Sighco

Joined

• started 2 topics
• posted 17 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by Sighco

• 
  8

  Our video on 15.04.12 Watchtower

  by Motema Bolingo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  our video now translated in six languages on our website "aggelia".

  french - dutch - english - italian - spanish - czech.

  htt://www.aggelia.be/videos/tg0412_intro.html.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Sighco

  Awesom video, keep up the good work!
• 
  12

  Where can I find WT first mention of 1918 inspection ?

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sorry to ask, but i have tried searching it on here and haven't come up with the first instance of the expounding of the idea , based on malachi 3, that jesus inspected, and approved ratherfraud and gang in 1918.. i would guess it is first in a rutherford book, and later in the wt ?.

  i would like to read the idea as it was first expressed as new light (tm) and any changes to the teaching in subsequent years, can anybody help ?.

  this is only academic interest so don't break your neck helping, but it may prove of interest to many to see the basis of the idea, a doctrine that in recent years is never explained , just referenced as fact, a bit like 1914 is..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Sighco

  August 1st 1926 Watchtower explaining the evidence for 1918.

  Page 229:

  "The Gentiles Times ended in the autumn of 1914.
  The evidence is quite conclusive that here the Lord
  Jesus Christ, in obedience to God’s command, stood up
  and began to exercise his power. (Daniel 12: 1; Psalm
  110: 1, 2; 1Revelation 11: 17, 18; Matthew 24: 7, 8)
  If we are warranted in applying the rule of the parallels,
  then we should expect that the Lord would come to
  his temple three and one-half years thereafter, to wit,
  in the spring of 1918. If this is true then we should
  expect also to find some evidence that the Lord there
  began to cleanse the antitypical temple; and that
  shortly after that nominal Christendom, or spiritual
  Israel, would be completely rejected by the Lord."

  What exactly is the rule of the parallels?

  
• 
  11

  New Archive with Full Year PDFs!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  .

  new archive for full year pdfs!

  *this archive starts with the golden age which have now been updated to full year files, and then continues with awakes from 1942 to 1969.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Sighco

  This is awesome. I've been looking for the Golden Age magazines for a long time. Thanks!
• 
  22

  How do you suppose....

  by exwhyzee in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the unique animals of austrailia ( kangaroo, walaby,koala bear, platapus etc) found their way to that isolated body of land once noah let them off the ark?

  if they migrated there from mt.

  ararat, it seems there would be fossils of them found between there and austrailia.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Sighco

  Kangaroos were in the Garden of Eden, theres a picture in the Bible Story Book. It even has a picture of Kangaroos boarding the Ark
• 
  125

  Religion and Cults

  by alice.in.wonderland in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've heard certain people here refer to jehovah's witnesses as a mind-control cult, high-control cult; theories perpetrated for how long i don't know, but at least since the days of ray franz.

  i had spent nearly forty years as a full time representative, serving at every level of the organizational structure.

  the last fifteen years i had spent at the international headquarters, and the final nine of those as a member of the worldwide governing body of jehovah's witnesses.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Sighco

  Alice.In.Wonderland you have a PM.
• 
  23

  Me

  by Sighco in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just thought i should share a bit of my story with you all, i'm on this board everyday and can't stop reading.

  i was raised as a witness by my mother and grandmother, dad and gramps weren't witnesses.

  i was baptized at 15, i believed it was the truth but was still pushed into baptism by my mom, she thought it reflected negativly on her as a mother that i wasn't dipped yet.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Sighco

  Coffee House Girl,

  The comment about the Coconuts was from like 6 years ago, I just never forgot it because I took really detailed notes.

  Quandary,

  Isn't it sick that they exploit peoples faith like that, if a 90 year old cancer stricken parapalegic can swim through piranha infested waters to reach the meetings, you should be able to make it if you have a meager headache. They lay the guilt trip on thick...
• 
  23

  Me

  by Sighco in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just thought i should share a bit of my story with you all, i'm on this board everyday and can't stop reading.

  i was raised as a witness by my mother and grandmother, dad and gramps weren't witnesses.

  i was baptized at 15, i believed it was the truth but was still pushed into baptism by my mom, she thought it reflected negativly on her as a mother that i wasn't dipped yet.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Sighco

  Thanks for the warm responses, there are some great people on this board.

  Jamie, great point about the Coconuts, made me laugh. The only members of my family that are out are my wife and my little brother, but he's just out in his mind, still lives with my parents and has to technically be a Witness. My family still talkes to me but my mom gets very upset when we talk because she wants me to come back, it sucks. Still live in Columbus.

  I am very lucky to have a growing group of ex jw friends, were thinking of getting a little support group together. If your ever in Columbus let me know, I'm always looking for new friends and I've heard nothing but good things about you.
• 
  23

  Me

  by Sighco in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just thought i should share a bit of my story with you all, i'm on this board everyday and can't stop reading.

  i was raised as a witness by my mother and grandmother, dad and gramps weren't witnesses.

  i was baptized at 15, i believed it was the truth but was still pushed into baptism by my mom, she thought it reflected negativly on her as a mother that i wasn't dipped yet.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Sighco

  Just thought I should share a bit of my story with you all, I'm on this board everyday and can't stop reading.
  
  
  I was raised as a Witness by my Mother and Grandmother, dad and gramps weren't Witnesses. I was baptized at 15, I believed it was the truth but was still pushed into baptism by my mom, she thought it reflected negativly on her as a mother that I wasn't dipped yet. I was raised in Columbus, Ohio and had a pretty average JW life up until I got married. That started the ball rolling. The way Elders in my hall reacted to my marriage disturbed me, they said that since she was married before that our marriage would likely be doomed to failure, I couldn't understand their logic.
  
  Not long before I stopped going to meetings I was a pioneer, first year, zealous... Many of the other pioneers in my congregation were older
  women in their 70's, my spiritual mothers who I'd known my whole life. I was excited because of the circuit overseer visit, I would finally be able to see what the circuit overseer teaches to pioneers in private, I couldn't wait. It was a particularly active winter and several snowstorms had caused all of us to be behind on our time, and the C.O made sure to rub it in, he looked into these old womens eyes and told them that they werent doing enough. He told these faithful women who had devoted everything to God that they had to work harder. these women put cayenne pepper in their stockings to keep warm because they had to wear skirts in the snow...I dont remember any spiritual upbuilding that day, just the shock that this "godly" man would berate old women and widows...
  I should have known then that it was not the truth, too bad it took a long downward spiral to wake up.
  
  It when I felt spiritually hungry and picked up the bible and began to read in the king james version that I finally awoke. after reading many passages, I would be brought to tears but it wasent the same as when I was a witness the tears were brought on by heartbreak, because I was begining to understand the Watchtowers twisting of Jesus words. It was like reading a new book, painful to read because of the lies I was fed but awe inspiring because of the radiant light I felt as the life of indoctrination began to melt away and the scriptures finally began to make sense. I immediatly bought an Interlinear greek Bible and was appalled as I compared it to the new world translation, not only were words changed, but entire concepts had been invented out of thin air. I was led as a puppet by a mind controlling cult. I felt totally betrayed, and then I began to remember what it was really like to be a witness and everything began to made sense.
  
  The sister who told someone in the ministry that Jehovah would not allow a war with Iraq... The elder who said from the platform that he had "a good idea of when the tribulation would hit" but "wasn't saying"... The paedophile who got attacked by a witness at a convention because he had been going to all the congregations in the city to try and seduce young girls... being afraid of apostates... being afraid of not being good enough... being berated at judicial commities because of small personal sins... the nagging thought at the back of my mind that I could lose Gods favor at anytime and die at armageddon... no independant thought...
  It is all based on fear and lies, I thank God that I was able to escape from their clutches, and that my wife has stood with me in discovering the truth.
  
  
  Things I've heard from the platform:
  
  Watching a Lord of the Rings movie will cause you to lose favor with God. (Presiding Overseer of my Congregation)
  
  We are so close to paradise that we can almost taste the Coconuts (district convention)
  
  If you commit a serious sin now, there might not be time to be forgiven ( blasphemous talk at an assembly by an austrailian brother from bethel)
• 
  146

  What Stupid Things Were You Counseled For?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've always been told that i have a very good personality, that i'm humorous, etc.. one elder called me over and said that i was "smiling too much".

  the other elders talked to the elder who counseled me and he came back to say that i should be like i was .

  .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Sighco

  I got pulled into the back room by two Elders because one of their wives found out that I went to Hooters. They told me that it would make me want to look at porn.

  Blocking peoples view while carrying mics.

  For studying with a woman in her 70's because I am a man and studying with women is inappropriate, I was 16.

  Not studying for meetings.

  Not commenting,

  I stopped Pioneering after I got married and was told by an Elder that I had broken my promise to Jehovah, and that Jehovah may have forgiven me for that but I have to start doing more to be sure.
• 
  18

  Hospital Liasion Card

  by Sighco in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  i was just digging through my computer desk drawer and i found a hospital liaison committee card.

  .

  i don't understand how anyone could live with themselves after helping a child refuse a blood transfusion .

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  Sighco

  Good info Blondie.

  W-Tower has no worries about breaking the law as long as it supports their cause, makes me sick to my stomach.