Posts by oppostate

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big accident at Warwick construction site

by oppostate in

the wt society is fond of using the tilt-up method of construction where a network of rebar is made on the ground, concrete poured on it and allowed to cure, then the whole thing is tilted up and voila' you've got yourself a massive big-ass wall ready made.

these walls for several stories-high buildings are indeed massive and weighty so you need a heavy-duty crane to raise into position.. i just heard from an eye-witness ldc volunteer that while there a few weeks ago they had an enormous accident.

the crane tilted and crashed, the only one hurt was its operator.

oppostate

The WT Society is fond of using the tilt-up method of construction where a network of rebar is made on the ground, concrete poured on it and allowed to cure, then the whole thing is tilted up and voila' you've got yourself a massive big-ass wall ready made. These walls for several stories-high buildings are indeed massive and weighty so you need a heavy-duty crane to raise into position.

I just heard from an eye-witness LDC volunteer that while there a few weeks ago they had an enormous accident. The crane tilted and crashed, the only one hurt was its operator. It seems that the ground hadn't been properly packed/rolled down and when they'd moved the crane to the new spot and started to move and raise the newly cured massive wall, the ground underneath shifted because of all the weight and the crane tilted and fell sending the new wall crashing back to the ground.

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Better Bible Translation?

by Sofia Lose in

which bible translation is the best, according to biblical scholars, anybody knows?

please chime in.. i plan on getting it and doing comparison with the new world translation.

sl.

oppostate

I like the ASV, WEB, and YLT translations;

I also enjoy a BLT a lot if I'm reading the Bible during lunch.

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How can they continue the FDS "prophecy" now?

by StarTrekAngel in

i know there are another 100 threads probably started on this.

i can't help but to wonder how would anyone be able to defend the existence of the fds at this point.

could anyone play devils advocate?

oppostate

The GB can claim to be the FDS because 8 million GB followers will support them and believe them. Does that prove anything? How many Catholics follow the Pope? How many mormons follow their Prez and 12 apostles? The number of people that follow them only proves how successful they've been at duping people.

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Comments at the WT this morning

by OneFingerSalute in

so as i am "listening" to the wt study going on this question was asked.

"how do you feel about refined understanding?".

some of the comments were:.

oppostate

WT's explanations of The Truth(R) seems to have been composed by Rumsfeld "There are known-knowns and unknown-knowns, and known-unknowns blah blah blah". Clear as dungy mud.

Bunch of self aggrandizing narcissistic BS all this WT Truth.

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Missing the point?! Is this what Jesus had in mind??

by Deltawave in

is this what jesus had in mind?

to be a spiritual person you must:.

underline your books.

oppostate

Every thought ever thought and every word ever written about a tree, is not a tree.

Wouldn't that depend on whether it was written on tree pulp paper, instead of say parchment, papyrus or how much cotton rag content the paper had?

"Go digital, don't print if you don't absolutely have to, and save some trees."

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Missing the point?! Is this what Jesus had in mind??

by Deltawave in

is this what jesus had in mind?

to be a spiritual person you must:.

underline your books.

oppostate

Book underlining and question and answer meetings are left overs from the Bible Student movement days where every congregation was called a class and studied Russell's books. They are the trappings of what JW's think is "studying".

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outside consulting firm used for JW building site , to be complete in 2019.

by brandnew in

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crofton wins key role on jehovah's witnesses campus.

6 may 2015 | by yoosof farah.

engineer lands role on scheme that will predominantly be designed and constructed by volunteers.

oppostate

It's a big project but definitely not worth the amount of money grabbing from the collection of congregation bank accounts and the sale of many KH's, Circuit Assembly Halls, and the Brooklyn properties. Add to that the scam of forgiving loans but not forgetting a monthly contribution of equal or higher amount than the loan used to be. The letting go of so many older bethelites, CO's over 70 and all the DO's, whose medical insurance they no longer are responsible for.

This is a pricey project but there's way too much money left over in the bag, so they're planning for more. But more of what?

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G Losch: child baptised at 5, reg pioneer since!

by fifth.column in

at the end of april, there was a zone visit in france, with tv broadcast in all kh.. g. losch told he received a letter from a girl, 10 years old, baptised at 5, reg pioneer since 4 years !

what a fine example, he said....... let s imagine the faces of the parents in the kh!

i was happy to see i was not the only one to find it crazy.. if you have a child, you know how mature he is at 5. how can a child preach 2.5hours/day after 7hours of school and homework to do??

oppostate

around these parts we have some high-hour home-schoolers which are often dropped off at the KH and put on a car-group many times, often during the summer, without a parent to accompany them.

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Why doe New light tick me off???? Next 2 weeks WT Studies

by zophar in

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if you have been a jw for 20+ years you may remember that the wt went into great detail on different illustrations that jesus used and the "type/anti-type" ridiculous explanations.

remember the revelation book and how those obscure jw conventions of the past pictured big things in heaven and the opening of seals?

anyway, the wt lessons for the next two weeks do two big things for me.

oppostate

And to makes matters even worse if you point out that the WT suppositions and speculations prove they can't be trusted you get branded an "Apostate!"

Just daring to think about the obvious lack of confidence the GB inspires with their nonsensical explanations is also brazen enough reason to throw one aside as "mentally diseased" and get DF'ed!

As Oubliette continues to point out:

"It's a cult!"

What else could we expect from a cult?

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so back to thee days a week at the KH

by oppostate in

so now with the saturday viewing of videos at the kh there's pressure to be at the kh to see the gb do their thing.

this week's thing of course is beg for more money.

also they are meeting to practice singing the new songs when no new videos are out.

oppostate

One one hand, around these parts, viewing the videos seems quite heavily promoted by the R&F to get together at the KH than the amount of times it has been encouraged on the broadcasts..

On the other hand the WT has more heavily promoted the "family worship" arrangement yet that doesn't seem to motivate as much interest.

Conclusion, it's easier and more enjoyable to go watch a "Theocratic" movie than prepare and conduct a family educational program that's often boring and conducted by the "Dad." Kids will sit down and watch a movie rather than sit through their parents attempts to conduct yet another boring meeting.