Posts by DesirousOfChange

this isn't a transcript of his whole speech but i thought i would try and get some of his main speech in writing.. at around 1hr26 minutes he starts talking about some dangerous thinking in feeling there is some wiggle room in regards to the schedule for the gt.

but you see, we need to be careful about what we are thinking about the number of anointed ones left on earth.

DesirousOfChange

GOD DAMN! if they didn't finally get something right!

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Found Anthony Morris out in the wild!!!

by BereanThinker7 in

that was click bait.

did it work?

https://youtu.be/_spl7to0m3y?si=gujblhtzkpy0fvzz .

DesirousOfChange

AGREE WITH Mikejw.

Absolutely amazing that the sisters haven't let anything slip via the JW Gossip Network.

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How Do JWs Understand Salvation & What Is Needed to Obtain It?

by LauraLynn in

from my experience within the jw organization, i understood that salvation meant a person accepted the teachings of the wbts without question as the "faithful and discrete slave," thereby placing their trust in them, not jesus christ.

salvation consisted of being found "righteous" by jehovah and resurrected to everlasting life in an earthly paradise.

to obtain this salvation, one needed to obey the organization's teachings, remain a faithful jw, and lead a moral life.

DesirousOfChange

The average JW DOES NOT understand salvation and what is needed nor do they have any concept of how it works according to WT doctrine. JW'S DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY BELIEVE!

At best the average JW just knows if they obey the "direction from ~~Jehover~~" the Governing Body, they will prance right into Panda Petting Paradise -- very very soon. Yes, they are "special". They have been SELECTED -- hand picked via the Holy Spirit because Jehover himself sees they are "special".

Let's review: It's a Cult!

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WT HQ is never proactive, they are reactive to everything put out showing their blatant hypocrisy and abject stupidity

by WingCommander in

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a few on here (and of course many on the ex-jw reddit forum) have mentioned that wt hq just recently (like in the past couple months) put out a video warning against the praising of jw actors, taking photos with them, etc.

to not do it anymore.

it was narrated by geoffrey jackson.

DesirousOfChange

So it seems the exjw community is setting policy for the governing body

I think that has been happening for years. We all know that there was a brain-drain at WT. Anyone with any intelligence and good sense left and is now here. Frequently, the former JWs pontificate here about the incoherent New Light Truths and offer better/smarter (maybe even more scriptural) corrections/suggestions. Often, ex-JWs here expound on what issues forced their decision to no longer support the JW religion.

A few months pass, and VOILA!, announcements are read or reports are received that New Light has indeed shown brightly on those very subjects spoken about here. Yes! these ideas had already been "tested" by 100s or even 1000s of comments from this and other sources, i.e., Reddit, and deemed to be BETTER than the WT Writing Dept had dreamed up.

I do believe that Ex-JWs (even apostates) are inadvertently conjuring up and field testing what becomes doctrine & policy for the religion. Not surprising since the smarter JWs have all moved on and WT lacks the creative staff to come up with anything better than "Overlapping" doctrines.

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How are new Servants and Elders appointed?

by no-zombie in

now that we have the tick-a-box field service reporting method, how are brothers measured fit for an appointment as a ms or elder?

has there been clarification in any of the recent elders schools or in meetings with the co?.

DesirousOfChange

Criteria #1- must be able to fog a mirror.

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1925--2025... 100 years since Rutherford promised paradise earth.

by Witness 007 in

rutherford wrote in 1925 "millions now living will never die"...they died.

he also promised that moses and david and all the old bible heroes would live with him in his mansion.

only he lived there till he died in 1942...100 years and not much changed..

DesirousOfChange

Jesus said, “I am coming quickly!”

As a young guy, I should have been required to issue such a warning.

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How are new Servants and Elders appointed?

by no-zombie in

now that we have the tick-a-box field service reporting method, how are brothers measured fit for an appointment as a ms or elder?

has there been clarification in any of the recent elders schools or in meetings with the co?.

DesirousOfChange

brown nosing

Depth Perception: the difference between a "brown nose" and a "shit head".

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1925--2025... 100 years since Rutherford promised paradise earth.

by Witness 007 in

rutherford wrote in 1925 "millions now living will never die"...they died.

he also promised that moses and david and all the old bible heroes would live with him in his mansion.

only he lived there till he died in 1942...100 years and not much changed..

DesirousOfChange

"Stay Alive Until (20)75".

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.