Posts by Fencing

I have to say, the insane asylum of the ex-JW world rarely disappoints. I guess this is what happens when an entire group of people are stripped of all critical thinking skills.

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She spoke about Jehovah’s Witness abuse, and her home was vandalized

by greenhornet in

https://www.revealnews.org/article/she-spoke-about-jehovahs-witness-abuse-and-her-home-was-vandalized/.

the police are saying this is a hate crime.. it sounds like a lot of of jws are really mad .

Yeah, this sounds fake. No witness I ever knew would ever write something like that. For one, they don't refer to the organization as "Watchtower". They would put "The Society" or "Jehovah". Also, this is far too bold for an active witness. Witness are trained to be extremely passive-aggressive.

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New letter, re: Fully Utilizing Kingdom Hall Auditoriums

by suavojr in

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let the merging begin!!!.

to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory.

re: fully utilizing kingdom hall auditoriums.

Fencing

How often does this happen? Standing room only at a K.H.? I remember this in the early 1970s locally, but when I stopped attending meetings in 2006 the K.H. was 2/3 empty for mid-week meetings and about 1/2 empty on Sunday; I doubt there has been a boom in meeting attendance since.

I was in a congregation in the 90s that had a hall which seated at least 140, and every sunday the main auditorium and the library were full, and we were having to put out rows of folding chairs behind the regular seats in the auditorium. They were split shortly afterwards.

But you're correct, I haven't seen attendance like that at a hall ever since.

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Changes for Volunteers at Conventions and Assemblies in Spain

by RayPublisher in

someone sent me this from jwtalk.

a guy on there just posted this regarding changes to the way the jws volunteer at conventions in spain and the changes seem fairly major:.

we had a special meeting today called a training session for volunteers.

Fencing

I never understood why the Society, about 15-20 or so years ago in the US, started insisting on packing, shipping and setting up their own sound equipment in arenas and other venues with perfectly good sound systems that they could easily tie into. Seemed like a huge waste of money and time for no determinable benefit.

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Worst Memorial Talk Ever!

by The Searcher in

i honestly have never heard such claptrap being delivered in a memorial talk.. the speaker repeatedly put down the way other religions administered the bread & wine, and claimed that witnesses do it exactly as the bible describes.

oh yeah????.

he forgot to mention - when reading aloud 1 corinthians 11:25 - that after passing the bread, a full meal was to be shared, before the wine was passed around!

Fencing

THANK YOU. First time going with awareness and saw and heard them say Judas NOT there ....only 11. I knew he was for bread and meal and confirmed tonight that he was ALSO there for wine. Made huge impact on hubby too. He finally started COC this week.

It's amazing, isn't it? The speaker (and thus, I'm assuming the outline) makes a big point this year about how Judas was dismissed BEFORE Jesus established the New Covenant, and this proves that it only applied to select people, not everyone. He has everyone turn to and read Matthew and John to "prove" it. Except Matthew doesn't have Jesus dismissing Judas at all, just goes from saying that one of 12 at the table would betray him straight to the bread and wine. John has Jesus dismissing Judas, but he doesn't include the New Covenant at all. And they conveniently don't read Luke, where Judas is explicitly shown as still being present after the wine and bread are passed. Mark just copies Matthew, for the most part.

I look around, and everyone just sits there and nods. The Society blatantly misrepresents the scriptures right in front of everyone, and all you have to do is read the surrounding verses in the very passages the speaker is reading to prove it. And still no one sees it.

It's so ballsy, and yet so effective, that it's a wonder to behold.

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New Watchtower Subliminal image just uploaded

by artcritic in

this picture was taken from the official jw site.

just uploaded this one.

its new and unseen .

Fencing

There's nothing quite so fascinating to watch as someone's pattern-recognition part of the brain malfunction and go into overdrive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

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Ayn Rand - Opinions?

by cappytan in

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friends

for those of you familiar with ayn rand and her ideas on morality, rationality and reason, what is your opinion of those ideas?.

i'm talking about her actual ideas, not the ideals that libertarianism has adopted and, in some cases, perverted.

do you think she's a charlatan?

Fencing

As terrible as Catwoman was, it's miles better than any of the tripe that's come out of Rand's gourd.

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Ayn Rand - Opinions?

by cappytan in

jw
friends

for those of you familiar with ayn rand and her ideas on morality, rationality and reason, what is your opinion of those ideas?.

i'm talking about her actual ideas, not the ideals that libertarianism has adopted and, in some cases, perverted.

do you think she's a charlatan?

Fencing

There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.