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I have a TASK for you to perform. Come on--it will be FUN!

by Terry in

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Terry

AnnOmaly: My top topic was one of Terry's fave subjects

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Gentile Times and 1914 is like a laser pen with me as the crazed cat trying to "catchup". Since you know

(really know, not just think you know) what you're talking about, I would have to be at least as smart (Spoiler: I'm not!)

just to keep up.

My autodidact status is a trap for me when deep research crosses the horizon line of my intelligence.

I have the same problem with Evolution. I'm just not smart enough to know what I need to know. Nor can I ever

be certain I'm not relying on confirmation bias.

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I have a TASK for you to perform. Come on--it will be FUN!

by Terry in

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My observation about long-lasting topics is two-fold.

1. Asking a personal opinion encourages participation. So, ASKING is more inviting than TELLING, teaching or pontificating.

2. Hitting a nerve by challenging a deeply felt BELIEF or VALUE will get you tremendous push back.

The king of all posters is the little red dot, Minimus.

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I have a TASK for you to perform. Come on--it will be FUN!

by Terry in

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watchtower / beliefs		A STUNNINGLY simple question about JOHN 3:16 "For God so Loved the world." 2 3 4 5 6 ... 19 20	6 years ago Terry	6 years ago Terry	385

CAN WE SOLVE THE MYSTERY of why Watchtower doctrines changed when they changed?

by Terry in

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if a person gives a police report of a traumatic event, but later changes their facts during cross-examination, these changes are used to impeach the honesty of the witness.. this impeachment flows from a logical understanding facts must match reality without contradiction.. lets examine the history of the watchtower corporations leaders with a view to the harmony of.

true teaching over a period of years from 1879-1942.. "even though christmas is not the real anniversary of our lord's birth, but more properly the annunciation day or the date of his human begetting (luke 1:28), nevertheless, since the celebration of our lord's birth is not a matter of divine appointment or injunction, but merely a tribute of respect to him, it is not necessary for us to quibble particularly about the date.

we may as well join with the civilized world in celebrating the grand event on the day which the majority celebrate - "christmas day.

Terry

Watchtower leaders remind me of the lady who lived in our neighborhood when I was a kid.

She couldn't stop fooling with her hair.

The color was red one day and jet black the next.

Then suddenly, she's a blonde!

She wore it long. She cut it short. She curled it and straightened it.

She bought all sorts of frightening wigs, too.

The lady would show up at the door and ask my mom, "So, what do you think?"

The only difference with the Governing Body's inclination to change, warp, distort, interpret, nullify and expand doctrine and teaching

is they never ask, "So, what do you think?"

THEY TELL YOU what to think!

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DID YOU KNOW ABOUT . . . ?

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Terry

I find it fascinating that men can't leave a perfect thing alone without peeing on it like a dog with a tree.

What clergyman, preacher, religious leader can stifle the urge to interpret, expand, or otherwise attempt

to amplify the textus receptus?

There is a William Miller lurking in all these folks.

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THE TRUTH IS AN ILLUSION and here is the process which proves it.

by Terry in

a wall is a wall, right?

question: what if each day a brick was removed and replaced with wood?.

the watchtower religion pretends to be like a brick wall built of truth.. however, each brick of truth been replaced with wood (changing opinion.).

Terry

There is a Chinese proverb: "No man ever steps into the same river twice."

Even inside our own body the cells die and are replaced twice a year. (Don't make me prove this!)

The point being: WHAT REALLY IS the thing which constantly changes in actuality, but is always called the same thing?

Marriages change because people change.

I can think of no worse insult than this: being voted the 'least changed' at a High School reunion.

But, in the case of channeled TRUTH--we are dealing with (supposedly) the absolute mind of the living God.

OLD LIGHT is a counterfeit patch on the reality of FALSE INFORMATION.

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UBER-WITNESS: THE ELITE FORCE . . . a study in how a fanatic is created

by Terry in

at what point in the average person's life does he/she reach a crossroads between purposeful pursuit of a life's goal and mad fanaticism?.

we have all known these automatons; these uber-witnesses.. we might even have been one ourselves!.

the uber-witness can make an excuse for any watchtower mistake at the crack of a whip!.

Terry

FadeToBlack: How could I end up wasting over 30 years of my life in a cult?

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Males can aspire to be a BIG fish in the small pond of the Kingdom Hall with noblesse oblige the order of the day.

I can't really imagine how most Brothers would fare if they suddenly had to face a non-compliant

'wordly' wife instead of the subjection-martyr Sisterhood of witnessdom. You know how it goes, "In the country

of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."

"Honey, what did you do today?"

"Just out savin' the world."

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Watchtower Oct 15 2014. Legal contracts?

by StarTrekAngel in

for anyone who may have looked at, or attended the wt study for this week.

the first two articles of the magazine in subject use, in my opinion, the word "legal contract" too often.

anyone noticed this?

Terry

The Jehovah's Witnesses can thank the LEGAL mind of "Judge" Rutherford for the appropriation

of such legalese as "witnesses" "District" assemblies "Circuit" servants and the promotion of the

idea that Jehovah's name was slandered and the witnesses must testify in order to restore His reputation.

Today's Society is pretty much monitored 24/7 by legal advisors and may even be run by lawyers for all we know.

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Has Anyone See The Giver, and If so, Do you Relate It to the Watch Tower?

by jamiebowers in

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i just watched it on dvd, and holy cow, i can see so many similarities to the watch tower!

i don't want to give anythng away for those who would like to see it, but i really wish the way it ended was a possibility in watch tower world..

Terry

Try reading the book by Ira (Rosemary's Baby) Levin titled THIS PERFECT DAY;

the New World Society-ish vibe is uncanny.

Book Review:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/nov/16/thisperfectbook

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Is the WTS backing away from "Bible Tall Tales" ?

by Simon in

when i was a kid, it seemed like not a meeting went by when you didn't hear about jonah or sampson and other tall tales from the bible.. now though, they seem to have been sidelined.

i guess the rest of the world caught on to the fact that these stories couldn't possibly be true and were so far fetched (yeah, even by bible standards) that they are just treated as 'stories' like aesop's fables.

saying that you believe in them as genuine accounts just makes you look like a crazy zealot.. but the wts is different.

Terry

There is a strong possibility today's Jehovah's Witnesses is pig ignorant, is there?

Do these people read, memorize, reflect, discuss, debate? I'm going to guess the answer is negative.

Without a core of basic, fundamental knowledge (which would include history, of course) there is not much

to hang one's faith on.

Oh wait!

How stupid of me!

Today's modern JW has THE ORGANIZATION to believe in. The Org does all the reading, studying, analyzing and reflection

FOR THE OTHERS.

So, the rank and file is just an empty vessel.

They KNOW nothing, like the character of LENNY in OF MICE AND MEN.

They just want to hear the same story over and over about how great it is going to be when they get to where they're going.

"Tell me about the rabbits, George. Tell me about the rabbits."