Billy ex Blaze

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  Instructions from the Old Elder's Book

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night i was looking over the notes on my old elders book and one of the instructors told us to write this down.

  "when you want to get the friends to believe and obey anything, just keep saying it over and over and over and eventually they will believe it and follow whatever they are being told.

  when i went back to school, i learned this quote in one of my world history classes..

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  Billy ex Blaze

  Why would anyone question the validity of Aquila's story? I've known and have heard of a lot of stupid reasons people have gotten DFed. I've even been told by an elder (my BIL) that an investigative committee will be formed if they find out you've gone to a strip club.
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  Are the Governing Body broadcasts promoted at Kingdom Hall meetings?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a question for those still attending i guess but are all these new jw.telemuppet.org broadcasts advertised to the the rank and file or is it more of a background thing?.

  i'm wondering because i just can't believe my 70 year old die-hard jw mum would ever see them if she wasn't sat down in front of a screen and someone clicked 'play' for her.

  i really want her to see the wizards behind the curtain.

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  It's promoted at practically every meeting. I believe they have a showing every second Saturday of the month at the KH. They make it into a socal event with coffee and cookies or some other refreshments.
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  Just had a former elder friend tell me, “This Overlapping generation is crap.

  by John Aquila in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  last night i ran into a former elder friend, he is in his late 70s.

  he asked how i was doing and i asked how he was doing.

  then out of the blue he tells me; .

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  Billy ex Blaze

  My parents don't believe it either. But they say they'll "wait on Jehoveh to correct it".
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  Extreme emotions re today's watchtower

  by Tornintwo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was supposed to attend the meeting today, one of my once a month duties for the sake of my family and my fade.

  i read the wt and i just can't stomach going.... what this wt does is again and again reiterate that only jws will survive the coming destruction and that they should be happy about this and raise ourselves erect...eg:.

  we cannot expect that many people will suddenly convert to true christianity.

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  Billy ex Blaze

  Todays drivel definitely gave me a migraine.

  I really appreciated* this tidbit found in paragraph 15:

  So those who will be taken to heaven will first need to be “changed, in a moment, in the blink of an eye, during the last trumpet.”...
  Therefore, while we do not use the term “rapture” here because of its wrong connotation, the remaining faithful anointed will be gathered together in an instant of time.

  *what a load! Reminds me of 1984.
  
  
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  Extreme emotions re today's watchtower

  by Tornintwo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was supposed to attend the meeting today, one of my once a month duties for the sake of my family and my fade.

  i read the wt and i just can't stomach going.... what this wt does is again and again reiterate that only jws will survive the coming destruction and that they should be happy about this and raise ourselves erect...eg:.

  we cannot expect that many people will suddenly convert to true christianity.

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  I think I'm going to be sick
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  GB worship on JW Talk

  by Lemonp in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

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  for full res screencap.

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  I just saw that post too. The whole thread makes me sick.
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  What is their official explanation for not allowing beards?

  by keyser soze in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i ask because my gf, who knows all about my jw upbringing, convinced me to grow a goatee, just to see how it looks.

  we both decided it looked good so i decided to keep it.

  i tried to explain to her that as a jw, i wasn't allowed to grow one, but then drew a blank when she asked me why.

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  Billy ex Blaze

  I once knew this JW guy who was in icu for over a week. Didn't shave well there. When the elders came to visit they got on him for having a beard!
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  Use of first names at the KH

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  have you ever noticed that know one uses first names at the kh?

  it is how are you brother jones?

  how are you sister smith?

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  Billy ex Blaze

  When i was a growing up I called a elder Mr. So'n'so. Didn't go very well. Got pulled in the back room and when i ask them to where in the bible did it give them permission to use titles I lost all my "privileges". Lol
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  Annual JW Pride Day

  by Esse quam videri in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what would be jw's reaction if the governing body, in all seriousness, announced a new jw pride day to be celebrated in the congregation every year?.

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  Billy ex Blaze

  As long as the the GB announced it then Jdubs would be all over it.
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  Guns. Well said Mr President, if only your countrymen had the same courage to consider changing course.

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. current

  ive had to make statements like this too many times.

  communities like this have had to endure tragedies like this too many times.

  once again, communities [were harmed] because someone who wanted to inflict harm had no problem getting their hands on a gun.. lets be clear: at some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries.

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  Billy ex Blaze

  Criminals will always be able to get guns. All banning guns would do is hurt the law abiding citizens.