Posts by erandir

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"New light"...

by Awakened07 in

this won't be a long-winded post; just a "quickie", and mostly meant for those still active:.

i find it odd that jehovah's witnesses don't find anything odd about how 'new light' is distributed.

i mean - if this new light comes from jehovah god himself, the creator of the universe and everything in it, wouldn't it be fair to say that it would happen more like in this story:.

erandir

Look...flip-flopping is NOT new light. It is just the GB being wrong and then changing their minds. They don't have any special link to Jehovah or any such thing.

Was the old Jewish system like that in the bible? Did Moses pass on the ten commandments and the myriad of other lesser laws and then 50 or 100 years later change some of them or decide some of them were just plain wrong? And how about the prophets...of the ones recorded in the bible where it tells what they said and then what happened, did any of them end up being wrong? I'm not arguing the bible's authenticity here, btw. I'm just saying that if the FDS is saying they are Jehovah's modern-day organization and use bible examples to prove it, how does their track record compare?

And that excuse about God using imperfect men simply doesn't cut it. He supposedly used imperfect men and women back in ancient Israel, and he got some amazing results, if the accounts are true. What about today? Is he using complete idiots, then? Does that explain it?

The witnesses did manage to get one thing right years ago. Religion is a racket and a snare.

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How the WT Study is Used by the Governing Body

by AllTimeJeff in

now that i have been out of the borg for a while, it has occurred to me that one of the biggest weapons they use to keep everyone indoctrinated is the watchtower study.. elders are told that the wt study is the primary way that the faithful and discreet slave feeds the flock of god today.

it is easily the most formulatic.. consider, the content is 100% controlled.

(i would also add, made up fiction.

erandir

I forgot to add that, but a letter to the elders went out a couple of months ago that basically said all WT Conductors have to do it the same way

Could anyone scan or copy or even paraphrase that letter? I'd like more details on that.

I never liked the way our WT conductor handled the meeting. He'd comment more than everyone else combined, it seemed. He'd also have a few people picked out ahead of time with specific paragraphs in mind. He would hand out printouts before the meeting to three or four people so that he'd get the specific answer he wanted for certain key paragraphs. He said it was supposedly to help new ones comment, but he'd give them to his wife and daugther, too. What a control freak.

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Which screen name is your fave?

by Mum in

jw
friends

please post your favorite screen name on jwd.

there are many clever screen names of jwd posters.

i had to narrow down my list of favorites to arrive at my overall favorite, which is "abaddon.

erandir

As far as I can tell, ip sec isn't Latin.

Google returns web pages about IP Security/Internet protocol security.

So you like privacy online, then?

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Just to let you know

by Rethinking in

i've decided to cut my ties with jws.. i don't post here much as i've stated before, but you all don't realize how much i appreciate this forum and the support it gives..

erandir

Good for you!

If you need anything...just ask!

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Aug 15th WT

by mouthy in

has anyone read it "jehovah is a lover of justice " page 26 paragraph 16 & 18 please read it .

what rubbish .

erandir

seven million strong
Is this even near an accurate number? Is the Org fluffing these numbers?
There are 6.7 million publishers, so it is not too fluffed.

sort of like that 1 billion hours spent in field service is really maybe half a billion, if that. Factor in the over-estimating, the taking a door and then driving 2 hours to the territory, those who report fake time, all the "creative" pioneers, and all the witnesses counting time for things like quick builds and public talks (these are NOT field service, imo).

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Which screen name is your fave?

by Mum in

jw
friends

please post your favorite screen name on jwd.

there are many clever screen names of jwd posters.

i had to narrow down my list of favorites to arrive at my overall favorite, which is "abaddon.

erandir

I'm gonna vote for ASphereisnotaCircle. It's so true...and it is a typical example of the claims the WT makes about the bible being scientifically accurate and using warped logic to do so.

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when they ask Where will you go...........the answer

by purplesofa in

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friends

yep, everyone i have talked to -----first question they ask----but where will you go?

i tell them anywhere as long as it is away from the clutches of the wt.

the house is on fire!

erandir

"Away from here," I'd say, "and I'll be much happier."

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How did you treat disfellowshipped ones in the hall?

by Snoozy in

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friends

i read another post and thought of this subject..why?.

because i remember someone telling me i couldn't talk to this one lady in the back of the hall because she was disfellowshipped..i was shocked!.

never in my wildest dreams did i believe that was right.

erandir

Smile and say hi. Recently I even shook hands and asked how he was...right in front of other witnesses. There is no good reason not to treat a df'd person like a normal human. It is not loving to shun.

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The Diary of an Armageddon Survivor

by reneeisorym in

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brother thorn told brother.

i told him i didn't feel well.

i told ed thorn that.