People want to believe that they can live without dying, they can grown younger and healthier instead of older and sicker. That is a powerful drug. As long as people keep wanting the fantasy that they provide, they will find a way to ignore the facts.
wisdomfrombelow
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Is the WTS and the JW's going to collapse in 2014?
by braincleaned intwo years to go, and an embarrassing whole century will have gone by after 1914 -- the date of armageddon.
in no world is that a "short period of time".... .
let's put things in perspective, since the wts claims to be the channel god has choosen.
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Do COs have a cushy life?
by A question indo cos (and dos) have a cushy life in comparison with other jws, or others in fulltime service?.
it could be said that they do, since they have an apartment provided for them, meals out, green handshakes, and invites to social gatherings.
it could also be said that they do not, since they may have to live in a different house every week, accept whatever food they're given, and they have a lot more meetings than the average jw.. .
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wisdomfrombelow
I wouldn't consider it a cushy life. However, it does have "perks" in the theocratic sense. They are considered to be like the apostle Paul in their own minds. I keep hearing about "green handshakes" but I never gave one to any WT representative. Maybe growing up a JW made me "cheap".
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What is the protocol when the memorial falls on the same night as the TMS/BS meeting
by insearchoftruth inwill the tms/bs get rescheduled?
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wisdomfrombelow
This year the US branch indicated that, where possible, the meeting should be rescheduled. So it will be an extra busy week with the special talk coming right after as well.
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Remarrying, then paradise =problem?
by Inisc inthis is a question i always wondered about and never got an answer to.. its also another reason why i'm finding it harder to believe in an 'afterlife'.. th idea that humans can live forever, now seems so scientificly impossible.. so i wanted to ask all the great minds on here,.
if someone's spouse dies, and then they remarry,then armageddon comes and goes then the deceased is resurrected,.
how,is that ever gonna work?
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wisdomfrombelow
If people were to sit and think about the JW resurrection hope they might well make different choices. If a woman wants to have a child, why put it off and then never have one? People who think that paradise will come at a great time to solve all their problems never want to think about the possibility that it won't. And then what?
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Flash Mob at the Kingdom Hall
by wisdomfrombelow inwouldn't it be interesting if dozens of people showed up at a kingdom hall as part of a flash mob, not being disorderly, but to make a statement.
maybe all raising their hands on a particular question and giving a "real comment" instead of restating the paragraph.
or they could all leave if when one of the paragraphs says "internet bad...ignorance good".
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wisdomfrombelow
Wouldn't it be interesting if dozens of people showed up at a Kingdom Hall as part of a flash mob, not being disorderly, but to make a statement. Maybe all raising their hands on a particular question and giving a "real comment" instead of restating the paragraph. Or they could all leave if when one of the paragraphs says "internet bad...ignorance good". Interesting though...
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College and the Watchtower: Remember One Thing
by metatron inif any of you lurkers listen to a rant by the society against college, remember one thing:.
the brother giving the talk is probably an utter hypocrite.. there are a few exceptions but consider that many elders are financially secure - which allows them to be elders.
while they talk about not planning for the future because armageddon 'is so close', they have pensions, ira's, roth accounts and investments.
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wisdomfrombelow
I wonder how the congregations in university towns handle all this anti-college negativity?
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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.
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15. what goal should a young christian have while he is in school?.
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wisdomfrombelow
I know of many who have gone to college and then after graduation decided to to pioneer. Those often got higher paying jobs with benefits so they could remain pioneering if they wanted to. That scenario will never be mentioned in the Watchtower.
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thoughts
by isaacaustin inthrowing this out to the board for input.
my father will be giving his first public talk shortly.
i was shocked by the audacity to be asked to come to his public talk, being told i don't have to believe or come back but can simply come to show my support for him.
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wisdomfrombelow
After reading all the thoughts that others have, I guess my opinion is different. It wouldn't bother me the least if I went and I'd be there if someone in my family gave their first public talk even though no one will talk to me. All this rigidity when it is not needed is a JW stance but it has never been mine. Compromise and compassion are mine. If a co-worker or a friend were a Rabbi or a Priest or any other religion and asked you to come to something special they were doing, would you go? For me it depends on how I feel about the person, since visiting once won't convert me. It's different since you were raised a JW but my thoughts are do what makes you feel good and removes the guilt from you. I know lots of peopel that wouldn't go to my funeral but that doesn't mean I wouldn't go to theirs. After all, funerals are for the living who are left behind, not the one who died as they don't benefit at all. I would go not because I wanted to be converted, but because it was my dad.
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Will higher gas prices cause a policy change (New Light) re. field service?
by doinmypart inwill higher gas prices bring about some new light regarding field service?.
in the part of the u.s. where i live most of the territories require driving long distances.
some congregation members are unemployed and many are retired/living on limited income.
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wisdomfrombelow
It might be used as a reason to lower the pioneer hours (or auxiliary pioneer hours) in conjunction with trying to get more into the full-time service.
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What is REALLY wrong with EDUCATION?
by Terry inas a child we do what our parents tell us to do.
or, we are disciplined.
we learn to see the world a "certain" way.
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wisdomfrombelow
I am not sure, but did they speak disparangingly about education in the Russell and Rutherford eras? I always thought that Franz/Knorr didn't want anyone more educated then they were so they wouldn't have any power struggles. Maybe that is just my mind running free. I grew up thinking that learning Hebrew or Greek in college would be an asset to a JW who wanted to go to Bethel. Little did I realize how false that is. If Rutherford is a lawyer with an advanced degree and his first choice for vice president after him, Covington, was a lawyer then I wonder how the anti-college movement grew and who was behind it.