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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 12-20-09 WT Study (MY FRIENDS)

  by blondie in

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  2. friends

  comments you will not hear at the 12-20-09 wt study (october 15, 2009, pages 13-17)(my friends).

  review comments will be in red or headed by comments.

  wt material from today's wt will be in black.

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  lepermessiah

  Blondie - THANK YOU!

  I was waiting for you to post your comments on this article.

  I was so angry when I read this article - I thought it was absolutely the "poster child" for why many of us on are this board.

  As the old saying goes - With "Friends" like that, who needs enemies?

  And then next week we get more BS------

  Next week, Maintaining Friendships in a Loveless World. So once again all non-jws are non-loving.

  Loved these points:

  Elders cannot even look past faults such as sideburns 1/8 inch too long let alone Peter betraying Jesus 3 times.

  Cooperate with the elders appointed by holy spirit, even the pedophile elders.

  Is the counsel of the elders BIBLE-BASED or based on the elder's manuals?

  non-jw relatives = automatically considered persecutors and enemies? Did Jesus treat his brothers and sisters that

  way?
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  Community Service - why looked down on when it was so encouraged by Jesus

  by insearchoftruth in

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  2. beliefs

  my wife yesterday was talking about how useless it really is to feed the hungry and provide cold weather shelters since the problem will not go away until the 'new system of things'.. i know that at one time jesus does state that there will be poor always, but a key aspect of his ministry on earth was helping the less fortunate.

  how does the wts justify the discouragement of its rank and file from performing acts of community service, when the 'greatest man who ever lived' was so active in it?.

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  Blondie said it all - the ministry is viewed as community service, even though 99% of the community wants nothing to do with you.

  I always thought the motive was more selfish from the WTBS - they demand as much as possible from their followers....wasting time and resources with charity would take the people away from opportunities to add $$$$ to the company.
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  I just feel like crying... I'm so fed up of the hypocrisy!

  by cattails in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was very disgusted with the wt study for today.. towards the end of the article it refers to matthew 15 (see quoted scripture below).

  this is a beautiful passage where jesus says his followers need to be hospitable, care for sick, hungry and imprisoned brothers.. they turn it around and say that for jw's this means they need to support the "faithful and discreet slave" by going in door-to-door witnessing, making monetary contributions to support the worldwide witnessing work, and following the directions and counsel of congregation elders.. and the worst part of it all is that there were several commenters giving almost word for word answers to that effect, they didn't even seem to listen to previous comments, they just repeated mindlessly what the paragraph said... i was ready to burst.

  mom knew i was about to have a fit right there and then.

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  Para 17, was an unashamed appeal for MONEY !

  "....by using our material assets to further kingdom interests we prove our friendship and love, not just in word but in deed and truth..........when we donate money toward the maintenance and construction of of our meeting facilities and when we contribute funds toward the worldwide preaching work"

  Blues - I thought the same thing.

  I was going to start a thread on this WT study since I went with my wife yesterday, and i was ready to go ballistic.

  I was in a bad mood the rest of the day, but I didnt tell my wife why!

  The totally take the Christianity out of being a Christian......I am so sick of it.

  I just read an article about a gentleman who gave out millions of dollars to people anonymously - he was known as "Secret Santa". He would walk up to someone who looked like they needed a boost and give them money. He touched thousands of lives and would not allow his identity to be made known until it was evident it would come out in the media. Even then, he had terminal cancer and still sounded like nothing was wrong.......now that is the spirit of Christianity and kindness I admire.

  Article Review:

  How can we be friends with Jesus?

  1) Obey the Faithful and Discreet Slave in everything

  2) Give the WTBS your money

  3) Obey the congregation elders

  Every FREAKING article lately is the same thing - even hard core JW's must be tired of it.

  It should have said - "your funds help assist us when we pay out tens of millions of dollars to the victims of pedophilia that we let run rampant in our congregations"

  Blindly obey the F&D Slave since they are never wrong.

  Obey the congregation elders, even though most of them are clueless, self-righteous, pompous A$$-Holes!!
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  Jimi Hendrix - Your Favorite Songs from Him ? U-tubes Welcome !

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one of the, if not the greatest guitarist ever really influenced modern rock and roll as well !

  here are my favorites from him.. 1. all along the watchtower.

  2. hey joe.

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  Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)

  Purple Haze

  Love or Confusion

  Catfish Blues (from the BBC Sessions - amazing live performances, does a killer version of Can You Please Crawl Out your Window by Dylan)

  Castles Made of Sand

  Little Wing

  Wait Until Tomorrow

  etc.....another guy I totally love........Man, I wished he would have lived longer - would love to see what he would have come up with!
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  WT Limericks - Join the Fun!

  by lepermessiah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  was having fun with a friend and started this.....doesnt take much to humor us i guess!.

  there was a man named charlie'.

  who loved to make prophecy.

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  lepermessiah

  Was having fun with a friend and started this.....doesnt take much to humor us I guess!

  There was a man named Charlie'

  Who loved to make prophecy

  he started to write

  thought he had new light

  left us a crap legacy!

  There was an old drunk named Joe

  Who loved to make lots of dough

  He loved his power

  In Ruling the Tower

  The lies from his mouth did flow!
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  Hey Flipper, if you plan to take on the "muscial stylings" of David Bowie next

  by ShirleyW in

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  2. friends

  please, please, let's not forget one of my fave singles "i'm afraid of americans" with guitarist meshell ndegeocello, when it first came out howard stern's sidekick robin annually used to throw him a surprise bday party, and whatever year the song came out there was a live performance that morning on the air with bowie and meshell .

  .absolutely a f"__'in classic piece of live music !!

  i'm in nyc, so i'm referring to his free radio show which used to air on krock before he signed with sirius.. and we can't forget"fame" although written by john lennon, bowie did the recording (with luther vandross doing backup) .

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  Im Afraid of Americans - CLASSIC!

  OMG - that song is amazing!!

  Shirley - was that Gail Ann Dorsey in Bowie's band? She looks a lot like Meshell (shaved head).........both are amazing!

  If it was Meshell, man that would have been cool.....

  (Only reason I ask is last few times I have seen him, Gail Ann was with him!)

  I saw them do Fame live on "E" for one of Howard's b-day parties, it was so awesome. They really "nastied" up the opening guitar riff, and it just rocked.

  Heroes, Boys Keep Swinging, Station to Station, Fashion, Scary Monsters, etc..............the guy is brilliant!!!!
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  The Rolling Stones - Your Favorite Songs from them ? U-tubes Welcome !

  by flipper in

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  I love this - I could talk music all day!

  The Stones are a band I didnt particularly like growing up, but I became a huge fan a few years ago......

  The ENTIRE Some Girls album rules......

  I love Respectable, Beast of Burden, Shattered....Emotional Rescue is a really cool tune.....

  Little T&A is a Keith classic from Tattoo You........not sure what the title and lyrics refer to, still trying to figure it out

  She's A Rainbow - beautiful song.....

  Gimme Shelter, Undercover of the Night, I loved Rough Justice from the Bigger Bang album, and also Mixed Emotions...

  Man, there are so many more....
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  Led Zeppelin - Your Favorite All Time Songs from Them ? U-tubes Welcome !

  by flipper in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i saw a beatles thread was started about favorite songs- so i thought i'd start several threads on other groups who were very important in rock and rolls development !

  here are my favorites from led zeppelin, kind of in order.. .

  1. stairway to heaven.

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  Alright - the mighty ZEP.....they are like the Beatles for me, I love almost the entire catalog, hard to pick even 5-10!

  1) When the Levee Breaks - most memorable drum line for me

  2) In My Time of Dying......Tour De Force

  3) How Many More Times - 'Cause Ive got you in the sights....of my.......GUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!'

  4) Misty Mountain Hop -totally rocks

  5) Friends - I love the LZ 3 album, gotta have from there.
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  Idolization of the Watchtower logo! in March WT

  by Gayle in

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  2. friends

  http://www.jwsupportforum.com/index.php?topic=8694.0.

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  lepermessiah

  Add this log on the fire:

  Paragraph 18 from the article....

  18 The prophet Daniel spoke of our day
  when he foretold: “The ones
  having insight will shine like
  the brightness of the expanse;
  and those who are bringing
  the many to righteousness,
  like the stars to time indefinite,
  even forever.” (Dan. 12:3)
  Who are these ones who shine
  so brightly? Why, none other
  than anointed Christians, the
  genuine wheat that Jesus referred
  to in his illustration of the wheat and
  the weeds! The ‘collecting out’ of the weedlike
  imitation Christians has been clearly recognized
  by an ever-increasing great crowd
  of sheeplike ones. In attaching themselves
  to the remnant of spiritual Israel, these prospective
  subjects of the Kingdom likewise let
  their light shine in this bedarkened world.
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  Faders, How Often Do You/Did you Want to Pull the Pin on that Grenade?

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many here have stopped going to the kh and many have just reduced activity to some degree.

  while today is not that day for me, i have had the "screw it all" attitude every now and again and was ready to tell the wt off, call the p.o.

  or whoever, call my mother and tell her all about the "god-damned cult" she's in and why it's just wrong.

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  lepermessiah

  HI Misery!
  
  I cant imagine still being an elder and dealing with the situation. Fortunately, I had already resigned 
  before I started down the path I am on now. 
  It sounds like the Grenade for you right now would be like the 
  Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch from Monty Python and the Holy Grail! 
  
  I wish you all the best - there is great advice on here about resigning as an elder without causing 
  a total mess....... 
  
  "And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the
   Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three
   shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting
   shalt be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two,
   excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once
   the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou
   thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thou foe, who being naughty
   in my sight, shall snuff it.'"
   MAYNARD: Amen.
   ALL: Amen.
   ARTHUR: Right! One... two... five!
   KNIGHT: Three, sir!
   ARTHUR: Three!