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  June 2016 WT (study edition) Bashing Higher Education....AGAIN!

  by ToesUp in

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  2. friends

  paragraph 14: .

  "this means that we need to examine our heart constantly to see if it is being enticed by worldly entertainment, associations, and styles of dress and grooming.

  or the love of the world might involve efforts to attain “great things,” such as through the pursuit of higher education.

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  "Therefore as a young person, you will never fulfill any career that this system offers."

  The Governing Body (tm) created a self fulfilling prophecy for many of the poor, misguided souls that mistook their pontifications as sound advice for living.
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  After Being Out for 17 Years He is Back In again!!!

  by new boy in

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  2. friends

  i called a guy i haven talked with for over two years yesterday.

  i met him at bethel back in the 1970's.

  david b was known as the g job king back then.

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  "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
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  Nearly subliminal use of JW.AAARRRG on screen at Memorial

  by burnedout in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i went to the memorial last night.

  it was the first time i have seen two big hd tv's on the sides of the stage.

  during the talk memorial themed 'art' work was displayed on screen.

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  LISTEN....OBEY....AND BE BLESSED! LISTEN...OBEY....AND BE BLESSED!
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  Why all the hate...

  by Dystopia in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...toward jehovah's witnesses?

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  .......just trying to follow Jehovah's advice: "Hate what is bad" - Amos 5:15 NWTRevised 2013
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  A JW experience

  by Saintbertholdt in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is a quick experience i have recently had and i have two questions at the end.. a couple of weeks ago, the dogs were barking at the gate on saturday morning and wouldn't you know it, it was some witnesses.

  there was a father with his lovely wife and their young daughter.

  the father did all the talking as mother and daughter just dutifully smiled and watched.

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  "Am I as dumb as a tree stump? I don't think it would be PRESUMPTUOUS to make that statement.................."
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  The Kingdom Message

  by truth doubter in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  regarding the unique preaching of the kingdom by wt (new creation, heavenly kings, priests and judges, restoration of paradise on earth etc.).

  the scriptures seem to back up wts interpretation.

  so, although there are a million reasons to become inactive, how can our conscience allow us not to become active in the work described at matt.

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  I wouldn't get too worried about doing the preaching work anymore. Find an unbound copy of The Watchtower from January 1, 1989. It contains the following quote: "He (Paul) was also laying a foundation for a work (the preaching work) that would be completed in our 20th century." - pg 12 paragraph 8. By their own words, you are off the hook!
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  JW related collective nouns

  by Simon in

  1. social
  2. humour

  english is a great language, especially when it comes to collective nouns.

  a "murder" of crows is just fantastic as is a "mob" of meerkats.

  a "colony" of ants, a "pride" of lions.

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  An amalgamation of assholes.

  A band of Bupkes.

  A federation of fools.

  A formation of ferblunjit.

  A gaggle of Goyim.

  A lot of luftmensh.

  A nest of nebbishes.

  A passel of putzes.

  A society of Schmucks.
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  lf the paradise earth is real would you want to live there?

  by atomant in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  l know l would.anyone that says no is kidding themselves.just imagine going up to the hole of a cobra and patting it on the head like a pet.or running like a deer through the woods.who knows we might grows wings and be able to fly as well.food for thought.

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  Sure I'd love to live there! As long as I could have my own personal 'watchpanda' that would keep Jehovah's Witnesses off my property.
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  Dan Sydlik

  by done4good in

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  2. friends

  morning warship - he was the only restraint and i'm not saying that lightly.

  i know there are a dozen others here who were in bethel back in the early 2000's who know what i'm talking about.

  he actually kept me thinking this was jehovah's org because of his sincerity as if the holy spirit was operating in him.

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  Not to hijack this thread, but George Gangas has been mentioned. I was assigned to Murray Hill congregation and George Gangas also attended that congregation. He had 2 'girlfriends' that also attended here. Two older single sisters that he always sat with and he would sit in between them. I can't recall if the women were fleshly sisters or not. At any rate, during the songs, they would take turns rubbing each others back or putting their arms around each other and singing to each other. (George and the women that is.) They were all single and had a grand old time. Yet if a young brother, that was a nobody, did that with two young single sisters he would have to face a judicial committee for sure.As far as his views as a member of the Governing Body (tm) is concerned, I never had a real, deep conversation with him so I have no idea what he thought.
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  "Ones"

  by Joe Grundy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  (i never was a dub).. this is something which has intrigued me for a while.

  i don't know whether it's dub-speak, or us-speak.. it's the use of the word 'ones' as in 'interested ones', 'worldly ones', 'disfellowshipped ones' and so on and so on.. in the 'normal world' we would probably use the word 'people'.. thoughts?.

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  It seems to me that Jehovah's Witnesses use of language always labels and categorizes people. Loaded, polarizing language such as:

  FAITHFUL vs Unfaithful

  SHEEP vs Goat

  BELIEVER vs Unbeliever

  ACTIVE vs Inactive

  SPIRITUAL vs Mentally Diseased

  Along with titles such as: Governing Body, Anointed, Other Sheep, Elder, Ministerial Servant, Circuit Overseer, Pioneer etc., etc., etc. it helps the average Jehovah's Witness see whom they should 'demonize' as the 'other' and whom they can recognize as one of their own, worthy of fellowship. By using the term 'ones' they can seem to be speaking about an individual when in reality they are 'classifying' GROUPS of people as in the example of 'worldly ones'. Jehovah's Witnesses must keep up an 'us verses them' mentality at all costs. One of their basic tenants is that Jehovah is going to wipe out BILLIONS of humans at Armageddon, including babies, children and those who have never heard of Jehovah's Witnesses. Joseph Stalin is reported to have said: "One death is a tragedy, one million is a statistic." As long as Jehovah's Witnesses can look at the 'other' as a group and not as individual human beings, they can keep up the mental gymnastics required to stay faithful to their religion (which in their mind is the only 'truth' and thereby automatically sets them in opposition to anyone that does not wear the same 'labels' that they do).