Posts by Phizzy

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Do You Think Trump Will Make A Comeback?

by minimus in

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do you think he could get reinstated as president?

do you think trump will run again for president or do you think he will just be a force for the republican party behind the scenes?.

Kingdom Hall in Barrington, Illinois

by Expanded-Mind in

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i often drive past a kingdom hall in barrington, illinois, where, when i was still a witness, i had visited a few times.

it wasn't too far from the hall i attended and we got to know people from this congregation.. i recently passed it by and it appeared there was a new sign in place.

yesterday i decided to pull into the parking lot on my way home, and it appears that the hall has been sold and is now occupied by seventh day adventists (i did a check online when i got home).

Phizzy

" Example of World wide Growth! " yes Overrated ! for the SDA's !

It is interesting when you think of all the years we sat at Conventions and were regaled with the "wonderful international growth" in numbers, and this was given as proof of God's blessing on "His Organization" , when ALL that time the SDA's were growing at a faster rate, and STILL are !

Another case of the Org's Mind Controlling lies !

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Help needed: Elders should contact authorities immediately if KH are damaged?

by EdenOne in

hello.. i remember some time ago someone brought up a letter to congregations or some other similar instruction, instructing the elders to "contact the authorities immediately" if something like a robbery or trouble came upon a kingdom hall.. does anyone remember that?

and what was the source of that instruction please?

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Phizzy

Just bumping this to the top, as if someone is able to give us the Copy of the letter on here, we can then readily establish the truth of the Org's terrible attitude to Abuse in their midst.

Helpful for active J.W's to see the true nature of the org !

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Nebuchadnezzar's 37th year matches the year 588 or 568 BC?

by Vanderhoven7 in

anybody know something about vat 4956?.

nebuchadnezzar's 37th year matches the year 588 bc?

any independant astronomer can test it and it only matches 568 bc.. .

Phizzy

" So we have different experts who have different opinions based on their own hypotheses and different methodologies."

This is of course the usual state of things in Science, and History Studies of course. So it means you have to sensibly make a choice, as even a consensus of experts can be wrong.

What is not in doubt is the testimony of the heavens, in the form of eclipses, in this case Lunar eclipses.

Four Eclipses are of interest to us around the period in question, 19th March 721, 8th march 720, 1st September 720 and 22 April 621.

As we know when in the reign of the relevant king these occurred, other events can be fixed with certitude from those dates.

All of this debate on this Thread though somewhat obscures the fact that regardless of when events in the distant past actually occurred, there is no way to prove that 1914 C.E features in Bible prophecy.

The JW Org constantly harping on about the nearness of Armageddon, and that we are in the Biblical "End Time" has no support in Astronomy, History or Scripture.

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Mulholland Drive (2001) - what do you make of this movie?

by LoveUniHateExams in

i first saw mulholland drive (2001) about a month ago.

i bought it second-hand from the local market.. it's kinda weird, it's a david lynch film, lol.

i've seen half his movie output (5 films out of his total of 10).. in addition to this film, i also own eraserhead (1977), the elephant man (1980) and blue velvet (1986).. plus, i remember watching dune (1984) on tv years ago.. mulholland drive is definitely strange.

Phizzy

There is a Facebook page you may be interested in LUHE, it is called " Incredibly Strange Films", it may point you to some you have never heard of ! it did me.

I watched Mullholland Drive years ago, and could not really decipher it satisfactorily, but I must give it another watch. David Lynch is good, but a pain in the arse to me when he gives NO HINT about a Film ! I need Films deconstructed for me by experts.

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GB and North Korea same opinion about outfit style!

by Gorb in

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the same governing style:.

https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/15/fears-mullets-and-skinny-jeans-will-tear-north-korea-down-like-a-damp-wall-14587354/.

Phizzy

Lots of parallels between the JW Org and the North Korean regime, it is almost embarrassing to point them out though, they are so obvious !

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Examples of the WT Mishandling/Misrepresenting Quotes of Jewish Publications

by Disillusioned JW in

page 257 of the wt's 1965 book called "things in which it is impossible for god to lie" quotes from the jewish encyclopedia (edition of 1909) regarding the trinity doctrine.

the first edition of 1901-1906 likely has the same text as the 1909 edition and the text of the 1901-1906 edition (in the article about the trinity) can be read online at https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/14519-trinity.

the wt begins its quote with the phrase "the concept" but the words replaced with "..." say "the fundamental dogma of christianity;".

Phizzy

There are some very good examples of Misquotes on a number of Threads on here, and on JWFacts.com if memory serves.

The misquoting, or Quote Mining as it is often called is totally dishonest. It is like the Theatre that is touting its latest Play with the quote, up in lights outside, saying : " the very best Show I have seen in London this year " The Observer. When the complete quote said, " I would like to say this is the very best show I have seen in London this year, but I cannot, for surely it is the worst".

The Tower of Lies was founded upon lies, and has to continue to lie to fool its members. If you have "the truth" you have no need, ever, to lie.

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Nebuchadnezzar's 37th year matches the year 588 or 568 BC?

by Vanderhoven7 in

anybody know something about vat 4956?.

nebuchadnezzar's 37th year matches the year 588 bc?

any independant astronomer can test it and it only matches 568 bc.. .

Phizzy

Ann has also written quite a long, but excellent paper under this Title :

"Fact-checking ‘VAT4956.com’ Do all 13 sets of lunar positions on VAT 4956 fit the year 588/7 BCE? © Ann O’Maly, October 2020".

It is downloadable, and refutes Furulli too ! Well worth a read !

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What made you walk out on the "Truth"?

by Overrated in

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i had a legal divorce from my ex wife( law of the land).

i was told not to expect to get remarried because my divorce was not legal to watchtower.. my divorce and situation seem to be a talk of gossip and even a many local needs talks.

i wanted to take some more schooling to get a better job, there was a local needs talk on higher education and it's dangers.

Phizzy

It always fascinates me with Threads on this theme, that there are SO many reasons why people leave, and again, the actual "Straw that broke the Camels back" is usually different for all who have left.

These are more often than not people who have lived the religion as they were expected to, really believed it was at least mainly " the truth" , and yet they have left, for MANY different reasons, all things that are wrong with the religion, that prove it is not " the truth".

Millions have left, yet it does not register with those still in that there is anything wrong. They are Mind Controlled, once that control is breached, they join us as Happy Ex-JW's.

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Nebuchadnezzar's 37th year matches the year 588 or 568 BC?

by Vanderhoven7 in

anybody know something about vat 4956?.

nebuchadnezzar's 37th year matches the year 588 bc?

any independant astronomer can test it and it only matches 568 bc.. .

Phizzy

"No need for most scholars prefer 586 BCE."

This is a brave statement which may have been broadly true a while ago, but Scholarship moves on, unlike the Poster "Scholar" who slavishly adheres to the JW Org's spurious use of Scripture and History in the main.

This Thread has been hi-jacked and has moved on from discussing how the Babylonian Tablets, VAT 4956 included, support the fourth Month of 587 BCE as the destruction of Jerusalem by King Neb.