Posts by cyberguy

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1 Awake! + 2 WTs each month?

by cyberguy in

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how does the new arrangement work with only 1 awake released each month but 2 wts?

when i was in you could distribute pairs of magazines of the current issues.

now it seems a little lopsided.

How does the new arrangement work with only 1 Awake released each month but 2 WT’s? When I was “in” you could distribute pairs of magazines of the current issues. Now it seems a little lopsided. How is this working in practice?

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For what reason is the truth hidden from us?

by OpenFireGlass in

note to board ... i'm starting this thread as a request from "judas i" cause he reached his limit... but it is related to this thread: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/113936/1.ashx.

so why is everyone not allowed to interpert successfully the holy writings?

for what reason is the truth hidden from us?

cyberguy

Judas I.

One thing you have to remember is that the WT-approach to the Bible is one where there is hidden meaning in almost everything. In their view, the Bible has secretly encoded messages, and one cannot (in their view) understand these deeper things without their deciphering analysis; their claim is that God is using them, and only them, to decrypt these hidden messages. One cannot simply read the Bible and draw simple conclusions, but are directed to hyper-analyze every thought and concept, turning the helpless subject into a mental contortionist.

As an example, try and follow the lengthy chain of scriptures from all over the Bible, to support their 1914 teaching. I doubt that very many JW’s are able to explain this centerpiece-doctrine without having WT literature directly in front of them. And even then, all they would be able to do is recite verbatim from the printed page.

If you’ve been in the WT-Organization for any length of time, your head must be spinning with confusion once your eyes are opened to the great deception. Most JW’s that remain for any period of time, but have half-a-brain, ignore the glaring errors, immersing themselves in self-delusion, figuring that their “mommy” has super-secret information, because nobody would ever come to the WT-conclusions by just reading the Bible alone!

In my journey out of the WT, I’ve started over again as regards everything I thought I knew about God and the Bible. And it is my belief that you too must purge every vestige of WT indoctrination before remaking yourself. You might want to get some books on deprogramming.

Cyber

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One more rant!!!

by Gill in

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friends

i'm afraid i haven't finished ranting yet.

sorry peoples.. we have been shunned for five years now by my husband's jw family, who are his parents, his brother, my sister in law and their two little children.. this evening, my mother in law rang, asking my husband to ring his brother as his wife was unwell and unable to work for the next couple of weeks.

could we lend them some money for a while!!!!!

cyberguy

Join the club Gill! My brother hasn't spoken to me for over 3 years now, because I don't measure up to his worship and butt-kissing to mommy WT!

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Loss of Elders

by metatron in

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large numbers of jw congregations are going to be trouble long before they lose their last elder to death or resignation.. most congregations i know have at least one - and often several - elders who can barely function at all, due to illness, old age.

or just plain inability to accomplish anything.

the society seems loathe to remove these men, despite their 'elder in name only'.

cyberguy

Metatron,

HOW TRUE!

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Armageddon, Inc (1940) - The last critical article there was on JWs!

by VM44 in

"armageddon, inc" was an article published in the september 14, 1940 issue of the saturday evening post.. it was written by stanley high and was a critical review of the jehovah's witness religion as it was then.. this was 65 years ago, and i do not know of _any_ articles since then that have been published in a major magazine that attempt to analyze or examine the jehovah's witnesses!.

there have been many articles published over the years about jws, particularly when conventions are being held in a town.

the local papers will usually do stories about them.

cyberguy

Hey VM44 -- Thanks for this info! It looks like nothing has really changed with WT over the decades! Same old crap, just more of it!

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Comments You Will Not Hear at the 4-30-06 WT Study (False Worship)

by blondie in

comments you will not hear at the april 30, 2006 wt study (march 15, 2006 issue, pages 27-31)(false worship)).

review comments will be in red.

" (matthew 7:23) the now enthroned king, jesus christ, has nothing to do with false religion.. true worshippers--only jws.

cyberguy

Thanks Blonide, for more insight into the WT’s “insight!” I did have a few drinks though to get through it all! – hehe!

Well, another article that separates “them” from “us!” “We’re very special!” “We have the ‘truth’!” – Simply more mind-programming! Nauseating!

If “JW’s hate false religion” then why does the WT continue to get involved with the UN? Isn’t that “riding on the back” of the “wild beast?” (And for most on those on this board, I don’t have to explain this any further.)

Thanks for the coverage once again!

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Greetings

by Anomalous One in

a warm and friendly hello to all !!.

i've been lurking and learning for a few months.

former elder who drifted away due to congregation hyprocrisy and politics.. went through many of the feelings of inadequacy and/or lack of confidence for a while but the longer i was away the stronger i became.. i'll tell more about myself later but right now i want to thank all of your for sharing your thoughts and comments.. it's truly amazing how bright the light can get when you really learn the truth and get out of the "organization".