Posts by sparky1

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Be Couragous! - (Like The Governing Body?)

by pale.emperor in

i was watching lloyd evans rebuttal to the saturday program of the be courageous convention.

lloyd pointed out something that had occurred to me as well:.

all this talk and examples of courage, whether it be standing up in class defending intelligent design, putting up with being imprisoned, not running away from bullies, always having a reply to someone who tries to ridicule your faith... the young ones are encourages - nay, commanded - to stand their ground and be courageous.

sparky1

"Watchtower does not have, and never has had, any authority over me."- Gerrit Losch

"Losch was correct in refusing to appear on behalf of "Watchtower" ".- Doubter

Actually, both statements are incorrect. Losch has been around the Jehovah's Witness religion for a long time. Prior to becoming "The Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses" all authority to direct District Overseers, Circuit Overseers, Special Pioneers and Bethelites flowed through the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. Any instructions that he would have received from 'headquarters' would have been on a WATCHTOWER letterhead and rubber stamped Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. or Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, Inc. If the courts could find early correspondence between the Watchtower headquarters and Gerrit Losch he would easily be proven a LIAR.

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Governing Body trying to control marital relationships

by Whynot in

4 years ago during the circuit overseers visit he asked a rather innapropriate question from the platform.

i say it's innapropriate because i think it's wrong to tell happy married couples how to love each other and much more wrong it is to tell them they should love their children less.. he said: "mothers, who should you love more your children or your husband?

" i think most mothers will quickly say you should love your children more.

sparky1

"And where is the society on tossing salad?" - blownaway

When I was a Bethelite over 40 years ago, we had tossed salad for the evening meal on many occasions.

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Awesome, Awesome Report! Wait till you see the end of it!

by cha ching in

beccah hendrickson of wgal comes thru again!

a fabulous interview with barbara anderson, all the pieces of the puzzle are coming together!

watch out watchtower!

sparky1

Does this help, JaniceA?

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The false prophet strikes again! Didn't anyone notice?

by nowwhat? in

last year during the closing talk our favorite anthony morris lll in all his glory declared" armageddon is imminent!

" on the broadcast screen at every regional convention world wide!

well it has been a year now and if you look at the definition of imminent , we are well past the expiration date..

sparky1

Now lets be fair. Gods Kingdom has only been ruling for 104 years. It's going to take some time for Him to get his Armageddon battle plans and strategy figured out.

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Introduction of Chapter 1 in New Boy and inside look at the world headquarters of the Jehovah's Witnesses

by new boy in

jw
friends

chapter 1. the pledge.

just a few blocks from the world famous brooklyn bridge there is a huge four building complex.

this prime piece of brooklyn real estate built in 1926 is located at 117 adams street.

sparky1

May I make a suggestion? Why don't you dedicate the book to James Olson and mail a copy to each member of the Governing Body. When it is in print I would like to purchase a copy. Please let us know when it will be available. "Thinking back to old memories and wishing you could change the past." - Anonymous

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New kingdom hall Washington State

by Are you serious in

yesterday i drove passed a town a couple of hours from my home and saw this kh under construction.

this is the first new design kh i've seen in washington state even though i would think by now another one or two have been built.

maybe not with their financial situation being the way it is.

sparky1

This is exactly the architectural abomination that the Witnesses in my area recently got. Only their new hall is built in a rural area on a back road beside a sand pit.

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6354020051451904/kingdom-

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Corporate Virtue Signalling At Your Expense

by Simon in

the latest trend seems to be that you can't go to any store without being asked for money.. no, not the money for the things you went in there to purchase, extra money for the store to donate to charity.. yes, that's right, the big-name stores, often making $millions in profits, ask you to give them extra money so that they can give it to charity and get some publicity about how awesome they are so that they'll look good to their customers, like, erm, you.. it seems to have ramped up more in the last year or so and frankly, it pisses me off.

if i want to donate to some cause, i'll give the money straight to them.

i hate that it puts people on the spot to guilt them into donating and imagine some people on a tight budget may give even when they can't really afford it.. often you don't know what the charities really are (it's vague like "to help children") or how the money will be spent or even how much will go on the people it's supposedly to help (charity is a multi $billion industry, some just exist to pay themselves).. so what to do?

sparky1

I am in the automotive aftermarket business and my main supplier is in to this BIG TIME. To make matters worse, my supplier pre-bills us for these charity campaigns. We are charged on our statement for participating in this fraud and we have to sign a form if we want to opt-out and not participate! If we don't participate we are considered not to be team players. This morning, I opened our company email only to find another one of these requests from one of our vendors. If I want to donate to a cause, I will do so privately and anonymously.

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News spot for JW convention - keep barf bags ready

by days of future passed in

i could barely stand listening to it.

watching the jw pushers at the same time was too much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgix-5pfwf4.

sparky1

REPREHENSIBLE Synonyms:

censurable, exceptionable, objectionable, obnoxious, offensive - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Synonym: "one of two or more words or expressions of the same language that have the same or nearly the same meaning in some or all senses". - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Perhaps Jordan Peterson can help you to determine the difference between excessive scrupulosity and precision in the use of language.

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Favourite female heroes in film ...

by LoveUniHateExams in

... well, obviously not rey (daisy ridley) from the latest star wars films.

she's a complete mary sue.

but, before hollywood tried to force sjw propaganda down our throats, there were lots of powerful, legit female characters in film.. here are some of my favourites .... ripley (sigourney weaver): i though this character was great.

sparky1

Nurse Betty......................my favorite movie hero/heroine

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Why didn't I leave back then???

by silentbuddha in

sunday my old bethel roommate came up to visit me.

he left a couple years ago and he wanted to catch up and reminisce.. while we sat back remembering crazy things we saw take place at bethel he reminded me of a creepy instance with bro.

swingell.. it was a saturday morning and we decided to actually go get breakfast.

sparky1

"Was it just me........" - silentbuddha

No..........even Knorr used inappropriate language in private. He told one of my best friends back in the '60's that 'he was no god damned good and didn't belong at Bethel.' FU@K em all!