Posts by sparky1

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JW at a thrift store....

by Muddy Waters in

so i was recently in a thrift store, looking through some of the stuff there, when another aisle over, somebody sneezed.. (as far as i know, nobody lost a meatball.... 😅🙃 ...).

anyway, somebody sneezed.

and somebody immediately said, “bless you!”.

I see a setup for perpetual reporting of a 'return visit' on her monthly service report. Now every time she goes into the thrift store and see's the same employee that was polite to her, she can just say hello to her and count it as a 'return visit'. Perhaps it will even morph into a 'doorstep bible study'............!

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Is The Watchtower Society Just Copying The Mormon's Model?

by pale.emperor in

when i was a faithful jw i was pretty much obsessed with the mormon religion.

to me it was like lord of the rings.

i knew the characters, the history, the events, the joseph smith stories, the religion's history etc etc etc and i long suspected even then that the watchtower society has been copying certain things from the lds church.. for example, the first thing i noticed was when the book study was dropped and family worship was started.

sparky1

I don't know too much about the 'Mormons' , but do the missionaries have to report their field service time also? These cartoons seems to imply that:

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New Boy only 3 weeks out, My Dedication

by new boy in

jw
friends

this book is dedicated to james olson and robert stillman and the millions of other people, who have been victims of religious abuse.

this book is dedicated to the thousands of people who have lost their parents, children and families members by way of the cruel practice of shunning.

this book is for the thousands of suicide victims, people who could not live with the guilt and shame that the jehovah’s witnesses thought system has created for them.

sparky1

All exBethelites can get a copy free if you message me you addresses. - new boy

Thank you for the very generous offer. I am more than happy to purchase my copy and I am reasonably confidant that most other exBethelites will do likewise. I wish you the very best of success with your book and your life.

P.S. - You bring honor to the short life of Jimmy Olson. "Lest We Forget"

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7 Jehovah’s Witnesses Brutally Tortured in Russia

by Drearyweather in

https://jw-russia.org/en/news/19021923-622.html.

at least seven of jehovah’s witnesses were subjected to torture—electric shocks, suffocation, and cruel beatings—on the first floor of the russian investigative committee’s building at ul.

ostrovskogo, d. 47, in surgut.

sparky1

"Please provide a listing of the many ways you are helping to ease this pain so I can join you!" - Nathan Natas

I just donated to Amnesty International. They take credit cards. Perhaps you can put your money where your mouth is and make a donation yourself.

http://www.amnesty.org/en/donate-amnesty/

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7 Jehovah’s Witnesses Brutally Tortured in Russia

by Drearyweather in

https://jw-russia.org/en/news/19021923-622.html.

at least seven of jehovah’s witnesses were subjected to torture—electric shocks, suffocation, and cruel beatings—on the first floor of the russian investigative committee’s building at ul.

ostrovskogo, d. 47, in surgut.

sparky1

"What can I say but that I'm a clash of opposites, an enigma wrapped in a riddle." -Brokeback Watchtower

Or perhaps you are not facing your 'shadow' with honesty and fearlessness?

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Jephthah's daughter : A shining example of singleness

by Diogenesister in

really watchtower?

jephthah's daughter as an example of what a girl wants to be when she grows up??.

a burnt offering?!!.

sparky1

My comment got erased from my post. Here is a primary example of 'do as I say, not as I do'. Geoffrey Jackson's wife died in 2009 and some time later he remarried. Why in the world would a so-called member of the 'anointed remnant' who expects to be taken to heaven (raptured if you will) any minute when the great tribulation starts bother to get married again? Could he not put every fiber of his being into preaching, preaching, preaching, preaching about the imminent Armageddon and not be using up his emotional and physical energy in the marriage arrangement? Perhaps he doesn't really take the whole thing seriously but expects the flock to take him seriously? The Apostle Paul's words should be on his heart : "Are you loosed from a wife? Stop seeking a wife. ...the scene of this world is changing...The unmarried man is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he may gain the Lord's approval. But the married man is anxious for the things of the world, how he may gain the approval of his wife, and he is divided." - 1st Corinthians 7:27, 31-34. Yet the men like him on the Governing Body serve up the garbage contained in the video in the OP. I learned a long time ago not to put too much stock into what these men expound and pontificate on. Rather I watch their conduct and actions. 'You can learn a lot from a dummy'.

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Jephthah's daughter : A shining example of singleness

by Diogenesister in

really watchtower?

jephthah's daughter as an example of what a girl wants to be when she grows up??.

a burnt offering?!!.

sparky1

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If The Mueller Report Doesn’t Prove Trump Colluded With The Russians They Will Still Claim Trump Is Guilty!

by minimus in

jw
friends

it’s already happening.

they just can’t move on..

sparky1

We meddle in their elections, they meddle in our elections. Nothing new here.

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Living Authentically

by pale.emperor in

my latest following on youtube- crashcourse.

this one is on existentialism.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yadvrdlmkhs.

i swear if i'd seen this video in my youth i likely would never have got baptized.

sparky1

pale.emperor, if you want to learn about how to 'apply' existential philosophy to your life in a pragmatic way, than I would highly recommend that you read this book. It is rather long and comprehensive but still easily understood. No need to wade through all the writings of Dostoyevsky, Camus, James, Tillich, Sartre, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard or Kafka and distill their thoughts into a single 'philosophy of life'. This book will help you put a mirror up to you psyche and then you will be able to determine how you want to answer the question of your life.

Old Navy..........Although he is not 'officially' as Existentialist, Viktor Frankl's LOGOTHERAPY has a strong foundation in existential theory. To quote him on love: "The truth-that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love."

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Is The Person Who Helped You “Get Into The Truth” Still Around?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i helped, unfortunately, many people to become baptized jws.

recently, over the last few years, i saw many of my students who were still “ in the truth “ lament that i was no longer associating or active in the faith.. i do feel bad that i did such a good job that most of them still are in the cult.. are your teachers still around or did they wise up and leave the lord’s organization?

?.

sparky1

Is The Person Who ~~Helped~~ (Forced) You (To) "Get Into The ~~Truth~~ (Jehovah's Witness Religion)" Still Around?

No....my god intoxicated, religiously fanatical, dyed in the wool Jehovah's Witness mother died 19 years ago next month. Still believing that Armageddon was imminent .