Posts by SirNose586

We had no other meetings for about 4-5 weeks. It was great- I never heard one complaint about it. Nobody ever said they missed the Theocratic school or Service meeting. I think the brothers enjoyed having the extra time at home, I know I sure did. When the Circuit Overseer found out a few months later what had happened, we heard he read the riot act to the Elders for doing that.

That must've been flippin' SWEET!

I'm afraid I never experienced the joy of a cancelled meeting. But when ashes from the 2003 Cedar Fire were blowing over San Diego, practically no one went to the meetings. Good thing, too, it was dangerous for your health to be out in that weather.

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ANOTHER flip-flop!!

by hamsterbait in

v points out in another thread, that the revelation book has changed the teaching that the "rivers of life's waters" starts flowing after armagedy to 1914.

"... the river did not begin to proceed until after god had placed his annointed one on his throne in zion, in 1914, at the birth of the kingdom.it is more reasonable to conclude that this river of water began to flow after the lord came to his temple [in 1918] for then ... the flashes of lightning began to come to the people of god.

the book "from paradise lost to paradise regained 1958 says 1914:

SirNose586

It's all so trivial. Just stick with something, you clods!!

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9-1-06 WT Example of False Arguments

by Amazing in

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watchtower publications exhibit a level of ignorance and in adequate education by its writers that is astounding, especially when it comes to logic and false arguments.

i recently received a copy of the 9-1-06 watchtower and discovered that it is a great example of how false arguments are used to manipulate the readers - primarily jehovah's witnesses.. passive voice: one of the prime ways that a false argument is made is through the passive voice.

example: "it is said that ...," or "there are those who say that ...," or "people wonder about ...," or "further, it was felt that .... ".

SirNose586

The lack of references is what really galls me about WT articles. They leave everything vague, because the r&f won't question it, and people who have half a mind can't find out exactly where they got the quote! Only in the first Creation book did they cite references. I wish they would do it more often.

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Can the women wear pants YET?

by annalice in

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i have not been an active witness active for several years now.

so are the women still being forced to wear skirts and dresses still?

i really think that the whole dress thing has been for some time now very outdated.

SirNose586

I'm suprised that no one mentioned the tortured defense: women wearing pants would bring shame upon the congregation because it's a form of CROSS-DRESSING! I've heard this one floating around my hall, in fact.

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THE BIG A: RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

by Mary in

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where did all the witnesses over the decades get the idea that armageddon was right around the corner?

the society certainly never put anything like that down in print:

*** w56 10/15 p. 614 when will gods kingdom come?

SirNose586

To which they would say - "Well you know that with Jehovah a day is a thousand years, so an hour would be..."

To which I should respond, "If that's so, then you've got 875 years to go before the last hour of the last day! Even then you don't get a break. It's last DAYS, plural."

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.....YOU MIGHT JUST BE AN ELDER IF......

by LuciousJ in

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if you get off sitting in a room with the door closed so you can ask a young woman what position she had sex in........you might just be an elder.

if your highest degree is janitorial but at night you are the "massa".........you might just be an elder!

if you walk around during the meetings and whisper in several mens' ears.....you might be an elder.

SirNose586

...you have a wife who gossips too much.

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WTS "proofs" of Holy Spirit/God's blessing

by Lady Lee in

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under_believer just started a thread on the quick builds as proof of god's blessing.

"kingdom hall quickbuilds are only possible with god's holy spirit" .

but it got me to thinking.

SirNose586

Here's an interesting one, which thankfully I have not heard in many years. I remember hearing the speculation that God's HS was on the organization because there are no kids with Down's Syndrome or other special conditions being born in the congregations. I was probably half the age I am now, the last time I heard that. Even then I didn't quite believe it.

Like many other rumors, it was easily debunked. I thought of another little girl in another congregation who was autistic. A nice young man in the hall has Down's Syndrome. There's even an article on how to be encouraging to parents who take care of kids with special needs.

Come to think of it now, I'm angry that rumors like that got spread around. They are borne of ignorant and naïve persons, who have frightfully limited contact with other persons, even in the congregation.

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We've Reached Celebrity Status!!!

by Lady Liberty in

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well i am convinced i know how the stars are treated.

being considered an apostate by just about everyone in the circuit, and now, tonight i find that the neighboring circuit is talking of our apostacy as well.

(mind you we are not d'fd, nor have we d'ad ourselves.

SirNose586

The Purple Monkey Dishwasher (PMD) syndrome is in full effect. For added measure, I say we should get word out that we are breeding Nephilim to destroy the Society's printeries, and that we are attaching lasers to the heads of sharks, so no Witness will want to go to the beach.