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  THIS IS WHAT WITNESSING HAS BEEN REDUCED TO IN 2015

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  threads on the newer jw face of public "witnessing" have shared in common the astonishment that jws safely park themselves behind their literature trolleys and exercise incredibly little contact with passersby.

  whether the poster is talking about europe or the united states or australia, descriptions here are the same.. literature stands are protective sheilds behind which jws huddle, talking to each other, sipping on their espressos, whilst the disinterested world passes by.

  neither the jws nor the passersby catch each others eyes.

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  freemindfade

  cookiemaster

  kinda like this?

  
  
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  New Watchtower-- the End is coming in our lifetime again now??

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  they just posted the simplified august study watchtower on jw.org.. paragraph 11 of the "expectation!

  " article says this:.

  "so even if we feel that we have been waiting a long time, this does not mean that the end is far away or that it is not coming in our lifetime.".

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  freemindfade

  People like my poor mom will read this exactly this way...and these ass-clowns know it!

  "The end IS coming you YOUR (mom) lifetime, guaranteed!"

  When really it doesn't say this at all, doesn't say who's lifetime (sort of like their financial report from the may broadcast, lacking factual details), and it uses written gymnastics to say it without really saying it, just in case. But they know how it's interpreted.
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  Was Jesus a real person?

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  why didn't jesus ever write anything?

  why are there no letters to jesus?

  no painting of jesus from that time?

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  freemindfade

  He was a Roman invention and part of a propaganda campaign by the Roman elite to chill out the Jews looking for their Messiah. Think about some of the things he promoted, "turn the other cheek", "PAY CAESARS THINGS TO CEASAR" ie pay your taxes.

  He was almost certainly 100% made up

  And while some people dispute this "conspiracy" which is actually harder to believe? that or that God knocked up a Jewish virgin, she has a son who finds his super powers around 30, creates a massive stir in the Roman empire and amongst the Jews there with almost no source to confirm it outside some stories written 100 years later with no origins to be found he is killed, comes back to life, leaves to heaven, says he's coming back and doesn't. yes that sounds much more viable.
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  THIS IS WHAT WITNESSING HAS BEEN REDUCED TO IN 2015

  by steve2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  threads on the newer jw face of public "witnessing" have shared in common the astonishment that jws safely park themselves behind their literature trolleys and exercise incredibly little contact with passersby.

  whether the poster is talking about europe or the united states or australia, descriptions here are the same.. literature stands are protective sheilds behind which jws huddle, talking to each other, sipping on their espressos, whilst the disinterested world passes by.

  neither the jws nor the passersby catch each others eyes.

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  freemindfade

  It's because the reality is no witness has ever enjoyed talking to people about religion anymore than the people liked hearing about it. They just like hours to sooth fear obligation and guilt. Now they cam waste their life just wracking them up standing around
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  It's 2015 already

  by Doltologist in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  it's 2015. isn't it about time man stopped believing in all of this illogical and superstitious nonsense i.e.

  belief in god?.

  isn't it time we grew up?.

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  freemindfade

  some day mankind will look back and realize the dark ages stretched on in ways much longer than originally stated. When such a large part of the population still believed in fairy tales and tortured mamed killed and suppressed for them.
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  New Watchtower-- the End is coming in our lifetime again now??

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  they just posted the simplified august study watchtower on jw.org.. paragraph 11 of the "expectation!

  " article says this:.

  "so even if we feel that we have been waiting a long time, this does not mean that the end is far away or that it is not coming in our lifetime.".

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  freemindfade

  Same crap they elude to that, but in the fine print they day it just right so as not to be held to it too technically. this way they people hoping so desperately feel the watchtower just stated it is coming soon. While we read different. They didn't day it's coming they said it doesn't mean that it's not. Mind f#&$ers
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  Why did the org "forgive" KH mortgages?

  by Magnum in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i know this has been discussed, but i think it's good that topics like this get brought back up from time to time for the sake of newbies and lurkers, plus, i have a question (related at end of post).. the org brags about "forgiving" kh mortgages as if it's so loving and giving.

  i put the word in quotation marks because most of us realize it wasn't forgiving anything.

  the new arrangement should actually bring it far more money.. for example, suppose there are twenty congregations total.

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  This is my conspiracy, but I think the IRS got'em. A non profit religion acting as a lender for loans? I think they may have thought they had a loop hole and didn't and it bit them in the ass.

  And they didn't forgive shit, just had to change the perception and what it was on paper. They have smart accountants.
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  Hierarchy of Needs Revelation

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in my quest to always understand why jws get so f%$@ed up (yes oubliette, lets review lol) i discovered something today.

  in speaking with one of my fellow heathen friends from this site i was talking about maslov's hierarchy of needs in an unrelated subject but i had an epiphany.

  witnesses are held at the third level and never make it to the oh so critical top two sections.

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  freemindfade

  True, and its interesting to see morality in two places, I think this shows the difference between extrinsic morals and true internal moral behavior of the self aware over indoctrination and institutional morals
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  Hierarchy of Needs Revelation

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in my quest to always understand why jws get so f%$@ed up (yes oubliette, lets review lol) i discovered something today.

  in speaking with one of my fellow heathen friends from this site i was talking about maslov's hierarchy of needs in an unrelated subject but i had an epiphany.

  witnesses are held at the third level and never make it to the oh so critical top two sections.

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  freemindfade

  I believe the ones that can rise up the hierarchy will eventually see the organization for what it is and how it does nothing. Its not magic, its not the source of morality, its not actually improving a damn thing.
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  Hierarchy of Needs Revelation

  by freemindfade in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in my quest to always understand why jws get so f%$@ed up (yes oubliette, lets review lol) i discovered something today.

  in speaking with one of my fellow heathen friends from this site i was talking about maslov's hierarchy of needs in an unrelated subject but i had an epiphany.

  witnesses are held at the third level and never make it to the oh so critical top two sections.

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  freemindfade

  lol exactly!