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  What I'm going to say to JWs offering the JW.org tract

  by baltar447 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  listen guys, one month i had some bible thumpers knocking at me door telling me about hell.

  then i have some weird fundamental religious sponsored "education books for parents to help their children in school".

  the next i have some south korean mother god cult come to my door with qr codes on their literature too.

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  They are wearing those buttons in service? How frikken embarrassing!
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  October 1914

  by Quendi in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we have had a great discussion about world war i and its impact on the twentieth century.

  i hope we can have an equally interesting exchange about october 1914. we all know how important that date was in the history of jehovah's witnesses but what may be murkier is the wts's later thinking on what happened that month and when.

  charles taze russell and his followers expected the gentile times to conclude in that month with the battle of armageddon.

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  As to the last part of your post Q, I think they are distancing from this sort of nonsense. One of their recent publications says something like "about 1914" on the chart.

  Vague claims and dates work best for the type of personality they are trying to attract and keep in the cult.
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  October 1914

  by Quendi in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we have had a great discussion about world war i and its impact on the twentieth century.

  i hope we can have an equally interesting exchange about october 1914. we all know how important that date was in the history of jehovah's witnesses but what may be murkier is the wts's later thinking on what happened that month and when.

  charles taze russell and his followers expected the gentile times to conclude in that month with the battle of armageddon.

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  LostGeneration

  1914 was one of many darts thrown at the board. They kept on throwing, then Armageddon didn't materialize.

  I shudder at the thought of collective total of man (and woman) hours lost because of this ridiculous date, 1914.
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  For those of you that LEFT.....

  by DocHouse in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ...did you also toss your faith as well?.

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  "Faith does not give you the answers, it just stops you asking the questions." -- Frater Ravus

  "The Way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason ." -- Benjamin Franklin

  "Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence." -- Richard Dawkins
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  Writing campaign to Washington DC papers in view of International Convention

  by Londo111 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ive heard from a credible source that the landover (dc) international convention is important to the society in view of the 100 year anniversary of "kingdom rule" and the location being near the capital of the "seventh world power".

  perhaps they hope this particular international sends a message.

  we know that come convention time usually there is some feel good fluff piece in the newspapers about the watchtower religion.

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  LostGeneration

  Just checked the DC weather forecast.

  Fortunately there won't be blistering heat.

  Unfortunately its 40% chance of rain Friday, 70% Saturday, and 40% Sunday.

  How many will simply say f-it and go home Sunday morning if they get poured on tomorrow and Saturday?
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  for those still "in" what's the mood

  by lastchance in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in my area the general sense is bleak.

  many are in survival mode.

  even at the convention the appearance of the majority was unhappy and tired.

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  TTATTElder.

  Imagine 20 years from now when their kid is graduating high school. Hopefully they remember how you helped them out.
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  Would you do this to your kids? Is this cold or am I crazy?

  by BU2B in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  my mentally in jw wife is trying to organize a "princess party" for my 4 year old daughter and her little cousins and friends.

  she was looking at prices of a tent for the backyard party in case it rains.

  she asked the hardware store how much and they said 90 dollars for the day.

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  LostGeneration

  Your FIL is a Mother Fucker.

  But I'm guessing you already knew that.
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  convinced 95% of all active jw's don't have a clue as to where 1914 originates

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so talking with my wife last night...i was explaining to her about a conversation i had with a person at work about end times.

  he has a strange belief that some scriptures in isaiah perdict something huge is going to happen in september of 2015. she then states that no one can predict the future only the father knows and he is in a cult.

  lol on the inside.. i then stated "what about 1914 and the dubs perdiction and what it means today" she said no there was never any predictions.

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  LostGeneration

  And all of this is why doctrine doesn't matter.

  Getting a loved one out rarely depends on doctrine. You have to find another way.
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  Update on Fading Question

  by wallievase in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the other day i posted my delimma about dealing with family and leaving.. update: my wife came home from the hall sunday (i have now missed about 3 weeks in a row) and the elders now want to schedule a sheperding call.. should i just blow them off, or when they come over (because im sure my wife will have them over even if i decline) just tell them i cant do it right now?.

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  Man up and be the head of your house.

  And by that, I don't mean push your wife around, I mean make your own decisions. Do what YOU want to do, if you don't want to meet, then don't. If you do, then do.

  At some point, if the elders are pussies, you are going to have to instruct them to deal with you, and not your wife. They will either not call, or if they do then you can say "no thanks" and hang up the phone.

  Play offense, and you will be surprised how quickly everyone backs off.
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  Not on JW.ORG : Another Watchtower Society property closed and sold.

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. social
  2. current

  jul 22, 2014, 2:09pm hstlongs drugs to open new store in east honolulu near aina haina shopping center enlarge photopbn filelongs drugs, which opened this store in the davies pacific center in downtown honolulu last summer, plans to open another location in east honolulu near the aina haina shopping center.. duane shimogawareporter-pacific business newsemail | google+ | twitter | linkedinlongs drugs has purchased property for $7.6 million from the jehovahs witnesses for a new store and pharmacy in east honolulu near the aina haina shopping center, the broker who represented the seller told pbn.. rhode island-based cvs caremark corp.(nyse: cvs), which owns the longs drugs chain in hawaii, and kz devco, the california-based company that serves as the drugstore chain's exclusive developer in the state of hawaii, recently pulled building permits for the 1.4-acre property at 5156 kalanianaole highway, which was at one time was home to the popular ranch house restaurant.. a cvs/longs spokesman did not immediately return a message left by pbn.. the fee-simple property, which includes a two-story, 24,200-square-foot building, the former current home to the jehovahs witnesses, and a 2,279-square-foot building, the former home to a veterinarian clinic, had been on the market since the summer of 2012.. mark bratton, vice president of investment properties for colliers international hawaii, who represented the seller, told pbn that the jehovahs witnesses sold the property because they need a smaller location closer to where their members live.. the property was one of the few fee-simple commercially-zoned properties located within the aina haina and hawaii kai neighborhoods, which has about 150,000 square feet of office space and approximately 783,000 square feet of retail space in the trade area, colliers said.. with this limited inventory of commercial-zoned properties in the area, property sales are few and far between, according to colliers, which noted that the nearby aina haina shopping center was sold in 2007, making it the last commercial property sale within that area.. cvs opened its newest hawaii longs drugs store in may in makiki, which was its first new full-service store in urban honolulu in years.. longs drugs, which has operated in hawaii since 1954, currently has 54 locations in the state.

  the aina haina neighborhood has longed for a drugstore chain to open in the area.

  both walgreens and longs have stores in hawaii kai about four miles away.. duane shimogawa covers energy, real estate and economic development for pacific business news.

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  LostGeneration

  Ocean, are you familiar with the works of OBVES and lars?