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  TV.JW.ORG (September 2015) - Generation explained again

  by Designer Stubble in

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  guess the overlapping generation concept is difficult for most to comprehend.

  david spane does his best to explain it again.

  the cutoff date for this generation has now moved to 1992 (was once 1935), the year that fred franz died.

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  Bald Eagle makes a good point above, which is basically you cannot run an end-times doomsday cult without ratcheting up the pressure to make them think it really is the very, very, very end.

  They used "this generation" tied along back to 1914, and added the cherry on top of 1975 to grow their membership from zero to several million. But once the jig was up in 95 they lost all urgency.

  They drug that corpse out of the grave and came up with this overlapping bullshit five years ago, and everyone just shrugged their shoulders. Well the smart ones left. Now they are doubling down like idiots spouting this bullshit publicly. I predict we see plenty of new apostates here in the months ahead after watching this airplane crash.
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  New light from GB member David Splane!

  by Island Man in

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  2. bible

  in the latest jw broadcast splane is quoted as saying:.

  "suppose there was a man who died 10 minutes before joseph was born.

  would he be part of joseph's generation?

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  No matter how you much time you spend polishing that turd, well, its still a turd

  
  
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  Solomon's Temple construction, things you realize when no longer asleep.

  by Crazyguy in

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  2. bible

  ok so in 1kings chapters 5-6 is where we have the story of the construction of solomon's most holy temple to god, the supreme god.

  it says that to build this magnificent temple they used 30,000 men, 10,000 per month.

  another 70,000 common laborers in the hills digging up stone and 80,000 stone cutting laborers.

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  LostGeneration

  Atheist book of bible stories for anyone interested, great read - tons of research put into this one

  https://app.box.com/shared/uclytd91jd
  
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  They've Exposed Their Hand

  by OneFingerSalute in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so the wtb&t$ have either intentionally or unwittingly exposed their hand in this mornings wt indoctrination article.. this is a direct quote from par.

  "regardless of how long we have been in the truth, we must tell others about jehovah's organization.

  " the question is, "what obligation does psalm 48: 12-14 place on us?".

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  Did you get called on OFS?

  I'm sure the troops were all over you after the meeting telling you what a fine comment you made!
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  Ministry on a day off?

  by dothemath in

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  2. friends

  monday is a holiday.......so a super zealous brother asks me....."are you going out in service then?.

  absolutely the last thing i would want to do!.

  if i do go again ever, i think my presentation should be " i'm so sorry for ever bothering you with the absolute crap we're handing out.

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  Serve-us on a worldly holiday=Pure hell
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  Do you find it hard to be around active JW's now?

  by EdenOne in

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  2. experiences

  i do - actually, it's become close to unbearable.. and herein lies the paradox: i tried to fade in the illusion that i might keep contact with family and friends still "in".

  was it worth it?

  because not only most of them shun me anyways, but i find it almost unbearable to be around them, especially when the cult chit chat kicks in: every cute animal video clip triggers endless comments about glimpses of the future paradise and how "god did it"; those greasy praises to the organization and the governing body; the dumb awe about every jw broadcast and those cheesy music videos; the endless drivel against other religions when one knows perfectly well that we're no better than them; the endless flow of "experiences" of field service or spectacular conversions into "the truth"; the relentless congregation gossip; and so on .... i ask myself: is this why i am fading for ...?

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  Been a long while since I've been around any socially, but yes. I remember it being like I was among an alien civilization there for a while, absolutely intolerable after five minutes.
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  Guardians Of Doctrine (GOD) and the Governing Body

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't know if gb member g jackson really meant the gb were 'god', with his 'guardians of doctrine' comment at the arc.

  it's nice and conspiracy to think so, i suppose.

  i honestly don't know.

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  But it would be presumptuous of GJ to say they are the only guardians. Hell, all of us here could also be fellow guardians of doctrine according to GJs testimony before the RC.
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  Guardian of Doctrine Admits 'Doesn't Really Matter If Jehovah is Accurate' say it how you want...

  by LostGeneration in

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  2. beliefs

  tough to watch this whole video, the way he talks gets pretty annoying, especially after the rc hearings:.

  http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodstudio/pub-jwban_201506_1_video.

  go to around 8:20 where he gets into the pronunciation of jehovah.

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  Tough to watch this whole video, the way he talks gets pretty annoying, especially after the RC hearings:

  http://tv.jw.org/#video/VODStudio/pub-jwban_201506_1_VIDEO

  Go to around 8:20 where he gets into the pronunciation of Jehovah. Admits that accuracy doesn't really matter, what matters is what is popular, well known or well established. (Just don't try doing that when you want to grow a beard, celebrate your birthday, or any other well known thing the bible doesn't say anything about)

  Another funny point is at 10:15 where he explains the name Jehovah has a "looooooong history" you know, all the way back to about 1530.

  So I will stick to my favorite pronunciation since G-Jack has approved: Jehobo
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  Good To Be Here

  by snowbird in

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  hello.

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  What Convinced you to Leave?

  by LaurenM in

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  2. beliefs

  i've been posting here a lot, but these last few weeks have been very difficult for me.

  anyways, lately, i've been thinking about confessing everything i've done to the elders and going back, but deep down, i don't really think it's the truth...so my question is, what convinced you it wasn't the truth and that leaving wasn't a horrible decision that everyone in the truth makes it out to be?

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  LostGeneration

  what convinced you it wasn't the truth and that leaving wasn't a horrible decision that everyone in the truth makes it out to be?

  First off, take this sentence and ask if it is really true, the second part.

  "Everyone in the truth" says it is horrible, why?

  Could be a number of reasons. They fear death. They fear missing out on everlasting life. They fear that they will screw up their life outside of the cult. And finally they fear shunning.

  Only one of the four is actually true, the shunning. If you mentally free yourself, and prepare to live a full life outside of the KH walls, the only real obstacle is the shunning.

  Almost everything in JW world relies on "thought stopping" techniques, so any claim made is not fully examined as to whether it is true or not.

  As to your original question, my investigation of past WT writings revealed that they had never once, EVEN ONCE predicted or prophesied anything at all that would show they were backed by a supernatural entity. Once I realized they had a 100% failure rate when it came to predicting the future, I felt no need to listen to another single thing they uttered.