i have been meaning to post this.
just havent got around to it till now.
this talk was a couple sundays ago.
According to the WT, the ENTIRE book of Revelations is figurative or symbolic, except for the number "144,000"... that would need be a literal number in order for the GB to retain their authority.
But the main reason they are not ready to admit that "144,000" is NOT literal is becaused they have so much invested in this doctrine, that doing so would seriously diminish the sense of urgency required to keep the field service hours up.
so according to the yb, jehovah and jesus are quite the powerful invisible beings.
hundreds of thousands killed.
154 jws died.
FYI... I was in Haiti recently... the airport looked like a ghost town... the only humanitarian presence appears to be the UN... two years ago, there was no place to park airplanes... there were wide-body freighters from all over (Canada, Brazil, Europe, Asia, etc.) and the airport was gridlocked... some flights had to be diverted to Santo Domingo or Cuba until parking space for airplanes opened up...
Again, that was two years ago... and now the airport is a ghost town...
Regarding the JW families that suffered material loss as well as loss of life... I'm guessing the Watchtower got their money's worth with the publicity they received in the beginning and got out of dodge as soon as all the media attention died out...
if you want to skip to the new light or understanding, its underlined for you pleasure.
i think some will find this interesting.
we had the co tonight.
That sad thing is that most JWs won't ever realize that the WT changes it's teachings only after they are thoroughly bombarded with questions thay simply can't answer (not because they received a "progressive refinement").
am in the middle of noam chomskys book (yeah dont start screaming commie).
"media control - the spectacular achievements of propaganda.".
so much of it reads like a textbook for witchtower mind control and manipulation.
Sounds like a good read... thanks for recommending it.
we all know the watchtower organization is now in a defensive mode.
unrelenting criticism and critical information is rapidly coming forward exposing this esoteric cult.. are their hundreds of bethelites now understanding how evil their "faithfull slave" really is?
has the revolution begun?.
RICK... I SENT YOU MULTIPLE EMAILS ASKING YOU FOR EVIDENCE TO YOUR CLAIM THAT ELDERS WERE BEING DELETED FOR HAVING FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS... YOU SAID IT... I HEARD IT... WERE YOU LYING?
A SIMPLE YES OR NO RESPONSE WOULD SUFFICE.
we all know the watchtower organization is now in a defensive mode.
unrelenting criticism and critical information is rapidly coming forward exposing this esoteric cult.. are their hundreds of bethelites now understanding how evil their "faithfull slave" really is?
has the revolution begun?.
Is this possible...... Hundreds of Posters now engaged in a petition to remove Rick from this board?
YES
i'm not entirely sure why, but rick has been the biggest trigger for me.
i have said some very mean things to him that i regret and i apologize to rick for them.
but what he is doing leaves me feeling dirty and i don't even know him.
If Rick can get away with his spamming activities, than I can start promoting my wife's business on this board... (i probably won't... I'm just saying)
i called just before noon today- an elder promptly answered the phone.
i told him, " uh, memorial is tomorrow night, right?".
passover starts tomorrow night, after sundown!
marking
(useful info when I get my next invititation to the memorial)
i don't have the stomach to read much of their literature lately, but it seems to me that every article i read was loaded with weasel words.
is this still their mo?
for an interesting set of examples, i looked up the following wikipedia article on weasel words: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/weasel_word.
Excellent post.... marking
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