eric wilson's video is worth a view.. https://youtu.be/iil4fryuczk?si=f566n0tdqgpqc2ok.
Bias also plays a much bigger role that one might think.
Griwing up, I had assumed that intelligence basically immunized one against bias…
…imagine my shock and dismay learning that even the smartest folks can be as susceptible to bias as anyone else…
…moreso even, because the self-awareness of said intelligence has a tendency to, in fact, reinforce said bias.
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my understanding* is that the un is supposed to be the wild beast of revelation.
the un only came into being after wwii, so what was the beast before the new light came about?
i can't see a speculative organisation like the wt not having an interpretation of the beast before the un came into being.
Kinda like the Religious Right in the US…
…they keep winning elections, but keep losing the “culture wars”.
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i know of a lovely old sister who has been a jw for several decades now who openly expresses doubts about jw interpretations.. she does it in such a lovely way and everyone loves her.
she is such a sweet old soul, makes everyone happy around her.. she has said things like- even if we have got it wrong about this and that i still believe the bible is gods word”.
she answers up regularly and she goes on ministry groups but like most of us she is definitely jwlite, we don’t really do door to door work anymore.
I’ve had a neatly-trimmed beard for a couple decades now, and all my old JW relatives and associates have seen it at one time or another over the years.
I’ve never really been given any shit about it, and have, in fact, received compliments for it… one from an elder’s wife, in fact.
Nevertheless, I have this overwhelming urge to go back to my old Hall in a shirt and tie…
…completely clean-shaven…
…just to see how they’d react.
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eric wilson's video is worth a view.. https://youtu.be/iil4fryuczk?si=f566n0tdqgpqc2ok.
Beth Sarim - “A sucker is born every minute… That’s how the Borg has survived as long as it has… As long as there are malleable, impressionable, naive, & gullible minds, people will buy into this crap.”
To which I have two responses…
a) …folks like that are, IMO, too far gone to save… as long as it’s some other collective instead of the Borg (and let’s be honest, most others would be a significant improvement, anyway), and…
b) …if the people who do still buy in (after everything that’s been happening) are also still broke as shit, that’s a stopgap measure, at best.
eric wilson's video is worth a view.. https://youtu.be/iil4fryuczk?si=f566n0tdqgpqc2ok.
Even if they don’t lose their tax-exemption…
…the self-neutering they’d have to do to keep it would virtually eliminate all the things about them that they held up as “proof” they had The Truth.
Either way, where’s the incentive to stay?
https://www.jwupdates.com/post/conscription-fears-across-europe-could-end-jehovah-s-witnesses.
as the clouds of war are gathering fast over the european continent many countries including britain are contemplating a return to conscription and some form of mandatory military service.
considering the fact that the watchtower fought long and hard especially in europe for the right of its believers to abstain from military service it is very interesting to see how this new development will affect the watchtower across europe.
Know what’s really freaky?
In Star Trek lore, WW3 kicks off in 2026.
eric wilson's video is worth a view.. https://youtu.be/iil4fryuczk?si=f566n0tdqgpqc2ok.
Tuck, tuck, fold.
eric wilson's video is worth a view.. https://youtu.be/iil4fryuczk?si=f566n0tdqgpqc2ok.
I wonder how fast they’d fold if they lost their tax-exemption.
what does jump the shark mean?.
the phrase “jump the shark” is a term in pop culture that originated from the tv show “happy days” and is used to describe a decline in quality.
it refers to the moment when a tv show or other product has reached its peak and starts to decline in quality.
Don’t we call it “nuking the fridge”, now?
i wonder how many witnesses are aware that the wt and their team of lawyers are currently suing the government of norway for millions of dollars?
i thought that the wt taught that all the governments were run by satan.
when i was a witness, this would have really bothered me.
Sea Breeze - “…The reason that JW kids get thrown under the bus is because of the near fever pitch hysteria that WT puts its members through regarding Armageddon. Since I was a little kid, my parents believed that Armageddon and mass killing and destruction could break out at any moment. As a result of this fear, all kinds of insane parenting seems ok if it will help save someone from being destroyed at Armageddon. This is the real reason for JW mental and emotional abuse of children: Hysterical Fear.”
Hard to argue with.
”Do you want to be destroyed at Armageddon???” was a well-worn phrase I heard growing up. Fortunately, my Dad mellowed out as he and I both got older.
Re. your experience…
…I always scratched my head over parents who tried to essentially beat righteousness into their kids and then were surprised the kids left “The Truth” the moment they were able.
I’d be like, “The fuck did you think was gonna happen?”
