if you read my other post you'll get the context but since this will be of great potential interest here it is: .
the jws are soon(next few months) going to make a public proclamation against all other churches which he was confident would 'shake things up' and would make a few jws unhappy???.
is this the big announcement for september?
Maybe the Governing Body is going to explain to inquiring minds just exactly when the following prophecy was fulfilled:
"The Nations Shall Know That I Am Jehovah"—How?
Chapter 12 page 216 paragraph 9
"Until He Comes Who Has the Legal Right" ***
Shortly, within our twentieth century, the "battle in the day of Jehovah" will begin against the modern antitype of Jerusalem, Christendom.
(Honesty, WOW! An entire book could be based on this one false prophecy! Great stuff! thanks! MM )
if you read my other post you'll get the context but since this will be of great potential interest here it is: .
the jws are soon(next few months) going to make a public proclamation against all other churches which he was confident would 'shake things up' and would make a few jws unhappy???.
is this the big announcement for september?
If they do this, it can only be for one reason, and that is to give the JWs something other than Armageddon to grab their attention and focus. If heavy persecution of the JWs reignites in the Euro-American cultures, the JWs can idnetify themselves, in their own minds, as the true Christians. Persecution will shake loose the hangers-on and will cause renewed commitment and zeal among the commited. This will give them some breathing space as they attempt to undo the "damage" of becoming more mainstream, as well as time to figure out what to do about the ever-receding Battle of Armageddon.
Believe it or not, people are so strange that they join persecuted groups! Persecution attracts nutjobs with persecution complexes, seeking a Cause to die for. VERY odd. MM
wouldn't it be great to have the society announce an amnesty for all of those who are sick and tired of the whole routine.. no dfing, no disassociating.. just simply announce that they realize there are many who wish to "drift" away and if you are one of them then go ahead.
no harm, no foul.. i know, i know.
stupid wish!.
It would be even better if they announced "The truth is that we're full of shiite and have no more clues about God, Life, the Universe and Everything than YOU do! So, hey, let's all lighten up and get toasted!" MM
okay, here is the very first thing i've written striking back at the watchtower.
in no way do i claim to be a scholar or professional, just a jaded fool.
all watchtower bible and tract society quotes are in boxes and are copyright watchtower bible and tract society of pennsylvania and can be verified.
Good stuff! You should keep on writing as new ideas come to you. When you get enough material, post it on a free web-site. There are several, such freebies such as My Cybersoup, that are easy to build. Then your site will pop up on search engine searches for JW related material and you'll be doing even more to zap the crap outta the WT monster!
You should check out Jehovah Unmasked, The True Identity of the Bible God Revealed. Available at Amazon.
MM
i've been reading some sad experinces here... i dont see anyone talking about the bible... only how misserables the organization made their lives... ok ...so because of that...now i have permission to smoke marijuana and commit fornication?
this sounds pretty much like aa... and everybody having his/her personal "superior power" who is giving them the permit to do whatever they want...
i've been df for 4 years now and also dont agree with some jw teachings... why instead of blaming the wt for everything dont we look for the real truth in the bible and make things right.
Hey El Mariachi. You're ASSUMING your personal code of ethics and morals are som,e sort of Universal Standard. My first suggestion would be to take one single solitary college course in Sociology, get to know and understand human societies better and how such codes of conduct arise. Also, how they differ from place to place and especially throughout time, always mutating, changing. Perspective.
I find it amusing that humans have made a natural growing plant, marijuana, illegal. What will be made illegal next? Sunshine?
MM
i was a nineteen year old kid when a jw elder in his late fifties came on to me.
i was going through some awful stuff and dropped by his mobile home for spiritual counsel and a listening ear.
he answered the door in skivvies and a t-shirt.
Hi Vitty. Yes, that's me.
Namaste,
MM
after reflecting on the article i have come to the conclusion of the author as well, in that the bible is not the word of almighty god.
perhaps some tribal demi-god but not god almighty.
good read:.
The book Jehovah Unmasked does a far more thorough job in a much more interesting manner. Completely dismantles Bible-God.
my friend whos faded and i were talking and he said an uncle of his whos a witness told him a story about a bunch of witnesses getting on a boat a long time ago because they believed armegeddon was coming, and when it didn't come they came back ashore.
does anybody here know anything about this????
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Yes, this story is true, and I am reproducing herein the transcript of the interviews conducted with these JWs:
"Good evening folks, this is Jake Spitzer with WALK in Pacific Palisades. Tonight we're interviewing a group of Jehovah's Witnesses who are about to embark on an Ark. Forgive the pun, but these folks literally believe that Armageddon is about to happen, and for some reason they feel safer on a boat. Mister Franz, are you a seasoned sailor?"
"Why sure, I be! I'm a salty dog I be, arrrr. Buggery on the High Seas, that be for me!"
"Buggery? I thought you were a bunch of religious weird..."
"Shut up or I'll run ya thru! I'll give ya a free Kryptonite Bible for a some hea.."
"Are you nuts?"
"Ha! That be what the evil spiritis wantcha to believe, arrr. Crafty they be, arr, and a wee bit barmy."
"Ummm, ahhh. I'm not sure I understand this at all."
"Would ya likes a free home Bible study?"
"What?"
"A FREE HOME BIBLE STUDY! Ya comes with us and I'll show you the Mysteries O' the Universe. Didja know that I'm Jehovah's Mouthpiece?"
"Look, no, I didn't and I don't think..."
"Arr, thinkin be fer fools, it be! Just trust Capn Franz and I'll open you up! I'll always be right behind you! Wouldja likes to see Jehovah's Mouthpiece?"
"Hey pal, are you insinuating..."
"IN SIN? By the Beard of Jehovah Gyrascope, why I be beyond sin! I'm the Faithful and Discreet slave! You can tie me up aboard this ol' tub and have yer way with me. I'm discreet and a slave!"
"How did we get off on this tangent? Look, does you voyage really have anything to do with..."
"The end o' the world? Nar, it be about havin sum fun in international waters, and revealin' God's Willie to the Jonadabs."
"Jonadabs?"
"Arrr, you an Pecker the Parrott be Jonadabs ye be. Live forever on a pradise earth! Just come aboard and sail the seven seas with Good Capn Franz!"
"Is this a candid camera stunt? Stud, what the fuc..."
"SHUT UP ya wee litttl.."
BAM!
"This is Jake Spitzer of WALK signing off."
i was a nineteen year old kid when a jw elder in his late fifties came on to me.
i was going through some awful stuff and dropped by his mobile home for spiritual counsel and a listening ear.
he answered the door in skivvies and a t-shirt.
I was a nineteen year old kid when a JW elder in his late fifties came on to me. I was going through some awful stuff and dropped by his mobile home for spiritual counsel and a listening ear. He answered the door in skivvies and a t-shirt. Not a good sign. Anyway, as the discussion continued he kept hinting around and then finally came right out and wanted me to sodomize him and vice-versa. I actually wondered, briefly, if I was awake. I blew a gasket because I'm not gay and I was desperately in love at that time. I got up and left. That was almost The End of my JW involvement. I never told anyone but my family, but I did write about it in my second book, I Was A Teenage Jehovah's Witness. I almost used his actual name in the book. Almost, but not quite. He's dead now but his JW family would probably sue me for libel. MM
if so, are you (pick any and all questions that interest you, ignore the others):.
trinitarian or modalist?
(oneness)?.
Hi Target. I shop at you. MM
