friday at 4pm pacific is probably not the best time for this.
but what the hell...trying to kill the last hour of work here.. in my years as a dub and before i faded about 8 years ago i recall private bible reading was regularly encouraged by the org.. there was the weekly bible reading schedules to keep up on, remember it being repeated in publications the importance of reading your bible, and then the bethelite stories i heard where you were required to read the entire bible.. so, do they they still stress it as much as they used to?
they are increasingly placing the governing body as the ultimate authority, squeezing out jehovah and jesus, and stressing that you need the gb's publications to properly understand the bible.. based on that, wouldn't encouraging personal bible reading suggest you can understand it on your own and detract from their brain-numbing publications?.
From what I hear they are pushing Bible reading in groups.
designs...so just the Bible then? Thought they always discouraged meeting in small groups to study the bible? Strange...maybe it's me but from a tightening the control aspect this seems counter-intuitive.
this illustration is found on page 23 of the sept tower.
i see a guy with a wheelbarrow full of stuff who seems to be smiling, not sweating, while the others are all sweatiing and looking like they are ready to collapse.. .
The dude with the wheelbarrow, his number should've been '75.
friday at 4pm pacific is probably not the best time for this.
but what the hell...trying to kill the last hour of work here.. in my years as a dub and before i faded about 8 years ago i recall private bible reading was regularly encouraged by the org.. there was the weekly bible reading schedules to keep up on, remember it being repeated in publications the importance of reading your bible, and then the bethelite stories i heard where you were required to read the entire bible.. so, do they they still stress it as much as they used to?
they are increasingly placing the governing body as the ultimate authority, squeezing out jehovah and jesus, and stressing that you need the gb's publications to properly understand the bible.. based on that, wouldn't encouraging personal bible reading suggest you can understand it on your own and detract from their brain-numbing publications?.
Free!!: Thanks...interesting. Do they encourage Bible reading alone without publications for Family Study Night?
They simply emphasize Bible reading along with their publications.
Knowsnothing: That I get...their pubs interpret the Bible the way they want. But if one reads the Bible without the pubs, then that is without their interpretation. From what I can determine...this would leave one left to possibly interpret on their own. Something they don't want.
One of the main tools of their mind control are the publications. That's why I don't get not ALWAYS pushing a publication along with reading the Bible.
this illustration is found on page 23 of the sept tower.
i see a guy with a wheelbarrow full of stuff who seems to be smiling, not sweating, while the others are all sweatiing and looking like they are ready to collapse.. .
He has a knee brace though.
I was trying to figure out exactly what is in that wheelbarrow. I see: flat panel TV, computer monitor, guitar (?!), golf club....then other tech gadgets. Can't make it all out.
Guitars are bad. Another reason to not want to be in the Noo System.
friday at 4pm pacific is probably not the best time for this.
but what the hell...trying to kill the last hour of work here.. in my years as a dub and before i faded about 8 years ago i recall private bible reading was regularly encouraged by the org.. there was the weekly bible reading schedules to keep up on, remember it being repeated in publications the importance of reading your bible, and then the bethelite stories i heard where you were required to read the entire bible.. so, do they they still stress it as much as they used to?
they are increasingly placing the governing body as the ultimate authority, squeezing out jehovah and jesus, and stressing that you need the gb's publications to properly understand the bible.. based on that, wouldn't encouraging personal bible reading suggest you can understand it on your own and detract from their brain-numbing publications?.
Friday at 4pm pacific is probably not the best time for this. But what the hell…trying to kill the last hour of work here.
In my years as a Dub and before I faded about 8 years ago I recall private Bible reading was regularly encouraged by the Org.
There was the weekly Bible reading schedules to keep up on, remember it being repeated in publications the importance of reading your Bible, and then the Bethelite stories I heard where you were required to read the entire Bible.
So, do they they still stress it as much as they used to?
They are increasingly placing the Governing Body as the ultimate authority, squeezing out Jehovah and Jesus, and stressing that you need the GB's publications to properly understand the Bible.
Based on that, wouldn't encouraging personal Bible reading suggest you can understand it on your own and detract from their brain-numbing publications?
from the excellent website, jw facts, here are a few examples of rhetorical fallacies within the watchtower.
red herringa red herring is the introduction of irrelevant material into a discussion to divert attention away from the points being made.a common witness retort to a difficult question is "where else would we go?
" this is a red herring as it diverts attention from answering the issue at hand.
It's amazing how blatant their use of logical fallacies is. Of course, I had no clue back when I was JW...just lapped it up. Since joining this site I can't read anything by the WTBS without sirens going off with all their intellectual dishonesty.
Have learned a lot thanks to the shared knowledge on JWN.
from the excellent website, jw facts, here are a few examples of rhetorical fallacies within the watchtower.
red herringa red herring is the introduction of irrelevant material into a discussion to divert attention away from the points being made.a common witness retort to a difficult question is "where else would we go?
" this is a red herring as it diverts attention from answering the issue at hand.
Good stuff, leavingwt. If you don't mind I'll add my own, having just looked at the latest public Aug. 1 Watchtower. This jumped out at me.
From the article titled "Should Children Learn about God?", this from a paragraph on page 3:
"What about the idea that children should grow up before learning about God and religion? That view ignores this fact: A child’s mind is like an empty bucket waiting to be filled. Really, parents face a choice; either fill that “bucket” at home with the moral principles and beliefs that they feel are appropriate or allow the rainstorm of ideas outside the home to fill the child’s mind and heart."
Think this is called a false dilemma. The question is should children grow up before learing about religion? They present that children's minds are like empty buckets. Then offer 2 choices:
- parents fill that bucket with their moral principles and beliefs
- or...the outside world will fill that bucket with a rainstorm of ideas
The false dilemma is that IF you don't teach them your religion as a child, the only other alternative is to let the outside world teach them whatever they want.
Teaching your child your religion is NOT the only other alternative. Why can't a parent NOT be religious but STILL have decent morals and principles to pass on? They offer the misleading assumption that ONLY religion is moral.
Of course, they don't leave it at that any religion will do. At the end of the articles they state you need to know what to teach your children about the bible. And to do so, contact Jehovah's Witnesses.
7 jean-claude, in the central african.
republic, is a married elder with.
three children.
The manager told him: "If you are fortunate
enough to have a job, you must forget
all other things, including your wife,
your children, and your problems. You
must devote your life to nothing but
your work. Make your choice: your religion
or your work.
Yep, this is fictional BS. Seriously, what employer would actually include "you must forget your wife, your children"? And caring for your wife and children equates to....."Make your choice: your religion or your work"? Since when was caring for your family a religion?
The only thing that makes me more sick over these blatant lies is that I have family that laps it up like a thirsty puppy.
you know what to do.
post pics, vids, story; something for laughter.. .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwsqdl7fie8&nr=1&feature=fvwp.
Surfing geese
Riding pigs with a beer 
right now, i feel lower than a dead dog on flatwoods plantation road.. syl.
One two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve, nostalgic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnBAMQhtjEk&feature=player_embedded#at=49
