oops I didn't notice the word "discarded" in the OP
Posts by rebel8
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45HELP ME COMPILE A LIST OF DISCARDED WORDS AND PHRASES from the WTS
by Terry inin fort worth, texas around 1959. gradually i became aware of the argot.
special, private language).
jw's had these phrases they used over and over again.. upon first hearing, these words and phrases stood out as odd, weird or awkward.. however.
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"Big Eyes" the story of artist Margaret Keane
by designs inthe tim burton film is ready for release.. www.thewrap.com/big-eyes-premiere-finds-audience-howling-at-christoph-waltz-and-amy-adams-dueling-artists/.
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rebel8
It's being covered on CBS Morning News right now.
Interesting. They show an interview of her saying the reason she came forward publicly (and in the courts) about her being the real artist (not her husband, who had taken credit) is because jws never lie.
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HELP ME COMPILE A LIST OF DISCARDED WORDS AND PHRASES from the WTS
by Terry inin fort worth, texas around 1959. gradually i became aware of the argot.
special, private language).
jw's had these phrases they used over and over again.. upon first hearing, these words and phrases stood out as odd, weird or awkward.. however.
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rebel8
The walking dead=attractive single worldly people
house shopping=going around your community picking out which house you want to live in once god kills the homeowners at Armageddon
self-abuse=masturbation
unnatural=anything wts does not approve of, esp. sexually
the rod=corporal punishment mandated by the bible
feeding upon=receiving intravenous medications or therapeutics
theocratic strategy=wts-sanctioned lying to outsiders
evidently=whatever follows this word is true
Bethel=a commune of cult volunteers
horses=magazines
trumpets=soundless, invisible, imperceptible notifications of the fulfillment of bible prophecy by imaginary, invisible sky people
false religion=religions that have unbiblical practices or make false prophecies everyone else
Jehovah hates=anything wts says they don't want you to do
Jehovah=an imaginary, invisible, mute bearded sky daddy who, if human, would be investigated by Child Protective Services and other authorities, tried and executed for mass murder and torture
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After all, JWs were RIGHT!
by abiather in1) science and technology appeared as a savior to mankind, yet the overall result points to the opposite direction.. http://aeon.co/magazine/science/why-has-human-progress-ground-to-a-halt/.
2) john kerry warns of catastrophe if climate change is not tackled.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4295230.ece (times, saturday 13, 2014).
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rebel8
Someone posting different beliefs than ours is not automatically a troll.
Keep thinking, OP. Pay attention to your feelings. They can be instructive.
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TECHNOLOGY and COMMUNICATION: a look back at Watchtower merchandizing
by Terry inthousands of people in america were the beneficiaries of new inventions in technology in the 1870's.. the typewriter, the telephone, and the light bulb transformed something we may have never considered before.. communication was ramped up seemingly without limit for the first time in human history!.
pastor russell's customers were simple folks frightened by monumental changes.. what did these rapid changes really mean?.
pastor russell distilled everything down to the notion everything was understandable as signs of the end.. ____________________________.
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After all, JWs were RIGHT!
by abiather in1) science and technology appeared as a savior to mankind, yet the overall result points to the opposite direction.. http://aeon.co/magazine/science/why-has-human-progress-ground-to-a-halt/.
2) john kerry warns of catastrophe if climate change is not tackled.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4295230.ece (times, saturday 13, 2014).
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rebel8
Keep thinking, keep learning, keep growing.
Usually when people post things like this, it's because of something known as cognitive dissonance. Once in a while they experience discomfort because the things they're being teached don't add up and cannot be verified, so they try to get rid of that feeling by preaching harder. This is an often futile attempt to eliminate that discomfort.
Sometimes our emotions can teach us, if we listen.
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JW Flash Mob
by Listener ina flash mob is defined as a large public gathering at which people perform an unusual or seemingly random act and then disperse.. jws are now in on the act and were doing this in bath on unsuspecting convention delegates during their tours after the convention.
they did this on at least three seperate occassions.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hmrqr-k4hq.
here's another one, not so public though.
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rebel8
losing grasp little by little on the young JW
I thought that at first too, but did you see the ages of the singers in the first video? That really struck me. I can't believe these are the same people who lived through 1975, 80s, end of the century w/o the preaching work ending as predicted, 2014, etc., and then they do this. I guess that shows the power of the cult. They will go along with anything, I guess.
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JW Flash Mob
by Listener ina flash mob is defined as a large public gathering at which people perform an unusual or seemingly random act and then disperse.. jws are now in on the act and were doing this in bath on unsuspecting convention delegates during their tours after the convention.
they did this on at least three seperate occassions.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hmrqr-k4hq.
here's another one, not so public though.
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rebel8
Late on the draw, just like jw.borg--flash mobs are not new.
But anyways, good for them for having some innocent fun. The more mainstream the cult gets, the more they can hope to boost recruitment and retention=bad thing.
I guess innocent only if it's not a brainwashing song. I can't recognize it, nor can I understand the lyrics.
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Why were no sea creatures destroyed in the flood?
by smiddy inall the animals on earth were destroyed in the flood of noahs day apart from those in the ark ,apparently no sea creatures were destroyed in the flood , why is that ?.
this is not an issue that only affects jehovahs witnesses , it is one that affects all beleivers that accept the bible as gods word.. obviously sea creatures were not put on the ark , no whales ,no dolphins , no fish , no krill , no plankton etc.
you can fill in the rest .. so my question is , why were land animals / birds singled out for destruction ?, what wrong did they do to deserve this judgement against them .
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rebel8
The rationalization is as follows.
Animals are soulless objects, like plants. Their suffering does not matter in the least. He created them and he can destroy them as he pleases. If he wants to make more, he can just blink them into existence (with 6 days' notice), like in Bewitched.
jehoopla did not want to go to the trouble of recreating the animals, but knew Noah's descendants would need them for their pleasure and to work for them. Hence, he had Noah save a few of them to procreate.
He had the sea creatures instantly evolve the mechanism to survive in salt and fresh water mixed together so he didn't have to teach stupid Noah how to build tanks in the ark.
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rebel8
Good find!
I was trying to read the whole page, but can't. I saw, "Miracle Oil Sales Company, Brooklyn, NY". I did a search and found this page. It looks like it's quoting a Golden Age article.I see Yonkers mentioned. The transcript is a bit wonky, so you really have to look at the image.
The article claims, "Miracle Oil Sales Company...was formerly connected to the Golden Age publishing plant"!!! I don't think I've seen this solid of a connection with a commercial enterprise, except Miracle Wheat.
The claims about the product read exactly like a wts publication. It's perfect, it does everything, it's going to solve all your problems, and it's not connected to Satan's Big Business Conspiracy. Only we have such solutions!
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1921_Golden_Age_Page_645.jpg - The Golden Age (A journal of fact hope and conviction)