Posts by Diogenesister

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JW Elder Swan Sermon

by Vanderhoven7 in

what happens when an elder learns the tatt.. https://youtu.be/tkyujamfziq.

Diogenesister

A very beautiful, gentle sermon by a gentle man.

I find some of 'Christendoms' sermons "rough" and "angry" sometimes, compared to ones Witnesses/ExJW give.

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If you speak against the Governing Body you will be punished.

by punkofnice in

this was a comment from the meeting(tm) on sunday.. the person that told me about it, is very confused about the validity of the corporation.

somewhere between a pimo and a pimi-lite.

the thing that angered me was that this person has cancer.

Diogenesister

Blues Bro I have no issue with those kind of dubs👏🏾

Punky I understand how hard it is (as an agnostic) to get one you love or care about with cancer to think for them self, yet not take away a faith that gives them comfort or strength; especially if there’s no hope of a cure.

If you have Ray Franz book you could show them the part in Revelation where it plainly states the great crowd is in the “Naos”( the Holy of Holies...in other words Heaven). There’s a great channel on You tube called “Witness for Jesus”, she’s an exjw with very in-depth knowledge who is also having treatment for cancer and is the mother of a young child.

By the way...“Pimi- lite” 👏🏾👏🏾👍🏼🤣😂😂 another exJW acronym to add to the list!!

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"Fine Witness" diluted in latest experience

by neat blue dog in

the latest jwdotorg experience starts very familiarly:.

danielle, one of jehovah’s witnesses in south africa, found a bag that a customer had left behind in a coffee shop.

inside the bag was a wallet with money and credit cards.. when the owner met her to get it back,.

Diogenesister

Great catch Neat Blue Dog!!

I’ve lived in my home for 14 years, now.

Ive lost my bag - with purse & cash, debit and credit cards, drivers licence etc - on 3 occasions during that time.

On all 3 occasions it’s been returned intact by, i’ll have it known, YOUNG people....those feckless loosers watchtower hectors so often! Twice I met them and on one occasion the shop keeper informed me who they were.

Empathy moves people to do the right thing.

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Watchtower Study March 2020.....Make peace with your brothers

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | march 2020. .

4 jesus taught us the importance of making peace with a brother who has something against us.

(read matthew 5:23, 24.

Diogenesister

Actually our congregation could have been called “The Elder (wars) Scrolls”!!

Lots of squabbling elders. Thankfully not too bad with the flock, though. Unless you were foolish enough to take ‘sides’.

Mostly arguments about not paying for car prangs....there were lots of those with a tiny car park and terrible parallel parking out on the road.

oh and one mild fisticuffs over a girl...the boys weren’t baptised (I think...)

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Where is the best comprehensive NWT error list?

by Jake101 in

hi.

while there are many excellent web sites that explain a few jw nwt bible translation problems, are there any comprehensive lists of nwt scripture errors online please?.

thanks .

Diogenesister

It’s a bit more complicated than simply a list as OTWO stated....although that’s a start.

The problem is, for example say Colossians 1:16-17, the infamous place in where Watchtower adds the word “other” (to infer Jesus was created) that in fact the King James has to also add the word “things” in English since there is no term for “things” in Greek.

So in a way many if not all translations into other languages “add” other words...they have to, for it to make sense.

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Are some of you scared?

by BlackTwisted in

jw
friends

are some of you scared that armageddon may be coming anytime?

lol.

just the thought and the picture in your head that anybody can get killed....>.<.

Diogenesister

Funnily enough my reaction wasn’t fear when I thought about our “Armageddon“, I actually shed tears of sadness.

I saw Sir David Attenborough’s “Witness Statement” regarding global warming and the loss of habitat for our fellow creatures, the extinctions of such animals as the white Rhino....all during my own lifetime.

Its very, very sad.

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Jordan Peterson - Messiah or Poseur?

by cofty in

a jp video came up on my youtube feed last week - he was on a panel in front of a huge audience and some poor disturbed guy ran on stage and started crying and wailing to peterson that he needed his help.

it was agonising to watch.. what was even more disturbing was the comments section.

i do not exaggerate when i say that dozens of people were extolling peterson's wisdom as if jesus had come again.

Diogenesister

He reminds me MUCH to much of my first husband to even begin to be entirely taken in by this man.

He’s far more vulnerable than he makes out and is a rank hypocrite when it comes to religion. He’s rather egotistical and a true intellect would eat him for breakfast,

Fully agree he goes all around the houses(and back) to say absolutely nothing, not least when he’s asked a direct question about a subject he dare not be honest about for fear of alienating his audience. Also, loves the sound of his own,..etc

*I hope he doesn’t ever read this as it would only make his head even bigger than it is (literally and figuratively).

*the husband that is🤨

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Greta

by road to nowhere in

the daily wire.

facebook glitch reveals father, activist behind greta thunberg's facebook .... i'm not good at getting links right.

but this is interesting in light of greta supposedly doing things on her own according to dear old dad.

Diogenesister

Road to nowhere I am still stockpiling fuel for the coming ice age.

If things get really dire do you all have any recipes for long pig

Hmmm I’ll ask my Polynesian husband....he tells me about the ancestral delights of ”Long Pig”😂😂😂

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I am now 73 and the road has been filled with wonders

by Terry in

jw
friends

i appreciate all my friends who stop to read what i write and post.

you help me more than you know simply by being there as a sense of 'family of friends' for me to talk to and 'share' thoughts with.i guess if i didn't have stories left to tell or people to listen, i could pack it in and join elon musk in a colony on mars.january 15, 2020. .

which world is this?_________________when the doctor pulled my screaming body out of mom all those 7 decades ago, i landed in a post-wwii world.it was--compared to today's world--an alien planet.the world i live in today has nothing in common with the world in which i grew up.there were no cell phones back then--there were black telephones with a dial-tone and an operator who placed your call.everywhere you found telephone booths!

Diogenesister

Terry you’re one of the most imaginative and compelling writers I have the pleasure to regularly read....and kinda know.

Happy Birthday!!!

PS. We still listen to Delta blues, jazz & classic repertoire in my house. We have long play records and a few shellac Elvis 78s. We purchase art and my son called me “ma’am” the other day, in fact does so on the regular.

We read literature and my sons have a better grasp of historic dates than I ever did😉 we know our neighbors but live in the city so, sadly, don’t have a porch. I also still listen to radio soaps.

so cheer up! It’s not all bad😂

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Amber Scorah on cults

by dozy in

amber gives a superb talk here.

i couldn't help but contrast her delivery - fluent , articulate , without any notes - not even a rostrum or podium to hide behind - with the numerous talks and items i heard when i was a jw.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7wfpaqcqcw.

i am reading her book " leaving the witness " just now - it is superb - i just can't put it down.

Diogenesister

Excellent talk, But Dozy she's - gasp - a woman!