought was truth and where I will eventually end up - which is not clear to me right now."

  Hang in there Millie, you'll find the way. 
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  The best argument that we have an immaterial part (called Spirit/Soul) came from Jesus Christ

  by abiather in

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  the best argument that we have an immaterial part (called spirit/soul) came from jesus christ.

  however, it is recorded in the gospel of thomas (not in the traditional four gospels).

  jesus says: if the flesh came into existence because of the spirit, it is a marvel.

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  Village Idiot

  abiather:

  "The best argument that we have an immaterial part (called Spirit/Soul) came from Jesus Christ. However, it is recorded in the Gospel of Thomas (not in the Traditional four Gospels)."

  I'm surprised you didn't quote the Canonical gospels such as Matthew which says: "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell." Matthew 10:28 New International Version

  "If the “scientific” Evolution Theory is true, we should have had, by now, an elevated view about ourselves. But we are yet to have even a realistic view of ourselves." 

  It could easily be interpreted to mean that evolution hasn't yet progressed to the point where we all show respect to others regardless of race or gender. 

  "How many of us treat the Black as equal to the rest of the humanity?"

  The phrase "the Black" reminds me of what the American politician Rick Santorum said when he used that exact phrase. Patronizing. You could have said something else like "Black people".