Posts by AMNESIANO

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Letter Re: JW Broadcasting

by pixel in

re: jw broadcasting.

dear brothers:.

we are writing to inform you of an exciting initiative that was announced on october 4,.

AMNESIANO

Is that letter for real, or is that just a spoof you made up? Because that last paragraph . . .

We have also contracted with an outside company, Roku , to make it possible to view JW
Broadcasting on a normal television by means of Roku streaming players, including the Roku 1,
Roku 2, Roku 3, and the Roku Streaming Stick. These products can be purchased online or at
retail stores.

. . . screams of sacrilegious commercialization. Why is Jehovah's Organization (TM) having a contract with a worldly company and even advertising them to JWs in a letter sent to congregations? I can see Jesus making a whip to beat the members of the GB while saying: 'Stop making my Father's house into a market for Roku!'

So true, but you gotta hold online apostates responsible for this bit of FULL DISCLOSURE--JW STYLE. There was a time not so very long ago when the bit of Roku dealmaking would never have been included in a BoE letter or letter to congregations.

In bygone days, before the interwebs, when the only means of even attempting to awaken any minds by exposing TTATT was to picket conventions or send anonymous snail mail, information dissemination was virtually non-existent for ex-dub freedom fighters. Not so any longer. Now that the intricate details of all their backroom shenanigans are plastered online before they can declare "The end is [still] near!", the WTS deems it'd better fully disclose what it considers the least damaging of its "strategery" (see The Linguistic Contributions of former U. S. President George W. Bush) themselves before JWN does and accuses them of concealing their true Babylonish ways.

Who can possibly still believe the WT organization isn't keenly attuned to forums such as this?

AMNESIAN

Captive 7/1972 - 2/2001

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TV.JW.ORG is coming!

by Oubliette in

AMNESIANO

"How long before most or all meetings are streamed via the channel?"

I frankly don't see this ever happening. My guess is that the channel will be primarily for non-JWs and extra-meeting material.

The WTS is all about control and obeisance. The incessant in-person drumbeat is essential to the indoctrination that fuels their arrogated authority. Risk the chance of sheep using their DVRs to fast-forward through Public and Student Talks on obedience and loyalty to the organization and FDS? or Accounts "Report"? or, OMDG,... blowing through the entire Watchtower Study?

Not to mention the temptation to binge-watch recorded meetings when/if they "have time" --winkwink.

Uh...fuhgeddaboutit.

If anything, I expect the beatings on "not forsak[ing] the gathering of ourselves together" to increase exponentially, if that's even possible given the amount of bleating on the subject that presently prevails.

AMNESIAN,

Captive 7/1972 - 2/2001

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TV.JW.ORG is coming!

by Oubliette in

AMNESIANO

Carry on the freedom fight, Oubliette. It's much appreciated.

AMNESIAN

Captive 7/1972 - 2/2001

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TV.JW.ORG is coming!

by Oubliette in

AMNESIANO

Thanks for your response, Oubliette (love that moniker!) and, indeed, the question rather veered away from this astounding news you've posted.

OFF-TOPIC ALERT!

I was just stricken because it seemed so out-of-character for you to be so harsh, especially to a poster who, like me, apparently chooses not to participate much. I have my own reasons as I'm sure s/he does, but there are those who lurk who may have much to contribute here but hang back when they see such a blast against what seems to have been an innocent inquiry.

Besides, if we're being honest here, a fair number of threads wander off (like this one you say...? ;-)). Is it really such a big deal, though? Does such really warrant such harshness on an open, nearly-anything-goes forum? (And don't get me wrong. I'm no prude. In a verbal battle, I am a blackbelt Sarcasteur...lol!)

Was just somewhat disappointed at this, felt terrible for GreenHornChristian, and was moved to offer my observation. No more, no less.

Back to Topic

Thanks for helping to break such mind-blowing news. Truly unbelievable. SMH...

AMNESIAN

Captive - 7/1972 - 2/2001

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TV.JW.ORG is coming!

by Oubliette in

AMNESIANO


GHC: I'm fascinated at how the JW logo is white on the wall yet it's blue in the reflection on the floor. Really? That's your comment! I could answer that, but it's a bit off topic and requires that you have at least a fundamental understanding of the laws of physics concerning reflected and refracted light. Way to miss the point of this thread. In the meantime, see this NASA website for some illumination on the subject you queried: Why is the sky blue?

GHC: I'm fascinated at how the JW logo is white on the wall yet it's blue in the reflection on the floor.

Really? That's your comment!

I could answer that, but it's a bit off topic and requires that you have at least a fundamental understanding of the laws of physics concerning reflected and refracted light.

Way to miss the point of this thread.

In the meantime, see this NASA website for some illumination on the subject you queried: Why is the sky blue?

Wow! Why such snarky sarcasm for a benign inquiry, Oubliette?!

The explanation is the following... The logo is back lighted by blue lights, so in the camera, the light coming directly from the letters is interpreted in the camera's sensor as white (it's too bright, or a blown-out highlight in photographic terms), so, when that same light is reflected from the floor, as the floor it's not a perfect mirror, you have *less* light coming, so you have the same light *underexposed*, and that underexposition let you see that the color of the light is blue, not a bluish white due to overexposure, the same happens in the wall beacausethe wall is less reflective too :)

Thanks, Mandrake, for the kindly-submitted, brief and informative response to GreenHornChristian and any others who might've pondered the same.

This is one tough room. ;-)

AMNESIAN

Captive 7/1972-2/2001

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Apple Cider Vinegar

by poppers in

i've been drinking 1 tbs with a glass of water twice daily for digestion for about 3 weeks now.

i've found it helps, but it also acts as an appetite suppressant; i've lost several pounds since using it.

i'm consuming fewer calories because i'm just not as hungry as before.

AMNESIANO

I started taking 2 Tbsps Bragg's Organic ACV - raw, unfiltered, unpasteurized, containing the "Mother" - twice daily in 8oz water nearly 3 weeks ago for my years-long excessive mucous and phlegm. It has all but eliminated the condition.

Curiously and unexpectedly, it's also acted as a noticeable appetite suppressant.

AMNESIAN

Captive 7/1972 - 2/2001

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How do we set up a "Used New Bike Fund" for Terry?

by BucketShopBill in

jw
friends

is there any way we can try to start a crowd-fund to help terry get some wheels quicker than he currently can?

with craigslist and a couple of bucks from a few members we can help terry get moving.

does anyone have any ideas how we can do a "theists for terry" bike fund raiser and challenge the atheists to a bucket-head challenge?

AMNESIANO

This a non-judgmental forum.

😳❗️

AMNESIAN

Captivity: 7/1972 - 2/2001

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Modern JW Org

by Infowarrior in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzaw1xe8q70.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvqru9keiw4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlsfyfiyzgg.

AMNESIANO

My head is exploding. Can somebody please help me out here?? What the hell am I looking at in that first video?? In all of them actually! From their dress I can see they are JWs, but beyond that...what's going on?? Singing, dancing-ish, merry-making in JW attire on what appears to be JW property...?

What gives? Did Jesus return? What, where, who...when did all this start...and why!??

All of you seem to know what this is about. I, though, am stunned and don't get it. Clue me in.

AMNESIAN

Captive 7/1972 - 2/2001

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Are Jdubs going to put the elderly out to pasture with JW.org?

by Coffee House Girl in

it will be interesting to see how things play out...but one example which got me to thinking about this is my mother.

my mom is a 76 year old regular pioneer (she is one of those who believes that you are "nothing" if you are not a pioneer...the position is everything)-.

i am moving in two weeks to go to grad school, so i have been trying to go out to visit...say goodbye...do things for her before i leave.

AMNESIANO

Excellent topic about which I think more and more these days. You've laid out the dilemma faced by many--if not most of-- the elderly faithful exactly so, as represented by your mom's circumstance.

Looking forward to this discussion and adding my own thoughts when I have time I don't at present. Thanks for starting it.

AMNESIAN

Captive 7/1972 - 2/2001

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" Why did you leave the truth?", and, "will you come back ?"

by Phizzy in

when in conversation with jw's those questions, or varients of them, often come up.

i have noticed though, that because of their fear of any challenge to their faith, they do not wish to hear the answers, so i have developed an answer which at least i hope accomplishes a couple of things.. what i say to the first question (why did you leave ?

) is "because i am a lover of truth", to the second,( will i come back ?

AMNESIANO

JW Q: "Why did you leave the truth/stop coming to the meetings?"

My A: In order to obey the scriptural command at Revelation 18:4,5:

I don't quote the scripture. Instead I pause in order to give them time to recall for themselves the exact wording.

(Then I heard another voice from heaven say: "Get out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues, for her sins have piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.")

As you all are well-aware this is one of the stock scriptures every JW has memorized to apply exclusively to churches of 'Christendom' and 'Babylon the Great.' I begin to smirk a tiny bit once it flashes across their faces that the implication has sunk in. They invariably stop dead in their tracks--dumbfounded, puzzled, and speechless--with nary a "yeahbut" comeback.

Great fun and the best part? It never fails.

AMNESIAN

Captive 7/1972 - 2/2001