Posts by WTWizard

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JW.org greater than the Bible now

by eyeslice2 in

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there was a time when brooklyn bethel was emblazoned with the words; "read god's word the bible daily" but it seems to me now that even the bible has taken second place to jw.org.

i remember having lots of studies using the 'truth' book.

we asked the students in those days to prepare well and look up the scriptures in their own copy of the bible.

WTWizard

I have noticed the dumbing down. Just by reading the German files (including some intended for hounders), I see how simplified it is becoming. Anyone with a high B1 or low B2 level in the language would be able to understand most of those files. Compare with some truly great pieces of literature--try reading Shakespeare in German at B1-B2 level. Try reading a German newspaper at those levels.

When material directed at the hounders for use at special meetings is so dumbed down that a high B1 understanding of the language is enough, something is wrong. Even the bible itself, as horrible as it is, is written in more difficult language that a B2 proficiency is not enough to comprehend it. The same with most business meetings, and most internal communication. These files are of internal communication, written so poorly that someone with an intermediate proficiency of a language would be able to understand them. (Which I would rather read German language story books that are somewhat more advanced--by reading C1 material, that is the only way I am ever going to reach C1 or better in German.

Of course, if I do reach C1 in German, I doubt that anyone is going to understand what I think of the religion within the hounders, or any confession I make (in German) of anything. And I will have fun saying "Dass ist Pech für dich!" to them.

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Jesus to rule for 1000 yrs yet he started in 1914?

by krismalone in

i believe when we were in the jw cult, our brains and thoughts were hijacked by the governing body.

i truly believe the gb thinks all members are stupid and they laugh at them in their wednesday morning secret meetings.. one such teaching that i never heard anyone bring out or question yet the absurdity and contradiction is blatantly obvious is: revelation chapter 20 says that christ will reign for 1000 years.

it doesn't say he will reign more than a thousand yrs but only 1000 yrs.

WTWizard

Given that thing intends to rule by enslaving all of us, and prepare the earth so the reptilians can inhabit this earth and evict us all, it is in my best interest that this thing doesn't get to rule at all.

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Scowled At By A JW

by pale.emperor in

yesterday i got home from work and decided to buy a case of beer because, why not?

it’s monday.

the shop is conveniently round the corner from my place.

WTWizard

It is none of their business. You buy one case of beer, and they are adding that you are buying cancer sticks and other things as well? If you did not, in fact, buy those other items, the jokehovians are actually committing slander. And so what? You will have to deal with the consequences if you do choose to smoke, which can include plenty of rather unpleasant items (emphysema is no joke). And that is the penalty--they need not add to it. If you don't get cancer sticks, you will not have to worry about the consequences, either--but hopefully they will have to worry about their slander.

Exception: If you choose to drink and drive, then it becomes everyone else's business. Drink driving creates a road hazard, and people that choose to drink and drive can and do kill innocent people on the road. But, there again it will not create that hazard if you choose to drink responsibly, not drink and drive, and ensure that no one else in your party drinks and drives. It is your business and yours alone if you choose to drink--it only becomes anyone else's business if you choose to drink and drive.

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JW's revelling in their online statistic...

by The Fall Guy in

...that their web site is the most translated in the world.. https://www.tomedes.com/translator-hub/most-translated-website.php.

do jw's genuinely believe that statistics prove divine backing?

you can fool some of the people some of the time...there are lies, damned lies, and statistics!.

WTWizard

And what about the bible itself, that book that had to be translated so everyone on the whole planet can be cursed? I think the basic King James bible is at least as translated in as many languages as the washtowel--that is, unless someone had the time to waste translating washtowel rubbish into obscure languages. Again, so the maximum number of people can be cursed on this earth.

About the only good thing about this is that I can download the rubbish in a language that the hounders are not likely to understand, print the rags in that language, and switch out their English or Spanish version for that language. They might be proud of being able to place their littera-trash in Greenlandic, but can they navigate it if I start praying, commenting, preaching, or taking part in a meeting in German when they do not understand a word of it because I was able to print the parts off in that language?

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WT study 8 December

by road to nowhere in

had to look.

first paragraph mentions that most of were probably born after 1914. most?

i bet the dubs 105 and older can be counted on your fingers..

WTWizard

Since 1914? I have noticed political correctness tyranny, through the whole world, growing since the early 1990s. And it has really gotten out of hand in the past 10 years. It is illegal in many countries to criticize the official narrative, holding back science and forcing people to abide by lies. (Reminds me of the Dark Ages.) So many people are offended--on purpose, so they can protect their lies. Words and phrases that were not deemed as objectionable in the early 1990s are now deemed "hate speech" to as much as mention them. It is worse in most of Europe these days.

I think this means that the last days of freedom on this planet got started with the first Bush, and Bill Clinton ruined it for good. And look at the EU--that was intended to ruin Europe in ways that the UN failed to. Forced immigration (and not peaceful immigration--the "immigrants" rape, kill, and vandalize) through the whole European and American worlds--and it is "offensive" to call them out on it. Even the term "illegal alien", once used to denote people that entered a country without following proper protocol, is offensive and using it in many countries is a good way to end up with life in jail. Many Internet sites will ban someone or heavily censor that term.

For sure, remote from 1914.

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Wausau Wisconsin Bans Throwing Of Any SNOWBALL!

by minimus in

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you can’t throw a snowball at a person as kids often do.

you can’t throw it in a park, at a building, anywhere.

comments please.

WTWizard

What is next, banning all fun because someone might get hurt? How many people get hurt on trampolines--just a few, but that is enough for them to squeak about banning them for everyone. They can get hurt on swings, so should we ban those as well? You can get hurt falling off a bicycle, so should we ban those too? (Hint: People often fall off bicycles while learning to ride them.) Should we also ban running, since people can and do trip and fall while running and sometimes get hurt? Or walking--I am sure more than one person has tripped or slipped and fallen while walking, and wound up in the hospital.

There are safety rules when throwing snowballs--and "ice balls" is not snowballs. Putting hard objects in a snowball means you are throwing more than a snowball--you are also throwing that hard object. At this rate, we are going to have living banned, except for reptilians, because it is too dangerous for the reptilians that are going to inhabit this planet as soon as the bible has done its job.

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the 'ransom' idea is alive and well

by waton in

it is not just the wt, other religions too believe sacrifice of any "kind" will get you favours.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50644035.

WTWizard

They really need to sacrifice joke-hova, not to that thing. This thing invaded humanity, imposed its own alien rules on us, and then made this slavery arrangement to "ransom" us from breaking their laws on our planet. Joke-hova, and every single one of its angels, needs to be sacrificed in the same fashion that they sacrificed our cultures.

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Totally-NOT-Holiday parties

by neat blue dog in

anybody else in congregations that have parties in october for kids to dress in costumes and pick pumpkins, parties in november with turkey, fixings and candles, and parties in december with red and green colors and baking similar looking snow-themed desserts?

(not to mention the spiffy new wardrobes for easter.

i mean memorial season.

WTWizard

If they have to fake it, doesn't that tell that something is wrong with the rule in the first place? That is like having a speed limit on a stretch of road that is so low that the maximum safe speed on that road is 10 times the speed limit, and then having speed traps along that stretch and wondering why everyone is "speeding". If "everyone" is doing it, I would suspect that the whole rule is at fault.

Even if I don't believe that jesus is or was real, I will not judge everyone around for celebrating Christmas as they see fit. I myself enjoy Christmas songs even if they have the Nativity scene in it, since I know that the Nativity scene is really pointing to the real Christ--the sun. The same for the other holidays. I put up nice decorations for these events in my apartment hall, and see no problem with others doing the same. About the only common way to celebrate Christmas (and other holidays) I will judge anyone for is if they drink and drive, and then because they put everyone on the road in danger and because it is actually a crime to drink drive.

But no faking things. It is Christmas, and that means Christmas (even though the "Christ" is in fact the sun). None of this "winter" rubbish, or other means of watering things down. And it is the whole nine yards (the tenth is going to church, which I have about as much use for as for drink drivers--which is none). Christmas music (and not just "winter songs"--Christmas songs). The whole deal with the lights (LED lights which use much less energy and are much safer than incandescent or fluorescent lights). Decorations including Santa Claus (and crosses which represent, not jesus, but the chakras in your soul).

Ditto for Halloween. I decorate for that as well, and put out a large dish of Halloween candy (no razor blades--you need to get those separately, because I believe scum that put drugs and razor blades in candy deserve a nice long jail sentence). (And I believe that getting hit by cars is far more a danger than drugged or razor-bladed candy.) I put out that bowl of Halloween candy (which come directly from the store, still in their wrappers) the morning of Halloween and take it down the next morning. I don't see anything wrong with Halloween celebrations (again, the most common problem is careless driving, including drink driving--which is the one thing I give Bah! Humbug! to).

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2019-11-25-BOE--Watchtower Wants More Money!

by Atlantis in

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2019-11-25-boe.

donations in support of kingdom interests worldwidehttps://docdro.id/mqpxklf petra!

WTWizard

The washtowel needs more money? Why? They will get from me exactly what they deserve. Which is nothing.

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Why are the Jehovah's Witness Tennis players allowed to "serve two master"?

by I_love_Jeff in

jw broadcasting sept 2019 issue commentary.

according to the jw in the sept 2019 episode, the ukrainian soccer player andriy nesmachniy (go to 1:04:14 in the video) "abandoned" his career for jehovah????

he retired at 32 years old, the normal retirement age among soccer players.

WTWizard

After last year (2018)'s season, that certain player had better be unbaptized. Otherwise, I don't see how that thing could remain in good standing. First, the coaching--cheating. Do we now allow certain people to cheat (i.e., stealing)? Then there was the racket smashing, followed by a full blown temper tantrum demanding special treatment. This thing broke the rules and threw a tantrum about being punished for it.

I can remember someone in my own former congregation having a fit all night at work because his help called in sick. After trying to steal me from another department where I was needed that night, this thing knocked down displays all night on purpose and left them knocked down. Of course, he got fired. Some time later, I got questioned about what I saw of this incident, and he ended up getting reproved. That, for something far less spectacular than what this tennis cheater did. No way that would have not have resulted in at least a reproof, if the congregation was doing its job.