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  Social Networks giving strength to JW protest in Canada!

  by koolaid-man in

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  2. friends

  the social networks facebook , twitter, youtube, etc.

  are valuable tools in creating the energy to incite apostates of the watchtower org.

  to come out and protest and expose the cover-ups, the child molesters, the shunning and breaking up of families going on in the jehovah's witness religion.. the protest saturday june 25th 2011 from 7 am until 1 pm in front of the pepsi coliseum in quebec city against the watchtower is getting lots of attention on the internet.. protesters are now able to organize and and reach millions of people who have been hurt by this destructive cult.. jean-philippe cossette founder and webmaster of www.watchowerlies.com.

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  sizemik

  Rick shouldn't be knocked for these protests, they are not the same as the sensationalism and the Johnny thing.

  If they are indeed effective . . . then no he shouldn't. Problem here on JWN is that Rick continually sensationalises EVERYTHING . . . including his protests. He has also insulted and attacked the posters here, made claims that have proved dubious at best, and stirred resentment with his homophobic beliefs. He has been the architect of his own credibility problem. He may very well be a well-meaning individual. But that is not how he comes across here.

  It's hard to blow a screeching horn and then tell everyone that your just a piano player.

  That is the reason behind the opinions expressed here . . . and they're just opinions. Seeing ourselves as others see us cuts both ways. While labelling others as "judgemental" . . . those who would support Rick have made the following statements directed at nobody specifically . . .

  Better than a lot of you,sitting behind your computer stoning him

  probably were those in the Kingdom Hall that nitpicked and bad-mouthed everyone there.

  Who's being judgemental now?

  Nothing personal folks . . . just asking for some impartiality here.
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  'Great Crowd' of 12 people get baptised at District Convention!!!

  by burnedout in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  yesterday, out of 4,035 people in attendance at the dc, only 12 people were baptized.

  that is one more than eleventeen and one less than a baker's dozen.. .

  want to take a guess as to the age group of this 'great crowd?

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  sizemik

  Interesting post . . . prompted me to cast my mind back . . .

  When I was baptised in the early 80's it was at a circuit assembly with about 1500 in attendance. There were 27 baptised including several sets of young couples from the territory. I remember it well because we were dunked in an over-sized bath tub. I was the last dunkee and I still recall all the shit floating around in it off the bottom of everyone elses feet.

  Times they are a changin'
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  Every study article is an exercise in the BITE method

  by Mickey mouse in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  10-20 years ago you would get a mix of different types of wt study articles.

  they generally fell into one of a number of categories: prophecy, bible characters, facets of the fruitages of the holy spirit, aspects of jehovah's personality, creation, the new system etc.. now it goes like this:.

  obey the faithful slave, stay of the internet, do more, obey the faithful slave, stay of the internet, do more.....rinse and repeat.. it's no wonder the dubs have all become brain dead.

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  sizemik

  Their response is to tighten the grip and I think this approach will continue until they've shaken out all the dead wood from the ranks.

  Agreed . . . however the "dead wood" from their perspective are the ones whose brains are in some semblance of working order. There are a good proportion of long-serving ex-Elders appearing here on JWN of late (only a representative proportion of the whole), who have faded and left as a direct result of the ineptitude of this administration. No doubt this is contributing to the need for half decent brothers to take the lead. As this need grows, the ineptitude will become even more of a problem in both recruitment and retention IMO. Can't wait.
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  Dust-Farting Reptiles - LOL

  by snowbird in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the poster, hamsterbait, often uses that term to describe the wt's governing body.. it cracks me up each time i see it.. lol.. how about you?.

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  sizemik

  The reptillian allusion is apt as well . . . they spend most of their time hiding under rocks away from the light. Unfortunately, reptiles have an uncanny knack for survival as well.
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  Dust-Farting Reptiles - LOL

  by snowbird in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the poster, hamsterbait, often uses that term to describe the wt's governing body.. it cracks me up each time i see it.. lol.. how about you?.

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  sizemik

  I guess since most of what comes out of them is mainly wind from the lower regions, the title has been earned. The current GB are making Freddie look like a bloody genius.
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  Social Networks giving strength to JW protest in Canada!

  by koolaid-man in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  the social networks facebook , twitter, youtube, etc.

  are valuable tools in creating the energy to incite apostates of the watchtower org.

  to come out and protest and expose the cover-ups, the child molesters, the shunning and breaking up of families going on in the jehovah's witness religion.. the protest saturday june 25th 2011 from 7 am until 1 pm in front of the pepsi coliseum in quebec city against the watchtower is getting lots of attention on the internet.. protesters are now able to organize and and reach millions of people who have been hurt by this destructive cult.. jean-philippe cossette founder and webmaster of www.watchowerlies.com.

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  sizemik

  Talk about Deja vous . . .

  Same old shit . . . same old reaction.

  The criticisms of your approach are valid Rick . . . and always have been. They're still being levelled . . . you're still not listening.

  The WT are busy fighting their opposers in Russia, South America . . . and loving every minute of it. The perception of persecution simply validates the WT and entrenches current believers. They'll get around to you when they've run out of more credible foes . . . for the same reason. Stop aiding and abetting them in their cause with your silly protests for chrissake.
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  Every study article is an exercise in the BITE method

  by Mickey mouse in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  10-20 years ago you would get a mix of different types of wt study articles.

  they generally fell into one of a number of categories: prophecy, bible characters, facets of the fruitages of the holy spirit, aspects of jehovah's personality, creation, the new system etc.. now it goes like this:.

  obey the faithful slave, stay of the internet, do more, obey the faithful slave, stay of the internet, do more.....rinse and repeat.. it's no wonder the dubs have all become brain dead.

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  sizemik

  Yeah but . . .

  I personally feel the previous subject matter you mentioned did a lot more for the retention of members than their current efforts. The persistent flogging these current subjects are getting will backfire somewhat . . . even on the braindead. The "donkey" is getting too much stick and not enough carrot. These guy's (the current GB) show a poor understanding of human nature, a lack of imagination, and are basically rudderless IMO.
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  Matt Dillon Is Dead :-(

  by snowbird in

  1. social
  2. current

  not the actor, the fictional marshal.. syl.

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  sizemik

  Gunsmoke was a huge part of my childhood . . . right next to The Virginian, Bonanza and Rawhide. Feels like the end of an era everytime one of these actors departs.
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  What a drag it is getting old

  by prophecor in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  !.........the days of youth are wasted on the youth, i've heard it said.

  the days of our lives, as the scriptures so eloquently put it are 70 years.

  i look at the youth of today in their teens to maybe thirty or so, and i have to say to myself, "boy, i wouldn't wish my 20's and 30's on anybody.

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  sizemik

  I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
  Albert Einstein
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  Lascivious Governing Body, part 2

  by possible-san in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  "lascivious governing body" (part 1) is here.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/171616/1/lascivious-governing-body.

  well, today's post is the "lascivious governing body" (part 2).. .

  is preparation of your heart ok?.

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  sizemik

  I agree possible . . .

  The point can be made without such a detailed description . . . and especially should the target audience be considered. It is a reflection to me not so much of lasciviousness, but of WT writers disregard for the effect they may have on others . . . particularly their own followers. If they have the motive of wanting to disgust or draw sympathy . . . they just cut loose with their own selfish objective as the sole motive with total disregard for what detriment they cause. Pure self interest on display.