Posts by sd-7

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"Its not about the numbers...Its about Love"

by Solzhenitsyn in

in the org did anyone ever tell you that its not about the numbers...yet the reality was that it was all about the numbers?.

i ran into a pimi who asked why my family and i were awol.

i told him that it was private and personal and i wasn't at liberty to discuss it.

sd-7

I say we let the WT speak for itself, with regards to numbers:

*** w60 10/1 p.579 NumbersAreNotEnough***

NUMBERS are not a sound basis on which to build faith. If Christianity had been founded on numbers, it would have failed. At Christianity’s darkest hour, namely, when Jesus was on the torture stake, there was not one of his apostles that stood by him. Yet Christianity triumphed, not because of its numbers, rather because it is of God.

Large numbers tend to create a false sense of security.

*** w60 10/1 p.580 NumbersAreNotEnough***

Today, religious organizations have a habit of pointing to their great numbers and wealth as proof of their being favored by God.

*** w092/15pp.26-27par.10They“KeepFollowingtheLamb”***

Shortly before he ascended to heaven, the resurrected Jesus appeared to his faithful disciples and made a promise to them, saying: “Look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.” (Matt. 28:20) Has this promise proved reliable? In the last 15 years, the number of congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses worldwide has grown from some 70,000 to over 100,000—an increase of over 40 percent. And what about the new disciples added? Nearly 4.5 million disciples were baptized in the last 15 years—an average of more than 800 a day. These spectacular increases are clear evidence that Christ is directing his anointed followers at their congregation meetings and is supporting them in their disciple-making work.***

That, indeed, says it all.

--sd-7

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Shout out to Sd-7

by _Morpheus in

hey my man!

i see you tried to call and i answered but it didnt connect?

the number wont let me call you back, please hit me up anytime and dont worry about calling me two or three times in a row to get my attention :) .

sd-7

Sorry I missed this. I've not been on the message boards in awhile, for the most part. I don't think I've changed my number in awhile. If my math is correct, that would place this somewhere in November of 2018 when you tried to call? Well, anyway, I've seen your post, here. Honestly, I can't remember for sure who you are. There are so many code names that I've forgotten. I don't want to confuse you with someone else. You can always send me a message in private so I don't say anything questionable. If you are who I think you are, I never knew your name, anyway, so it works out. Thanks for the mention.

--sd-7

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Remember SD7 post?

by fatimaportalgul1917 in

the drama parody let my eye not become wicked.

this is a remake of that drama skit some names have been changed and shortened this actully took a long time sorry.

no copyright infringement intended.

sd-7

Nice work. I heard about this through a dear friend. I got a nice chuckle out of it. Yeah, I'm still out there, haven't posted in years, I suppose. Thanks for remembering me. Now I know...that my posts....were not in vein.

--sd-7

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I'm late to the party on this Gog of Magog change...

by sd-7 in

so this may 2015 study edition...i know you guys have talked about it already, but wow.

this is classic.

mostly i like to revel in the presentation of these changes.

sd-7

Actual phrasing in the regular Study Edition was, "However, that explanation raised some important questions." That's an amazing translation they did for the Simplified Edition, then. Interesting, ha ha ha! The Simpified Edition must make it harder to use tricky wording like they normally do.

--sd-7

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I'm late to the party on this Gog of Magog change...

by sd-7 in

so this may 2015 study edition...i know you guys have talked about it already, but wow.

this is classic.

mostly i like to revel in the presentation of these changes.

sd-7

Oubliette, I think I must have been reading the Simplified Edition. I hadn't meant to click on that one, but apparently I must have. Sorry about that.

--sd-7

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Convention Cartoon

by freemindfade in

so last night they played the convention cartoon.

there were a few laughs from the audience, overall though people seemed a little taken aback and tight lipped.

like no one gushed about it afterwards, no applause, just like it was nothing new at all.

sd-7

Okay, finally got around to watching this video. The intended audience is clearly adults, right? I mean, right? It's a clever way to get the information across without boring people to death with an entire Service Meeting part on it, so I'll credit them on that. (They'll still have that boring Service Meeting part, I'm sure.)

But the implications here--so they expect JWs to dress as if they're literally at the convention the entire time?? Ha ha! I never did that. It's freaking a hundred degrees outside and I'm going to sit around in my dress clothes all night after I sat around in them all day? HA HA HA HA HA! Go flock yourself. You have no Biblical basis for those orders, so I felt perfectly free to ignore them even as a JW. Oh, and remember the day's text this week about God being impartial and seeing more than the outward appearance? So much for that!

Still trying to figure out who would want to be waiting outside the convention at 7:50 a.m. After driving half the day to get there, I'd be lucky to wake up before 7, much less be there before 8.

Sadly, I actually did enjoy the program when I believed in it--though I found certain things they said to be a bit extreme--but the process of getting there made the whole thing a pain in the behind. I was always too tired to enjoy it anyway. I did occasionally notice when they cut and paste whole paragraphs straight from Watchtower articles. Why not just reread the old magazines and save your money?

Well, thanks for sharing it. It's nothing worth commenting much on, the cartoon, I mean. I actually think it's better than how they usually present this same information every flocking year.

--sd-7

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Assembly Survival Kit

by pronomono in

so, i've got the assembly tomorrow, or so the wife says.

i should have bought this in preparation..... .

http://cdn.blessthisstuff.com/imagens/stuff/gentlemans-survival-kit-2.jpg.

sd-7

I found that a good pair of Skullcandy headphones and an iPod mini were suitable entertainment for three days of convention. Of course I'm already out, so...it may be that you would have trouble getting away with that if you're still in. Thankfully, I will not be attending this year, so...it all works out nicely.

If all else fails, you can always just pick a Bible book and read it just so you actually learn something about the Bible while you're there...ha!

--sd-7

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Why JW marriage is a huge problem for the organization.

by kneehighmiah in

jw
friends

the difficulty of finding a marriage mate is well known for sisters.

but i would say it's hard for brothers also.

i was talking to a jw last night.

sd-7

I don't think there was ever a lack of attractive JW women in my area. Nor do I think that's that much of a problem throughout the group. The problem to me was just the difficulty of dating itself. Being under a microscope from elders to the gossip hounds. How can anyone have a meaningful relationship that grows into marriage under circumstances like that? You'll find out almost nothing about the person until after you're married, and since it gets suspicious if you date too long, it's a no-win situation.

The other thing is that beauty is subjective. When I first started dating the woman who is now my wife, my brother said to me that she wasn't even all that attractive. Well, I'm not sure who he was looking at, but I think she's gorgeous and even five years later I love looking at her, even with no makeup and snoring in the bed. So to me, she's beautiful.

It's just statistically improbable that out of eight million people, there's a lack of attractive women of marriage age. I'd say you just have to look around, meet more people.

--sd-7

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Conventions, Kingdom Halls, Relief Funds, and Other Financial Scams and Schemes of Jehovah’s Witnesses

by Watchtower-Free in

a few seconds ago this hit the net todayhttp://jwvictims.org/conventions-kingdom-halls-relief-funds-and-other-financial-scams-and-schemes-of-jehovahs-witnesses/.

conventions, kingdom halls, relief funds, and other financial scams and schemes of jehovahs witnesses.

jehovahs witnesses often note that at their meetings (like church services), they dont pass a collection plate.

sd-7

It could be wishful thinking that Sam Herd got that Rolex as a gift. Without asking him, we'd have no way of knowing. But the fact is, at the very least he must have some very rich friends. But no, they're making some serious cake, apparently, and I recall Ray Franz saying that GB members would take vacations that the ordinary JW can only dream of.

But that's a very good article. Bravo.

--sd-7

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I'm late to the party on this Gog of Magog change...

by sd-7 in

so this may 2015 study edition...i know you guys have talked about it already, but wow.

this is classic.

mostly i like to revel in the presentation of these changes.

sd-7

So this May 2015 Study Edition...I know you guys have talked about it already, but wow. This is classic. Mostly I like to revel in the presentation of these changes. The wording is so classic WT.

"For many years, our publications have explained that the name Gog of Magog refers to Satan after he was thrown out of heaven." So if anything went wrong, it was the publications' fault, not ours. Those books just got up and wrote themselves.

Blah blah, "So we understood that Gog must be another name for Satan. However, there were some problems with this explanation."

Let's read that again. "However, there were some problems with this explanation." Imagine saying that to someone in the congregation. That's the quickest way to end up in front of three elders. Also, THE PROBLEM IS IT'S WRONG! Just say it! It was wrong. I think it's just, the way they go about explaining the problems, it really makes it sound like the earlier understanding was written by complete idiots. I won't comment on that, nor do I need to. I'll let the Watchtower do so:

"But how could Satan, who is an invisible spirit creature, be eaten by birds and wild beasts? How could he be buried on earth? The Bible clearly shows that Satan will be thrown into the abyss for 1,000 years. He will not be eaten or buried."

"But if Satan is Gog, this means that Satan would have to mislead himself."

Only the Watchtower writers could be guilty of such horrible use of logic and actually throw people out of the congregation who see "problems with this explanation."

It further underscores the fact that they have no idea how to understand the Bible. You can pick just one of any number of Bible verses and, searching their publications, you could find three or more different "explanations" for the same verse, all contradictory, all written by the same divinely chosen 'faithful slave'. Matthew 24:34, Matthew 24:45-47, Romans 13--multiple explanations for just a handful of verses. If they don't understand these--as is abundantly evident by their constantly finding "problems" with their own prior explanations--then we have little reason to believe there are no problems with their explanations of the thousands of other Bible verses they claim to know the truth about.

I also just have to marvel at just how many changes have been made in the past 10-15 years. Thanks for the timely reminder to avoid the girl-on-girl porn, by the way. I've had to turn off or skip so many episodes of 'Game of Thrones', you know? Anyway, I hope you've got better things to do on a Saturday than read this. If you did, though, thanks for reading.

--sd-7