Even the Witnesses know they're running out of money. They don't want to help anybody out by making it easier to have just one website. At the Assembly I went to last month, there was a talk. And the speaker gave everyone the most surprising advice ever given. He said the least used publication in Street Work is actually the bible. What a shocker. And also, to stop just handing out magazines cuz most of them end up in the garbage. Try to start bible studies. The organization wants people to stop wasting their products. They're closing Brooklyn Bethel and opening another in upstate NY. They might as well come out and say "We're losing money. We're cutting costs."
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SECRET LETTER of Watchtower Media Changes!
by TheSnarkyApologist inhere's a letter that has circulated among many ex-watchtowerites!.
just thought you'd want to know!.
awake!
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Memorial Invitation official first day today
by OneDayillBeFree inwell it's that time of year again and the invitations to another pointless memorial aka reject jesus party is now in full swing.
even though it's only the first day i'm already more than sick of it!
this is the first year i am fully mentally awake for the memorial season, and honestly i'm so sick of it all!
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Godsendconspirator
Kristina, just tell them you're an apostate, or straight forwardly say "Do not come back ever", and you'll be put as a "do not ring".
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Regular pioneering ... not going to college or university is a wise decision that will make you happy. Watchtower June 15, 2012
by wannabefree infrom - the watchtower (simplified) june 15, 2012 pg.
25 par.
15. what goal should a young christian have while he is in school?.
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Godsendconspirator
In this week's book study, when talking about the Stoics, the brother said "The stoics believed in logic and reason. As Jehovah's Witnesses, we do not want to use logic" I think that was the most idiotic sentence said on the platform.
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Experience I had with a JW that called my phone the other day...........................
by andys inthe other day i had an experience over the phone with a jw that knows me and also she knows i am apostate, it was a coincindence on how this all happened, i had a talk with my roommate and told her that i want to move out of the house and find my own place so i be out on my own again, my roommate told me to put an add on craigslist to rent out the room in the house also i put my phone number out there on craigslist for anyone to call on the room, i all of a sudden get a call from this jw that i knew, she was looking for a room for her newhew(he is not in the jw religion) but right away she recognized who i was, this is how the phone conversation went:.
me: answer the phone, yes i have room for rent on craiglist (right away i recognize her and she recognizes me).
she: asking me about the room but also i can hear rudeness in her voice and at the same time i can hear in her tone of voice she is like uh-oh i am talking to an apostate so she is talking in a very careful way like i want to run away or get off this phone.
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Godsendconspirator
Coincidence? Looks like God/Satan has a sense of humor. Haha!
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Common JW phrases that aren't in the Bible
by biometrics ini'm interested to know common phrases jehovah's witnesses use, but don't actually apear in the bible (even the nwt).
especially phrases most jw's would assume are in the bible.
e.g.. "paradise earth".
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Godsendconspirator
YHWH, bible, kingdom hall, governing body, service meeting, local needs, Daily Text, spiritual food, meeting.
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why i believe paul is a composite of numerous historical figures...
by mP infirstly im going to say paul didnt know jesus as a earthly person.
not once did he mention any fact that shows he knew about jesus being born in bethlehem, having a virgin mother, having apostles, dying for sins and so on.
the only writings where paul meats the apostles are basically in acts which many scholars argue was an attempt to merge the jesus story with that of paul.
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Godsendconspirator
I never trusted Paul's writings all because of this one verse.
1 Corthinians 7:25 ~ " Now concerning virgins I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who had mercy shown him by the Lord to be faithful. " (NWT)
The Governing Body loves to quote several verses afterwards to show that it's better to be a single person than a married person because you can "do more for Jehovah." They never once mention this previous verse. Paul admits his advice was not divine but was just his own opinion! Makes you wonder what else in his writings was just his opinion.
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Message at yesterdays assembly
by isaacaustin ina relative of mine was at the assembly yesterday and was appalled at the message givien before lunch:.
she heard them blast higher education...then warn to not miss meetings for work...then they gave the stupidest illustration i ever heard- they said that it is true that supporting your family is important...but not to give it too much importance and said it is like trying to cross a busy street.
they said if you see a car a long distance off it is ok to cross, if you are too careful you will never cross the street.
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Godsendconspirator
" One of the things that has made me sad is the sight of a 17-year-old, bright, just at the start of his life, being continually dissuaded from any kind of higher education so that he can pioneer and eventually go to Bethel "where they get a far better education than anything the world has to offer" said my pioneer study conductor."
Last week at the assembly I attended, there was one brother I believe was 21 years old. His experience was that in high school, he said the exact same thing to his guidence counselor and that he wanted to "serve Jehovah [his] god more fully."
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More anti-apostate rhetoric from the Watchtower - are they running scared?
by cedars inyes, the may 15th watchtower is now available for download from jw.org.. the final study article, on page 26, directs another salvo at apostates - and warns witnesses not to try arguing with them on the internet:.
indeed, we ought to move as far away from wrongdoing as possible and not see how close we can get to it without being overcome by sin.
for instance, we need to guard against succumbing to apostasy, a sin that would make us unfit to glorify god.
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Godsendconspirator
Today at the Circuit Assembly I went to, it seemed like the organization was trying to rid of certain doubts. They had a skit where one brother was encouraging another brother because he was tired of constant "new light". The discouraged brother brought up the whole "this generation will not pass away" bullshit. And the other brother encouraged him to rely on Jehovah. It seemed like a little nod toward apostates. The organization knows of their bullshit teachings are trying to rid doubts of those who are doubting or about to leave by making it seem like they're humble enough to admit them.
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Missionary work--Not worth it?
by WTWizard inhow many have done missionary work?
usually, they urged the witlesses to go "where the need is greater" within their own country--often, those assignments are for a week, or several weeks.
however, when you go abroad, usually it is for a year or more.. and it is usually in the dumpy countries.
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Godsendconspirator
I remember talking to a brother doing work in Indonesia. He told me one mistake he made, because of learning a new language was saying that "144,000 apostates are going to heaven". He said the man at the door got real interested at that point. His wife corrected him though.
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Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 01-22-2012 WT Study (HELP MEN)
by blondie injohn, his brother james, and their father,.
(john 3:1, 2; 19:38) this fear.
overcome fear of man.
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Godsendconspirator
I'm well aware of the shunning policy. And that's why I know if I leave even before baptism, they won't talk to me. Plus, I found this a good opportunity to, in the same way Witnesses are encouraged to "plant seeds", I can plant seeds as well.
For example, when I was with my bible teacher in his Bethel room, I jokinly asked if I could have some beer though I was underage. He said he'll get me some when I'm older. Then I said Jesus drank wine and quoted John 6:53 ~ "Accordingly Jesus said to them: “Most truly I say to YOU, Unless YOU eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, YOU have no life in yourselves".
I do this constantly. But at the very least, I'm not afraid of being disfellowshipped if it comes to it. I'll just enjoy my own minstry, meanwhile.