Posts by Half banana

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1975 all over again!!!

by John Aquila in

wt study edition jan. 2015.

here is the bait:.

as the number of kingdom proclaimers increases and as we near the end of this system of things, there is an urgent need for more facilities.

Half banana

"Never have we felt the nearness of Armageddon and the urgency of our work as we do now"

The org saw a tremendous increase of membership leading up to 1975, even when the expected disappointment died away afterwards, the zombies carried on wearing their Watchtower brand superfine blinkers...and carried on regardless. If it worked then, the reasoning is that it will work again.

If you are on the governing body of a doomsday cult you have to keep the hype going, that’s what makes the money, it’s your job to keep it going. It’s your job to think up new stories to bamboozle your innocent followers, all “Bible based” of course.

If you can rake in two billion Dollars a year from bank investments and by draining the punters family wealth, then nothing is going to stop you from ensuring the smooth running of your sacred cash-cow. Neither by transgressing moral boundaries nor making expedient doctrinal changes will stop the Watchtower governance from safeguarding their sacred commission: hanging on to their privileged role at the top of the dung-heap, having handed down to them from Russell and Rutherford, the poison chalice of the perpetual imminence of the end of the world.

Wakey wakey Jehovah's Witnesses!

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Day Text - Sept. 19, 2015 - Obey even if not appear practical, sound, or strategic from a human standpoint - Reminder from WT 2013 Nov.15

by Muddy Waters in

day text -- saturday, september 19 - "he will certainly bring about deliverance from the assyrian."mic.

today, jehovah certainly has provided an abundance of spiritual men to shepherd his precious sheep, to strengthen his people for the future attack of the modern-day assyrian.

the most practical step that we can take to prepare for the coming attack of the assyrian is that of strengthening our faith in god and helping our brothers to do the same.

Half banana

Vidiot, I agree...it just keeps that paranoid edge to being a JW so that they will rather obey the GB than think how foolish their situation is.

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Day Text - Sept. 19, 2015 - Obey even if not appear practical, sound, or strategic from a human standpoint - Reminder from WT 2013 Nov.15

by Muddy Waters in

day text -- saturday, september 19 - "he will certainly bring about deliverance from the assyrian."mic.

today, jehovah certainly has provided an abundance of spiritual men to shepherd his precious sheep, to strengthen his people for the future attack of the modern-day assyrian.

the most practical step that we can take to prepare for the coming attack of the assyrian is that of strengthening our faith in god and helping our brothers to do the same.

Half banana

Absolutely Truthseeker, the tripe keeps oozing out of the propaganda sausage machine!

For gawd's sake the ASSYRIAN is no longer a threat! They gave up two and a half millennia ago. What a non-sequitur... following the non existent threat of the assyrian that the bros must be convinced that Big J is helping them and that they must obey the GB even if they don't believe. (in essence)

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Stop Using Old WT Library - Any Confirmation?

by berrygerry in

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/3lw5cx/new_letter_from_ccjw_is_a_doozy/.

on reddit.. i've been expecting this.. any confirmation?.

Half banana

Perhaps soon Brooklyn will offer the drones an electronic brain implant complete with the mind of the GB programmed into it which can be regularly updated to receive the latest "new light"? What a blessing from Jehovah! God's people will no longer need to think for themselves at all...When can I get mine fitted?

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Stop Using Old WT Library - Any Confirmation?

by berrygerry in

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/3lw5cx/new_letter_from_ccjw_is_a_doozy/.

on reddit.. i've been expecting this.. any confirmation?.

Half banana

I wonder how many JWs will twig the fact that the Borg is sanitising its own older material so that the cracks and glaring errors won't be accessible to the newcomers. I am reminded of information control in Orwell's novel 1984. Oh! the wonder of modern technology.

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www.jwawoken.com

by awokenjw in

forum
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i am a new member to this forum.

i am a current jw who is currently struggling to leave or stay, depends on how you want to look at it.

i have created a new blog, www.jwawoken.com to allow me to have an outlet for the cognitive dissonance in my brain.

Half banana

Well good on you Awoken and good to have you here!

Can you tell us something about yourself and how you got to thinking how you do? Do you think many others share your doubts but don't dare mention it?

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Anthony Morris III: Jehovah Blesses Obedience

by wifibandit in

http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodprogramsevents/pub-jwbmw_201509_1_video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf9j7qs7bvm.

obey.

Half banana

Tight Pants Tony looks as if he had earlier drawn the short straw and been assigned to spend time reading apostate comments to find out what they say.

Not being a masochist, I couldn't bear to watch the whole thing but the beginning was enough for me. His comment right at the start of the clip was that obedience always leads to Big J's blessing, which he delivered with a contradictory facial expression; raising his eyebrows and looking down.

There is some serious conflict going on in either the mind of TPT or the GB generally... which can't be a bad thing. Perhaps TTATT is dawning on them?

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For me the worst thing is not having a helper anymore

by John Aquila in

one of the things that gave me confidence in life was that i believed i had the almighty creator/god watching over me, directing me, guiding my every step, protecting me from harm, and answering my prayers.

i now know that is not the case anymore.

i finally stopped praying.

Half banana

It is more charitable to believe the scientific evidence of evolution than to attribute the indifference to suffering, as shown by the hyenas, to a creator god who made his creation eat one another. And don't anyone say there was a perfect world before Adam sinned; we have evidence of Hyena tooth marks on human bones dating back hundreds of thousands of years.

As regards the lack of heavenly help John, it was only an illusion in the first place. JWs are taught DEPENDENCY, in real life we become self reliant which ultimately is more grown up and satisfying.

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The Road To Paradise Is Paved In Stupidity

by freemindfade in

at the special assembly day (sad) imitate the desert god.. here is a word for word quote from the co during the baptism talk .

"an intellectual approach to the truth will not lead to everlasting life"....

Half banana

Get rid of your brain and become a "loving", brainless, loyal JW zombie. "God's spirit directed organisation" hates people who think because Jehovah hates people who think...just OBEY or you will be lovingly killed in "God's loving provision" at Armageddon.

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STAY ALIVE 'TIL 2132! -- Generation (X′+X″) <= (1914+λ[A′]-α[A′]+λ[A″]-α[A″]-x) <= 2132

by Gilgamesh in

generation x+x=generation why?

already bringing "great tribulation" on watchtower readers.

the watch tower society has got some splane-ing to do.

Half banana

Not to belittle your entertaining efforts Gigamesh but of course there is no sensible purpose in deriving dates from emotionally driven religious hopes.

A wrong foundation year of 607BCE plus Jesus' failure of prophetic fulfillment in "this generation" as he plainly meant: "his OWN generation", leaves us with such an attenuated piece of speculation, it is an exercise as useful as stretching dead dodos. It is as practical as a hippopotamus on tall stilts for as we know the WT paradise and Armageddon are not real things.