Posts by oppostate

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Memorial Musings

by undercover in

jw
friends

a few things noticed in last nights annual, jesus who?

gathering:.

1: only one scripture from the gospels was read or cited.

oppostate

I went to a Massachussetts congregation during the second (less packed together) session.

The first session went over by 20 minutes. The KH was really packed in. One brother waiting

outside to get in commented to others waiting on either side of the exiting horde, "Wow, the

Hall tonight looks like one of those circus cabs when all the clowns start getting out of the car"

and so many of us laughed out loud and thought it so very accurate a statement.

One new partaker in the first session, an older brother, in good standing, but not a servant.

In the second session another brother partook there, it's a very new congregation and this

is the first time anyone has partaken in the last three Memorials/years they've been holding

meetings.

I thought it very funny when a Bible Student reached into the plate to take a piece of

flat bread and his "teacher" grabbed his hand and shook his head no, the poor young

guy just shrugged his shoulders. It reminded me of what Jesus said to the Pharisees

about preventing others to enter the Kingdom of the Heavens and that they themselves

did not go in.

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How the GB give themselves away (forensic analysis)

by Terry in

what makes the faithful and discreet slave (fds) any different than the rest of us?.

isn't it their superpowers of channeling "food at the proper time"?.

is this a special talent?

oppostate

The surety of how they proclaim to have the Truth(c) and everyone else is wrong, that's what really gets to me.

The lack of humility, the eagerness to slander other churches, the unwillingness to do anything for charity to help the poor, that's what I consider pharisaical and worthy of contempt.

The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses have proven themselves to follow the un-Christian practices of Substitute Judge for a few days Rutherford, and like him are guilty of proclaiming men's teachings as if they were directed by God.

Thanks Terry for your logical and well reasoned, and balanced post.

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2014 DC Release (Unofficial Rumors)

by WatchTower87 in

mi first prophecy:.

friday afternoon: 4:20 teach your children to love gods kingdom!

new book/brochure for children based on the articles "teach your children" (appeared in watchtower public edition).

oppostate

Good Ol' ILOOWY says:

Nuevo libro de la Organizacion. Para el Sabado de la asamblea regional

New OR book released the Saturday PM of the Regional Convention.

"Jehovah's Organization"

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The End of Circuit Overseers

by wisdomfrombelow in

i am sure that the term "circuit overseer" will be gone soon.

they seem to be changing vocabulary and the presiding overseer is now the "coordinator of the body of elders" and all "district overseers" will be gone in a few months.

they used to be called "circuit servants" but they will never re-hash an old term so they will make a new term.

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Regional Coordinators

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Jehovah Witness An Organization Of Shame.

by WhoYourDaddy in

jw
friends

i don't have anything good to say about these people.. if you can get past all of the ambient abuse.. if you can get past all of the twisted lies and shameful history.. if you can get past all of the familes destroyed and children damaged from the blood and 2 witness policy.. if you can get past all of the real estate laundering and for profit lies; it is all about the money.. if you can get past all of the hypocricy and bitterness.. if you can get past all of the gb megalomaniacs.. if you can get past all those things.. i still can't find anything good to say about this shameful group of ignorant people.. shame on each and every one of you controlling liers.. shame on each and every one of you who aid and abet this continued ambient abuse and ridiculous fraud of an organization.. shame on you..

oppostate

@WhoYourDaddy

You weren't a JW baptized publisher by any chance, were you?

If you were to read what you wrote as a baptized publisher you'd be shocked and wouldn't think any of those things were accurate.

Would you apply those things to the organization while being an active Witness?

I too believe that the R&F Witnesses are mostly good hearted people who have been deceived by a self-serving printing and realestate holdings corporation posing as a religion.

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How Many Circuit Overseers And District Overseers Really Believe The Governing Body Is Really The Faithful and Discreet Slave and That The Watchtower Is God's Earthly Organization?

by frankiespeakin in

i'm thinking around 20% have serious doubts and 99% have some doubts but keep them from becoming conscious to avoid cognitive dissonance.

this is becoming increasingly harder to do over the fact that the governing body are showing their true colors and the contridictions are so great..

oppostate

The original discussion can be reached at:

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/164699/3/09-INTRIGUE-SPYING-DO-CO-INSIDE-INFO-THE-SPANISH-EXJW-FORUM#.UxPqKxRdXwg

Interesting to pass on what I heard from a substitute-CO about filling in for a regular CO while the CO was in training...

They were testing out whether local brothers could take the lead in circuit visits and then in turn the regular CO would be their trainer.

This was like five years ago. But then the CO's were moved all over again and nothing like that happened.

As to DO's... I knew Bro. Herd as a DO and he could be quite frank about the ordeals he'd gone through as a CO, but he actually seemed to liked being suppressed, having to endure all kinds of hardships and put up with the rules and the regulations that didn't make much sense, but he went along willingly doing his assignments, all this from what he told it like in a very free manner, like if you got a letter with a tongue lashing and you didn't feel that you deserved it he'd just chalk it up to the many times when he'd deserved it and got away without scolding from the Branch. I guess that's how to go up in the hierarchy, and he did, he made it to the GB.

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watchtower library 2013 spanish please!!! por favor en español..

by ar123 in

any of you guys have the watchtower library 2013 in spanish???

alguno de ustedes tiene la watchtower library 2013 en espanol?.

alguien lo podria subir??.

oppostate

https://mega.co.nz/#!uVZkGSza!opEkKVxtPk3O9LSHN6AROsX-H2-3TzcitGS9H6Vzr_E

http://www.extj.com/showthread.php?24516-Watchtower-library-2013

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I need some urgent advice, please!!

by alonein321 in

jw
friends

here's my story.

i'm 24 years old and i live in brazil.

i'm a 3rd gen born-in jw and all close relatives in the borg (parents, grandparents, uncles, wife, inlaws) except my little sister (she's 16 and didnt buy jw doctrine).

oppostate

@alonein321

Oi! Whatever you do don't do it hastily or in a moment of heated feelings!

Think trough to conclusions and try to know what conclusion is the one you'd be most comfortable with.

For now don't DA if you can help it. As others have also mentioned here on JWN you are better able to

wriggle for room to breath within the org than outside of it where they'll want to take your air out and

leave you to flap around like a dying fish out of water.

Write your BOE a letter and tell them you can no longer put up with the lack of love and disruption of your

life by people in the Congregation who are supposed to take the lead but instead are taking advantage of

their position to make others' lives miserable. Tell them you are quitting their congregation but are not

disassociating in any way, and hold on to your right to seek another congregation to fellowship in where

they may be more loving and actually exercise Christian conduct. If the elders try to harass you they will

meet with legal action since you no longer consider yourself a voting member of the congregation and a

publisher there. Since you are withdrawing from membership in the congregation you do not want any

retribution against you and any such will be met with legal action against them. Also you are not involving

the WTB&TS unless they choose to give support to the un-Christian leadership now in control of the

congregation. If so they will also be included in any further legal measures you have to take.

That may buy you off some time to be able to get the BOE off your back, and in the meantime be as nice

and good to your wife as you can, as a Christian man is expected to, and as someone who has put a lot

of time into that relationship to throw it away for the sake of a bunch of brainwashed followers of a

printing and realestate holdings corporation.

Don't let them control you! Use their legalistic tactics against them.

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The New WT Headquarters and APOSTATES

by suavojr in

it is amazing how bethel is the best at making apostates!

i wonder how many new up and coming apostates the new wt headquarters will generate?.

what nice and fresh stories will surface from the secluded and private wt hub?

oppostate

@suavojr.

Dragon's Kitchen sounds quite orientally themed to me, for some reason.

How about some TTATT take-out? :-)

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TV Ideas For JWNers. "Luther", "Dexter" "The Killings" "Braquo"-

by RottenRiley in

jw
friends

i am looking for more ideas of interesting movies and gritty crime shows to watch.. .

the killings, wallander, luther, dexter, braquo (french (english subbed) german (berlin berlin), sherlock, george gently, inspector frost, inspector lewis, did i say "dexter (though the ending was a bummer :( ) "orange is the new black", "house of cards", "mad men".. .

can you add to my profile of movies and series i need to see?

oppostate

LILYHAMMER - NORWEGIAN TELEVISION SERIES STARRING STEVE VAN ZANDT of GUNS n ROSES

http://www.lillehammer.com/lilyhammer