Wasanelder Once5 months ago
That old rugged dot! FUNNIEST THING IVE READ IN AGES!!! I know this post was months ago but had to comment!!
Diogenesister
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To Blue Dot or Not to Blue Dot. That is the question ....
by Oubliette inso i've been noticing recently that some khs in the area where i live (socal) are putting up the jw.org little blue dot, but others are not.
i would think this would be a mandatory directive from hq.
does anyone here have any intel on the matter?.
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What if JWs Viewed Disfellowshipping and Excommunication as Radical Islamists Do?
by Oubliette ini found this statement from a recent article about isis to be quite interesting in view of the way that any jw can be accused of apostasy with little or no possible repercussions or consequences for the accuser: .
in islam, the practice of takfir, or excommunication, is theologically perilous.
if a man says to his brother, you are an infidel, the prophet said, then one of them is right.
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Accusing someone of apostocy is encouraged. I think jw are real passive agressives, ESP. rank and file...the little old ladies who virtually dance in GLEE at the thought of all the people dying horribly at armaggedon. The way they relish stating that you would be stoned for your crimes in Isreal (which according to the rabbis was a rare thing...after all, execution involved the taking of a jewish life (see violias wiki link above). Worse of all the more recent westboro /redneck christian fundamentalist style talks given at assemblies on the subject of Jehovahs long awaited return to form....a good old fashioned kill fest, with a starring role for 'the birds' ..shades of alfred hichcock etc. Not to mention those delightfully illustrated childrens books...saw the teacher book again recently HOW inappropriate are those f#*@#ing books for kids!!!Anger Anger Anger!!Hate Hate Hate for all the scoffers!BURIED RAGE!!(etc etc goes off into the moonlight foaming at the mouth...) -
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Awake! Quotes a Well-Known ex-JW Apostate in Support of Their Beliefs!?!
by Oubliette inkonceptual99, referenced this article on another thread: .
was it designed?
the inverted retina.
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Diogenesister
It seems money can buy you anything in the US, inc. a phd. I will grant in blighty a prince of the realm can get into cambridge as an undergrad with a bunch of c grades, but thats as easy a ride as you can get, and as I say...you gotta wave a crown for a swerve like that. If we start shunning you will you ask to come back ? We will even teach you how to play cricket and real football. -
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If you were put in charge of the Governing Body tomorrow...
by FusionTheism inif you were somehow magically put in-charge of the governing body tomorrow, by jesus, with the rules being, you could not teach anything that would be considered outright apostasy and you could not teach anything that would be considered to cause doubt about god's existence... (so as not to arouse suspicion).
what "new light" or "clarified understandings" would you introduce first?.
and which later on?.
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Following Jesus's example............. the GB down to the local Elders & MS would wash the feet of their congregations as many times a year as necessary until they understood that they are servants not overseers. LOVE IT!!! -
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Annointed 144k only male?
by JerryTX ini was told there was new light by a former jw.
i wanted to verify if it was true.
the new light claims the annointed class/144k is always male.
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Wow, just been reminded of the virgin males bit. I take it back, GB cant go with that men only 144,000 thing- have you seen the HOT YOUNG BABES a couple of those recently widowed GB have married ?? -
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Annointed 144k only male?
by JerryTX ini was told there was new light by a former jw.
i wanted to verify if it was true.
the new light claims the annointed class/144k is always male.
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If the GB came up with the 144,000 doctored-trine now it WOULD be men only. This explains why the fds is no longer the remnant but only the GB - otherwise why not have women on the GB if they are fds, there would be no reason (1st century women, ct Russels wife was on the board of directors AND he willed 5 women as trustees to watch out for any monkey business from the men willed to take over after his demise). Thoughts ...(1) always wondered why all the anointed I knew where women. (2)Why have WTBS removed removed from the bible ONLY ?3/4th century additions to the bible that fit in with their doctrine ie the "Johnnanine comma" 1 john 5:7 the famous trinity bit in John and the adultress story in john 8 but not the bit about women not speaking in church 1 corinthians 13.34 which they just as sure is a late addition to scripture -
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8 hrs i can't get back: What a waste of my time the DC was, Wife is in full cult mode, rubbish from the talks
by goingthruthemotions inomg...what a waste of a day.....my wife is in full cult mode.
we had one chair seperating us in the bleachers.
we did not talk on the way to and on the way from.
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Bang on iwasblind ....all the scriptures so out of context..as you say nothing wrong with looking up scripture together. Its worth reading up on some biblical/jewish/new testament history too to get some real context. I keep saying it but Jeruselem by Simon Sebag Montefiore is a great read AND sheds a lot of light onto why the bible writers wrote what they did...everyone has an angle. Read a little higher criticism too, ARM yourself with REAL KNOWLEDGE , knowledge =power which is why the WTBS want to keep folks ignorant. -
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Nicest thing a JW has ever done?
by aintenoughwiskey inhere is a change of pace, what was the nicest thing a jw has ever done for you or you have seen done?
it wasn't all bad all the time!
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Nicest thing a JW has ever done?
by aintenoughwiskey inhere is a change of pace, what was the nicest thing a jw has ever done for you or you have seen done?
it wasn't all bad all the time!
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When I was a kid, the local cong elders after prayerful consideration offered the position of elder to a man who would be termed these days as 'learning disabled'. I remember the adults discussing it, the cong evidently felt that as a long term witness of good character there was nothing to prevent his becoming an elder, that to pass him over, as the most spiritually mature man in the cong would be wrong, bad form and (though they did not use the word )'prejudiced'. It was around 1981/2 and I remember being mightily impressed. As if the last bastion of the old order had been torn down- after all, would the C of E employ someone with downs syndrome as a bishop I reasoned. I know I will get lots of cracks along the lines that anyone with a low IQ is perfect JW material...but I am sure you get my drift about a rebellious young lefty being impressed by such egalitarianism....I hadnt yet got to the bit in JW culture that a 12 yr old child ("pre teen") is considered fit to lord it over a 50 yr old grandmother by virtue of his genitalia. -
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Crisis Of Conscience In Audio Format?
by dubstepped ini'm just wondering if the book is available to be listened to in any format?
i know that it can be found online and read freely, and i've been through some of it, but i just wondered if it was available in any other way.
i guess it would be lacking some of the copies of articles and such that were in the original book, but it would still be interesting.
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Diogenesister
Does anyone know where the pdf formatt is, I have tried to buy it but amazon want to charge hundreds of dollars if u live in the uk!!!