Posts by JakeM2012

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Why Is This New Batch of Governing Body Members So Stupid?

by Brokeback Watchtower in

well there are lots of reason for sure, denial, delusion, wishful thinking, ego maniac, infantile understanding of ancient writings, satanophobia, xenophobia, out of touch with reality, limited choices scrapping the bottom of the barrel,and many more.. listen to this ted talk and see if you can pick out something that helps explain why these guys are such ass holes:.

organizations are often run according to the superchicken model, where the value is placed on star employees who outperform others.

and yet, this isnt what drives the most high-achieving teams.

JakeM2012

Thanks BrokeBack WT.

So Heffernan says: Among the super chicken's group, they had all pecked each other to death and only three survived. Since we are applying this to the organization, Sound like all the congregations that I have been in.

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I Don't Get It!

by John Aquila in

there are literally about thirty young single very good looking sisters in this one kingdom hall under the age of 30. that is just one kingdom hall.

in the circuit there are literally hundreds of young beautiful jw girls under 30 who are single and anxious to get married.

about two years ago, this one single good looking brother who is about 30 years old and who is an elder married this plain looking sister who is 59 years old.

JakeM2012

The young brother is probably thinking that the Great Match Maker in Heaven, Jehovah, with his rolodex is maneuvering things, and he believes that since the older sister has expressed interest and is probably very persistent that it must be "Jehovah's Will". He might also be justifying that the older woman won't have any interest in having children. LOL.

You remember what Johnny Carson used to say about "Day Old Bread"? Tomorrow, you have two day old bread.

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Possible reasons why the WTBTS is more irrelevant than ever

by JakeM2012 in

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this short video has interesting statistics (without any citations or references available) i.e.

"there are 5.9 billion searches on google",...."to whom were these questions asked bg (before google)?".

"time it took to reach a market audience of 50 million?

JakeM2012

This short video has interesting statistics (without any citations or references available) i.e.

"There are 5.9 Billion searches on Google",...."To whom were these questions asked BG (before Google)?"

"Time it took to reach a market audience of 50 Million?

For Radio: 38 years.

For Television: 13 years.

For the Internet: 4 years.

For the Iphone: 3 years

For Instagram: 2 years

For Angry Birds: 35 days

The number of internet devices in 1984 was 1000

The number of internet devices in 1992 was 1,000,000

The number of internet devices in 2008 was 1,000,000,000

The number of internet devices in 2010 was 10,000,000,000

"It is estimated that a week's worth of the New York Times contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century".

"90% of the worlds data has been generated in the last two years"

"The amount of new technical information is doubling every two years"

"In 1900, human knowledge doubled every 100 years"

"In 1945, human knowledge doubled every 25 years"

"In 2014, human knowledge doubles every 13 months"

"By 2020, human knowledge will double every 12 hours"

My thoughts and take away: I believe it is obvious that the WTBTS brought a plastic spoon to a nuclear war and will definitely loose the information war....(in other words, an exaggeration of the old expression of "bringing a knife to a gunfight", or having grossly inadequate resources to win).

100 years ago, "Truth" and "Fact" hid under rocks in the desert, now, they are at most of the world's fingertips, if interested... IMOHO, It is just a matter of time before the progressive deterioration of WTBTS become obviously evident.

http://safeshare.tv/w/ntjwDrwEwh

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This is why Jehovah's Witnesses do Not celebrate birthdays. It is just so obvious.

by JakeM2012 in

attackers kill 1, wound 11 at child's birthday party in detroit.. http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/21/us/detroit-birthday-party-shooting/index.html.

JakeM2012

Attackers kill 1, wound 11 at child's birthday party in Detroit.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/21/us/detroit-birthday-party-shooting/index.html

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Father's day approaching, can we get some respect.

by James Mixon in

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father's day got its start in unlikely spot.. commentary robert rector.

moms have been worshipped since time immemorial.

dad not so much.. to hear tell, the first father's day was held in spokane, wash., in 1910.. the suggestion of a father's day was often met with laughter, but when.

JakeM2012

I wish I had a new Bosch power tool for Fathers day. Just saying.

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Interesting article considering what's happening begging for money in the congregations

by JakeM2012 in

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/14/us/sunday-stickup/index.html.

i thought this article had some interesting interesting comments including this, "if a pastor or church leader has ever told you that the bible commands christians to tithe or give 10% of their income; hit you up for multiple offerings during one service; made you march up front to give; asked you to donate to a mysterious "building fund" or give a "first-fruit" offering; or even given special recognition to big givers in your congregation, lee and other pastors have a message for you:.

you are getting played.. these rituals, they say, violate new testament teachings about how and why people should give.

JakeM2012

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/14/us/sunday-stickup/index.html

I thought this article had some interesting interesting comments including this, "If a pastor or church leader has ever told you that the Bible commands Christians to tithe or give 10% of their income; hit you up for multiple offerings during one service; made you march up front to give; asked you to donate to a mysterious "building fund" or give a "first-fruit" offering; or even given special recognition to big givers in your congregation, Lee and other pastors have a message for you:

You are getting played.

These rituals, they say, violate New Testament teachings about how and why people should give."

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What's that beeping coming from your service case brother?

by aintenoughwiskey in

anybody know this guy?

what a creep!

it would be nice to be able to name and shame!

JakeM2012

"He has been removed", the church member said."
"Wellington Girls' College principal Julia Davidson said it was horrendous, and questioned why schools had not been notified by police. "I would have thought the police would have let us know - that's just so creepy."

So the Wellington Girls' College principal was concerned that the police did not let them know to protect their students. Bravo to her.
Further, The elder announces to the press that the man has been removed and is not welcome back. But wait, if he were an accused pediphile everyone in the "Christian Congregation" is supposed to maintain confidentiality? and no one is supposed to talk about it even to the press.
Am I missing something here?

Watchtower Farms Bethelites from the early 1990's

by JakeM2012 in

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i was interested in some bethelites that i had known while working at wallkill wt farms in the late 1980's early 1990's.

does anyone know nick quatroni?

(spelling??

JakeM2012

I was interested in some Bethelites that I had known while working at Wallkill WT Farms in the late 1980's early 1990's. Does anyone know Nick Quatroni? (Spelling??) He worked in the WT Farm Bethel Office under Lon Shilling.

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2015 Regional Convention Anthony Morris Governing Body encourages coerced baptism of unwilling children ...again

by Watchtower-Free in

this is from the last talk of the convention ......... clip 1:30 minutes longhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrej8tlyiso&feature=youtu.be.

JakeM2012

If one gets their license suspended or decides to give up driving to take public transportation, what are the consequences?"
Suspension of their license for a limited amount of time, higher insurance rates for a few more years. But they can still talk with their family.
In a few years if they are not repeat offenders, it will be over with. It will be Dead history and not even on a driving record, which seems to never be the case for anything that a young person that makes a mistake in the congregation can experience, they will pay for that inexperience and mistake forever.

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Education makes you leave God

by FusionTheism in

quote from the watchtower, simplified edition, september 2015, "how can we show that we love jehovah?".

higher education often makes them lose their love for god..

JakeM2012

I'll have to mention that for me when I finally went to seek a higher education, that Watchtower Bible and Tract Society's gig was already up. I was just looking for a way to get out of it. I recognized that their "admonition" about education was flawed, although initially, I didn't realize that I would eventually reject so many of their teachings (practically all).

However, even a simple business degree education taught me the key elements of critical thinking. I already had serious doubts about the teachings of WTBTS and had experienced the backside of not having a formal education. Quite frankly, I didn't believe all that "mumbo jumbo" that WTBTS was dispensing as "food at the proper time" because most of it was smelly, rotting, spoiled food even before it was printed. But after putting the different elements of critical thinking together and investigating WatchTower's history, I was able to see that they were totally full of Bull Butter, (I'm trying to be nice).

I made my exit plan and was successful. Thank someone, (ok, let's thank Simon and others)