Posts by teel

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CO visit comments: Facebook & new "generation" teaching

by sir82 in

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just a couple more gems from the recent co visit:.

in his meeting with elders / ms, he was warning of the "dangers" of the internet.

following is a more or less accurate quotation:.

teel

They are sneakier than usual with this generation teaching, introducing it in an unrelated article barely explaining it. This CO experience confirms it, he was talking about the doctrine as not so new light. Conscious active JWs would do well to bring up the topic as much as possible.

"Brother, have you seen loving provision the FDS provided us? I understand now that Jesus must have been talking about a group of people that overlaps another group of people. Isn't it wonderful that we alone have this knowledge? Who else in Satan's world could figure out what Jesus actually meant when he said 'generation'?"

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How to get a post that shows up on google search?

by chicken little in

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i need a little help, i want to write an article and have it show up on google, how do you do that?.

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teel

As far as I know to be in the top for Google search, you have to have lots of links from other sites with similar keywords.

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Which Governing Body lie stands out the most to you?

by dissed in

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friends

they are zombies you know.

they are not thinking for themselves.

they let the governing body think for them.

teel

the elders told me that their dumbass decisions were Jesus Christ's decisions because they are the stars in his right hand according to Revelation and that I have a problem with pride for questioning them.

This had me laughing out loud. You have a problem with pride by questioning that they are the stars in Jesus' hand! I am chosen by God to deliver His will! Anyone not agreeing does it because they are too pride to accept me. It's incredible how some actually buy that stuff too.

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What I hate most about missing the meetings...

by gutted in

...is when people ask why i wasn't there.

usually i tell them, that i was sick, or not feeling well, which for the most part is true.

what is irritating is when someone presses it, especially someone you are closer with in the congregation.

teel

We do that subtly with "we missed you". This is designed to elicit an explaination. It really means "where were you"?

... all the while to a not so astute observer it would seem they really care, and show love.

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Watchtower & Awake covers. Some of my satire attempts...

by Aussie Oz in

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teel

Heaven: if they do write about these, I might consider going back Especially if this WT was real:

Keep them coming!

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concerns over magazine cover satire and copyright law

by Aussie Oz in

i enjoy making the watchtower covers as i see others do as well,.

are we at risk of potential legal action for breaching copyright laws?.

should we change the titles a bit to be safe?.

teel

I'm no lawyer, but afaik parts of copyrighted materials can be used for satire under the Fair Use law.

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Encouraged by the Org. itself to expose them............

by iknowall558 in

ok...when i left the org, i was quiet for a while....as you are, trying to get used to not being a jw robot, and trying to show the rest of the congregation and former friends and family, ..(like it matters),..that you are still nice, polite, spiritual......... not engaging in criminal acts, not smoking or taking drugs and not becoming the local slut falling out of pubs and clubs at the weekend in an alcohol induced stupor.

then i changed my mind!

not that i started engaging in all of the above....but that i stopped being quiet.

teel

Refer your Catholic/Republican neighbors to A Catholic Critique of Jehovah's Witnesses. This is an excellent rebuttal of WT teachings, written for Catholics but useful for anybody facing WT indoctrination.

I started reading the article, but when I got to this point:

That a person with no other equipment than a knowledge of the English
language and a seventeenth century English translation of the Bible in his
hands is qualified to decide all matters of eternal consequence for himself
and the rest of mankind, is the ridiculous conclusion to which the principle
of private judgment can finally be brought.

I stopped here. The writer is no better than the GB, this above quote fits perfectly in any WT; he just believes in something else, and wants to enforce that.

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Encouraged by the Org. itself to expose them............

by iknowall558 in

ok...when i left the org, i was quiet for a while....as you are, trying to get used to not being a jw robot, and trying to show the rest of the congregation and former friends and family, ..(like it matters),..that you are still nice, polite, spiritual......... not engaging in criminal acts, not smoking or taking drugs and not becoming the local slut falling out of pubs and clubs at the weekend in an alcohol induced stupor.

then i changed my mind!

not that i started engaging in all of the above....but that i stopped being quiet.

teel

All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing (Edmund Burke)

What I would add as advice however, is to try to keep it all legal, and not too over the top - or else it might have an adverse effect, reinforcing the JW view of them being persecuted.

was told by a 'sister' on Facebook to 'get to fuck'

Lol if you're a man (or thought by the 'sister' to be a man) maybe that's a generous offer as a reward for exposing the cult?

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Is it me or

by bobld in

the writers of the june 15 wt are out to lunch.

let me illustrate some terms they use:christian congregation,jehovah's congregation,jehovah's organization(gb/wbts)=wt trinity.. world=live w/o moral restraint,are unsatisfied,unhappy,threatened by crime,violence,advancing age,ill health,no hope,etc,.

wt trinity=true christians are not immune to these problem.. world emotional security=proved elusive,many who hope to find peace and fulfillment in marriage have found their expectations gone unfulfiiled.however, in jehovah's organization its the only way of life that brings happiness.. ask the happy married(full-time ministers of jehovah) couples:margarita/raul,jane and her husband,monique and her husband,of immorally,betrayal,abuse,emotional humiliation,financial distress,etc,what happened .. wt trinity=solution to this problem sweep in under the rug by disfellowshipping.help offered go in field service.also you want mates to snitch on each other so you can solve the problem quickly ie disfellowship instead of counsel.. spiritually=churchgoers have been left bewildered and disoriented,questioning the value and guidance ot their religious leader.

teel

Nothing new, they do it all the time, sometimes more, sometimes less. It's called hypocrisy. They say "sure, JWs have problems too, but we have God on our side, who will help us solve the problems!" - and they skip into the sunset, with all the problems left unsolved.

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concerning "morality" in the congregation, did you ever think "how do we have the nerve to judge "worldley " people ?

by looloo in

when i was a study , at first i was really impressed with the high morals in the congregation and how "happy "everyone seemed , i eventually fell for a pioneer and commited adultery , which i felt and was made to feel the most wicked woman in the world for .

(i am married to him now ) but after i left i found out just how much had really been going on in the cong , there was one brother who had been having an affair for 5 years with a sister (he was married ) he only got reprooved and she was disfellowshipped !

i found out lots of people who wed in the hall had already done the "deed" child abuse had not been reported etc domestic violence situations , all though i am not in a position to judge "wrong doing " myself im amazed that so many in the cong had the nerve to look down on church goers "immorality " or "worldly people considering what they knew had gone on in the kingdom hall !.

teel

WTW you reminded me of one of my pet peeve - the WT shows sex in very bad light, it will destroy your relation with God, it will make you sick, you are a prostitute if you ever sleep with someone before marriage and so on... then they start listing the negatives why you shouldn't have sex, which are mostly two: diseases - preventable, so they emphasise this: you will have bad conscience! Of course she will have you stupid, you made her feel that way!