Posts by wallsofjericho

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Scientists Should Not Dismiss Genesis So Quickly

by Chris Tann in

nasa discovery proves the bible scientifically accurate.

the debate.

for decades there has been a long standing debate between science and religion as to the validity of the biblical genesis account of creation.

Revelation, its Grand Climax.... remember when?

by wallsofjericho in

i remember being at the assembly in 1988?

when this was released.

everyone was so excited that we finally had a simple explanation of revelation with pictures.

wallsofjericho

I remember being at the assembly in 1982? when this was released. Everyone was so excited that we finally had a SIMPLE explanation of Revelation with PICTURES. Not like that awful Babylon book

Looking back now, i remember studying this at the book study so many times, but the final time I was mentally out of the BOrg and I couln't believe how assinine this book was!
the 24 elders are actually the 144k, so the 24 elders in 1914 are pictured standing in front of the 144k (themselves) in the future when their number is sealed, but they are together now because the 144k is SO SURE TO TAKE PLACE its as though its ALREADY OCCURED and they are singing a song to themselves even though some of the 144k aren't even born yet (remember its 1914 when they're singing)... get it??

INCREDULOUS!

I notice the R&F never talk about that book much anymore, as if they know what a crock of shit it was. When the next Revelation book comes out one day people will be so excited to finally have a book that explains the true TRUTH about Revelation and they will be SO HAPPY

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Why do "Apostates/exjws" always go into "Watchtower-bashing" when you show them inconsistencies in the Bible?

by booker-t in

i have noticed with "apostates/exjws" they always resort to "watchtower-bashing" whenever you show them inconsistencies of the bible.

we could be talking about contradictions, such as where did cain get his wife if adam,eve, abel, and cain were the only ones on earth?

the usual answer when they cannot answer will be "well the wt gave false prophecies in 1975".

wallsofjericho

As was pointed out to me recently,

this is an exjw forum, hence conversation is JW/WT centric

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Changed: Head coverings for sisters, w15 2/15 QFR

by wifibandit in

does a female kingdom publisher need to wear a head covering if she conducts a bible study in the presence of a male publisher?.

in a questions from readers item published in the watchtower of july 15, 2002, it was stated that a sister should cover her head if she conducts a bible study in the presence of a male publisher, whether he is baptized or not.

further consideration of the matter suggests that a modification to this direction is appropriate.. if the male publisher who accompanies the sister while she conducts an established bible study is baptized, the sister would certainly want to wear a head covering.

wallsofjericho

when I was 14 I attended a FS group of probably 40 people and I was the ONLY baptized male there. An uber-dub pioneer in her 60's took the group wearing a head covering then asked me to give the prayer

was so weird, and terrifying for me at such a young age

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Overlap what???

by dugout in

jw
friends

just out of the blue i asked my wife whos been a jw for some 30 odd years can she explain the overlapping doctrine.

she said to me she never heard of this and said she will have to look it up.

i thought oh s#^%!.

wallsofjericho

like much of what the BOrg teaches, it only truly makes sense once your mentally free and you quit the mental gymnastics

it all makes sense once you leave

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Jehovah's Witnesses Ban upheld by Supreme Court.-TASS reports. Are Russian JWs suffering as a result of Watchtower Governing Body Hate Rants?

by Balaamsass2 in

tass news:.

russias supreme court rules jehovah's witnesses from samara extremist organizationrussia.

november 13, 20:58 utc+3 .

wallsofjericho

agreed vidiot

to see the R&F and their children suffer because of the BOrg's unscriptural rules is too bad. They are good people, they are meek, that is why they obey blindly. They just want to be happy. Not unlike the malawe and mexico scandals ray franz talked about it CofC

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"It's the intent that counts and not the result."

by donny in

"it's the intent that counts not the result.".

i have been out of the jw organization for some 22 years now and i sometimes get a reminding jolt out the hoops that some will jump through to make their religion make sense to them.

the first line in this post is what a jw on the street here in salinas told me on saturday when trying to justify the society's history of false prophecies.

wallsofjericho

Very good job

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Lowering the standards: The sign of a cult struggling for survival

by Hidden-Window in

jw
friends

many of the recent changes in the jehovah's witness organization are a clear sign of a cult that is struggling for survival.

the internet has change the scenario in a very dramatic way.

many of us who for years struggled alone with doubts and cognitive dissonance thinking that we were the only ones, that we, as individuals were the issue, now know that there is a large community of individuals who see the organization as what it is, a mind controlling cult that is not only false, but also dangerous.. the governing body clearly understands the consequences of this awakening.

wallsofjericho

Russel was easy going with the "brothers" then rutherford came in like hitler himself and reinvented the BOrg nringing in strict rigid procedures

the BOrg is being reinvented again more than ever since the banishing of the millennial dawn.

15 minutes, both parents counting family study time (buttressed by family worship night), 30 hour aux pioneering, all these tactics to keep less active ones from slipping way, the fresh mainstream feel of JW.org..... Once everyone is all nestled in, in will come the REAL reform

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I HATE vets

by Xanthippe in

jw
friends

took one of my cats to the vet two weeks ago, she gets dermatitis from flea bites and although she gats flea treatment every four weeks the skin problem flares up about every two years.

so i asked for her usual steroid tablets which clear it up in about a week but no this young vet about 25 thought she should have a steroid injection and an antibiotic.

didn't work and she's much worse.. went back today and another vet said can't give you the tablets because the injection is still in her system and lasts 6 weeks.

wallsofjericho

wallsofjericho, you must either have no experience with cats or be cold and heartless. My wife and I marvel every day at and get great joy from the many sweet, affectionate cats that live with us. I would hate to be like you.

I grew up with cats. I am tired of cleaning fur off all my clothes, emptying litter boxes, dealing with hacked up hair balls, smelly cat food, etc...

you would "hate" to be like me? like what? someone that doesn't like cats? you would hate to be like someone who doesn't like cats? what the hell is that supposed to mean? I don't much care for tofu, would you hate to be like someone that doesn't like tofu?

just to make sure of your hatred for me, in the country we have the privlige of dealing with all the unwanted cats of city folks who dump their cats off in the country. Then they get distemper and I have to shoot those cats and bury them. I've shot several. How do you like me now?

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Nethinim - (Barb Anderson please comment if you can!) :)

by wallsofjericho in

*** w06 2/15 p. 28 par.

11 walking in the path of increasing light ***.

the year 1992 saw still another refinement, one that is comparable to what happened after the israelites and others returned from exile in babylon.

wallsofjericho

good stuff folks,

Another interesting thing is that the revised NWT no longer says "Nethinim". Each place where that term occurred in the old NWT, it's been replaced by "temple servant".

great catch!

But I recall it implied that all the 144k could die off and the Org would be run by the "given ones" until the Big A. Did you get this too?