punkofnice

Joined

• started 365 topics
• posted 12,678 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by punkofnice

• 
  19

  2 outrageous quotes from The WT Society

  by GabeAthouse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  "can the ethiopian change his skin?

  ", feb. 15, 1904 watch tower.

  we answer, no.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  punkofnice

  w58 8/1 p.460 "Irish people do very little independent thinking. They are victims of the clergy and fear"

  
  
• 
  22

  Bring on the YOUNG elders

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there seems to be a push to fast track the younger men to become elders.

  beings jesus was 30 when he took up his ministry, i would think that would sort of be an age gauge...the older men were to have their children in subjection, so some were old enough to have children that were old enough to want to rebel.

  ( that's my slant ) how will the ones who have been jw for years respond to being counseled by those younger than some of their grandchildren?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  punkofnice

  ARE THERE ENOUGH ELDERS?

  NO - w15 4/15 p. 4 par. 3 Elders, How Do You Feel About Training Others?
  more brothers are needed to keep existing congregations spiritually strong and to allow new congregations to be formed.
  
  

  YES - es15 p. 94 September
  Jehovah certainly has provided an abundance of spiritual men

  NO - w14 9/15 p. 3 Are You “Reaching Out”?
  there is a need for more brothers to reach out

  YES - w13 11/15 p. 20 par. 16 Seven Shepherds, Eight Dukes—What They Mean for Us Today
  Today, Jehovah certainly has provided an abundance of spiritual men to shepherd his precious sheep

  NO - w11 11/15 p. 2 Table of Contents
  There is a need for men who can take the lead in spiritual matters

  NO - p. 28 par. 2 Train Others to Reach Out
  there continues to be a need for men to take the lead in spiritual matters. For instance, Christian elders are greatly needed.

  NO - p. 32 par. 17 Train Others to Reach Out
  consider the fact that there is a great need for mature men to accept privileges of service in God’s organization

  NO - w10 5/15 p. 24 par. 3 Brothers—Sow to the Spirit and Reach Out!
  there is a great need for ministerial servants and elders today

  NO - w06 11/15 p. 13 A School Whose Graduates Benefit People Worldwide
  there is an ever-increasing need for dedicated men to reach out for greater responsibility

  NO - w01 1/1 p. 9 par. 7 Be Built Up by Love
  there is a great need for more elders

  NO - w93 1/1 p. 21 par. 14 Shepherding With Our Grand Creator
  There is an outstanding need for all baptized male Witnesses to reach out for further privileges

  NO - w90 4/15 p. 25 ‘Fishing for Men’ in Belize
  There is a great need for mature brothers to take the lead in the congregations.

  YES - w80 9/1 p. 21 par. 1 Overseers—Be Fine Examples to “the Flock”
  This fact is recognized by thousands of dedicated, spiritual men who are entrusted with this privilege today

  
  

  .......then I couldn't be bothered with the flip flops anymore............
• 
  11

  Have you driven in a country that drives on the opposite side of the road?

  by FondaCox in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  did you drive?

  if so, how nerve wracking was it for you?

  i'd be terrified i'd stop concentrating for a moment and out of habit make a right turn at a red light into oncoming traffic.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  punkofnice

  I live in one.

  I've never driven in a country outside the UK. I've been in a bus and car in Canada. It was weird being on the opposite side to a degree but not a bad experience.
• 
  38

  Did you ever meet someone born in the 1800’s?

  by Fisherman in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i met freddie franz who was born in the 1880’s and many others from the 1880’s.

  but as a very small child i remember someone very old aged 106 and that person was born around 1856 which means that he was around people from the 1700’s..

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  punkofnice

  Yes. My Great Grandmother who was the daughter of the Rt Hon. Mrs Rawlings of Warwickshire. Born on 1 September 1879 in Brentford, Middlesex. Died aged 90 (I'm showing my snobby side now).

  Her life 'overlapped(tm)' mine.

  I will have met others, but they're all dead now so it doesn't matter. I'm glad I didn't meet Bro (tm) Franz, he was a nut job.
• 
  27

  New and improved?

  by tenyearsafter in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a family member who had been df'ed for 15 years or so...recently they reinstated as a jw.

  when i asked what motivated them to make that decision, the response was to be able to see family and old friends.

  they insisted that things were different now.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  punkofnice

  HT - If organisation has become more loving and less judgemental, why is Tony Morris still a GB member and haven't been kicked out yet?

  This!

  Your family member is a bit starry eyed I'm sorry to say. I'd like to see the evidence of this.

  JWs and Love are not two things I associate with each other. If there is love, then why do they protect paedophiles?

  Love in the Organisation(tm) = Oxymoron.
• 
  27

  New and improved?

  by tenyearsafter in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have a family member who had been df'ed for 15 years or so...recently they reinstated as a jw.

  when i asked what motivated them to make that decision, the response was to be able to see family and old friends.

  they insisted that things were different now.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  punkofnice

  TYA - The organization is all about love for one another, and that the judgmental elders have been removed or no longer in their positions.

  
  

  My Maths teacher is Colin Hodgkinson's wife. He played with TYA not so long ago. He used to play in a jazzy band called Back Door.
• 
  18

  Jehovah's Witnesses resume sidewalk carts after pandemic pause, soon will do door knocking

  by Bangalore in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jehovah's witnesses resume sidewalk carts after pandemic pause, soon will do door knocking.. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2022/08/05/jehovahs-witnesses-resume-sidewalk-carts-door-knocking-next-list/10168175002/.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  punkofnice

  How annoying for them. Just when they thought Armageddon(tm) was about to happen.....

  Nothing!

  Back to the thankless busy work.

  DOC - Have you heard of anyone studying and reaching baptism from cart witnessing?

  Nope. I bet the propaganda machine of the WBT$ will make claims about it which they can't evidence. We know they're lying about Andre again.
• 
  162

  A new generation of anointed that will not pass away.

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  obviously, the older “ anointed ” from 1914 died.

  and because they were anointed, they hopefully went to heaven.

  in the first century though, a newer generation did not replace the old.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  punkofnice

  I think fisherman is sometimes being contrary just to play and have fun. I'm not convinced he/she/they are really being serious.
• 
  162

  A new generation of anointed that will not pass away.

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  obviously, the older “ anointed ” from 1914 died.

  and because they were anointed, they hopefully went to heaven.

  in the first century though, a newer generation did not replace the old.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  punkofnice

  FM - The great tribulation will “shortly” hit any day now

  Is this an 'overlapping(tm) day?

  It all sounds a bit bizarre.

  Nothing will happen any time soon, you know! I'm willing to bet on it.
• 
  52

  Free Will - Does It or Does It Not Exist?

  by truth_b_known in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  being born-in and raised as one of jehovah's witnesses i remember a common theme or phrases used by the watchtower in its theory of why things are the way they are -.

  jehovah created humans.

  jehovah created humans as free moral agents.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  punkofnice

  FM - Since the future exists according to prophecy

  Prophecy from where?

  .....then the God of the Bible could not exist.

  Not being funny, but I'm not convinced a does God exist.