Posts by BluesBrother

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If I was still PIMI, I'd be terrified

by neat blue dog in

just looking at the pictures in tomorrow's wt study makes me think of the nightmares i used to have as a child.

and nowadays the pictures are sometimes more realistic, so for any who are truly mentally in, this has a terrible effect on them and even their life choices.

looking in as a pimo or pomo it seems almost comical that adults would believe in this sci-fi bible fan-fiction, but it's not funny when we remember that all ages of the r&f are being manipulated by the gb by these cheap and evil means.. .

BluesBrother

I must have been an insnsitive child because the pictures of Armageddon in the old books never bothered me at all. As I grew up though there were periods when the whole concept of Armageddon seemed wrong and it bothered me . I would pull myself out of it , telling myself that "Jehovah knows what he is doing" and just get on with my JW life.

Eventually though the feelings grew stronger,together with disquiet over the exteded time period and my eyes opened to see that it was all just wrong.

Yesterday's article is horrible. It glosses over the foretold death of billons of people and portrays God as a deity to be feared rather than loved.

Also, it is so badly written. It gives no reasons for these massive conclusions . The only support is soundbite quotes from scattered scriptures which could mean many things. They do not even supply references to other WT books and articles which do discuss it greater depth.

So why should we believe it?

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If I was still PIMI, I'd be terrified

by neat blue dog in

just looking at the pictures in tomorrow's wt study makes me think of the nightmares i used to have as a child.

and nowadays the pictures are sometimes more realistic, so for any who are truly mentally in, this has a terrible effect on them and even their life choices.

looking in as a pimo or pomo it seems almost comical that adults would believe in this sci-fi bible fan-fiction, but it's not funny when we remember that all ages of the r&f are being manipulated by the gb by these cheap and evil means.. .

BluesBrother

Pale Emporor...

I was well impressed with your video, with authentic WT pictures animated and Geoffrey Jackson's voiceover. Tell me please the source of tbe video.

It is so good, it might be authentic, but not from their website methinks.

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Huge JW storyline (blood) on Chicago Med (US TV Show)

by tresdecu in

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anyone else watch chicago med last night??

one of the writers had a bone to pick...made the dubs look like a cult.

(not hard to do, i know) very realistic, and they got all the lingo right.

BluesBrother

Anybody know the episode title or the series and episode no. ? The USA series is usually ahead of Its U K showing.

I don’t generally watch it but I would look out for that one

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5 kingdom halls in New Addington for sale

by usualusername1 in

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i had it confirmed today that 5 kingdom halls on one site in new addington are for sale.

price being asked £3.5 million.. every witness in london worked on that site.

am in shock.

BluesBrother

Interesting video, I can see the guy is really upset, with good reason.

I have heard of that K.Hall complex in Surrey. Evidently it is to be no more.

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The new JW Bible

by silas hobbs in

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i was recently informed that the new jw bible was reviewed by some academic type person who rated it as one of the best translations available.. has anyone heard of this person and if so what is his reasoning for giving it such a compliment?.

BluesBrother

BeDuhn may have complimented the NWT in some things, I believe its literalness , that was the old 1984 version. I am going from memory but he also criticised it sharply in other respects eg. The use of Gods name Jehovah in the NT where it is not found in the manuscripts .

The Watchtower soundbite quote of his review would not tell you that.

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Do the Witnesses still allow women to preach in men's prisons?

by JimmyYoung in

i knew of several women who would preach at the local correctional facility.

some would do the fall in love and get married to a new convert who had a long prison sentence.

if the witnesses had half a brain they would stop this before it ever got started.

BluesBrother

In my experience the Society tightened things up and only an elder and perhaps accompanied by a mature male would now go into a prison. I have no idea about women’s prisons.

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The real dividing line isn’t between apostates and apologists it’s between...

by slimboyfat in

excellent observation from zizek about communist regimes: they didn’t care if people accepted the ideology or took it seriously, so long as people acted as if the ideology was true, that was the important thing.

in fact the regimes were deeply suspicious people who took the ideology too seriously.

people who took the ideology seriously were dangerous because they were prone to noticing the inconsistencies and flaws in the system.

BluesBrother

Absolutely true SBF. I wish I could have written as well.

When I was a kid we had an Assistant Congregation Servant, as they were called in those days, He was the sort of JW who would go to his business on Christmas Day, becauese it was"pagan" to treat it special. He looked with disdain on those who did not keep up to his standards , an uber-dub.

All of a sudden he dropped it all completely and became apostate activist before the internet was thought of .

In contrast, those old timers today who crack jokes about the failed expectations and don't bother if aspects of their faiith are changed by decree, they are still there plodding on in a way of life they are happy with.

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JW Library, yet another knockoff

by neat blue dog in

here's the mormon's "gospel library", released 3 & 1/2 years earlier:.

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BluesBrother

The WTS has looked to the LDS for innovations time and again, The Watchtower Choir , videos and the FamilyStudy Night are examples.

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Hypocritical Tyndale video

by neat blue dog in

at a recent midweek meeting, a short documentary about translator william tyndale was shown.

it begins with this statement about his death:.

"his crime?

BluesBrother

Good point . Reformers and independent thinkers have always been persecuted by those in authority. Nobody likes those who criticise them and power gives the ability to denounce and sometimes crush them

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Canadians and Europeans, what do you think of your national health care ?

by RubaDub in

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we have been in a battle over health care for so long here in the us regarding public, private, gov't subsidized, obama care, medicare for all, and just about every permutation of the above.. we hear the horror stories here that people wait 20 years for a check-up (ok, bit of an exaggeration), but you get the point.

one side tells us that canadians flock across the border when they are sick and need to see a doctor.

the other side says that is simply not the case.. so tell us, if you live under one of the government systems would you replace it?

BluesBrother

As a Brit in the U k, we love to moan about the NHS but we fight like hell to keep it. The idea of a private scheme is intolerable.

Employees and Self Employed do pay, of course a fixed contribution is stopped from wages . For me though as pensioner I no longer pay, and the older you get the more you need it.