Posts by WTWizard

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Awake 1976 - Should a Pocket Calculator Be in Your Pocket?

by Ron.W. in

awake 1976 - should a pocket calculator be in your pocket?.

somehow this totally zany 'bible based' article passed me by first time around!.

anyone remember it?.

WTWizard

This sounds typical of the washtowel, and other cults. Begrudge people the few minutes it takes to operate a calculator and that it might become a "toy" while people are learning to work with numbers. And the prices were coming down--by 1975, calculators in the 30 toilet paper range were coming out, and I had a scientific calculator in 1976 that was in the mid 40s. While prices would be more today, these days prices of calculators have fallen to where they are just about giving them away.

Or do they really want life to be a complete drudgery? And this was right after the fiasco of the 1975 end of this system. Also, if you didn't use a calculator, what about the slide rules they replace? One could just as easily play with one of those things, "wasting" as much time while becoming better with adding and multiplying, and working with exponents, at the same time. And given the choice, I think learning to work a slide rule is actually harder than a calculator. Beyond that, just look at how much a decent slide rule costs these days.

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Re-activate me?

by punkofnice in

there was a knock at my door and i thought it was my take-away being delivered.. long story short, it was 2 elders calling to see me.

i guess to re-activate me.

once they said who they were i recognised them.

WTWizard

I wonder how many, in North America, would understand it if you tell them, in German, that you are an apostate and do not wish to become a jokehovian witless again. In most areas here, few people understand German and especially among the jokehovians that will not spend field circus time learning this language.

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Big News: August English Watchtower released on servers

by ukpimo in

big news.

just in from a friend who is fading.. disfellowshipping will no longer be a term used by jws.

study article 35, paragraph 4 footnote says this:.

WTWizard

Disfellowshipping? Removing? Same thing. No different than what other cults, and religions, call excommunication. They might have watered down the shunning, at least in some cases (not for those who are "apostates" or simply want out of a bad marriage), but there is still the same threat of everlasting destruction. And how long before they are going to puke even that gain back up, at least on a local or regional basis?

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SEPTEMBER 2024 Study Watchtower - Warnings for JW's!

by BoogerMan in

what warnings are the cult giving the "sheeple?".

in the study article on page 20 - "are you heeding the warnings?

", jw's are threatened what their fate will be if they don't support the elite, "anointed" jw's, the 33 degree aka, the self-appointed gibbering body - they will be toast very soon:.

WTWizard

I will not support cults that waste people's time and resources, or that demand one to give them all their money. And any god that is a lowlife scumbag enough to adversely judge someone for not wasting their potential or losing all their personal property to support this thing does not deserve my worship. Since when does god have the right to demand all my money and/or time, and throw a temper tantrum when I am not willing to surrender?

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The Memorial and my thoughts.

by Truth and Justice in

jw
friends

no matter what opinions you may have, the memorial is very important to us.

many are opposed to the way the organization performs the memorial because of restrictive rules as to who should partake.

as jesus said in scripture, "keep doing this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.

WTWizard

I would rather worship the sun (and the moon) by participating in the greater Memorial--the eclipse. With a decent pair of eclipse glasses, one can watch the total eclipse (if you are in the path) or a partial one if you are near. Plus there is a lunar eclipse tonight. Hey, if they hate when I worship the sun by celebrating Christmas, I wonder what they are going to do when I worship both the sun and the moon. And no, I will not be going to worship that beady-eyed monster thing.

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New rules for dress & greeting disfellowshipped: It's even worse!

by neat blue dog in

i know they're panicking and trying to gain favor with governments, former members, prospective converts & those who are teetering, all for financial worries.

still, the latest update in some ways made things worse, and if there's any jws watching it who are beginning to wake up it should be very disturbing.. starting with dress codes: they say that suits, ties & skirts are no longer required, but in so doing they admit that they were required, something not often appearing as an explicit command in print.

(similar to how lett referred to the "policy on beards" in his video, even though this direct policy wasn't made available to rank and file.

WTWizard

It won't do a bit of good if you have hounders in the congregation that insist on wearing the classic suit, especially if they are picky about the color of your shirt or where you take it to be cleaned. And what if you have a small group that claims to be "stumbled" by someone wearing a nice Oxford shirt and matching pants (not suit clothes) with no tie, or a "sister" wearing nice business quality slacks in field circus or at a boasting session? They report being "stumbled" to the hounders, and before long you have that talk about not "stumbling" others. Even though the washtowel itself allows these items to be worn, you don't actually have the right if just one person is "stumbled".

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New approach to ministry

by Mikejw in

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friends

there is a new approach to ministry where the direction is to just talk to people and listen to what they want to talk about.

the new school for the midweek meeting is completely different and is all about the new approach .

even before the no reporting changes field service dropped right off.

WTWizard

It won't do them any good if they continue insisting on mandatory coronavirus shots. The one time Tony the Turd did anything right, they booted him--for resisting mandatory coronavirus shots for the whole congregation. And I wonder if they are still wearing those useless face masks at the boasting sessions.

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Zoom replaced with KHCONF+ app for meetings?

by joey jojo in

just heard about khconf+ app replacing zoom for hybrid meetings at kngdom halls.

did a quick search here and didnt find any posts about it.

have i missed something?.

WTWizard

And what happens when people make the smart decision and not go at all?

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Patterson New Visitor Centre & Museum Announced

by raymond frantz in

https://www.jwupdates.com/post/new-patterson-visitor-center-and-first-century-museum.

january 1, 2024, marked the official opening of the patterson visitor center, located at the watchtower educational center in patterson, new york, u.s.a. the feature museum of the visitors’ center is entitled “first-century bible village.” brother isaiah miller, who works in the museum department at bethel, said: “the bible village was designed to provide everyone with a realistic and educational experience.

studies show that interactive learning has a powerful effect on people of all ages.” after her tour, one visitor exclaimed: “this museum made me feel like i had been transported back to the land of ancient israel.

WTWizard

I would rather go to a real museum, such as the Boston museum of Science, instead. It would still cost me some money, but I find science far more appealing than going to a replica of a land that serves as a point of origin for all the curses we have on us today.

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Waiting On Jehovah First Mentioned?

by Ron.W. in

yes, waiting on jehovah for him to handle a problem/ doctrine etc.. when did the jw's first start saying that?

they've been saying it as long as i can remember.. what scriptures do they trot out to back that teaching up?

?.

WTWizard

Waiting on this hyper-abomination only serves to allow that thing to let you languish, keeping all the problems it caused going, and you will simply SHUT UP about it while it harvests your soul. You are waiting, and that which you are waiting for never shows up at all. A complete waste of your time and resources.