Simon wrote: " Soon they will make asking questions a sin."
Isn't it pretty much a sin already? If someone is questioning...they are liable to be labelled 'apostate.'
laverite
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brazen conduct, dissensions
by hoser inas predicted by jwn loose conduct has been replaced by brazen conduct.
galations 5:19 2 peter 2:2 .
a catch all phrase for apostates.
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Kindness and Jehovah's People
by laverite ini came across the following quote the other day and it has stuck a chord with me.
jehovah's people tm spend their lives "pondering the human predicament" (how bad it is, how the world is about to end).
how meaningless all of their efforts and "ponderings" are.
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laverite
And the goodness isn't even good. It's just all about legalistic mumbo jumbo and "busy work" that benefits no one: walking as slowly as possible from door to door when you know no one is even home to answer...Standing at the door waiting as long as possible before walking slowly to the next house.
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Kindness and Jehovah's People
by laverite ini came across the following quote the other day and it has stuck a chord with me.
jehovah's people tm spend their lives "pondering the human predicament" (how bad it is, how the world is about to end).
how meaningless all of their efforts and "ponderings" are.
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laverite
I came across the following quote the other day and it has stuck a chord with me. Jehovah's People TM spend their lives "pondering the human predicament" (how bad it is, how the world is about to end). How meaningless all of their efforts and "ponderings" are. If only they'd focus on demonstrating loving kindness toward their families and each other. Unfortunately, all the nitpicky man-made rules, back-stabbing, resentment, jealousy, self-promotion, gossip, deceipt, lying (in the name of Theocratic warefare TM ), anger/fear/hate toward those who no longer believe as they do and the inhumane shunning of DFd and DAd ones, not to mention death policies (blood policy, etc.) do not allow for much real kindness. It has struck me just how unkind the Jehovah's Witness really is, both to those inside as well as those outside.
It all comes down to kindness in how we live our lives. The JWs are spinning their wheels "pondering" the human predicament as they do so endlessly. Their ponderings do not translate into any real benefit for others, just "witnessing."
Perhaps you, too, will find some meaning in the following words:
It’s rather embarrassing to have given one’s entire life
to pondering the human predicament
and to find that in the end one has little more to say than,
‘Try to be a little kinder.‘
Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963)
Source: Tales of Wonder: Adventures Chasing the Divine, an Autobiography
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The Smoke and Mirrors of the Annual Meeting
by Billy the Ex-Bethelite inthe annual meeting seems to boil down to an opening talk about an "exciting new" bible museum and a closing talk about an "exciting new" new world translation.
sandwiched in between were the wt summary, a talk about indoctrinating the children fast/furious, and some "trip down memory lane.".
why would this "spiritual feast" seem to be anticlimactic?
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laverite
The goal posts are really pretty far off now. But don't forget to keep saying "Any moment now..."
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For what it's worth, this is my take on the AGM
by stillin inas i was leaving the kh where i watched the meeting, i overheard several conversations, all to the effect that"what a great bunch of guys the gb is.
" the sense of humor among them, the naturalness and ease they had while speaking, etc.. for that matter, i too, was impressed at how like able they seem to be and, believe it or not, the 3 1/2 hours went by fairly quickly, thank god!
but as i think about it, i'm concluding that that was the main goal of the wide viewing of this event: to assure the rank and file that the gb, the men who are in charge of god's household, are a great bunch of guys.
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laverite
OUTLAW - You nailed, as you ALWAYS do!
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Funny FB comments about Annual Meeting
by Comatose ini just looked and found some real epic fb posts... oh lordy.. here are a few from my stream, post yours!.
alan xxxx.
xxxx are you at the morning one are they getting it fixed i started crying i felt so bad for all the friends and for the governing body as well xxx.
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laverite
"Jehovah's people are most blessed on the Earth." (This one made the inner 14 year old boy in me giggle. They are most blessed on the Earth. As opposed to Uranus?)
"The light is definitely getting brighter."
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GAH!! AGM!!! >:( (Or "Grumblecakes is Disgusted")
by grumblecakes infirst of all, big "thank you's" to everyone who put up the goods after attending!
why im disgusted.
the new bible (no, it doesnt have a new name, for all who are asking) is a huge f**king monstrosity!
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laverite
There's been a lot of excitement kicked up over this newly, improved Watchtower Corp Bible. Will it bring any of us "back to the truth?"
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AGM Release: The New, Improved New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
by Oubliette inthis just in from the annual meeting: a new release of the new, improved new world translation of the holy scriptures.
(reposted from http://m.imgur.com/a/crap8):.
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laverite
Oubliette - I agree! The light gray is UGLY. What WERE they thinking?
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brazen conduct, dissensions
by hoser inas predicted by jwn loose conduct has been replaced by brazen conduct.
galations 5:19 2 peter 2:2 .
a catch all phrase for apostates.
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laverite
slimboy - if someone is "loose" that is often used sexually. Loose conduct (to me) indicates that they are sexually 'loose' FWIW. And good for them, I say!
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AGM LIVE BLOG!
by baltar447 inhttp://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1nrloo/annual_meeting_playbyplay_thread/.
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laverite
prologos - FUNNY!