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  Prophecy in Daniel: A last Fierce-looking King

  by Kosonen in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there is an unfulfilled prophecy in daniel about the last king that will be broken without human hand.

  the prophecy says he will be fierce-looking, deceptive, efficent in his doings, smart and causing ruin to many.

  and he will exalt himself.

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  Or maybe I made that up. It looks like John does eat a tiny scroll or two.

  That would never hold Christie.
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  Prophecy in Daniel: A last Fierce-looking King

  by Kosonen in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there is an unfulfilled prophecy in daniel about the last king that will be broken without human hand.

  the prophecy says he will be fierce-looking, deceptive, efficent in his doings, smart and causing ruin to many.

  and he will exalt himself.

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  Isn't there some strange creature in revelation that eats up a bunch of other strange creatures?

  I think that's prefiguring Chris Christie.
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  WAKING UP A DUB : effective communication

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  words that motivate.

  our communication has to pass through the mind of another human being and survive what his or her mind is going to do with it!.

  wordsby themselveshave to motivate the listener in the same way a combination lock will open if the correct numbers are dialed in exactly the correct sequence.

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  breakfast of champions

  Your "Language that manipulates" subheading reminds me of a quote by Noam Chomsky:

  "I don't try to persuade people, at least not consciously. Maybe I do. If so, its a mistake. The right way to do things is not to try to persuade people you're right but to challenge them to think it through for themselves."
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  "And what happened next was simply unbelievable!"

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i always sit in the same spot, just outside starbucks in a vestibule area with a table in the air-conditioned space.

  i say "always," but not today.. somebody with two laptops and a table filled with business ledgers was in "my" favorite spot!.

  so, i took a tiny wooden table inside the coffee shop on a long padded bench next to 3 other identical tables.. as the clickbait banner ads like to say: "and what happened next was simply unbelievable!".

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  TERRY - enjoyed reading this for the second time as much as the first. Shared it with my wife and she loved it as well. She said you shouldn't feel bad about a thing.
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  'Jehovah is using the Royal commission'??.. Ok, let's work with that.

  by defender of truth in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what do you think of the following line of reasoning for helping a jw start to think about what they are admitting.. (essentially, the organisations way of handling child abuse has been wrong, harm has been caused, god is now putting it right.).

  reply:.

  "i appreciate your honesty, in admitting that child abuse has not been handled in the right way in the past.

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  I imagine JWs will use the "Jehovah is cleansing his organization by means of [insert name of secular authority here]" excuse.

  Problem is, this is NOT one of the Society's teachings, and it NEVER HAS BEEN.
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  Depressing chat to my still-in brother about the RC

  by Lemonp in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  here is a quick breakdown of our conversation (by text message).

  me: "have you read about the royal commission?

  the org has been covering up child abuse.

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  Oh gosh. I can imagine my one BIL spewing the exact same bullshit.

  "When good thing happens it's the truth,

  and when bad things happen it's the truth,

  and when good things and bad things happen at the same time,

  that's the clearest proof

  that it's Jehovah gods clean organization. . . . "
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  The typical JW zombie mindset

  by SecretSlaveClass in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i posted this on a pro-jw site:.

  this is the official policy sanctioned by the governing body.

  it's not about indivuals being molesters/deviants.

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  breakfast of champions

  See! Two plus two DOES equal five!
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  "And what happened next was simply unbelievable!"

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i always sit in the same spot, just outside starbucks in a vestibule area with a table in the air-conditioned space.

  i say "always," but not today.. somebody with two laptops and a table filled with business ledgers was in "my" favorite spot!.

  so, i took a tiny wooden table inside the coffee shop on a long padded bench next to 3 other identical tables.. as the clickbait banner ads like to say: "and what happened next was simply unbelievable!".

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  Great post! Loved it TERRY!
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  This too Shall Pass (RC Commission vs WTS)

  by undercover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  while i'm glad that the practices of the wts are under review and the australian commission is taking them to task, i'm not really expecting huge changes in the long run.

  oh, they may have to agree to some changes in how they report crimes brought to elders' attention, but this excitement over the supposed expose of wt practices shall pass, and jws will soon be canvassing neighborhoods and rolling their carts, looking for converts.

  conventions will go on.

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  From what scientists understand, about 4.5 billion years ago a celestial body the size of Mars smashed into Earth, creating the moon.

  And if there were conscious inhabitants of earth back then, I'm sure they would have thought, "This too shall pass."

  And indeed it did.

  But every night, people look up at the moon in wonderment.
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  Branch Manual 2015

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  apparently the backroom arguments have been heard and decided.

  the royal commission finally uploaded a redacted version of the 2015 branch manual.

  watchtower lawyers were looking to have as much redacted from this manual as possible.

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  breakfast of champions

  Wow, this is one hell of a file. . . Thanks MARVIN S