Posts by cattails

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Fictional Teaching of Slave Class/RF

by compound complex in

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in search of christian freedom.

the faithful and discreet slave.

masking over reality - for what purpose?.

cattails

Ray's books are a wonderful eye opener as it concerns the inner dealings of the WTS.

I'm glad I had a chance to read them and I recommend them to anyone reading this

forum and who still attends meetings or is active as a JW. Do not be afraid to know

the "truth" from someone who was there and witnessed it all from inside the sessions

of the Governing Body and then was brave enough to share the "truth" of what happens

in the GB meetings. Ray Franz deserves our thanks and our appreciation for his effort

and his honesty.

Thanks CoCo for bringing this post back to top.

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Ray Franz has had a stroke

by coffee_black in

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just setting the record straight.

there is another thread that notes a claim on wiki that said that ray has died.. he had a stroke yesterday, and is in the hospital.

he is still alive.

cattails

Thanks Sooner7nc for that quote from Ray. It really shows how sharp he was even at 87 years

and having had a minor stroke already. I love his books and have now read both. They are a help

in understanding that the WT Society isn't God's Channel as they claim, but only a manipulating

religious book publishing and magazine printing corporation that takes advantage of us gullible

people who thought we were getting into paradise by following their lead. Instead Ray's books

helped me to find the real freedom in Christ. May he and his wife feel how loved and cared about

they are from so many people around the world. I hope and pray for peace for him and his family

during this difficult time.

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Will The Governing Body Enforce the New Generation Understanding and Muzzle Open Criticism Among the Rank and File?

by frankiespeakin in

to keep every jw on the same page about the new light on extending the generation to mammoth's lengths of time the gb will no doubt be squashing any open criticism,, even the old cronies at bethel will looking differently at the gb when that starts happening.

even the most hardcore believer will be looking at the governing body in a "new light".

cattails

They'll squelch discontent with backroom sessions, removal of privileges,

marking talks, and eventual DF'ing of anyone who persists in calling this

new crazy generation gap overlap idea what it truly is, a bunch of crap.

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Convention

by CrimsonAshes in

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just got back fromt he convention.

it was unbelievable.

deep....and very interesting..

cattails

deep as in deep in doodoo?

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Utterly destroy

by hoj in

many times god orders his people to utterly destroy the enemy.

this one is from judges, the same book that had gideon's army which i see as allegory.

could this be figurative also?.

cattails

But notice it wasn't God that wanted this done. It was the assembly of Israelites.

Look at verse 25

"In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes."

Sometimes men try to put blame on God for the things men do. This whole account really

shows 'sickening' and 'despicable' things some men can do to other people.

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Witness Watchdog

by mrsjones5 in

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one of my jwd friends on facebook just posted this link which i think is quite interesting, it's a blog which is aimed at outing apostates on facebook:.

http://witnesswatchdog.blogspot.com/?spref=fb.

the blog also have a little information on madjw, not that i think it's reliable but it's there..

cattails

Witness Watchdog likes to poop on everyone's party.

Nobody likes dog poop, not even the biggest poops of

them all who sit on the GB. Witness Watchdog needs

a life.

.

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Witness Watchdog

by mrsjones5 in

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one of my jwd friends on facebook just posted this link which i think is quite interesting, it's a blog which is aimed at outing apostates on facebook:.

http://witnesswatchdog.blogspot.com/?spref=fb.

the blog also have a little information on madjw, not that i think it's reliable but it's there..

cattails

Hey Mega,

That's surely an apostate picture. Oh, wait a minute it looks

like one of those subliminal faces on WT publications. Ok,

never mind

:-)))

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Fun meeting with an elder

by teel in

a few days ago an elder, old aquaintance of mine visited me (alone, which was my request - props for him for accepting my terms).

it was quite an interresting meeting.

this elder is quite intelligent, he is a professor at a local college.

cattails

Hey Teel,

you've got a PM.

--Cat

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GB closing down and selling Central American Branches to be serviced out of Mexican Branch

by cattails in

the gb is closing down and selling all central american branches.

the congregations are to be serviced out of the mexican branch.. they end the letter by saying that aren't the congregations in the.

central american territory to be expecting great rejoicing since they'll.

cattails

With so many "Branches" in little countries the WTS runs the risk of some big plans filtering out.

Cutting down on branches also helps control who has access to highly confidential information.

The cost cutting gained from the closure of these offices can't really be much. They would of course

still maintain Special Pioneers, especially those who had high offices and know a lot of confidential

information.

It's to me another example of the WTS rounding up the wagons mentality.

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Change in distribution of Kool-aid issue of WT, get them like your KMs from your Service Groups Overseer

by cattails in

not only is there a change in the way the magazines for field service are distributed to publishers.. there's news of a change in distribution of the study issue of the wt.

from now on a publisher will.

get them like they get their kms, that is by having their service groups overseer hand deliver them.. another way to exercise control for control's sake and make the sgos busier and feeling more and.

cattails

Although I don't doubt that the distribution by hand of the SGO might save some pennies per congregation,

for me the idea that it is being handed out like the Kingdom Ministries reinforces the fact that it is a "for

publishers only" issue. It makes the R&F Witness think they are special, and taken care of, when their

SGO passes out the issues on time. Have you ever been under a brother who took forever to hand out

KMs? People hate that. They feel uncared for, as if their share of "food" wasn't served at the "right time".

I think it's very controlling and it may help develop the mentality of rounding up the waggons because

the end is "soooo near" and "imminent".