It is surreal to see them pushing technology down everyone's throat......bizarre to read that.
Nevertheless, they all sit their nodding their heads.
i don't know whether i should laugh, or run screaming into the night.. tonights "local needs" was titled "are you following 'the slave' "?.
the theme scripture was 1 peter 2: 21. it was applied that by following jesus steps closely we would then be able to keep up with 'the slave'.
now i don't know about others, but if i were to follow one person and that meant to keep up with someone else, it would mean that the person i was following was following the other person.
It is surreal to see them pushing technology down everyone's throat......bizarre to read that.
Nevertheless, they all sit their nodding their heads.
i asked the below questions to 2 of my elders a few week ago ................................silence.
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LOL....since when to JW's follow the Bible?
Cults have a way of making up their own rules. See the baptism questions mentioned.
there are a million of them and mine is by no means the most important question to ask them if i only had one shot at it.
but, i have always wondered what kind of bs excuse they would give as an answer to this question: "brother goober bum, given that there are both male and female partakers here on earth who claim to be of the 'anointed' and plan on being of the 144,000 ruling with christ in heaven for eternity........ why are the female 'anointed' treated as submissive, second class citizens and why is their opinion on doctrinal matters, matters of teaching and reproving, anything at all.... why are they not recognized while here on earth even though you claim that jesus has selected them to become angels to rule with him?
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Have you gone beyond the things that are written?
Be very careful how you answer......
what would make a man throw away all his earthly riches to expose the cult?
what did ray franz have to gain by leaving in total poverty?
if ray franz had stayed in place, he could have lived like a god, why did he leave?
Have you ever tried to sell something you know isn't true, doesn't work or is a fraud?
It's very difficult for men of honor.
since 1935, the watchtower had been categorically teaching (for over 6 decades) that the heavenly calling of the 144,000 anointed christians had ceased in 1935. this teaching was especially significant to older jws (especially those who spent much of their lives serving the watchtower as pioneers, elders, missionaries, bethelites, etc.
) because many of these would eventually turn their attention to the aging governing body members and feel a sense of relief knowing that the end was drawing ever so near.
in other words, as more governing body members (who were born before 1935) passed away, the closer they would get to their long-awaited reward of surviving armageddon and living on paradise earth where they would finally hug grass-eating lions near a waterfall while marveling at snow-peaked mountains in the distance.
90% of JW's today won't have a clue what you're referring to if you mention 1935.
Seriously...... clueless.
most of us are reasonably familiar with reports of scandalous goings-on of that old jellyfish lecher, the founder of the watchtower cult, the one and only charles taze russell.. but, are these stories true?.
this thread is going to be devoted to his allegedly scurrilous activities.
so, bookmark it, please, bro' focus is in possession of noo light, and we're going to explore russell like you've never seen him explored before.. we're approaching his 100th death anniversary, and for all i know this virtual exhumation may lead to a real one.
Oh man...keep these coming. Fascinating!
They will never do that.
Psychologists will tell you that the key to a successful cult is the never ending pounding on the human mind. They need those meetings to continue to reinforce the brain washing.
Won't happen.
check it out and download before i am forced to take it down!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf_rfrusa1c.
You nailed it Magnum.
I agree with your last paragraph .....all of it. And I include my 4 decades of chosen ignorance in there as well....
It takes effort, mental fortitude and desire to get out of that cult. The VAST majority of JW's are incredibly weak minded people.
it seems the watchtower staff have made a runaway train with the introduction of the mark jw.org.. the combination of using a gadget driven platform and the fact that the common jw is low educated and easely influenced.
by new occurrings in their religion makes the situation getting out of hand.. proof: gb members wearing jw.org buttons during their speech, gifts with jw.org are given away, umbrellas with the jw.org are available.
jw.org is more important then god, his son and the gospel.. it's the gadget and the jw.org mark that counts.. i am so happy my grandparents are not confronted with these idiots.. it's a runaway train heading to the end of the track.. gorby .
I guarantee they have consulted someone outside the organization......a firm specializing in PR, Marketing, etc.
They are 'rebranding' themselves..........make no mistake.
introduction: in the beginning.
how it all started.
read this chapter.... know your ngos!.
Ummmm, not sure how you came to that conclusion.
A publisher isn't allowed to hold a position on a high school student counsel, join the YMCA or help a charitable organization.
But they can be attached to the UN in any way, shape or form they want?
Nope....don't think so Terry. We have a word for that: hypocrisy