Posts by xjwsrock

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Mid - Week Meeting This Week

by xjwsrock in

millie210 posted this on another thread - i thought it deserved it's own op:.

i took an elderly friend to the meeting last night.

the study is in the "imitate their faith" book which is merely a compilation of previous short stories about bible characters that were featured in a series of watchtower articles.. they waste no time beginning their spinning and supposition with the cain/abel story.

xjwsrock

Yeah we had a fakey tract presentation too. It was crazy unrealistic.

The dramatic reading was awful like you said. Sounded like Lett had a cold on the recording. Also noticed Geoff Jackson also on the reading. Nice that they are always in the forefront. So heartwarming.

It was a pretty bad example actually of one of those readings. I have heard better. That was not worthy of a part on the meeting in my opinion. It was terrible. Maybe good enough for the site, but in the back of the site somewhere lol.

The poor brother at our hall had to fake enthusiasm after the reading was done. The hall was completely deadpan when it was over. Like just dead air for a few seconds. This is what Boredom feels like, I thought to myself. lol.

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Faith in the Flood,-- a Dud.

by prologos in

for the next two weeks, wt will attempt to lay the basis for their imitation "faith" by discussing the "imitate their faith" book, chapter on the flood.

a golden opportunity to share faith strengthening details with your believing friends.

do not miss it!.

xjwsrock

Good point.

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Mid - Week Meeting This Week

by xjwsrock in

millie210 posted this on another thread - i thought it deserved it's own op:.

i took an elderly friend to the meeting last night.

the study is in the "imitate their faith" book which is merely a compilation of previous short stories about bible characters that were featured in a series of watchtower articles.. they waste no time beginning their spinning and supposition with the cain/abel story.

xjwsrock

Dang stillin, that is so true.

Mindless zombies nodding their heads and regurgitating the paragraph. Nuts...

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Blackmail to get your drivers license, blackmail to end the shunning...

by Zoos in

the watchtower corporation is ripping the carpet out from under sincerity.. they teach that god knows our private thoughts, the inclinations of our heart.

how can they possibly think that it's okay to dangle a drivers license in front of a teenager under condition of baptism?

how can they possibly think it is okay to dangle renewed association with family under condition of reinstatement?.

xjwsrock

Coerced people don't donate. The WT needs to get a clue.

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Humility

by freemindfade in

"...those who preach humility should be the first in exemplifying it".-ray franz crisis of conscience active lurkers give this some thought

xjwsrock

As their own problems accelerate they are starting to look like the arrogant hypocrites they really are as they continue their us against them crusade.

They are embarrassing themselves. "Pride is before a fall"

Can you say TIMBERRRRRRR!

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Faith in the Flood,-- a Dud.

by prologos in

for the next two weeks, wt will attempt to lay the basis for their imitation "faith" by discussing the "imitate their faith" book, chapter on the flood.

a golden opportunity to share faith strengthening details with your believing friends.

do not miss it!.

xjwsrock

Fink- yeah i forgot about that. The organization is the ark. Fear-mongering much?

I recently read an explanation of why so many ancient cultures have a flood story.

Everybody basically believed the earth was flat.

So, if you are living in your ancient village, and a huge flood comes and destroys your home and flood waters are as far as the eye can see, then you automatically assume the whole earth flooded. It's flat remember? So 20 ft of water floods the whole earth. Lol.

So all these goofy uneducated paranoid ancient people with their flood stories that were passed down from generation to generation and exaggerated, prove absolutely nothing.

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Faith in the Flood,-- a Dud.

by prologos in

for the next two weeks, wt will attempt to lay the basis for their imitation "faith" by discussing the "imitate their faith" book, chapter on the flood.

a golden opportunity to share faith strengthening details with your believing friends.

do not miss it!.

xjwsrock

Noah's mother, brothers, and sisters ---**have perished in the flood".

Another attempt to drive a wedge between family members in the congregations.

Translation - Be loyal to the GB to the point of losing all your family.

It's really just recently completely sunk in for me how synonymous their use of "Jehovah" is with "organization" "governing body" "kingdom" etc. It's all just loyalty to them. They are saying the exact same thing with all of the various phrases. There is no Jehovah without the GB in their theology. "Draw closer to Jehovah" means getting more bought in to the org's agenda. "Put Jehovah first" means put the org first in your life. There is no meaningful separation of terms. So it's pure manipulation and deceit.

So when they say we should follow Noah's example of loyalty to Jehovah, they are just using a passage of scripture to coerce loyalty to them. Again,no separation of terms whatsoever.

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Humility

by freemindfade in

"...those who preach humility should be the first in exemplifying it".-ray franz crisis of conscience active lurkers give this some thought

xjwsrock

Totally agree.

If the organization were a person, that person would not be a Christian.

It isn't humble as you say. It isn't open or honest. It most definitely stores up for itself "treasures on earth". It doesn't live with "the end in mind".

That's just a sampling.

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ANNOUNCEMENT CLIP ...2015 Annual meeting Sam Herd confirming what we knew a month ago about slow down and halt of worldwide construction

by Watchtower-Free in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_h68ktwpim&feature=youtu.be.

xjwsrock

wow wow wow wow

what a joke...

I wonder how much of their money was lost to Madoff?

I'm just sayin' ... If I were Almighty God the Creator of the Universe and I had one organization I backed and supported, I would not let it get into a situation like this for it to embarrass itself and me.

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Mid - Week Meeting This Week

by xjwsrock in

millie210 posted this on another thread - i thought it deserved it's own op:.

i took an elderly friend to the meeting last night.

the study is in the "imitate their faith" book which is merely a compilation of previous short stories about bible characters that were featured in a series of watchtower articles.. they waste no time beginning their spinning and supposition with the cain/abel story.

xjwsrock

That study was dreadful.

It was so bad I just laughed to myself at times during the meeting. It really is just a joke what these people are willing to swallow. The whole spinning flaming sword thing too. I mean really? When was the last time you saw one of those?( Not to mention the obvious anachronism of inserting a bronze age weapon into a stone age story.)

I was mainly bothered myself by what for me was a new thought. Why the hell would Abel become a shepherd with so few people on earth? They didn't eat meat supposedly. It's not like he could sell the wool to a neighboring village.

There was one family on the entire planet!!

Imagine being shipwrecked on an island with half a dozen people. If one guy starts gathering sheep and leading them around instead of gathering firewood or hunting for some food or building a tent or whatever, you would kick his ass!! Get to work you stupid fool! We don't have time to play with animals you fu&&ing moron!

Anyhow I see it as another anachronism of a writer writing in the bronze age. He sees shepherds around and weaves that trade into the Genesis story. There is no way in hell the 2nd man born of woman would become a shepherd. Maybe a fisherman, but not a shepherd.