Posts by Iconoclast

Isn't it amazing that the human race, as a whole, is good? People get wrapped up in their own lives and sometimes forget to look at the world as a whole but all in all, they are kind people. How could a loving God just kill them all?

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What they DON'T tell you

by Black Man in

jw
friends

hey everybody, i'm in the middle of an ongoing debate w/some jws and they are asserting that everyone knows what they're getting into when they are studying and getting baptized and that nobody forces anyone to become a jw and that you can leave anytime you want.

ok, we know that's not true.

how would you counter that argument?

Iconoclast

They don't tell you that their doctrine says that Jesus did NOT die for you, rather he died for the 144,000 elite and you're "saved" by associating with them so you can get through Armaggedon and are STILL not saved for 1000 years after. Not disclosed while studying. Guarenteed.

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this from the 2011 yearbook

by therevealer in

throughout the project the governing body carefully.

monitored the composition and words of each.

song.

Iconoclast

My brother has deemed it "The Book of Hums." It is a holy hell. Every "melody" is a flat concotion of C-Grade instruments with a "Run, Jane, Run" book added in lyrics.

"See Jesus. See Jesus die! Die, Jesus, die!"

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Dumb illustration

by MrFreeze in

jw
friends

jw's have the tendency to come up with the worst illustrations.

it boggles my mind sometimes.

here's one someone gave me about new light.. when confronted with the fact that since certain teachings change, the jw's never had the truth.

Iconoclast

My grandmother keeps trying to get me to come back to the meetings. I tried using the whole "I really don't like the gossip in the cong." thing. The conversation went like this:

"If you hate your boss and get fired, you don't come home and divorce your wife."

"WHAT?!! What the hell does that have to do with gossip in the congregation?"

"Well, you don't dismiss your God and his loving arrangement because you don't like the others that attend."

"I would divorce my wife if she was running back to my boss and slandering me to the point that I was fired. She obviously isn't a good mate."

"Well, you don't divorce God."

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Was the GB scared by pew research on religion? (statistics)

by JonathanH in

jw
friends

looking at pew research data on jws (link below if you want to check it out, it's interesting to compare stats.

), you have to wonder if the gb has seen them and what they think about them.

it would seem to me examining the statistics that there are far more witnesses on the inside that don't really believe it is the "truth" than many on the inside would assume.

Iconoclast

"I think that is a telling number." - I'm sure there are Asian JW's. Perhaps they didn't take the poll or think themselves as Mixed Race. It is in the US and a lot of people are mixed race.

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Most Overblown Examples Used at Assemblies

by What Now? in

at a recent assembly, there was a talk highlighting the dangers of higher education.

the brother used an example of a young girl who went to university, began going to bars, and ended up getting drugged and gang raped - as if this happens to every young jw who chooses to get higher education.. .

what ridiculous examples have you heard used at meetings or assemblies?.

Iconoclast

" How many here honestly believe the end will come in their lifetime"

Crickets, except for just ONE person. My bat-crazy grandmother.

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How does Satan influence society?

by Maze in

http://www.prolognet.qc.ca/clyde/illumin.htm.

a satanic plot for a one world government.

the world conspirators: the illuminati.

Iconoclast

I'm blaming him for the gas prices right now. IT MUST BE SATAN! It's his futile attempt to stop all witnessing. Stay at home moms/pioneers won't be able to afford the gas anymore! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

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Most Overblown Examples Used at Assemblies

by What Now? in

at a recent assembly, there was a talk highlighting the dangers of higher education.

the brother used an example of a young girl who went to university, began going to bars, and ended up getting drugged and gang raped - as if this happens to every young jw who chooses to get higher education.. .

what ridiculous examples have you heard used at meetings or assemblies?.

Iconoclast

It has always freaked me and my sister out when, at the assemblies, the speaker goes through this engerized, THE-BIG-A-IS-ALMOST-HERE diatribe and everyone breaks out into feverish applause. It was pretty scary to know that 8,000 people were sitting around us, wishing for billions of people's death.