Posts by punkofnice

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WEASEL WORDS--WHAT ARE THEY--HOW THE WTS USES

by blondie in

jw
friends

"a number of techniques employed to mislead others fall under the category of weasel words, and this article quotes examples that are regularly found in watchtower publications.. weasel words are defined as:.

“words or statements that are intentionally ambiguous or misleading,”[1].

intended “to avoid answering a question clearly or to make someone believe something that is not true."[2].

punkofnice

I'd like to know what scientist they are quoting or what researcher they are quoting from.

It was probably 'Andre(tm)'.

Their 'argument from authority' propaganda technique is really tiresome.

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WEASEL WORDS--WHAT ARE THEY--HOW THE WTS USES

by blondie in

jw
friends

"a number of techniques employed to mislead others fall under the category of weasel words, and this article quotes examples that are regularly found in watchtower publications.. weasel words are defined as:.

“words or statements that are intentionally ambiguous or misleading,”[1].

intended “to avoid answering a question clearly or to make someone believe something that is not true."[2].

punkofnice

That's because the Governing Body(tm) (Pee be upon them), are weasels themselves.

How happifying!

This is one reason I never say 'in the truth(tm)'. Instead I say 'in the Corporation(tm)'.

I might even say 'trademark' too!

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Charles the Third and the Two-Headed Beast

by Anony Mous in

i was reading an article about the pomp and circumstance around the first coronation in nearly a century.. made me think of the revelation book (the red one, not the bible) and the picture of the two headed beast with a sword and if i have some time today i will see if i can’t find it and age it a bit, it seems the sword is a bit dull and the two heads are now both octogenarians with severe dementia, kind of funny to see that instead of “swift judgment” we’ve come to internal decay.. what do you canadians, english, scots, irish and australians think about your new leadership?.

punkofnice

What do you Canadians, English, Scots, Irish and Australians think about your new leadership?

Brit with a lot of Scottish ancestors here. I think the Royal family are basically parasites.

I don't believe they actually have any influence here, really. Just figureheads. A bit like Biden is.

Why should they have all that adulation and privilege? It hasn't been earned, I don't think.

Forgive me for being abrupt but, neither am I a communist.

Society isn't fair, I don't have to like it.

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A Little About Me & What Is a Resurrection?

by Sea Breeze in

a little about me first: i was a 4th generation jw who had major reservations about the wt growing up, but finally got on board at age 23 when i got baptized.

spent 8 very active years in, then 8 years out as an agnostic.

got saved in 2004 and been living the born-again christian bible-believing life ever since.

punkofnice

What do you think a resurrection is?
Do you think there is more than one kind ?

I imagine from a Religious standpoint it is a miraculous way of being brought back from the dead but remaining the authentic person.

From a more secular perspective, were it possible, it would likely be more of a cloning process.

Is it spiritual? Is it bodily.
Is it something else?

Again, I'd say a religious person would think you probably mean being raised to life in Heaven?

I don't have any opinions, really. We'll either know or not in the end.

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Do Your Own Research.

by LostintheFog1999 in

there were several times when i was inside the congregation that i met up with a problem in my life and on mentioning it at a group i would be told to do my own research about it.. of course, they didn't mean for me to research worldly material for the answer but to use the wt indexes and look into the wt society magazines.. it was only when i started to do my own research outside of the wt that i began to see the limited scope of the society's magazines as all problems usually fell into the category of 1. read the bible, attend meetings, go out on the work, and pray; or 2. this isn't going to be fixed now but in the new world god will sort it out and the former things (what you are suffering from now) will not be called to mind.. i wonder how many people still in are struggling and are not being encouraged to research away from the organisation where they would receive practical and valuable advice?.

punkofnice

Yes. It is very circular with the Jobots.

They are only allowed to research using JW dot org propaganda.

The internet really has killed off a lot of their bums on seats though. Long may they fall.

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New System

by Gman2001 in

jehovah has to kill 9 billion humans in the big a. does anyone remember any talks on the actual logistics of "day 2"?

with no infrastructure it sounds like gb style madmax..

punkofnice

*** kj 377 20 Land of Magog No More to Threaten Mankind ***
The unburied dead, those slain by Jehovah, will be so enormously many that even the carrion birds and scavenging wild beasts could never take care of their consumption. The burial of even what remains after these lower creatures have their fill would be stupendous. Doubtless the Almighty God will use some highly scientific means, whether including antimatter or not, to dispose of the surplus of decaying bodies in a speedy and sanitary way. This remains for the survivors of the war of the great day to see and witness.

*** yw 322 12 The "Prince" of the Sanctuary Stands Up ***
In this prophecy God warns that he will also use other natural forces that are at his disposal, possibly a rain of antimatter that has the property of annihilating any material thing that it meets. He warns all scoffers that he

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Biden running in 2024 🤣

by LoveUniHateExams in

i've filed this under news and world events, although i could've posted it under entertainment, lol.

apparently, joe biden will be seeking re-election for another term in the white house.. this, despite a recent poll showing that 70% of people don't want him to run again.. biden just has to be the worst president i've seen.

his gaffes, over-relience on a prompter, and, more than any other president, his refusal to answer journalists' questions, all go to make him top of the list in terms of bad presidents.. it will certainly provide entertainment, if nothing else..

punkofnice

I know there's high security and that but I wonder why some of these disgusting pigs don't get assassinated.

I'm not saying they should. I just wonder.

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Opening doors, putting your foot in the door and other dangerous activities

by Anony Mous in

i was listening to the news and there is this big brouhaha about someone shooting someone through their front door.

apparently the person tried to open the door of an elderly person, scaring the homeowner and they shot a gun injuring the person.

obvious castle doctrine case.. which made me remember a rather overzealous old pioneer that used the same tactics when he knew the homeowners were home but didn’t want to come to the door, he would start opening the storm doors and try to see if the door was unlocked so he could yell inside.

punkofnice

someone shooting someone

That must be in America then.

Not so much gun stuff here in the UK.

Here, it would be someone stabbing someone, especially in Sadiq Khan's London.

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Biden running in 2024 🤣

by LoveUniHateExams in

i've filed this under news and world events, although i could've posted it under entertainment, lol.

apparently, joe biden will be seeking re-election for another term in the white house.. this, despite a recent poll showing that 70% of people don't want him to run again.. biden just has to be the worst president i've seen.

his gaffes, over-relience on a prompter, and, more than any other president, his refusal to answer journalists' questions, all go to make him top of the list in terms of bad presidents.. it will certainly provide entertainment, if nothing else..

punkofnice

Do you ever get the feeling that things are just rolling on to the collapse of our civilisation?

...or at least Neo Feudalism, where filth like our Politicians will be extremely rich and they'll make us extremely poor?

Does anyone seriously think Politicians, Prime Ministers, Presidents et al will REALLY keep their promises?

Do me a favour................

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Why did you leave the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses?

by Vanderhoven7 in

i've never been a witness so i never left.

graeme hammond writes:.

for some years i’d had a growing irritation and disillusionment with the religion: i was getting tired of the pompousness, the arrogance and the control, i felt increasingly choked by their restrictions and i was drained by their demands on my time.

punkofnice

smiddy -
too many things that just didn`t add up

For me it was like one of those rubber band balls they make in the office. One day, it was like Alexander the Great cutting the Gordium knot. The whole ball just flew apart in all directions.
I went to a Baptist Church, put 2 quid in the coffers and whispered, 'Bollox to you, Governing Body!'