Posts by Designer Stubble

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New "donation" arrangement begins to FAIL

by Tech49 in

jw
friends

so here we are, almost a year into the "new" congregation donation arrangement.

and its beginning, as was predicted, to fail miserably, and to have direct negative consequences on the poor sheep.. let me give you a little experience, directly from our congregation of about 80 publishers.

back in may, after reading the letter about the "new" arrangement, the elder body decided to "donate" the extra funds on hand to wt, as directed.

Designer Stubble

Thanks for the update. Exactly as we predicted a year ago. Loveless money hungry cult.

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The contempt of Anthony Morris: the face doesn't lie.

by freemindfade in

i have noticed something even long before even looking into ttatt, something about morris bothered me.

i am personally very attuned to body language, facial expressions and general subtleties in human interaction.

there was something about his face that really bothered me, and i will explain it.

Designer Stubble

When you communicate:

10% is WHAT you say

20% is the TONE in which you speak

70% is BODY LANGUAGE

Source: The definite book of body language - Barbara & Allen Pease

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Can anyone confirm this?

by bafh in

my mom today said the brother behind the children's annimation used to work at pixar.

is that true?

if so, can anyone confirm it?.

Designer Stubble

This is the variation posted a while back:

Pixar the production company is jealous of Caleb and Sophia video's ///

So said the CO last night.

Apparently a JW was on a flight and just happend to sit next to some big wig from Pixar and when the man from Pixar heard that he was a JW the Pixar man just gushed over what great work that the Watchtower has done in producing the Caleb video's. He siad he only wished Pixar could do such great work. The CO said we are able to do it because we have free labor and Jehovah behind us.

My husband stayed home from the meeting but wanted to tie in by phone and that is what the CO said in his talk.

The CO also talked about all the changes that have happened in the last ten years and how if some of the friends did not like it they needed and to quote him "they just needed to get over it" these changes are going to happned period. Also some have been saying that some of the changes were to save money and that is not the case in the least.

It just made me sick to listen to and I know there are those of you who are going to put me down for listening to the meeting so bring it on and slam me for it. I listened and that is that. I am kind of stuck in the middle with my husband still believing and I want to know what is happening because it still affects me.

OK so now that, that is said, it just made me sick and my head hurts to know that everyone at the meeting was commenting saying how great the changes were and how happy they are for Jehovah speading up the work. The JW's who are in do not seem to be able to see the Wizard behind the curtain. And these are younger ones in the late 20's and 30's.

I am just speachless and I just do not get how anyone can fall for all of this.

LITS

Also for those who do not know Pixar is the one who made such movies as Toy story 1 and 2, Finding Nemo, Mosters Inc, UP, Cars, etc but they are jealous of the Cabeb video. Yeh right!
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Close to the dumbest thing I have ever heard!!!!!!! And the borg has said some winners!!!!!!!!!!

40

8 Year Old Getting Baptized!

by Atlantis in

eight year old getting baptized!

(from a jw site.

this 8 year old sister was the youngest of the 31 who were baptized at a regional convention in bogo city, cebu, philippines on the weekend.

Designer Stubble

Run kid, its a CULT

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"Between the Lines" of the Branch Visit

by TTATTelder in

i am starting this thread to discuss the financial points i picked up during the branch visit.. firstly - as an elder we were told that all donations from the event - local and worldwide work were to be sent to the branch.

first of all - could the money-grab be any more obvious given these instructions?

is it even legal to take funds a person gave to a non-profit for one specific purpose (pay the light bill) to allocate them for another (www slush fund)?

Designer Stubble

An RTO can be a volunteer working from his/her own home translating materials.

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This is Really Getting Scary!!! PLEASE LOOK!!

by NoMoreHustle in

stupid me does not know how to copy paste pics from instagram site.

nmh.

http://instagram.com/p/vbu5_xhiam/.

Designer Stubble

I do not recognize this as the religion I was once part of.

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Did Josephus believe in Jesus as The Christ?

by opusdei1972 in

here is the questioned josephus' text :.

now, there was about this time jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful worksa teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure.

he drew over to him both many of the jews, and many of the gentiles.

Designer Stubble

Josephus was born in the year 37. So, he never really met Jesus - that is an easy to establish FACT.

Generally that paragraph is thought to be forged - Josephus was in a sense misquoted, something as we know not uncommon in religion.

But then even if he did write that, refer back to point one - they never met, so everything was hearsay.

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Do you remember the 15 minute break at the Sun. meeting?

by 3rdgen in

a poster on another thread reminded me of when there was a 15 min.

break between the talk and the wt study on sundays.

the break was supposed to be to allow jw's time to drive their bible studys home from the talk.

Designer Stubble

Remember yes, early 70s. Was done away with when smoking was no longer permitted.

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JAN 2015 Awake - Yet More Fallacies and Disingenuous Statements re Evolution/Creation

by konceptual99 in

so the new awake is up.. first question..... "how did life begin?.

how would you complete the following sentance?.

life is the result of..... a. evolution.

Designer Stubble

For those not satisfied with the 95% evolution, abiogenesis, fossil record and the big-bang can currently explain: "God did it" would satisfy their curiosity.

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Awake January 2015: How did life begin? - More misquotes

by Designer Stubble in

[quote]some might assume that a scientifically-minded person would pick evolution and that a religious person would pick creation.

but not always.. rama singh, professor of biology at canadas mcmaster university, says: the opposition to evolution goes beyond religious fundamentalism and includes a great many people from educated sections of the population.[/quote].

end-of-quote in awake.

Designer Stubble

I have emailed Dr. Singh:

Dear Dr. Singh,

In the January 2015 Awake article, published by Jehovah's Witnesses, you are misquoted, from what I can tell. The article, "How did life begin", states on page 3: Rama Singh, professor of biology at Canada’s McMaster University, says: “The opposition to evolution goes beyond religious fundamentalism and includes a great many people from educated sections of the population.” The quote ends there, but I believe based on Darwin's Legacy, should continue: ...who may not be logically opposed to evolution nevertheless do not accept it. This is because the process of and the evidence for evolution are invisible to a nonspecialist, or the theory may look too simple to explain complex traits to some, or because people compare evolution against God and find evolutionary explanations threatening to their beliefs. Considering how evolution affects our lives, including health and the environment to give just two examples, a basic course in evolution should become a required component of all our college and university educational systems. By misquoting you, the reader is misled. The article can be found here: http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/g201501/evolution-vs-creation/ I thought you should know this and would be interested in knowing your thoughts. Kind regards,

DS