Posts by mynameislame

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Ever feel like you were faking it as a JW when you weren't?

by punkofnice in

i guess this is cognitive dissonance calling loud and clear!.

i remember being proud to be a jw yet at the same time i felt that i was just fooling myself.. i think this also applies to the stupid doctrines of the watchtower(r).......they made sense but at the same time they didn't.. i had secret self loathing for not being 'zealous(tm)' enough but on the other hand i didn't.. seems to me i had a separation of authentic persona from cult persona.. anyone else get this?.

mynameislame

I don't know if it is the same thing but I was always trying to find the thing that was holding me back. I was always a little depressed and figured it was something I was doing wrong. Blamed the usual suspects, my Led Zeppelin albums, watching the Simpsons, having too much fun doing something non JW related. Funny how the "mature" members were quick confirm these beliefs by being judgmental whenever you had fun. Looking back I wonder if they were jealous.

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JW children attending birthday party

by Gorbatchov in

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here in the netherlands (extreme liberal) i hear more and more jw children about having attended a birthday party.. it seems that the more liberal jw's here have no problem with it.. gorby.

mynameislame

I’ve come to the conclusion that Dave Barry has correctly interpreted the scriptures that the JWs use to warn against celebrating Birthdays.

There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. 
That time is: age 11. -- 
Dave Barry, "25 Things I Have Learned in 50 Years"

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What is the purpose of Field Service??

by quellycatface in

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the so used to say it was life saving work.i wasn't convinced.it was soul destroying in the area i lived.i didn't want to be so cynical as to think, it was just to gain converts, therefore more money but it certainly looks that way now..

mynameislame

Faith without works is dead, but what is works without faith?

If the JWs had real faith they wouldn't need to continually push themselves into FS, they would be at it constantly. There would be people that had to be told slow down in the service because they were ignoring other important things. If you knew there was a million dollars buried in your backyard you would be out there digging every day till you found it. Nobody could stop you.

At best they think they are going to force fulfil God’s prophecy of the good news being preached to all the earth. They think by going door to door that they are fulfilling the prophecy. I can’t imagine it works that way. Do people generally know that they are actively fulfilling a prophecy or do they, or someone else figure it out after the fact? I’m not sure but I bet in most cases it is the latter.

It would be like the Jews saying, the bible says that a man named Jesus would be killed in fulfilment of some prophecy so lets find a guy name him Jesus and then kill him.

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JW vs Jehovah's Witnesses

by Da.Furious in

apologies if this was discussed earlier.

i tried to search for a similar topic but couldnt find one.. anyway, i am an active jw or is it jehovah's witness?.

recently i noticed a trend, mainly found between teenagers and older techie brothers, of referring to themselves as jws.

mynameislame

Very interesting. They even seem to be promoting it with jw.org. I'm sure a lot of it has to do with the tech world as you mentioned. Lots of companies are doing this, IBM, KFC, GNC... These are known as a TLA (three letter acronym). But it isn't unusual to see two letters as well, HP comes to mind. So it looks like the JWs are just jumping on the bandwagon. Seems a bit odd from a religion who's main purpose is to promote the name of God

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WT wants members to auxiliary pioneer in place of vacations now!!!

by EndofMysteries in

the may 2014 km, posted in another thread is a link to download it.

page 2, for week starting may 19th under the service meeting:.

discussion.

mynameislame

Ruderhead, I can't find where it says "that being punctual brings honor to the image of the governing body"

While looking I noticed that it said "if we are habitually late, it gives others the impression that we consider our time to be more valuable than theirs"

Who are these others that they are speaking of?

Seems like an effort keep people in line by creating peer pressure where there wouldn't normally be any.

And as molybdenum pointed out in another thread, they say that "Punctuality has become the exception during these last day"

Says who?

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May 2014 Kingdom Ministry (KM - 05/2014 PDF)

by WatchTower87 in

instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.

no virus ;-).

km - 05/2014 pdf : http://adf.ly/fhkoa.

mynameislame

Good catch molybdenum.

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May KM 2014 - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

by Ultimate Reality in

courtesy of watchtower87, the may 2014 km has an announcement on page 4 as follows:.

"beneficiaries of a government program known as deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) may apply to serve as temporary bethel family members or temporary volunteers.

when answering questions regarding citizenship on the application, these individuals should identify themselves as daca beneficiaries.".

mynameislame

LOL, it's not really for children, it's adults that came to the US illegally when they were children. They can't be any younger than 15.

http://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/consideration-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-process

Still seems a bit opportunistic.

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May 2014 Kingdom Ministry (KM - 05/2014 PDF)

by WatchTower87 in

instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.

no virus ;-).

km - 05/2014 pdf : http://adf.ly/fhkoa.

mynameislame

Trying to figure out what James 1:19 has to do with social media and having or being a freind.

19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.

I also feel like they are using some sort of chicanery around the word meditation in this context.

If you are often late, meditate on the reasons why.

Although that migh just be my bias coming through.

Is this one of those things that could be negative but they are trying to put a positive spin on it?

As of February 1, 2014, the United States branch office began to oversee the territory and congregations in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. What unity among the more than 1.2 million publishers in the United States branch territory!

Nice

Beneficiaries of a government program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) may apply to serve as temporary Bethel family members or temporary volunteers

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New Article on JW.org about gay people

by ateograciasadios in

ok, sometimes i go to jw.org just to laugh a bit about the 'food at the proper time', and i would like to know what people think of this hillarious article 'am i attracted to the same sex.

does that mean i am gay?'.

this has to be one of the most remarkable pieces of logic (last paragraph of the article).. the bibles stand is not unreasonable.

mynameislame

Watchtower said that there is usually a dominant sex and it does not require that they undergo surgery.

Now i'm not sure what to make of my grandmother's beard

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Ingredients

by leaving_quietly in

wtbts loves to compare themselves to chefs in a kitchen, preparing "spiritual food".

and we are to eat that food, without question.

i was thinking about this last night.

mynameislame

Their new light definitely seems to fit with the ever changing lists of what's healthy now in the food industry. The analogy seems like something the JWs might use to their advantage though. I can see them saying that, unlike the worldly food companies that are only out for profit, the FuDS are regularly changing their recipes to make them more healthy. So no need to keep checking the list of ingredients every time we change it.