Posts by JW_Rogue

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Question- do JWs use the term overlapping generations
by Xanthippe in
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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
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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
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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
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2019 BOE Elders letter May 13 England - Ireland Data Protection
by Not_Culty in
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2. beliefs
https://tinyurl.com/y2bzncu9.
JW_Rogue

Perhaps the householder could be given a form and write down their info for a return visit? Or correspond via text message?
I think what will really happen is that individual publishers will continue to jot down notes but be very discreet about it. The letter is a way for leadership to say that they told the congregations not to keep records. It is a legal maneuver. If anyone sues them the blame will fall on the publisher and not WT.
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Something different about the memorial invitation
by days of future passed in
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2. beliefs
i found this memorial invitation quite different than the previous ones.

i couldn't find a more recent posting about the invite, so i may be going over old ground.. at first i just looked thru it.

but then on second look, i realized there was more going on than i thought.
JW_Rogue

This started last year, Jesus wasn't on the cover but instead a picture of happy Bros and Sisters filing in for the services. It's like they are ashamed of what they are preaching or perhaps they think some people will just show up out of curiosity.
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Whole Study Article on Commenting at Meetings
by JW_Rogue in
1. jw
2. experiences
i guess less people are commenting now.

last week's whole wt study was dedicating to the issue of commenting.

people were literally making comments about how to comment, it was very meta (not that most there would get that), anyway the main reason that wt gave to explain away people's lack of commenting?
JW_Rogue

It's not really surprising that less people comment now, with the congregation mergers it is easy to float into the background and no one really notices. It's funny how WT thinks it can control people with articles like this when the reality is most will continue with their same routine. Maybe some will answer more for a short period of time but then they will go back to their old ways. This organization just doesn't have the same influence that it once did. If they announced the King of North in the 90s people would be going crazy, now it's just another annual meeting...ho-hum. Only the old timers and the uber dubs got excited by that one. It took awhile but the fact that Armageddon didn't happen before the year 2000 (as was heavily implied) and the extension of the generation teaching has people tuning them out. They still "believe" but not at the same level that they did before.