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  Hypocritical elders

  by JimmyYoung in

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  i used to work with an elder every day for several years.

  one thing that helped me out of the cult was his hypocrisy.

  our work was in construction and it would often run us late for meetings.

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  sir82

  "Hypocritical elder"?

  Isn't that like saying "wet water" or "alcoholic whiskey"?
  
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  How can the New World Translation be the ''finest Bible translation'' without containing any errors?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  here is a photo and article where the governing body claims that the new world bible translation committee and jehovah's ''spirit-begotten sons'' wrote the finest bible translation available to mankind.

  the watchtower—study edition | february 2017.

  “who really is the faithful and discreet slave?”.

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  Well, they are definitely masters at weasel words.

  Still, I don't read any hint of them claiming an "error-free" translation.
  
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  The day G. presented a talk about the tricks of Rutherford

  by Gorbatchov in

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  today i rememberd the evening i presented a talk at the kh school from the proclamers book.

  it was about the conflicts of rutherford.

  i decided to speak the truth about the ugly tricks of this president.

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  JW's don't like to read thick books

  LOL - this is perfect.

  The thicker the JW, the thinner he likes his books.

  The God's Kingdom Rules book from 2014 in essence replaced the Proclaimers book as the approved JW modern-day-history book. It completely skipped over the embarrassing parts of the Proclaimers book (and yes, it is thinner).
  
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  How can the New World Translation be the ''finest Bible translation'' without containing any errors?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  here is a photo and article where the governing body claims that the new world bible translation committee and jehovah's ''spirit-begotten sons'' wrote the finest bible translation available to mankind.

  the watchtower—study edition | february 2017.

  “who really is the faithful and discreet slave?”.

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  sir82

  Maybe I missed, but where do they claim that the NWT "does not contain any errors"?

  "Finest" is not synonymous with "perfect" or "error-free".
  
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  BAD, BAD Christendom - the coal calling the kettle black!

  by The Fall Guy in

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  2. beliefs

  w02 12/1 p. 3 giving until it hurts - “organized religion seems to be able to survive only with sizable financial support.

  (lol – aren't jw's an “organized religion, and how the hell do they survive - on marshmallows?

  )..how is the necessary money to be found?...most likely you agree that giving should be part of christian worship.

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  those who are incapable of critical thinking

  Well, that pretty much sums up...about 99.9% of JWs.

  JWs are repeatedly taught that "critical thinking" is worldly, evil, Satanic.
  
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  How old is old?

  by joey jojo in

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  2. beliefs

  having a conversation with a pimi elder and i asked him how he deals with the fact that he never expected to get old.

  i get the feeling that some dubs still have the original generation explanation hard-wired, even though they claim to accept the new version.

  so my question is, how old do you have to be to be considered old?

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  Old is "20 years older than I am now". It's been that way for 50+ years
  
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  Is it me or does Stephen Lett come across......

  by JimmyYoung in

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  i get the feelings that stephen lett tries to come across as mr. rogers but there are times it oozes through that he is a lot more dominant and controlling then he lets on.

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  It's a thin line between "congenial" and "smarmy".

  Lett bludgeons the line with a paint roller.
  
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  Everybody's getting old

  by neat blue dog in

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  at an assembly in texas is it me or are there not too many young folk about 😉.

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  It would be interesting to see an accurate demographic study of US JWs.

  I suspect that the percentage of JWs would be normal for ages under 20 and ages 50+, but I suspect that it would be much lower than expected for ages 20-50.
  
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  Advertising and the Melbourne International Convention

  by Listener in

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  they keep confirming that religion is big business.the melbourne international convention is this weekend and i wish all the best to the activists who will be present.i came across this website set up for jws in attendence with comprehensive guides and information.

  it's obvious that it has been created by the jws since they write this under the rooming tab.

  we are all now free to book accommodation using the recommended lodging list (rll) which is provided on the rooming website!.

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  With no higher education and high paying jobs, how do they manage to come for international convention?

  There are pockets of surprising well-off JWs around the world. For them it's just another vacation.
  

  That, and some folks literally save for years to attend one of these things.
  
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  Stephen Lett

  by NoAbuse in

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  he knows what god wants you to do.. .

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  sir82

  Madame Tussaud's called, they want their wax figures back....