Posts by moomanchu

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Saturday District Convention notes: Don't research JW's online!!!!

by truthseeker in

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with two thirds of my sentence complete, i am almost ready for parole.. there was some unbelievable stuff said today - i think there must be some sort of hallucinogenic gas coming through the ac, because no one batted an eyelid over what was said from the platform.. as usual, i will highlight the main talks.. .

saturday.

"deliver us from the wicked one and from every sort of lawlessness" - matt 6:13, titus 2:14. .

moomanchu

Classic phrase: Satan causes a veil of darkness to cover the mind of "professed Christians".

Aren't JW,s professed christians?

the youngest getting baptized was just 10 years old.

All you teenagers don't you now feel like shit? Jesus was 30 what was his problem?

"Quiet Please" and "Keep Moving" signs.

These signs are for the numerous worldly people who do not know the ways of Jehovah.

Reasonable concern for health care is practical and beneficial.

Interpretation stop using illness as excuse for missing meetings and field service.

Thanks for the memories truthseeker.

These conventions make the JW,s think that the world revolves around them, while in fact once you leave you realize that 99% of the world doesn't give two shits about them.

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What are some Watchtower rules and customs that have no biblical basis?

by jwfacts in

there are a lot of customs that jws cant do without any clear scriptural backing (off course there is always some infered scriptural principle to back up what they say) .

when i was a teenager my study conductor disciplined me for burning incense, reading me some mosaic laws that obviously do not apply to christians.

though this was a personal opinion not a watchtower ruling.

moomanchu

Everyone has forgotten that JW,s don't do these things

because they have to

they do them because they want to.

At least that was the BS excuse I remember.

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Neutrality

by moomanchu in

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one thing rarely mentioned by jw,s is how the israelite tribes liked to kill each other.. i remember one in particular of the benjamites being nearly wiped out by other israelite tribes.. according to jw,s these wars between jeehovahs people should could and would not happen.. jehovah people would never fight each other as christians or israelites right.. what am i missing?

moomanchu

One thing rarely mentioned by JW,s is how the Israelite tribes liked to kill each other.

I remember one in particular of the Benjamites being nearly wiped out by other Israelite tribes.

According to JW,s these wars between Jeehovahs people should could and would not happen.

Jehovah people would never fight each other as christians or Israelites right.

What am I missing?

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I just gave blood and I feel great!

by hallelujah in

in australia we have only voluntary blood donations.

it's quite amazing really that people regularly take at least half an hour out of their lives to give blood.

so i joined them.

moomanchu

I wore my "Blood Donor" sticker to the memorial where I partook and crossed myself

Wow !!

You must have had a blood transfusion from a guy because that takes balls.

I gave blood first and only time april 2005 when the bag was almost filled I started to feel dizzy

told the nurse and wham my legs were elevated ice paks all over me and a woman massaging my shoulders. (didn't pass out)looked to my right as I felt better and there was an old lady almost done giving, smiling like nothing was happening she asked "are you alright" felt like a wus

Will try it again.

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27,006 Partakers in 1935 according to 1936 yearbook

by M.J. in

here's a scan of the 1936 yearbook, page 53:.

note under "memorial", 32,795 attended and 27,006 partook.. .

these numbers were faithfully repeated in 1988 by the wt:.

moomanchu

rookie question

what are companies and sharpshooters

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Who is Jesus ?

by moomanchu in

why didn't jesus just tell us who he was ?

i am michael the archangel from heaven.

what's the big secret?.

moomanchu

Why didn't Jesus just tell us who he was ? I am Michael the Archangel from heaven. What's the big secret?

For that matter why did he need another name here on earth?

Another question where did Michael go when he became a sperm or did God impregnate Mary with a fertilized egg anyway my point is did Michael become only a genetic marker of dna ?

If so isn't this comparable to dieing and being ressurected ?

I'm starting to think it's more confusing to believe Jesus is Michael the Archangel vs Jesus is God.

On a lighter note, I think it would be fun when conversing with a JW to substitute Michael the Archangel for Jesus whenever Jesus's name came up.

ciao

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I roomed with a DRUNK BETHEL ELDER at Bethel - My Bethel Story

by What-A-Coincidence in

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yes folks.

i roomed in a double room with a bethel elder at wallkill.

i would come home late at night and i would hear him cursing up a storm.

moomanchu

Haggai 1: 6

There is a drinking, but it is not to the point of getting intoxicated.

There you have it Jehovah is saying what's the point of drinking if you can't get a little buzzed.

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Something strange about "Christs invisible presence"...

by Hellrider in

something just occured to me: .

we all know that "parousia" doesn`t mean "invisble presence" at all, it just means "presence", but think about the inlogical...ness about the whole jw-doctrine on 1914. my question is: what is jesus` job really, up there in heaven?

- he "took reign" and was "given the throne" in 1914. but what does that mean, really?

moomanchu

What "practical" tasks is it that Christ really has as the boss (and not even the boss, he is just the under-boss) in heaven? And does he really have the power? Isn`t Jehovah still the supreme boss?

He is middle management

Bible = 1 return of Christ

JW = 2 returns of Christ

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From Lurker to Newbie

by Warlock in

this is my first post and it is extremely difficult, but where else can i go?

i'm sure not going to join another religion and most of you have been where i have.

just for the record, i was a drunk, drug addict and dabbler in spiritism when i began studying, which also makes it difficult, because the j.w.

moomanchu

waiting for something that is probably not going to come in my lifetime, but I was told that it would be coming "soon". I did not prepare for the future, which has become the present.

Hello,

I specifically remember the co giving a talk about how education was a waste of time because none of it will matter in ten years.

I also remember a Watchtower that said something like Are you planning for a retirement in this world is that wise blah blah blah .

Then you look at the retired watchtower conducter living good on his pension and other investments and think oh this is one of those things that needs to be taken with a grain of salt.

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1st post here, on a journey of discovery...

by kerc in

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so after a very, very slow process, thinking over things that were stored in a little box in a corner of my mind, i've decided to finally confirm or deny all the doubts i've had about the society.

i'm a 34 year-old married man, work as an it consultant, with two kids, ages 9 and 2. i was "born" in the organization.

so i took everything as true, never questioned anything, and did all that was asked from me.

moomanchu

My wife and I have become sick of the elitist attitude of most high-ranking Society members. And now we've started to re-discover all the incoherent things related to prophecies, doctrines

Hello,

My wife and me did the same thing.

You've got half the struggle over if your wife is with you.