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2022 - 1914 = ?
by fedup in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
obviously not the orgs brightest moment for teaching that the generation of 1914 would be alive to see paradise.

forget the "new light" that bought them an extra 100 years, which if any other religion would've done this, the org would scream false religion.

the fact is that for 75 years this #1 recruiting message from the society was a lie.. i asked a current jw to get a calculator and do the math: 2022 - 1914 = an angry reaction.
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Why start preaching work in 1876? Something to ask JW's who are still in
by fedup in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we learn from the bible that the characters that preached doomsday messages, such as lot, noah, etc all got to see the result of the message they preached, we studied that the final judgement from god was seen by the preacher as well as the people that heard and ignored the message.

my point is this, it would have been ridiculous for noah to start preaching to people, put the fear of god in all the listeners that the flood is coming, build the ark and then as a result, nothing happens to them.

even if the flood would have happened later, let's say 50 years after noah and all the people that heard him have died from natural causes.
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New financial arrangement is about ownership of the Kingdom Halls and Assembly Halls
by fedup in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
we may believe that the wt is having financial problems because of the sell-off that has been happening lately.

however, i think the opposite.

i believe the gb has realized that in today's world the money is in the properties that the sheepies have already paid or are paying for.
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How can a "God, who Cannot Lie" (Titus 1:2) justify DESTRUCTION?
by fedup in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was raised as a jw, most of my family is still in, i regular pioneered for 5 years, elder for even longer.

preached for over 40 years that the 1914 generation will see the end, etc, etc... believed every single word, and preached it with total conviction.. i have not been active for approx 7 years, completely faded now, mainly because i couldn't believe a loving god would destroy me, after coming to terms with and admiting i was preaching a lie.. i'm extremely happy i'm out, although still hitched to it somehow by my past, i guess like many of us on here.. i do have a question for all jws.. how can "god, who cannot lie" a god which is love, justify destroying the world, including all of us that left, and saving only the jws, when for decades one of the main teachings of the jws has proved to be a lie?

a teaching no one wants to discuss anymore, which got covered up by a new light, which most can't even explain.
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Women are better off without bras - New Study!
by fedup in
1. social
2. current
great news!.

women please read.. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/style/study-reveals-women-are-better-off-without-bras.html.

drop those bras!!
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The Truth Does Set One FREE!!!
by fedup in
1. watchtower
2. bible
we all can find comfort in writings, books, commentaries, magazines, etc... that make us think and reason intelligently and sometimes, set us free from ridiculous traditions.

what's funny is that the famous quote in the subject line is from the bible and applies to itself.. when many of us (jws) read coc from raymond franz, we learnt that we don't have to go too far to find the hypocrisy and the incredible lies that discredit the wt, he actually used the wt publications to tear apart the org and comfort and free many of us from the chains that we lived with in the jw world.. i just read the age of reason by thomas paine, this book does to the bible what coc did to the wt.

what a great read!
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How many JW's would get FIRED if the WT would be paying them to preach?
by fedup in
1. watchtower
2. bible
2011 preaching results:.

hours preached: 1.7b.

new baptized: 263k.
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WT Funny Slogans
by fedup in
1. social
2. humour
generations are forever.

good to the last flip-flop.

we love to see you cringe.