Posts by The Searcher

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What I thought CLAM meant , can you think of anymore ?

by smiddy in

for a while there i was confused as to what clam stood for .. ideas that crossed my mind .

christ left a ministry , or meeting .

children`s lives are mine .....( pedo`s in the borg ).

Another Galling Meeting!

by Nicholaus Kopernicus in

yesterday's meeting was again, quite soporific.

however, i felt indignation when it came to paragraph 16 of the watchtower catechism.

it reads..."the remarkable growth that we see today is the result of our faith in god and full acceptance of the bible..."i won't deal with the first part of that sentence here, but the claim at the end - this is just an outright and most egregious lie!

The Searcher

"Next week's Watchtower catechism is called: "One Hundred Years Under Kingdom Rulership!".

So, Christ has only 898 years & 8 months left of his 1000 years to wipe out wickedness and to bring the earth to perfection!

According to the scriptures, when Christ's reign starts, he will throw Satan into the abyss and then carry out the resurrection. I must've missed those events.

(Revelation 20:2-7) "And he seized the dragon, the original serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. 3 And he hurled him into the abyss and shut [it] and sealed [it] over him, that he might not mislead the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After these things he must be let loose for a little while. 4 And I saw thrones, and there were those who sat down on them, and power of judging was given them. Yes, I saw the souls of those executed with the ax for the witness they bore to Jesus and for speaking about God, and those who had worshiped neither the wild beast nor its image and who had not received the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand. And they came to life and ruled as kings with the Christ for a thousand years. 5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. 6 Happy and holy is anyone having part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of the Christ, and will rule as kings with him for the thousand years. 7 Now as soon as the thousand years have been ended, Satan will be let loose out of his prison..."

So, are the Magnificent 7 trying to change scriptures again by saying that Christ's reign will be an overlapping rulership - one which lasts longer than the 1000 years which God/Jesus/angel stated to the apostle John?

Interestingly, if you type in "thousand years" in the 2015 WT Library search, none of these Revelation verses are listed.

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New here, never baptised (thank god)!

by olongapo joe in

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just signed up and wanted to introduce myself.

i had 1 x-mas and 1 birthday before both my parents joined the jw's around 1966 or 67 being 1 year old i don't remember them (the holidays), to this day holidays are nothing to me (thanks jw's).

i never really believed the bible or jw literature.

The Searcher

Welcome! Enjoy your time here.

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I was ashamed

by Happeanna in

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i was once a person who believed in god destroying 7 billion people so a few people could live in paradise.. when the penny finally dropped and i realised what as a jehovah's witnesses i was really praying for , it made me feel sick.

what is attractive about a person that prays for this world to end .

i was ashamed to have been a witness deeply ashamed .

The Searcher

I'm ashamed that I allowed my thinking to be shaped without question, but I'm not ashamed to say I'd still love to see people's pain, death, and daily sufferings come to an end, especially if those things are being deliberately caused by evil scumbags who deserve to be transported to an isolated island and forced to live as an isolated community.

Let them experience the same treatment and attitudes which they delight in meting out to innocents.

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Revealing Watchtower tax returns

by Nambo in

please excuse if this has already been posted:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysyqish-l_e.

under the freedom of information act, this guy has tax returns showing where your money goes, where it is invested, companies like northrop gruman, monsanto, cigarette and porn peddlers, and we thought we where giving money to god!

i am quite sickened to discover i was giving money to the watchtower to invest in arms manufacturers..

The Searcher

Using the Corporation's logic, the Colombian Bethel Branch Office could gladly accept financial support from the local drugs cartel.

"That makes sense!" (TM)

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You Are Unsuitable!

by Divergent in

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today's text -.

sunday, january 24. they collected the fine ones into containers, but the unsuitable they threw away.—matt.

13:48.. understanding the lesson of this illustration helps us to avoid being overly distraught or disappointed if a bible student or one of our children does not make the truth his own.

The Searcher

Let's highlight what thoughts J.W.'s are really having implanted into their minds at their weekly indoctrination:

"Understanding the lesson of this illustration helps us to avoid being overly distraught or disappointed if a Bible student or one of our children does not make the truth [the Corporation] his own. [his god] This may happen despite all our best efforts. Agreeing to have a Bible study or being raised around the truth [the Corporation] does not automatically mean that a person will develop a strong personal relationship with Jehovah. [the Corporation] Those unwilling to submit to Jehovah’s [the Corporation's] rulership will eventually be separated from God’s people. [their families & friends] Does this mean that those who have left the truth [the Corporation] will never be allowed to return to the congregation? Or if someone fails to dedicate his life to Jehovah, [the Corporation] will he be forever classified as someone “unsuitable”? [apostate] No. There is still a window of opportunity for such ones before the outbreak of the great tribulation. It is as if Jehovah [the Corporation] calls out to them: “Return to me, [the Corporation] and I will return to you.”"

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Giant Panda Enjoys the Snow in Washington D.C.

by The Searcher in

this guy loves it!

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/must_see/35392623.

The Searcher

This guy loves it!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/must_see/35392623

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Bob up and down Naked.......Really???

by Giordano in

after meticulous research here are the documented scientific pronouncements of the wtbt$.

“air baths are good for preventing colds.

what you do is strip naked mornings and evenings and then bob up and down for a while.” golden-age feb 1926 pg 310. .

The Searcher

Thanks Giordano - I'm only 19!!! :)

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Bob up and down Naked.......Really???

by Giordano in

after meticulous research here are the documented scientific pronouncements of the wtbt$.

“air baths are good for preventing colds.

what you do is strip naked mornings and evenings and then bob up and down for a while.” golden-age feb 1926 pg 310. .

The Searcher

What is TWTP?

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JW Expressions We Hate

by Socrateswannabe in

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i was browsing through stuff on jw.org recently and ran across some expressions that really grate on my nerves: loyal love, loving-care, and loving-kindness, as in: "please exercise loving-kindness toward your servant.

" who talks like that?

they must be relics of the fred franz era.

The Searcher

"We missed you." (should've aimed better!)