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The Smoke and Mirrors of the Annual Meeting
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the annual meeting seems to boil down to an opening talk about an "exciting new" bible museum and a closing talk about an "exciting new" new world translation.

sandwiched in between were the wt summary, a talk about indoctrinating the children fast/furious, and some "trip down memory lane.".

why would this "spiritual feast" seem to be anticlimactic?
BizzyBee

All scenery-chewing aside, I see this as very sad. Nice people are being manipulated and massaged out of their very lives by uncaring charletans. I guess that's old news - but I hope that everytime this blatant arse f--king occurs, a few more victims find the strength to walk away. New translation my Aunt Fanny.
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The Smoke and Mirrors of the Annual Meeting
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the annual meeting seems to boil down to an opening talk about an "exciting new" bible museum and a closing talk about an "exciting new" new world translation.

sandwiched in between were the wt summary, a talk about indoctrinating the children fast/furious, and some "trip down memory lane.".

why would this "spiritual feast" seem to be anticlimactic?
BizzyBee

Somehow this turn of events (big news: a new Bible translation) reminds me of Luke 11:11:

If a son asks for bread [a] from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

JW's have been promised, teased, double-shuffled, bait-and-switched, short-shrifted, and wedgied for a hundred years. Now this - the GB/WTS knows what the average witness wants - Armageddon! Yes, no? When? In my lifetime? My kids' lifetimes? Will there ever be a pay-off for my service? Or is this just a big shell game with me getting the donkey-ears?

And what do they get after all the foreplay and being brought to a state of quivering anticipation? A new Bible translation? And they are supposed to be thrilled with this? It is like saying, "We have a lot more work to do. Just when you thought it was time to savor the results of your labors, it is time to double-down on the preaching work. And, BTW, there is no news or new light - just a re-hash of oldest stuff imaginable - the Bible itself."

I hope there are some JWs who will walk out in disgust because they have been treated like cattle. Stupid cattle at that.

(I guess that's redundant.)
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Louche: God's will to be completed by the end of the millennium. WTF?
by baltar447 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
from the reddit agm blog:.

god's will to be completed by the end of the millennium.

very casually said by louche.. .
BizzyBee

There goes any sense of urgency.
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So are Republicans now openly terrorists?
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
they seem determined to undermine the us democracy and shut the government down hurting employees and veterans.. what a despicable bunch, hope they get their asses kicked for what they are doing..
BizzyBee

Thank you, Berengaria and BOTR. Well done, ladies. It's about time someone schooled government country land people idea fantasy he claims to love so much.
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So are Republicans now openly terrorists?
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
they seem determined to undermine the us democracy and shut the government down hurting employees and veterans.. what a despicable bunch, hope they get their asses kicked for what they are doing..
BizzyBee

BizzyBee,

can you elaborate on your sarcastic troll of a response please

LRG

Why, yes, I can, though my brief remark should be clear enough.

The Republican party that prides itself on its embrace of the principles of personal responsibility - pay your own way, no government handouts, bootstraps, etc. - is locked in mortal combat against the ACA, even though the ACA was developed by a right-wing think tank and implemented (in Massachusetts) by a Republican governor.

PS to Shirley: Have you read the OP? Have you noticed that the US government is shut down?
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So are Republicans now openly terrorists?
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
they seem determined to undermine the us democracy and shut the government down hurting employees and veterans.. what a despicable bunch, hope they get their asses kicked for what they are doing..
BizzyBee

Giordano !

Funny how the party of "personal responsibility" balks at people buying their own health insurance.
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Government shut down explained
by JeffT in
1. social
2. humour
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BizzyBee

Gefilte. Fish. Meh.
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Going out of town this weekend
by JeffT in
1. jw
2. friends
i'm going to be off the air this weekend, which means the planned blog entry will be delayed.

it's our anniversary and the wife apparently expects my full attention.

we have a cabin on whidbey island rented.
BizzyBee

Just enjoyed a cycling trip through Whidbey/Coupeville about 6-7 weeks ago. Wonderful! We did the ferries - San Juan, Lopez, Victoria, BC.

Have a great time.
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So are Republicans now openly terrorists?
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
they seem determined to undermine the us democracy and shut the government down hurting employees and veterans.. what a despicable bunch, hope they get their asses kicked for what they are doing..
BizzyBee

What part of her article is false?

Opinion is not necessarily false - it just isn't the equivalent of fact or truth.
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Government shut down explained
by JeffT in
1. social
2. humour
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BizzyBee

How does this relate to the Rebublican shut-down of the government?