Posts by blacksheep

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NEW WORLD TRANSLATIO. WAS IT INSPIRED BY JEHOVAH.

by nightwarrior in

who wrote the new world translation.?????????????

as it has no author,no one is brave enough to claim responsibility for this particular interpretation of the bible.

whom is responsible for all the changes of scripture, no one will put there name to doing this.therfore if no one from the society claims to being the author ,is it because they have invalidated the word of jehovah and are scared that they will receive the plagues as mentioned in revelation.for adding to the scriptures or taking things away.

blacksheep

Yeah, Jehovah inspired the change of "shambles" to "meat market." That was always one of the examples I heard used to justify the NWT: make it more up to date. Thanks to Jehovah for blessing his people with more precise language.

Also the change of the word was god to the "word was A god" to dispel the trinity. Again, a blessing from Jah so that only the JW's would fully understand that the trinity is a lie. Listening to that justification of interpretation was pretty mind boggling. Who's on first?

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LAST WILL & TESTAMANT OF A J.W.

by nightwarrior in

the society is bequeathed millions of pounds from the estates of dead brothers & sisters in england & all over the world,they leave there moneys for the furtherance of the good news,they assume the moneys left in the hands of the organization is used to promote the kingdom work in third world countrys,are they trying to buy there way into heaven by leaving moneys to the society (& cutting out there next of kin.).

my thoughts are these every country that the watchtower society expand the building of kingdom halls in is a new steping stone,openings for further greedy business activitys ,by the borg.. as the local poor people build the halls themselves no labour charges they allso pay for the building materials out of there own pockets,the only input the organization gives is there experience in controlling the willing poor labour force therfore would any acting j.w explain why the society dont , invest the moneys left them in the way dead ones would have expected.

but they do invest in variouse companys worldwide thats why they billions hidden in different bank accounts ,instead of using the moneys for helping the poorer countrys ,the ownership of the land surrounding the kingdom halls is allso owned by the society,allthough paid for by local people,whom end up owning nothing.. do the society pay tax on oversea contributions, estate taxes.if not how much money is owed to the governments both in america and england ???????.

blacksheep

testing, trying to figure out how to post.

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help please

by Scooby in

i just wanted to see if anyone out there could help with my situation.

my husband and i are inactive witnesses very very recently.

we separated as we are both very unhappy with our lives.. my husband was raised a jw and has gotten flack his whole life by elders.

blacksheep

Scooby,

My advice, start hanging out with your bodybuilding hubby and DUMP the JWs. They are a cult. One of the few things real in life is family and loving relationships. Screw the JW's. Listen to them and you'll be doomed.

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I miss being a JW

by joelbear in

jw
friends

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it seems the more time goes by, the more i miss being a jw.. i miss my friends.

i miss the feeling of safety of the group.. i miss having hope.. i miss it a lot..

blacksheep

If you miss it so much, then go back. Go back to attending the 5 meetings and week and 3 hours (or so) of service. Go back to the circuit and district assembliles. GO BACK. Why hang our here??? This ins't where you need to be. Not sure why you're even here.

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Do you ever think about returning to Jehovah

by ikhandi in

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friends

maybe i was just curious to hear what they were going to discuss.

i went to the two day circuit assembly.

for those who wonder, its theme was taken from psalms 37:3 it's theme trust in jehovah and do good.

blacksheep

I *never* felt like there was any spirituality in the Kingdom Hall or the curcuit assemblies. Let's see, I remember the silence while people flipped to the NWT scriptures. But, all in all, it was the most incredible waste of time I've ever experienced. It's a cult. Do people regret returning to a cult??

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Just heard from a friend....

by sndy420 in

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friends

i knew this was going to happen sooner or later.. while the local congregation has shown no interest in why i haven't been to meetings in over a year , i do have friends from afar (witnesses) who i feel do care about me and my family.

i heard from one of them today who tells me she has, what the doctors say is, a very serious case of breast cancer.

anyways - besides telling me all about that she had heard that i was highly inactive and wants me to start getting back on track because she wants to see me in the paradise.

blacksheep

I'm very sorry for her and her condition: I hope she is able to pull through.

OTOH, it must be quite a bit of pressure on you to start to "please" her in her state. It just struck me as odd, that she says she wants to see you in paradise. Not that I'm suggesting you tell her this in view of the senstivity of the sitation. But my thoughts with regard to all the convoluted beliefs of JW would be "Maybe you will. Maybe I'll die before Armageddon and get an auto-resurrection."

Ridiculous. Friendship/love with these people is so conditional.

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has anyone noticed lately the emphasis on elders..

by surferdude in

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in particular it seems like every wt for the past year or so has a section or a paragraph pumping up the elders.

or talking about them being "gifts in men"?

or like the part on the service meeting this week, interviewing an elder and making him seem better or different from the rest of the cong.

blacksheep

"elder's are appointed by holy spirit."

Why don't they just say "appointed by God"? Or is the JW's version of the holy spirit "an unseen force," just doing what it dang well pleases and then later filling Jehovah in on the individual selections??

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COMMENTS YOU WILL NOT HEAR AT THE 2-9-03 WT STUDY

by blondie in

comments you not hear at the 2-9-03 wt study

january 1, 2003 page 8. now more than ever, stay awake!.

1 thessalonians 5 (amp).

blacksheep

Ah...apologies for the problems in punctuation (and typos) in the above post. I created the do in Word, and some of the punctuation didn't transfer when I posted it. No excuse for the typos!

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COMMENTS YOU WILL NOT HEAR AT THE 2-9-03 WT STUDY

by blondie in

comments you not hear at the 2-9-03 wt study

january 1, 2003 page 8. now more than ever, stay awake!.

1 thessalonians 5 (amp).

blacksheep

"6

Accordingly then, let us not sleep, as the rest do, but let us keep wide awake (alert, watchful, cautious, and on our guard) and let us be sober (calm, collected, and circumspect)."

Sounds like a recommendation for schizophrenia. Lets see, be paranoid, but calm.

Reading through this stuff, it clearly has so many elements of a cult pointed out by Hassan in "Combatting Cult Mind Control (pp 79-83)

-"Reality is black/white, good/evilsome groups cultivate a psychic paranoiathe doctrine allows no outside group to be recognized as valid (good, godly, real) because that would threaten the groups monopoly on the truth."

-"Elitist Mentality" Members are made to feel part of an elite corps of mankind." This felling of being very special, of participating in the most important acts in human historyis a strong emotional glue to keep people sacrificing and working hard."

-"Happiness through good performance"after a few months the cult member learns that love is not unconditional but depends on good performance.

-"Manipulation through fear and guilt"

-"Changes in time orientationan interesting dynamic of cults is that they tend to change a persons relationship to his past, present and futurea members past is rewritten. He tends to look back at his previous life with a distorted memory that colors everything dark. Even very positive memories are skewed toward the bad." (No, thats doesnt describe any witness "testimonials" does it???)

Theres lots more, but just a quick skim of the characteristics, sound like anyone we know??? Can we say C-U-L-T???

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everyone voice in

by peacefulpete in

please express in 0ne to three words why you are on this web site.

: angry,confused and desperate,lonely,seeking affirmation,saving souls,to expose evil,curious about apostates, like being naughty, etc.

please limit comment to 3 or less words.

blacksheep

(to) Understand (my) Wackowatchtower upbringing