Posts by logic

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New generation definition....has the Society "jumped the shark"?

by sir82 in

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for those who need a refresher, here is the latest redefinition of "generation" from the 4/15/2010 wt:.

understand jesus words about this generation?.

he evidently meant that the lives of the anointed.

logic

I really think the society is going down . I had been in the organization all my life. I am 63. I keep up with the

literature now just to see the changes. What is going on now is beyond belief. The bible does not

even enter into these new ideas or what ever you want to call them. They are starting to sound

like the 'finished mystery book' . They are definitly trying to gain total control. In my opinion

they are working up to something big. Something like asking everyone to sell what they own

and go ministering throughout the world. They will use the example of Jesus when he sent out

his disciples. Of course what money you get you would send to the society. I know this sounds

stupid but everything they do now doesn't make sense either.

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The new "Find a Brother" arrangement - I went to the meeting for the first time in months tonight

by slimboyfat in

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i went to the meeting for the first time in months tonight.

during the announcements the presiding overseer mentioned that the "find a brother" arrangement was being moved from wednesday nights to saturday afternoon.

what in the name of god is a "find a brother" arrangement?

logic

In this day and age and in the united states you would have to be and idiot to go to the

door and ask a woman if the man of the house is in.

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Let the "Tithing" begin!

by The Berean in

last night during the service meeting a letter was read indicating that more money was needed by jehovah's witnesses in order to expand the world-wide work .

it was suggested that each publisher take a piece of paper and write down the amount of money they would be willing to give and hand it to the elders.

it seems to be a cleverway to gather "seed money" by the organization while not calling it a "tithe.

logic

They can call it what ever they want, it's just another way of passing the plate. The society does

everthing differently but it still amounts to shearing the sheep.

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further on the gb pic

by booby in

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logic

There are alot of differences, one is the black lines in the back are gone.

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March 15, 2010 Watchtower -- "One Flock, One Shepherd"

by sd-7 in

march 15, 2010 watchtower, p. 27, par.

16 ("one flock, one shepherd"):.

"paul also helps us to understand that those with an earthly hope do not partake of the memorial emblems.

logic

The problem has always been that the society just plainly does not know what the crap they

are talking, writing about. With some research of the literature you find that the society

has jumped all around the arrival, the taking the throne, the future comming for judgement and the

years have changed. I don't even think their writers even know what each other writes.

As the old saying goes, there are too many cooks in the kitchen.

I have been reading the older literature, it's like several different religions. The two groups thing is

biting them in the butt big time. I don't think jws today even know what the heck they believe

in, but they are in the truth.

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Is There Any TV Show That You Wished Was Still On?

by minimus in

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i know a lot of people were upset when mash ended.

i never was a big fan of the show, probably because it was on a meeting night, but it was a very popular show.. i loved hill street blues, taxi, all in the family, the rifleman, even superman!

i wished those shows never stopped!.

logic

Everyone probable knows this already, but just type the name of the program into you tube search,

and you can watch many of these episodes, I just watched some twilight Zones.

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Have a laugh at these cringe-worthy Watchtower interpretations. JW's must be so embarrassed.

by yadda yadda 2 in

utterly embarrassing.

how many jw's honestly believe these daft interpretations?

hard to believe these are actually held out as current truth lol.

logic

I remember when we were studying that particular section that I thought it was ridiculous and there

were no scriptures to back it up, so I downloaded a perpetual calendar and matched all the dates

for those amount of days , nothing matched , later on I found that others had done

the same thing. I thought Rutherford was pretty stupid

to not have timed all the literature and conventions etc. to match. Of course he probably

figured that no one would actually check it out.

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Honesty in Field Service Reports....This week's CBS topic (among others)

by Open mind in

this week's congregation "bible" study.

the drone running the show asked an auxiliary question (tm):.

"so, what could be some of the consequences if people weren't honest in reporting their field service?".

logic

Before I left I reported zero hours. Before that I just put down anything so they would leave me

alone. It is good to work less and report more. Makes you look good and its less householders

that you tick off.

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Working for a JW, what a horrible experience...

by HappyGuy in

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one of the things that made me start doubting the wtbts and jws was the way jws treat their jw employees.. i worked for jws several times.

the experience was always the same.. 1. pay was less than the going market rate for the same work at "worldly" companies.. 2. there were no benefits of any kind, no paid holidays, no sick time, no overtime, no insurance.. 3. whenever possible the jw forced the jw employees to pay their own company related expenses like gas, pager, company uniform, etc.. 4. any attempt to discuss the poor working conditions was always responded to with "but you get to make all the meetings and you get to go to the assemblies and you get to work for brothers.

" and, if you said "i would go to meetings regardless of who i worked for" and pushed back on that answer then they started in on your "loyalty" and you were unspritual if you questioned a "brother" and were not "loyal" to your employer.. 5. any attempt to find another job was met with harassment, being told you could not give the jw employer as a reference, being threatened with lawsuits, etc.. 6. the jw employers themselves were lazy and would not do the things they expected of their jw employees.. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------.

logic

I realize that not all jws employers are horrible but my all my experiences with them were bad including

when my son worked for them . He had three jws who would not pay him because they said

they did not have the money. Two of them were building contractors. I had him take both to

authorities and both had to pay all wages plus for the days up untill he was paid , maximum 30

days, he got the 30 days both times. The other jw I talked to and informed them they were

breaking laws ( not paying on specified pay days) they also paid same day.

I told him before not to work for jws, he had to learn the hard way. jws seem to have their

own rules.

many jws I know have had the same problem.

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satan

by logic in

i'm sure someone has asked this before, but did jesus create satan, and does 'created all.

things' include beings..

logic

I'm sure someone has asked this before, but did Jesus create Satan, and does 'created all

things' include beings.