Posts by Vidiot

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My birthday

by Chariklo in

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today i am celebrating my first birthday after dutifully refusing to observe birthdays, thanks to the jehovah's witnesses.

not for as many years compared with most of you, but enough, and worst of all was that i dutifully refused even to celebrate my grandchildren's birthdays.

that hurt me far more than them.

Light from Annointed Witnesses & so it begins.....

by mind blown in

someone on jwn posted a link from the annointed witnesses site which i've been following https://anointedjw.org/update_log.html within the past couple days an important question regarding wts .

on october 8, 2012, we received the following comment and inquiries regarding the previous response (10/7/12-2): .

inquiry: many thanks for the link to your well-considered response.

Vidiot

Refriedtruth - "It has always been that way."

Yeah, the nail's really just been hammered home, now.

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The reason for the New Light on the FDS

by Badfish in

new websites have been popping up such as anointedjw.org in which witnesses who believe they are anointed are spreading the word that anyone can become anointed and go to heaven.. under the previous teaching that all anointed are part of the fds, then these sites would have much more credit because, after all, they are anointed (and therefore part of the fds).. there are copies of numerous letters to the society posted on anointedjw.org, so the society is obviously well aware.. the easiest way for the society to discredit these sites and thus discourage their message is to strip them of their fds status.

now, the fds is only the governing body, not the rest of the anointed..

Vidiot

MrFreeze - "Why is everything in Revelations to the JW literal, except that particular number."

Most fundies want/need to view as much of the Bible literally as they can, because the more you reclassify parts of the Bible as allegorical or symbolic (or simply wrong), the stronger the temptation becomes to view all of it as - at best - impossible to fully nail down, and - at worst - not even of divine origin.

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We Need A Group Of Anointed To Challenge The Governing Body

by DT in

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i believe that a coup is one of the governing body's worst nightmares.. imagine a splinter group led by anointed ones that draw off enough of a following to cause confusion about who is directing the organization.. this may be one of the reasons the governing body removed the special status of the anointed and placed it on an organizational arrangement that they just happen to occupy.. the irony is that this action is a coup in itself.

by declaring themselves leaders in complete control of the organization, they have created a rival group composed of those who disagree.

these people have no obligation to follow these newly self appointed leaders.

Vidiot

raymond frantz - "I 'd rather belong to a small congragation of 30 free Jehovah's Witnesses...rather than I congragation of 100 lobotimised drones."

Hasn't Dogpatch written about the impending fragmentation of the WTS?

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Cedars, I'm Thankful That You Are Here!!!

by minimus in

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you are a welcomed addition to this site!.

Vidiot

I like Ceders' research and writing.

I don't get why a few have such a problem with him.

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Another Watchtower Property Sells in Brooklyn Heights

by Gayle in

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http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/10/another-watchtower-property-at-67-remsen-sells/.

Vidiot

3 questions:

How many have been sold?

How many are still up for sale?

How many have not yet been listed?

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Is Today's Jehovah's Witness Religion The Same As It Was When You Were A Member?

by minimus in

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in my day, you were proud to be a jw!

you knew you'd get "persecution" and it was all good.

when you abstained from blood, you read the ingredients of a candy bar!

Vidiot

House is the same.

Furniture's different and there's bars on the windows.

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I am a Militant Happyist

by jgnat in

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i avoid newspapers and search out eyes.

i bumble my way on to hoarded subway seats.

my plump bottom overspills it?s share of seat, as i breathe warm and fuzzy greetings in to my startled neighbour?s face.

Vidiot

Payin' it forward, huh?

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Possible Reasons For The Faithful And Discreet Slave Change

by DT in

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i've been thinking a lot about the new faithful and discreet slave understanding.. first of all, i regard the faithful and discreet slave doctrine to be the core doctrine of jehovah's witnesses.

without a single charismatic leader like other cults, the watchtower society needed to have something to keep the rank and file in line.

the fds doctrine was mysterious and served to give the organisation a leadership structure that appeared to be directly connected to god.

Vidiot

grumblecakes - "i would add to the speculation that they are going to make more changes (even more controversial ones) and this was their needed first step, so their authority could not be questioned by anyone, no matter how weird they get (i have a feeling they are going to get more strict about some things and make some financial decisions that could upset the flock)."

I came to this conclusion a while ago.

They're totally gonna get weirder and weirder and make themselves more and more marginilized.

It's probably for the best.

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Possible Reasons For The Faithful And Discreet Slave Change

by DT in

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i've been thinking a lot about the new faithful and discreet slave understanding.. first of all, i regard the faithful and discreet slave doctrine to be the core doctrine of jehovah's witnesses.

without a single charismatic leader like other cults, the watchtower society needed to have something to keep the rank and file in line.

the fds doctrine was mysterious and served to give the organisation a leadership structure that appeared to be directly connected to god.

Vidiot

DT - "This is a change in a core doctrine that changes the power structure of the organization."

No it's not.

Its a consolidation of where the power structure was already; a pretty natural evolution, considering.