Posts by Diogenesister

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The ever-broadening, ever-deepening, ONGOING FLOOD TIDE of spiritual food

by credulity in

midway through the "congregation bible study" at this week's midweek meeting, a paragraph of the "god's kingdom rules" book stated as supposed evidence that "god's kingdom rules":.

"spiritual provisions flow to us like an ever-broadening and ever-deepening river.

our bible-based publications - as well as recordings and videos, our meetings and conventions, and the material published on our web site - together amount to an ongoing flood tide of spiritual sustenance... are you not thrilled to see the fulfillment of jehovah’s promises of abundance in your daily life?".

Diogenesister

Not soliciting for money"? Just because they don't pass a collection plate, doesn't mean they do "not solicit for money". That is the raison d'être for their existence! BAHAHAHAHAHA!

It always cracks me up when Watchtower denigrates 'Worldly' Churches for passing a puny collections plate for the odd person to stick 50 pence in, whilst Watchtower has collection BOXES and credit card machines all over the place, plus always asks for your 'valuable things' and sums like 25 million dollars in their Broadcasts!!!

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The end of an era ......

by snare&racket in

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i have written some time ago, about how the religion i grew up in no longer exists.

i was an 80’s jw kid who became a pioneer then a bethelite.

they have new meetings, new elder roles, new acronyms, new core teachings, new songs and even a new bible.

Diogenesister

Watchtower

TWAT CHOWER !

Chow as in 'eat'! If you don't know what a twat is in British, pm me and i'll tell you!

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Crazy statements from JWTalk

by Jehovah lol in

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i'm sure many of you are aware of the jwtalk site, a message board which has yet to succumb to apostasy (give it time).. some of the forums there are visible to the public, and i've seen some crazy stuff.

here is a sampling:.

"satan is really trying his best to make things worst for the witnesses, knowing the 6,000 years is almost up, from eve's creation!".

Diogenesister

They won't check when you give them your cong but they do ask you a few questions, some from the most recent "organized"book.

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What’s The Strangest Belief of Jehovah’s Witnesses?

by minimus in

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there’s a lot.

i think one strange view is how only 144000 go to heaven.

since the number is mentioned in the symbolic book of revelation, you would expect that the number would be viewed as figurative, but jws say otherwise.

Diogenesister

Well the trumpet blasts being obscure meejngs of a few people in Cedar point, Ohio, and London being the one that was "locust like" with people arriving from everywhere!!

Jesus being Micheal the Arc Angel when God clearly states that "no Angel has ever called me father".

1914 being a total con just because ww1 started. Many people have also said that it is very difficult to work the whole thing out since the calendars have changed. Are years modern 365 day years or 360 day years? Are months Hebrew lunar months or solar months?

The absurdity of no birthdays but the crazy obsession with wedding anniversaries. I always say Rutherford forgot to ban anniversaries since he didn't live with his wife he never celebrated them!!

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Whole families leaving the Org has increased

by pomo6780 in

i have noticed in the uk a few families i used to know while in the borg have exited together.

some include former elders and ministerial servants.

i observed on social media pages that the kids have 'worldly' boyfriends and girlfriends and they look so much happier than they did in the org.

Diogenesister

I knew a very committed family that left when the youngest daughters marriage hit the rocks, combined with the generation teaching failure. They were not going to shun her for divorcing because of a religion whose major doctrine just failed.

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The Seven Trumpets

by Jehovah lol in

is it still watchtower dogma that the seven trumpets of revelation refer to seven conventions in the 1920s?

would many jws these days even be aware of this?

i find it so amusing that seven little conventions in the distant past, almost a century ago, could be equated with such an iconic biblical passage.

Diogenesister

Hey pomo6780

I bet you are right. It's funny how any long term Jehovahs witness can almost write all their mags and books for them, second guessing what they will say.

Kinda frightening it's so stamped into our psyche.

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MS meeting highlights

by lastmanstanding in

there are a few things of interest, but the biggest thing to tell is with regard to the amount of times that pornography was discussed.

not just one talk... several.

the last brother had a computer on the table with him as he talked about porn.

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Gorbatchov (Flowden is)

Helper of Gb

Yup. He's the idiot that did that jwbroadcast episode with the garlick and the bread!!

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Heinrich Himmler and the Jehovah's Witnesses

by OrphanCrow in

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this is a letter written in july 1944 by heinrich himmler, one of the most powerful men in nazi germany.. i have encountered quotes taken from this letter before but i have never read the letter in its entirety.

this is a translated copy from a russian website:.

http://www.k-istine.ru/sects/iegova_witness/iegova_witness_himmler-02.htm.

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Daysofuturepassed Alex Guiness in "Bridge over the river qwai" Brilliant analogy for the Bible Forschers, proud that the Nazis trusted them !!

JWs always say proudly that they didn't join the German army or Nazi Party ( let's forget Rutherford's anti-Semitic letter for the minute). But they forget that they also didn't join the allies, and had nobody done so they would not have been a Watchtower - since an unfettered Hitler would have invaded and closed the society down.

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The New JWdom - Vew of Older Publications? (and other related questions)

by Magnum in

i feel that there aren’t many of that type anymore, but there have to be some – mostly old-timers.

how do they study?.

when i was active, i collected all the old publications i could find.

Diogenesister

Plus I have three girl-friends in the circuit that I really like. They've taught me a lot about life and are so freaking hot. If it wasn't for them, I would know nothing about sex. They are all older than me and the oldest one (28) years old is the one that had taught me everything. She is a wild freaking pioneer that has made me confident with the opposite sex.

So for me personally, I love going to the Kingdom Hall. I'm not going anywhere, even if dad and mom slow down.

I'm guessing your about 15 and that twenty eight year old winked at you during the Watchtower study.

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The New JWdom - Vew of Older Publications? (and other related questions)

by Magnum in

i feel that there aren’t many of that type anymore, but there have to be some – mostly old-timers.

how do they study?.

when i was active, i collected all the old publications i could find.

Diogenesister

Everything is simplified these days ( plus 6 mags for the public for next 2 years then repeated ad nauseam) .

They don't want to say too much regarding doctrine these days, as they know it will only get them in trouble....people just make mincemeat of their silly ideas.

I think ( correct me if I'm wrong) Watchtower CD goes back to 1980?? Rarther convenient.

Hi Magnum We used to go over and study all the old Watchtowers, too. That's where we got all our potty ideas..... like aluminium being dangerous to cook in and the heart being the seat of your emotions LoL!!

I know if you use a quote from an old Watchtower as a rebuttal to their doctrine modern JWs just switch off, they don't consider it relevent to them today.

But neither does it occur TO them that if Watchtower was wrong back then....it could be wrong now, too!!