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  Is it Humanly Possible, that the writers believe this stuff?

  by objectivetruth in

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  2. beliefs

  as many of you know, whom have been in the org for a while.. the wt is hard coded into your mind.

  sometimes, i will read a wt, to make sure that i hadn't imagined all of the ridiculousness... and then i read a wt like this : http://m.wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2004168 (is linking to this legal?).

  i especially enjoyed this section : .

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  mynameislame

  Is it just me? Vs 45 seems like a segway fromthe rest of that chapter.

  43 “But know one thing: If the householder had known in what watch* the thief was coming,+ he would have kept awake and not allowed his house to be broken into.+ 44 On this account, you too prove yourselves ready,+ because the Son of man is coming at an hour that you do not think to be it.

  How did they go from that to this?

  “Who really is the faithful and discreet* slave whom his master appointed...

  and to objectivetruth's point, not only do they distinguish between the faithful slave and the evil one but they make the faithful one plural
  "Yes, the “evil slave” came from the ranks of the faithful slave" Huh???
  Maybe the faithful one had an evil slave child?
  It also sounds like they might just have someone specific in mind....
  
  I find that verse a bit odd too.
  It seems to refer to the same slave as being faithful in one breath and evil in the next with no qualifier.

  I did find one translation that says " But suppose that servant is wicked and says.... " which makes a lot more sense.
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  Ex-Military JWs collect money

  by Jon Preston in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  isnt this somehing that would be against god or at least hypocritical?

  jws who were in the military but quit still accept money from their jobs so they can pioneer and still get paid..... or am i being too harsh.. .

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  mynameislame

  This causes me some cognitive dissonance. It would seem that the FDS, while being hypocrital in this regard, have inadvertenly done the right thing.
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  Almost a JW

  by JesseS in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have never been a jw.

  in fact, i've never set foot inside a kh.

  my parents began studying in the early 70s, before i was born.

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  mynameislame

  I think I was looking for reassurance that I could go on living my life in the way that pleased me, without giving any thought to the one who created me. I didn't find that.

  In the past three months, I've given more thoughts to things eternal than I have in a long time. I'm tired of living for myself. In brief moments of clarity, I grasp what it means to live for Christ Jesus; other thoughts seem to fade away. Work isn't as consuming, travel plans aren't as interesting. The plans I have to fill out my three score and ten pale in comparison to the love that someone who never met me has shown. That is the good news, and I see why people would want to share it.

  I think those are just feelings of growing older. Or maybe it is a shift peoples attitude in general. Wouldn't that be nice. Look at all the old rich people starting to give away their fortunes. Bill Gates, Warren Buffett to name a couple. I saw an episode of 60 minutes where they are starting a club of sorts to encourage other rich people to do the same.

  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-giving-pledge-a-new-club-for-billionaires/

  It does NOT mean you need to become a JW! Honestly I think the JW religion is one of the most selfish religions around. They rarely do anything for anyone even other JWs. And the only reason they do anything at all is because they think they will be buying themselves a ticket to the new system.
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  We Pray For The Governing Body...

  by jw07 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at the meetings i've noticed over the past 2 years or so brothers asking for 'special blessings' for the governing body.

  it was everyonce in a while at first.

  now it is almost at every single meeting!

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  mynameislame

  Guess they figured out they were wrong all these years and were being discreet for nothing
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  How does anxiety affect your heart rate?

  by Splash in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  -- w54 4/15 p. 233 scriptural aspect of psychosomatic medicine --.

  "doctors have found also that anxiety slows down the heart beat as much as 27 beats a minute.

  the bible shows that men become faint out of fear and the heart may stop.luke 21:26 (men become faint out of fear)".

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  mynameislame

  In other words, if you're reading a Watchtower magazine and you feel your heart start pounding, you are feeling the calming effects of the message.
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  Hot Gossip!!!

  by quellycatface in

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  an elder's wife, (who has shunned me since i da'd) has had a complaint made against her in the store where she works.. guess what the complaint was about???.

  she was too "flirty" with the male customers.. pick the bones outta that guys.....

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  mynameislame

  write an anon letter to the BOE to tell them

  Come on now isn't she suffering enough being stuck in that religion?
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  Watchtower Library 2013 Download

  by outinthemeadows in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el1ad1-qnxa.

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  mynameislame

  Seems sketchy at best

  When you click on the about link under the video you will see the description and a link that goes to a site called adfly.

  Adfly
  Get paid to share your links on the Internet!

  The site is http://adf.ly if you want to see for yourself.

  Follow the link under the video and you will be watching an advertisement before you will be taken to the download.

  The interesting thing is that the download has nothing to do with adfly and it is hosted on a completely different site that could be accessed directly.

  The description for this video even says: "This link is third party and the Google Drive folder where it resides does not belong to me."

  I probably made him $20 figuring that out :)

  Looking at a number of outinthemeadows's posts I found a lot that are either links or requests on where to get a specific document.

  Searching for topics posted on by outinthemeadows I found lnks to adfly posted by other fairly new members.
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  Blood Moons in the Passover being a sign... Debunked pretty easily

  by ILoveTTATT in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so there is lots of buzz on the internet, and lots of buzz probably even among jw's, that in 2014 in the passover there will be a blood moon... supposedly that's a sign.... .

  what a load of bull.... .

  a couple of seconds of critical thinking, and a little googling, and you reach the following conclusion:.

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  mynameislame

  Jgnat you might like this one then. Although you said you like posting neato links not following them so maybe i stole your thunder
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  "Why Nobody Ever Came Looking For You when you faded!"

  by RottenRiley in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  they are afraid you are going to infect the good works done by the active jws.

  are you aware that "one weak jw who is fading can take out five strong jws, so it's best to avoid or greatly limit your contact with weak jws?

  " circuit overseer (past) words.. .

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  mynameislame

  RottenRiley I guess you got me thining.

  How many strong Witnesses did you even know?

  The percentage of JWs that I would have considered strong was probably around 3-5%
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  "Why Nobody Ever Came Looking For You when you faded!"

  by RottenRiley in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  they are afraid you are going to infect the good works done by the active jws.

  are you aware that "one weak jw who is fading can take out five strong jws, so it's best to avoid or greatly limit your contact with weak jws?

  " circuit overseer (past) words.. .

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  mynameislame

  "very few JWs will survive Armageddon"

  I guess we can assume he would be one of the few?