Posts by sparky1

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I think I figured out their strategy with all the creepy videos

by JeffT in

i came in during all the hype over 1975. the predictions about that date were the real driver behind all their activity.

since then, they haven't had a good goad to prod the sheep.

they seem to be smart enough not to try another date.. i think they plan to use fear instead.

sparky1

The Catholics have Hellfire to keep their adherents in line.

Jehovah's Witnesses have Armageddon to keep their adherents in line.

If it's one thing that religions understand, it's that FEAR works every time!

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I think I figured out their strategy with all the creepy videos

by JeffT in

i came in during all the hype over 1975. the predictions about that date were the real driver behind all their activity.

since then, they haven't had a good goad to prod the sheep.

they seem to be smart enough not to try another date.. i think they plan to use fear instead.

sparky1

The Catholics have Hellfire to keep their adherents in line.

Jehovah's Witnesses have Armageddon to keep their adherents in line.

Same method, similar FEAR tactics!

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RC Was Worse Than I thought...

by JW_Rogue in

i was visiting with my family and it seems the rc was worse than i thought.

now they all seem to think that "we are so close to the end" and that the "brothers are really preparing us for the gt".

some even saying that soon our message will change to a judgement message for mankind and talking about how we need to improve "everything we do".

sparky1

Governing Body(tm) of Jehovah's Witnesses, 'fiddling around' with the mental, emotional and spiritual well being of their followers for over 100 years!

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in a discussion about the best flavour of ice cream everybody's opinion is equally valid.. in a discussion about the shape of the earth or the origin of species everybody's opinion is equally irrelevant.

only objective facts and evidence matter.. confusing these two categories is a common feature of conversations in this forum.

people deserve respect, errors do not..

sparky1

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." - Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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Lett facial ticks from a stroke/aneurysm?

by azor in

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friends

i was speaking to my mom the other day.

she stays in the group to retain a relationship with the rest of our in family.

she told me that she heard from one of my brothers that the reason lett makes all those weird facial gestures has something to do with a stroke or aneurysm when he was a younger man.

sparky1

Yeah, Lett probably had quite a few 'STROKES' when he was younger, when his parents weren't looking!

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JW Broadcasting reeks of desperation

by oldskool in

again, i'm a decade removed from the faith.

i'm catching up now, and can't believe what i'm seeing.. i get that jw leadership faced a dilemma.

there is no intellectual apparatus within the faith.

sparky1

"The JWs don't have the guts to proclaim the radical end times junk as much as they used to" - oldskool

You are on to something, oldskool. Can you imagine Nathan Knorr announcing Caleb and Sophia as the new 'mascot' of the Jehovah's Witness religion in his concluding comments at the end of an 'International Convention'?

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Does the governing body know what they are doing?

by Gefangene in

what do you guys think?.

are they only some uber religious zealots or do they pursue hidden agendas beyond religiosity?.

sparky1

The Governing Body (tm) is composed of god intoxicated, religious zealots who have no hidden agenda, per se. They are self-deluded humans who think that they are carrying out the will of god on earth and feel that they have a 'commission' from god to 'govern' other human beings and thereby save their souls from eternal destruction. Remember that 'most of the evil committed in the world is by people that KNOW that they are right'.

"WE'RE ON A MISSION FROM GOD." - Elwood Blues

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Orginal sin: Tree of knowledge of good and evil

by dreddie in

telling and knowing the truth.. it is your job to tell and know the truth and not be decived by the lies of satan.. believing this, you need the knowledge of what is good and evil.

because with the bible you believe you can know the truth.

where there is no knowledge of the truth and good and evil.

sparky1

dreddie, next time you get hit in the head, please seek medical attention immediately.

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A Comment by Lieu Made It Obvious That I Could Not Be A JW in 2016

by TMS in

the following comment by lieu on another topic shows me that i would be totally frustrated, actually exasperated, stifled and depressed in the modern form of jwdom: "therein lies the real problem billy, no one is paying any attention at regular meetings let alone conventions.

it's too boring, intentionally i think.

humans aren't hardwired to sit through hours of lecture with no interactions.

sparky1

"training hordes of worker drones serving and advertising the machine." - prologos

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I was helping a Mature Sister with her tablet for downloading the meeting and then noticed ...

by Quarterback in

this sweet older sister needed help and while trying to download the clm on her tablet, the history showed some porn pictures.

how does someone overlook that and carry on?.

sparky1

Go Granny, Go...............go, go, go!