Posts by BluesBrother

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Go Bag and Catastrophes

by StephaneLaliberte in

i live with my parents in law and yesterday, my mother in-law was very nervous about an email she got from the brothers in her congregation.

it was asking if she would be able to receive people over at our house should there be a catastrophe.

so, she asked me if i would agree with this.

BluesBrother

St George of England3 days ago

“In some countries a "Go Bag" may be a good idea and in no way would I belittle any such preparation.However, I think a "Stay Bag" is a far more useful concept especially for those of us in countries such as the UK. “

Yes I agree with that. A larder full of canned food is a good policy. Of course if your house is on a flood plain then a go bag would be a good thing. It is wrong though to apply the advice that suits California or “tornado alley” to the whole world.

I did hear that they were reminded to check their go bags recently. NB when they first came in they were confused with Armageddon bags ....no such luck.

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Strong female characters in film before the 'Woke Era'

by LoveUniHateExams in

since about 2015, hollywood has congratulated itself and circle-jerked over the 'strong women' characters they've written.

i'd say this roughly began with rey in the force awakens (2015).

what hollywood forgets is that strong characters have to have a personality, otherwise audiences don't really relate to them.. well, hollywood should really stop patting themselves on the back as if they've done something special.. strong female characters have been a staple for decades.. here's one: private vasquez, from aliens (1986).

BluesBrother

Lady Macbeth...... circa 1600 a. d.

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Letter asking for RV’s

by wasser30 in

hello, my elder cousin from brazil wouldn’t believe they asked for rv’s here in the us.

i’ve been out for 20 years and i’m soft shunned by my family.

now my mom got sick and they are all trying to talk me into going back(no way on earth) and they keep on telling me how close armageddon is 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ i was watching kim and mikey and they mentioned the rv’s for lodging the ramapo workers.

BluesBrother

I am like you George.........darned Americanisms.!

Is this legit ? It is not a Watchtower site....

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Does the GB direct cult members to burn old books?

by mickbobcat in

i was told but can not find anything concrete that the cult gb directs cult members to burn old cult books and literature.

is this true.

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BluesBrother

My wife’s congregation got rid of its library at the direction of some bod from the Bethel. However some dubs took them home and keep them.

The direction to get rid of old stocks of campaign literature is different

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Describe life as a JW.

by Overrated in

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under constant watch of other jw.

being told how your life is run.

everything you do under a microscope.

BluesBrother

Like living in any highly controlled society, it can be ok if you are happy to obey the rules and have your thinking done for you. Some people are like that. They feel safe in controlled environment and become afraid to trust their own judgement.

If you, and all your family and friends are in it then you have your own social world , quite a big one and you don't miss the birthdaysand Christmases because all that is alien to you.

The trouble comes if you are a bit of a maverick and buck the rules or, worse still, you start to think and question things.. Then you see The Society in a different light.

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Article: Trial scheduled for Jehovah’s Witnesses elders accused of failing to report sexual abuse

by AndersonsInfo in

https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/news/crime-brief/2021/05/27/trial-scheduled-for-jehovahs-witnesses-elders-accused-of-failing-to-report-sexual-abuse/.

trial scheduled for jehovah’s witnesses elders accused of failing to report sexual abuse.

judge denies request to bar testimony regarding statements made during religious confession.

BluesBrother

Thanks Barbara for keeping us informed

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Devout JW's Beat Their 12 Year Old Daughter to Death

by Sea Breeze in

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i know this happened several years ago but.... holy christ!

they beat the poor girl 160 times with a 3/4 inch cable!

"in a slow, steady voice, assistant state's atty.

BluesBrother

A shocking case and a total twisting of any Biblical, or WT direction on child discipline. I acccept that the WT books have upheld corporal punishment but never anything like that. The trouble is that if a man is by nature a controlling bully he can use it to justify his bullying.

I have never known any as bad but some very controlling husbands and fathers.

The more recent stuff on families has played down the “rod of discipline “ approach and been a lot softer.. going with the times, I guess

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What does the Watchtower Society's History of Prophetic Speculation Prove?

by Vanderhoven7 in

question: what does the watchtower society's history of prophetic speculation prove?.

how would you respond to this answer provided by paul coom... yesterday on quora?.

"our organization has never been a prophetic speculator.

BluesBrother

What does it prove? To put it bluntly it proves they know ##'## all! They are groping in the dark as much as the rest of us.

To use their own comments :

Wt April 2020.

"For one thing, Bible prophecies are often best understood when they are undergoing fulfillment or after they have been fulfilled. But there is another factor. To understand a prophecy correctly, we generally have to consider its context. If we focus on only one aspect of the prophecy and ignore the rest, we may draw the wrong conclusion. In hindsight, ........"

So we cannot know the fulfilment until AFTER the event. Excuse me but that is what anyone can do. I can tell you now that Finland beat Denmark at football last night, in bizarre circumstances. If a man had understood that in advance that would have been something - but we can all see it now.

You are just stating what is evident it is not Spirit direction or gifted insight just human observation . Hindsight is a different thing..

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Time Indefinite

by StephaneLaliberte in

from a very young age, i was always annoyed by this translation time indefinite simply means: time that has not been defined.

where the new world translation uses "time indefinite", other translations use "everlasting" and "eternal".

honestly, it makes much more sense to me "everlasting" and "eternal" as "time indefinite" would leave room for god to define that time later on.

BluesBrother

It seems that the WTS have dropped the phrase nowadays. I compared several texts in the old NWT against the 2013 edition and I could not find it in the later index.

Lev.3 : 17. (1984 NWT)

‘It is a statute to time indefinite for YOUR generations, in all YOUR dwelling places: YOU must not eat any fat or any blood+ at all.’”

(2013 NWT)

"It is a lasting statute for your generations, in all your dwelling places: You must not eat any fat or any blood+ at all.’”

There were plenty of other example but I had to look up my old printed Comprehensive Concordance.

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wt's tale of the two mothers.

by waton in

in retrospect, for lurkerking fence sitters.

, today's( may 30 ) study article.:.

a mother un lovingly, on "apostate" advice, does everything, right and wrong to keep her daughter from becoming a wt slave.

BluesBrother

Yesterday’s WT study article put forward some thoughts that I was not comfortable with. It dealt with enduring persecution with joy , particularly persecution from family. In my view that only encourages the persecution complex that too many dubs have anyway.

The experience given was a teen girl 14/15, whose mother opposed her studying . She used “apostate arguments” that did not break her faith. Sadly she also resorted to physical abuse . Eventually the girl was put in a home with delinquent youngsters. ( I wondered if she was removed for her own safety?) Anyway she is now grown and a JW relating the experience.

That is a sad case, child abuse is never right so we cannot support the Mother .

The article overall left the reader convinced that persecution was inevitable, it was to be endured as evidence that they were true Christians, and it will all be made right at the end.