Topics Started by RottenRiley

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District Assemblies, Were they a Financial Burden to you? They Cost $1200 to $2000 in some lands!
by RottenRiley in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
why does the watchtower place a harsh burden on it's low-paid and low-skilled army of witnesses?

the district conventions don't really add much value, you have witnesses making minimum wage with both husband and wife working while the elite witnesses can afford to burn a ton of cash making the poor witnesses feel worse about themselves.

i remember, some of the really poor witnesses would bring their own "cooker" to the motel to make "top ramen" and mac&cheese" while the company men had the elites take them out for "surf and turf" and other great feasts, the poor witnesses get the shaft was they are told how lucky they are to financially struggle to afford to pay for their hotels.. .
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Is Jesus Christ Your Mediator? Watchtower's Position is Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit!
by RottenRiley in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
2. p. 363; emphasis added) .

(ibid., p. 362; emphasis added) .. to say jesus is mediator only for the 144,000 is actually to deny the possibility of forgiveness of sins for any others.

; emphasis added) .
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Make You Feel Good Story from Old Readers Digest "Did God Ride the Brooklyn Subway that Afternoon?"
by RottenRiley in
1. jw
2. friends
" he said, "my name is bela paskin.

as they got off of the train, marcel went over to a phone and called the number on the dog-eared piece of paper.

marcel asked if he was speaking to maria paskin and she said that he was.
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Make You Feel Good Story from Old Readers Digest "Did God Ride the Brooklyn Subway that Afternoon?"
by RottenRiley in
1. jw
2. friends
we need a good story either from the past or present to fight off the nasties of life and this cult!.

"marcel sternberger was a creature of habit.

he used to take the 9:09 long island railroad to woodside every morning.
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Modern Day Governing Body Members Do Not Go "Door To Door" or Informal Witnessing! Why?
by RottenRiley in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what sorrow awaits you!

for you say that it means nothing to swear by gods temple, but that it is binding to swear by the gold in the temple.

20when you swear by the altar, you are swearing by it and by everything on it.
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Why Did the Watchtower Use Sir Isaac Newton's End Time Dates For 1914 and 2040ish?
by RottenRiley in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
you all remember which watchtower quoted the life of sir isaac newton "super phd in math, maybe the greatest math mind ever?

were they greasing their members to accept 2040s as a possible end of the "over-lapping generation"?.

isaac newton came up with his own formula for providing 1914, many centuries before the bible students, so how come the watchtower has tried to take the credit away from the "past men of fame"?.
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Is the Watchtower Destroying All Thinking Skills of New Witness, Compare them to when you were in the Organization!
by RottenRiley in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
many jws don't know the basic doctrines we all use to debate the clergy with.. .

jws don't know the bible, the know a few proof-texts but can't handle the bible like the witnesses of 1950s-1990s, what happened?.

the caliber of the new elders is horrible when compared with the elders of 1950s-1990s, they don't know how to use their bible, they are turning towards orgnazational minor details while ignoring the bible and gospel message.. .
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If the Watchtower Represents Jehovah, How Come They Don't Share In Public Forums Like St. Paul?
by RottenRiley in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
other apostles of the bible were not afraid to engage in religious discussions (peter in the temple court yard), paul before festus, king agrippa and bernice, paul before the emperors of rome and his religious consorts or experts.. .

i don't see the watchtower's scholars of fame engaging with the world's religions or metaphysical discussions, why?

if fundamental christians, catholic and anglican church apologist are not afraid to debate topics with scientist, how come the people who claim to be "jehovah's only" don't share in the "thought of public ideas"?
Another Fun day with Facebook! To $73 by March!
by RottenRiley in
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2. friends
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on my last thread, i reported how they were going to gap the stock down to $65, they did it to $65.87, i am back at $68.60 and now up $1.60 on 250 contracts!

you guys thought hedge funds were wicked, even a jw can run one!.
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U.S. Army admits to widespread cultural pedophilia in Afghanistan
by RottenRiley in
1. watchtower
2. child-abuse
my atheist, agnostic and deist family members, why don't we attack this insanity more?

dr. richard dawkins is finally calling out islam for it's true nature, i hope he is balanced because i don't want him to get killed by these whack jobs.

i enjoy listening to dr. dawkins debate and would like him to attack their false religion like he lambaste's christians, i guess it's a tight-wire act he must follow or they would kill him.