Posts by BluesBrother

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JW Publishers Please Let Your Articles Be Based on Facts not Opinion

by Daniel tells the Naked Truth in

whoever published this article should strive to get his or her facts straight.

the gospel should not be preached based on people's opinion rather it should be preached as a message, just as it is.

this article implies that astrology, fortune telling, divination and fortune telling as being all wrong and all.

BluesBrother

I don’t know why I am bothering to reply to this but… The o/p said

“ This article implies that astrology, fortune telling, divination and fortune telling as being all wrong and all. Fact is astrology is as real as anything, ”

Being real , as in a concept followed by a lot of people, does not make it right. The Bible forbade it to Israel and it had no part of early Christianity.

The scriptural examples he gave are all of bad experiences by unbelievers. It was a real thing in antiquity too and Gods people had to shun it.

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Statement of the day

by road to nowhere in

jw
friends

during today's wt: "satan has the world on a treadmill wearing blinders"..

BluesBrother

I heard a public speaker once quote the old Greek Demosthenes

“ Man is easiest to dupe, for what he wishes to be true he will readily believe to be true “

They could never see how that statement could as easily be used of themselves.

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"Mankind's Search for God" book

by My Name is of No Consequence in

this book was published around 1990, but was never studied (to my knowledge).

does anyone know the reason why?.

BluesBrother

No, I am sure that we never studied it in the Tuesday groups and I do not recall going through it at a Service Meeting, up until I stopped going around 2000.

No explanation was ever given although I recall that we all fancied studying it .

Incidentally, you can find it today still on the “ Watchtower On Line “ site both in the book list and the text of it is there. I could not find it from “search “ though…

[Edit.. There is a chapter on Islam]

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Dreading the memorial

by Isambard Crater in

hey.

does anyone else dread attending (in person or on zoom) the memorial months in advance?.

literally as soon as new year hits, i feel sick and super anxious, and i've realised it's because of the memorial, which i only attend because of family, who kinda tell me the reason they have bad health is cuz i left the jw sevel years ago..

BluesBrother

One evening, for less than an hour ( on 4th April) to keep the old folks happy is not too much to ask. I agree that it is a meaningless ritual but just go along with it . Thankfully I only have to zoom in these days.

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why are we interested in what is going on in the JW

by enoughisenough in

for the most of us, we have left the jws...and even though we are no longer jw, many of us are still interested in their beliefs, doctrines and practices as currently practiced.

i was trying to sort out in my mind why i still care about what they are doing.

i think the answer to that is a hope that something will develop in the jws that will wake up a lot of others, and selfishly, a lot of my friends.

BluesBrother

For me , with family still devout Witnesses, it is a case of having checked out but “ I can never ever leave” to quote the Eagles.

Of course I am interested in what goes on anyway , obsessed almost… I would love to find the golden bullet that would allow their eyes to open but that has not yet happened.

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JW words ph rases I don't recall seeing in the Bible

by enoughisenough in

i was trying to think of some common jw words and phrases i don't think are in the bible .. new world order new system spiritual israel governing body channel of communication organization reporting time pioneer aux pioneer circuit overseer kingdom hall circuit assembly district convention....,maybe you can think of something to add if you are inclined..

BluesBrother

Anointed Remnant

Christ’s Invisible Presence

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deep thoughts

by lancelink in

this afternoon i drove by an old hall i attended ( barrington illinois) and noticed that it had been sold, it is now an adventist .

church !

now here is my drive-home thinking.. back in the 80's when i attended i was newly married, and had a young child.

BluesBrother

They used to criticise the Catholic Church for doing that.. :-

WT 99 3/15 p 24 “ Building on Pagan Foundations “

“The Pantheon was originally a pagan temple, a “place for all gods,” which is the meaning of the original Greek word. Today, it is still considered a Roman Catholic church. How was such a surprising transformation possible?"…………………….

It ought to be obvious, however, that changing the dedication of a temple or the name of a celebration is not sufficient to transform the ‘worship of devils into the service of the true God.’ “What agreement does God’s temple have with idols?” asked the apostle Paul. “‘Get out from among them, and separate yourselves,’ says Jehovah, ‘and quit touching the unclean thing’; ‘and I will take you in.’ ‘And I shall be a father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me,’ says Jehovah the Almighty.”

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Hypocrites !

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JWs and Prepping

by TD in

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friends

the jws i know (which admittedly are more liberal than most) are suddenly into prepping to one degree or another.

some have simply assembled "go bags" with basic common sense supplies in case they need to bug out in the event of a natural disaster and others seem to be seriously into it, almost to the degree to which mormons are.

backup generators and a year's supply of food and water).

BluesBrother

Go-bags are a must for diligent dubs and that comes from on high... However they are only intended for a natural disaster not the end of the system. Depending on where you live , that is not a bad idea these days, seeing the news of American weather.

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for the PIMO question as to A. Morris

by enoughisenough in

have the rank and file been told not to "gossip", or "question" about mr morris yet?

i am mindful of how questioning decisions was discouraged and being told to keep things confidential.

( maybe too soon, but do share if a special needs part comes up) you would think that common sense would tell them they cause the questions when they don't share reasons.

BluesBrother

“Why not just wait for undeniable facts to surface as to why he is no longer a GB member ? instead of postulating all of these scenarios ?l
I agree with Smiddy here. I suppose it is fun but we all know that we don’t know. That’s it.
As for the real dubs, only those that actually read the news column on the site will have seen it . Actually they are trained not to ask questions when they hear announcements of deletion or d/f.. It is a bit like 1984 . When a man is struck off, his name is removed and nobody mentions him and it is as if he had never existed.
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May 23 Watchtower

by Listener in

study article 22 is headed.

"keep traveling on the "way of holiness".

this article states that since 1919, having left babylon the great in that year, jws today are traveling on 'the way of holiness" (a figurative highway) as it takes them through the spiritual paradise and leads them through to future kingdom blessings.. they say that 'preparatory work' of that highway began centuries earlier.

BluesBrother

“ 2006, 2012: The seriousness of viewing abhorrent forms of pornography is clearly emphasized”

I think they mean to say that then viewing kiddie or gay porn was made a d/f offence. Back in the day such things were not easily available but the net changed that .It would always have been reprehensible and considered a sin but now they called it pornea and dealt with it severely.