Posts by RebelWife

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Apostate terminology

by Mum in

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friends

my daughter and i, fun-loving apostates that we are, have some terms we use regarding the wt organization and other cults.

i would like my fellow posters here to tell us their terms, buzz words, etc., to add to our list: to get the ball rolling, two of our favorites are:.

cookie-cutter theology.

Help needed: Killing the 'The light gets brighter' argument?

by jah1914 in

so after the revelation study last night where the paragraph was talking about how russell's interpertation of revelation basically didn't work and got discarded, my wife comments with the same old,"the light gets brigther, that's why i respect fds because at least they will change when they figure out something is wrong.

" (insert vomit here) afterwards, me and the book study conductor(i have to at least give him credit, he is someone i can talk to freely about my questions and he has not,as of yet, turned me in) got into a discussion of what 'the light gets brighter' really means.

he basically says so the brothers have made changes, so what?

RebelWife

Sorry -- can't paragraph tonight. Anyway, it's a pitch-black night. The sun starts to come up. It gets a little brighter, and you see a large black object. Can't tell what it is, but it's shaped roughly like a large animal. Okay. So far, you can tell it's not a house or a book or even a cat. Light gets a little brighter. Whoa, wait. Now it looks like a barn. Gets a little brighter, and now it looks like a penguin. Sun's coming up pretty good now. I think it's a chair. Oh, wait. I'll be darned. It's a tree. Actually, it's a black and white cow. Well, at least I got the black and white part right with the penguin. Does it make sense that anyone could see such a wildly-differing assortment of things?

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Help needed: Killing the 'The light gets brighter' argument?

by jah1914 in

so after the revelation study last night where the paragraph was talking about how russell's interpertation of revelation basically didn't work and got discarded, my wife comments with the same old,"the light gets brigther, that's why i respect fds because at least they will change when they figure out something is wrong.

" (insert vomit here) afterwards, me and the book study conductor(i have to at least give him credit, he is someone i can talk to freely about my questions and he has not,as of yet, turned me in) got into a discussion of what 'the light gets brighter' really means.

he basically says so the brothers have made changes, so what?

RebelWife

So many excellent points! I just want to add: What kind of teacher would allow any student to completely derail the entire class even once? One who's not playing with a full deck. What kind of teacher would allow it to continue ad infinitum? A truly psychotic one that doesn't give a rat's a$$ about the class.

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Jesus came in 1914 and NOBODY noticed til when???

by oompa in

i know the end of mankind was supposed to happen in 1914 with the end of the gentile times.

true christians were supposed to all fly to heaven.

now i forget when fds figured out he came in 1914 instead of 1874. and when did we figure out btg was felled?

RebelWife

I have to stop looking at this stuff before my head explodes. It's so unbelievably crazy.

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Do not put your trust in men [ except of course the governing body]

by jacethespace in

how often did we hear in the meetings, conventions,etc, the saying - do not put your trust in men but put your trust in god.anyone putting their trust in men are foolish but anyone putting their trust in god is wise.not once did anyone point out of course that in the watchtower its impossible to put your trust in god because in order to put your trust in god you have to first put your trust in the infallible, unquestionable governing body.i think that when we were told trust in jehovah, what they really meant was trust in the watchtower org and those untouchable 12 men at the top who interprets everthing.. of course if anyone had ever pointed that out we would have got that very spooky air of silence and then totally ignored like we wasnt there.

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RebelWife

Just for the sake of argument (and NOT because I believe this), but wouldn't they already have the Holy Spirit in them? And then they have to discuss what was beamed down to them as an answer and reach a consensus? That's incredibly stupid.

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LOOK AT THE LATEST "QUESTIONS FROM READERS"!

by deaconbluez in

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RebelWife

I love the "actual photograph" part!!!

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Do not put your trust in men [ except of course the governing body]

by jacethespace in

how often did we hear in the meetings, conventions,etc, the saying - do not put your trust in men but put your trust in god.anyone putting their trust in men are foolish but anyone putting their trust in god is wise.not once did anyone point out of course that in the watchtower its impossible to put your trust in god because in order to put your trust in god you have to first put your trust in the infallible, unquestionable governing body.i think that when we were told trust in jehovah, what they really meant was trust in the watchtower org and those untouchable 12 men at the top who interprets everthing.. of course if anyone had ever pointed that out we would have got that very spooky air of silence and then totally ignored like we wasnt there.

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RebelWife

I have the same question as LongHairGal. My bet is on peyote. Oh, maybe they do automatic writing.

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Are you a mom? :) Listen to the MOM SONG.

by bebu in

jw
friends

my sister sent me this link.

listen to the lyrics of this song!

they're spot on.. tell me how you like it!.

RebelWife

I absolutely loved it!!!

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Heart broken yet again

by 4mylove in

my husband asked me this morning, "did your parents not want to do something with you yesterday since it was your birthday?

my birthday is monday.. i told him this and he said he thought he had forgotten.

i guess i should let it go because i know who i married, but it still hurts.

RebelWife

Hugs to you! It sucks. Go out and buy yourself something really nice. There are a couple of things that I have thought about putting under the tree for myself, things that would be highly visible. When asked who they were from, I would say they were from someone special who loves me a lot. (Me, of course.) I haven't done that yet because I'm not sure if I'd end up feeling pathetic or not.

We had a huge fight about this and I told him I need fluff. If he won't do it for my birthday, etc., he'd damned well better do it "all year long" as they like to say. I even gave him a fluff list. And I tell him when it's fluff time if it's been too long. Of course, I do fluff for him, too. And I do cards and presents for his birthday and normal occasions.

My idea here is that, while I don't respect his beliefs, I do respect his right to have them. But I have mine, too. I won't expect him to give me cards, etc., and I will be gracious about it. On the other hand, I WILL give him cards & wrapped presents whenever I feel like it, and I expect him to be equally gracious about it. I won't deny his right to not gift me on specific days, but he's not going to deny me the right to gift him. Fair's fair.

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Heart broken yet again

by 4mylove in

my husband asked me this morning, "did your parents not want to do something with you yesterday since it was your birthday?

my birthday is monday.. i told him this and he said he thought he had forgotten.

i guess i should let it go because i know who i married, but it still hurts.