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  JWs Changing "Baptism Questions" Effective May 13?

  by Room 215 in

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  Claims get challenged.

  Yes, they do. In the case of the WT though, they buy themselves some (limited) relief by a policy of no tolerance; labeling any organizational member who does so, an apostate.

  What might be useful though, is to have this information readily available for any/all potential Bible Studies. Make the study conductor defend the claim as a condition for continuing the study...
  
  It is, after all, THE central doctrine of the Jehovah's Witness religion. Every other crazy thing rests on this crazy premise.

  It would be nice if say some legal precedence get established that opens them up for some legal retribution for their fanatical religious tribunals where they have the upper hand and the members suffer.

  
  

  At the least, it might mean that no MINOR person could enter into such an agreement, since it is being wielded as a binding contract. Can you imagine the numbers, the trends, if no individual could be baptized before 18?!

  Talk about hastening their demise. Stick a fork in 'em.
  
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  JWs Changing "Baptism Questions" Effective May 13?

  by Room 215 in

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  I like the indication- what spirit is org being guided by? LMS has a good thought there

  Yes, I agree - good line of inquiry.

  I think the ORG would like to claim 'Holy Spirit-Directed', (it is certainly implied to the JDubs), but there's plenty of reason for them to tread lightly here...

  The more grandiose the claim, the more scrutiny deserves to be brought to bear, and 'Holy Spirit-directed' is quite a whopper. No, it's not INSPIRED, but they are kissing-cousins. Any semi-serious Bible student would have to vet this claim.
  
  Where is the Scriptural foundation for such a claim? What is the basis for an individual or group operating under this 'Spirit-Directed' condition. The WT Org cannot tolerate ANY such lines of examination, so they are compelled to surreptitiously offer forth the general idea to be consumed and believed, but not too precisely or stridently, lest a dub start investigating..
  
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  Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

  you can't write this stuff.

  right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

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  Tony M. isn't doing anything "wrong" or illegal in my opinion...

  He's doing enough, if he were a no-name brother of little consequence who perhaps had an elder or 2 that disliked him...

  To give sufficient excuse to such elders to ask probing questions, cast suspicions, further investigate with possibilities of reproof...or worse.

  That's why this even speaks so loudly to some of us (who WERE brothers of little consequence), and speaks still to certain sincere, devout JWs...
  
  Who until now, have lived with a certain image/expectation in their heads about Governing Body members.
  
  This event presents an opportunity to credibly challenge such images and expectations.
  
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  Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

  you can't write this stuff.

  right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

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  They may talk to him into not buying so much booze at one time and suggest just buying only one bottle, instead of a dozen.

  Well then, that might entail several trips per week for the poor man, just to keep his cups filled...
  
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  Einstein On Quantum Mechanics

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  albert einstein said "i like to think the moon is there even if i'm not looking at it".. i'm thinking the double slit experiments could have been a major factor in his attitude towards qm.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/double-slit_experiment.

  "[t]he atoms or elementary particles themselves are not real; they form a world of potentialities or possibilities rather than one of things or facts.".

  werner heisenberg.

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  Reality was already broke...we just didn't notice it. Awesome.
  
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  Einstein On Quantum Mechanics

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  albert einstein said "i like to think the moon is there even if i'm not looking at it".. i'm thinking the double slit experiments could have been a major factor in his attitude towards qm.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/double-slit_experiment.

  "[t]he atoms or elementary particles themselves are not real; they form a world of potentialities or possibilities rather than one of things or facts.".

  werner heisenberg.

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  I've spent some time thinking about this stuff...
  
  The Double-Slit experiment fascinated me (and still continues to), because of its implications concerning the nature of reality.
  
  For a long time, I thought that consciousness caused collapse of the wavefunction; probability becomes certainty, and all that...
  
  Then I saw this lecture by Stuart Hameroff, where he postulated that maybe we have had it backwards...namely, maybe collapsing wavefunction is causing consciouness.
  
  It really sent me back to square one.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHg-mr4aqWk
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  Climate Change - True Believer or Skeptic?

  by Simon in

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  2. friends

  climate change ... who doesn't believe it?

  crazy fools and science deniers ... right?.

  it seems like it's become the new religion, the new orthodoxy, that must be accepted and believed as gospel and preached to all.. is it ok to be skeptical?.

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  How often have you (as in anyone reading this) actually changed your mind over any subject?

  Actually, I'll bet that many readers here had that very experience, concerning a rather weighty matter, at least once in their lives.
  
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  New Upcoming Changes - No More Publisher Record Cards & Reporting Hours

  by thedepressedsoul in

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  publisher record cards and reporting hours will be going away.

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  coming soon.. made this post 4 years ago, it happened - https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/24020002/kingdom-consolidation-sales-coming-reliable-source.

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  No matter how much informal pressure is applied, if no hours are reported, JWs will take this as a signal to stop preaching. Just as they took the abolition of cover prices for the literature as a signal to stop paying for them. No amount of exhortations to voluntarily contribute to cover the cost of printing did the trick.

  I think this is prescient. JWs are tired out after decades in the hamster wheel. ANY 'signal' from HQ that could otherwise be construed to diminish the 'ministry' will likely be seized upon.
  
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  Are You Horrifed if Someone Goes Into a “Massage Parlor”?

  by minimus in

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  yesterday, robert kraft, the owner of the new england patriots, got busted for getting a massage and more.

  they say there is another more high profile person who also got busted.. does this stuff upset you that some men have gone into a massage parlor for possibly more than a massage?

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  Or maybe Mr. Kraft went into a 'low rent' place precisely because of who was likely available there...
  
  And I don't mean because women who are newly into the country are available for abuse, but rather because such newly arrived women would most likely NOT know who he is.
  
  Consider it: sure Bob Kraft can afford any high-priced call girl working out of Boston. It's not a matter of price. Any of those high-priced call girls would know exactly who he is, and potentially extort Kraft beyond the initial transaction.
  
  Maybe he considered these women more likely to protect his anonymity.
  
  
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  Who is your favorite Star Wars character?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  the star wars franchise has lots of memorable characters, no doubt about it.

  the sw extended universe is a big space.. there are lots of characters in the extended universe that i know little or nothing about - i may have only heard their names.. so if you could pick just one character, which one is your favourite?.

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  R5-D4: if he didn't blow his 'motivator', then Luke and R2 don't meet....