Posts by bafh

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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 10-05-2014 WT Study (WOMEN)
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
bafh

I haven't read a WT study for a LONG time, so can I just say that their 2 or 3 sentence paragraphs are pathetic.
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3 Flash Mob songs performed by a choir of Jehovah's Witnesses
by Watchtower-Free in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
bafh

ok, so I saw my aunt and uncle in the video. whoa.
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Did it bother you that they taught, "miss a meeting and you'll fall away?"
by Wasanelder Once in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
how many times did we hear that if we dont attend meetings we will leave the truth because satan will get ahold of us?

that always bothered me.

i thought, "if my faith isn't able to stand alone what good is it?
bafh

At the same time however, we were given stories of those who sustained themselves in isolation. What are we to think of that - if you do not have faith that can withstand questioning, consideration, and living an actual life - how are you to survive isolation?
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Watchtower Legal Department targeting Facebook and Youtube users
by Londo111 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
from an email i received of a conversation had with people from patterson:.

it seems that the wts legal dept.

has been working with the fb [facebook] legal dept for about a year and also with youtube whoever they are, to enforce transparency.
bafh

So monitoring FB is all good and dandy, but anyone very smart who is also a Doubting Thomas will put that elder on "acquaintance" and not post anything publicly that he could see. So much for requiring real names. And I also can't see FB actually being able to enforce that policy with the number of users they currently have.

I can see elders being encouraged to spy - and they've always been encouraged to do that, hell - everyone is encouraged to do that. So the big change is what, they get to count an hour of their time for it?

Whooppeee!

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Where Are You on The Witno Scale?
by tresdecu in
1. jw
2. friends
1 - still think it's the truth ...came to this site cause danger is your middle name.. 2 - concerned, smoething's amiss but still believe.

3 - 98% sure it's bs, but still go for / with family.

4 - anger / denial, inactive with minimal attendance (ie memorial, spec talk etc).
bafh

I am a 4.75 - no anger/denial, but I still go to the memorial for the family. It's very likely that I will not return.
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BORG running low on $$$??
by fader77 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
dear brothers:.

re: personal literature supply.

reducing existing stock at the branch office before the revisions are released.
bafh

This isn't new. They do this every so often and especially prior to releasing revisions.
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What song or line from a song bests describes your time as a JW?????
by karter in
1. jw
2. experiences
waisted days and waisted nites.. freddy fender..
bafh

Hotel California
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Well, IT HAS BEGUN. See the future of the WTBTS in print.
by DATA-DOG in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i hate to read the wt, but i skimmed the july 15 study edition.

i found many examples of propaganda, of course, but a couple things really stood out.

1) the future of the preaching work.
bafh

I just read it, and I'm not sure I understand what you are referring to. Care to expand?
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144,000 New Light update
by goingthruthemotions in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i updated the list of partakers to 2013 (see below)...if i was to predict as to what new light might be coming down the borg poop shoot may be.

i would predict that they need to do something about the 144,000 being a literal number.. for two reasons:.

1. the number of partakers is increasing every year.
bafh

If they say that 144000 is symbolic and that everyone is under the covenent - then that coupled with the idea that the annointed and FDS are not the same, does that mean:

1) "anointed" will not refer to those with a heavenly hope

2) the FDS could be comprised entirely of those without the heavenly hope who could still be termed "anointed" as in "chosen"

I can't see them getting around the 144000 being symbolic when the numbers are going up and up. And, they are going to have to give up 1914. In another 5 years, no one will even attend meetings if they keep it. It will be too hard to spin. This year has been something spectacular with 100 years, blah blah blah, easy peasy spin. But every year going forward, it will be harder.

It would be nice if they just focused on being good people and not being so judgmental about how much everyone "does" - and how about encouraging people to participate in their community a bit? Nothing sets an example of what kind of person Christ was (if you believe in him) as someone doing something to help others, i.e Mother Theresa, Desmond Tutu, etc. It doesn't have to be on that grand a scale, but if the JWs wanted to - they could do something along those lines. They have the resources, they know how to organize, and they have the willing followers.

Such a waste of time, talent and resources.
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You ought to know positively the appearance of your flock
by leaving_quietly in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this famous line from proverbs 27:23 (in the old nwt) is used for elders and the organization to justify field service reports.

but, what is this verse talking about?

is it about overseers in the congregation?
bafh

well, it does make sense they would use this verse as the "wealth" of the organization is a result of the condition of the "sheep" - they should know the appearance of their flock since they are the ones making all the "donations" *cough, cough* - if this was a real business, the donations would have run out long ago since their "customer" service sucks the big one.

BAFH