Posts by JW_Rogue

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Do Celebrities Influence You In Making Your Decisions?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
whether it be sports athletes or hollywood heavyweights or talk show hosts—do these people influence your thinking?.
JW_Rogue

I don't think they actually have that much influence, not the way that WT always describes people as idolizing celebrities. More powerful than any one celebrity is the collective thought of groups of people and I think most people are affected greatly by the media and propaganda.
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UPDATE: Wife Pretty Much Knows That I Don't Believe
by JW_Rogue in
1. jw
2. experiences
we had a nice long talk and i brought up some things that make me think that this isn't the "truth" and she somewhat agreed with me.

i stuck with things i personally experienced or had knowledge of plus all the changes in recent years.

she agreed on a lot of the points but still believes in god and the bible.
JW_Rogue

Moving to a different hall might be a good thing...not knowing the people and having to form new bonds can be very eye opening....
True, it's just I think we both have different motivations for moving to a new hall. She wants a fresh start to try to be more spiritual and I want to get away from people who know me and continue to distance myself from JW life.
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UPDATE: Wife Pretty Much Knows That I Don't Believe
by JW_Rogue in
1. jw
2. experiences
we had a nice long talk and i brought up some things that make me think that this isn't the "truth" and she somewhat agreed with me.

i stuck with things i personally experienced or had knowledge of plus all the changes in recent years.

she agreed on a lot of the points but still believes in god and the bible.
JW_Rogue

We had a nice long talk and I brought up some things that make me think that this isn't the "truth" and she somewhat agreed with me. I stuck with things I personally experienced or had knowledge of plus all the changes in recent years. She agreed on a lot of the points but still believes in God and the bible. She just believes some people in the org have the wrong attitude or bad motives. Not sure where to go from here, she wants to move to a new hall. However, I'm sure part of her motivation is to get a fresh start where we can try to be more "spiritual" together. She thinks that if you have doubts you can fix it by doing more. I tried to tell her that she can't change how she feels and it's not wrong but I think she feels guilty about it.
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Question- do JWs use the term overlapping generations
by Xanthippe in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
... or is that one of our memes?

thanks..
JW_Rogue

No, they don't really use that term it makes it sound ridiculous (which it is) most don't talk about it at all. Or they just refer to that stupid video from Splane as if it it all makes sense after you watch it. A generation is generally defined as a group of people born around the same time. My generation and my parents generation can't be the same, so how could someone born in 1950 be in the same generation as someone old enough to be their parents?
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Jehovah, Jehovah, Jehovah
by Sour Grapes in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my pimi wife listens to a lot of the meetings on the phone with the speaker on.

when i am watching tv i hear the meetings in the background.

i just cringe with how a witless can't give a comment without having said jehovah at least two times.
JW_Rogue

It is one of their power words to reinforce their ideas, most of the time they use Jehovah they are actually talking about the org/elders.
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Should Reparations Be Given To Relatives of Slaves?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
some people say that’s the least we should do while others say no way!

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what do you think about dispensing reparations?
JW_Rogue

Terrible idea, it would just create more hatred and division than we have now. A better idea would be prison reform and making easier for people convicted of nonviolent crimes to re-enter the workforce. A one time payout is not really going to help most people who are struggling. Let's say they gave people 5,000 dollars, that sounds good but it isn't really enough to change anyone's life.
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Baptism Question #2 Verified and Changed.
by truthlover123 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
pimo verified this at the latest assembly attended.

check on this forum.

he was giving us attendance and baptism info and this was a side note... it is noted by another that when the question was asked after assembly was over, non seemed to hear the change.
JW_Rogue

I can confirm that it has been changed, "spirit directed" has been removed from the question.
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Subliminal Messaging
by truthlover123 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
for over 20 years subliminal pictures showed up in most books, wt, and awakes- eighties, nineties and into 2000's.... demons, gods, you name it-- .

question: is anyone seeing anything like this in todays publications?

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JW_Rogue

I always though this picture looked odd:
Like the rumble on the right that the man is looking back on creates some kind of lettering but can't really make out what it would be.
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Subliminal Messaging
by truthlover123 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
for over 20 years subliminal pictures showed up in most books, wt, and awakes- eighties, nineties and into 2000's.... demons, gods, you name it-- .

question: is anyone seeing anything like this in todays publications?

.
JW_Rogue

I think Benny's picture looks like they drew a skull above Elijah's hand and then quickly got rid of it with some shadowing.
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Do You Support a Sex Strike?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
alyssa milano is saying that women have to go on a sex strike to take control of their bodies.

what do you think about this?.
JW_Rogue

I heard Alyssa’s husband David Bugliari has gone back to his old girlfriend Palmala.
This is why a strike like this would never work, too many Palmalas LOL