Posts by oldlightnewshite

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2014

by varian in

jw
friends

well then, i suppose as we are facing the 100th anniversay of jesus return in 1914, there sure must be the usual rumors going on in the cong.. for those in touch with jw: what have you heard so far?

is it a bit like pre-1975 with high expectations?.

oldlightnewshite

Lol @ cameo,

Instead of door knocking, JWs will go out to pick up the litter from all the magazines they passed out.

Now I would pray for that!

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Disappointed by JW Visit

by Cold Steel in

okay, i wanted to know more about the jws, so i went to the website and filled in my name and other info.

i was finally contacted, set up an appointment and visited.

the first two people came and they were nice, but one of the fellows looked uptight and avoided eye contact.

Up until about 8 years ago, I could maybe count on having about 2 conversations a year with people in the ministry where the subject went 'off topic' from whatever we were presenting that month. Nowadays, JWs just don't get to 'freestyle' with the bible and the general public. It's gotta be even worse now.

They were probably advised not to return as you had dangerous questions.

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WTBTS 2010 AGM notes (GAG alert)

by billyboy in

jw
friends

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here are some highlights from the 2010 annual meeting;.

branch overseers/representatives from around the world gave greetings from their branch and gave some encouraging experiences from the field.

oldlightnewshite

"they fail to realize that all of the world's economies are drying up, 401k's, stocks, fortune 500 companies and money values are dropping like crazy."

Just refer some random event, then attribute it to Jehovah, and the pangs of distress upon a dying world.

The GB go from spouting horse sh*t, to Chicken sh*t, and then Bullsh*t.

They're so inconsistent.

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Strange statement in last week's study article

by civicsi00 in

there was a strange statement in last week's study article.

well, let's be honest: there were plenty of strange statements!

but one in particular bothered me.

oldlightnewshite

Reniaa's comment that perfection always overrides imperfection is a little worrying. In that all the Nephilim who came down and took human form were perfect when they had relations with women. There must've been a whole lot of boning going on, because the whole earth was filled with violence, which means there were a lot of perfect men running around, (even though they were stoving people's skulls in with clubs etc). Yet, Jehovah decided they were ALL wicked. This was BEFORE the WHOLE EARTH had oceans, there would have been just one big land mass. The world population must have been bigger than today!

There's no hope for any of us.

If it's true...

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How to set up a Watchower cultlike following !!!

by foreverme in

1. keep it vague; keep it simple.

use ambiguous and obscure words, but keep it simple or lose your credibility.. .

2. emphasize the visual and the sensual over the intellectual.

oldlightnewshite

Hi Forever me. Welcome! I want to join your church. Where do I send the money?

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Boom Destroyed!

by Darth plaugeis in

lol some systems will never learn ...will they.

nice to have you back lady lee lol!!!.

online less than 1 day and you've been tested!

oldlightnewshite

I recently felt a disturbance in the force, as if millions of voices cried out at once, and then were suddenly silent.

Turns out there must have been a big convention goin on.

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John Lennon and JW... (...a credible source)

by Confucious in

ok.... of course john lennon's would be 70th birthday was yesterday.. so just a discussion - and please - no hate'in... just some discussion.. but i personally know of a very high ranking jw member (think highest you can basically get...) who related this story to me how some jw's talked to john lennon shortly before he wrote "imagine.".

when he told me - he did preface it by saying it was "hearsay..." that he couldn't prove it.. but listening to the song tonight - i could see how it could be possible.. thoughts?.

confucious.

oldlightnewshite

I heard the one about the sister and the rapist. Also the one about the 5th Dan karate expert brother who did somebody's return visit for them, was asked in and surrounded by 10 guys with baseball bats, and he beat the snot out of all of them. They're all urban Dub legends. I remember hearing one about some Dubs who called on Winston Churchill, and he invited them in and had an hour long conversation. I think Churchill would've been more inclined to say 'Release the hounds...'

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Are you recovering the knowledge that you lost?

by cyberjesus in

when i was in school as young jw i would disregard any kind of knowledge that was against what i was taught by the wt.

things evolution, the space, the age periods of the earth, the immnesity of the space, etc etc.

anything that would bring more questions was also disregarded as not important enough to dedicate our valuable time.

oldlightnewshite

I went to school as a J-Dub and was taught to be suspicious of history, which was my favourite subject. Many a time I used to tell the teacher that I couldn't do this subject or that, and she would find me something else to study. Right now I'm particularly interested in anthropology. The one and only thing that finally got me to get baptized was reading the 'is there a creator who cares about you' book. It took an attempt to answer a lot of science questions. What an absolute pack of lies. Their quote that there wasn't enough bones of early ape men to fill a coffin! I'm making a collection of documentaries and websites which debunk all the pseudo-science crap that comes out of the Watchtower, so that I can show my family. A recent interesting find on torrents was a series of lectures about myths and legends of early cultures, including sumerian,assyrian, Egyptian and Judean.

My real education is only just starting...

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Strange statement in last week's study article

by civicsi00 in

there was a strange statement in last week's study article.

well, let's be honest: there were plenty of strange statements!

but one in particular bothered me.

oldlightnewshite

The can of worms is well and truly opened.

If Jesus' genetic material all came from Jehovah, (which is the only explanation that stops the WT digging themselves into a hole) then how is both Joseph and Mary's lineage even relevant?

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Strange statement in last week's study article

by civicsi00 in

there was a strange statement in last week's study article.

well, let's be honest: there were plenty of strange statements!

but one in particular bothered me.

oldlightnewshite

Jesus, being infinitely intelligent, creates a time machine a la Back to the future, with Delorean car, flux capacitor etc. Jesus then whizzes back 5,900 years or so (he should know) forces Eve into the cool car, whizzes forward to Judea, does the nasty on the back seat of the delorean, waits 9 months, Eve has baby, jesus whizzes Eve back to Eden, tells her she's got an appointment with a snake. Jesus then goes forward in time to Judea, waits for the baby to reach puberty, lures her into the back of the Delorean, and hey presto! The WatchTower is right, and Jehovah has egg on his face.

He COULD have fathered a perfect race. The writing committee obviously thought this one through.