Posts by OneFingerSalute

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Why doe New light tick me off???? Next 2 weeks WT Studies

by zophar in

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if you have been a jw for 20+ years you may remember that the wt went into great detail on different illustrations that jesus used and the "type/anti-type" ridiculous explanations.

remember the revelation book and how those obscure jw conventions of the past pictured big things in heaven and the opening of seals?

anyway, the wt lessons for the next two weeks do two big things for me.

OneFingerSalute

This comment in the WT just in.

Jehovah helps us understand the light getting brighter when we need to know."

So last years lie was just as good as today's "troof". SMH

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Comments at the WT this morning

by OneFingerSalute in

so as i am "listening" to the wt study going on this question was asked.

"how do you feel about refined understanding?".

some of the comments were:.

OneFingerSalute

So as I am "listening" to the WT study going on this question was asked. "How do you FEEL about refined understanding?"

Some of the comments were:

I feel like we can trust everything the governing body tells us now that we know they are the FDS."

"We are sooo fortunate to know who the FDS is. The world doesn't know who they are."

The world doesn't have a clue about the truth."

Next up is the type/anti-type BS.

The WT makes the bragging statement that Jehovah has helped make the FDS more discreet. Funny, the dictionary defines discreet as, "not likely to be seen or noticed by many people." So they made a blatant lie right there!

And who really cares who or what some old goat herder named Naboth was or did?

I apologize, but this is making me physically ill. Maybe more commentary later, if I can stand to do so.

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what reaction have you received when you said 'that .org site is nothing more than tv evangelism' to a jw ?

by sowhatnow in

did they get it?

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do they also not see that they are building 'temples'?

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http://tonyortega.org/2015/01/07/the-new-scientology-ad-running-on-tv-and-maybe-for-the-super-bowl/

This article contains a longer version of the add. The one I saw last night had edited out the content between about :20 seconds in until 1:05 minutes in. Other than a brief Scientology logo at the :20 second mark there was no reference to Scientology until the very end.

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what reaction have you received when you said 'that .org site is nothing more than tv evangelism' to a jw ?

by sowhatnow in

did they get it?

.

do they also not see that they are building 'temples'?

OneFingerSalute

Just last night there was a Scientology advertisement on the TV.

I paused the DVR immediately after the Scientology ID, muted the sound, and then played the remainder of the add. Then I paused the TV and asked, "Isn't it wonderful how Jehovah's Witnesses have begun advertising the jay double u dot org web site on television? Imagine how many can be reached with the good news now."

To a person my company agreed and were very pleased with that add, UNTIL I rewound it and they saw it was Scientology. Then I asked, "What is the difference between what JDubya's are doing and Scientologists?"

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My Last thoughts in Field Service Before the Elderly Man Shat Himself and Pissed his pants in My New Car!

by PokerPlayerPhil in

debating this was going to be the last day in field service was not hard after dealing with a nasty mess because i was grouped with the misfits of the kingdom hall!

i was reading this website on my phone while something started to stink in my car and one of the weird kids nobody wanted to work with yelled "hey, you leaking all over my seat, he was freaked out too!

" the older, retired elder, his pioneer daughter had forgotten to put his depends on and that became my problem.

OneFingerSalute

Some of the things I got to enjoy with my vehicle.

Spilled milk, not told about it, rotten milk smell in the summer. Door panel pulled off when the door was slammed shut. Broken lock for the same reason. Garbage left under the seats, between the seats. Mud tracked in. Never a nickel for gasoline. Cracked window when some idiot used a metal folder to "tap" the window indicating which direction to turn. HI liter writing on the seats by ill behave kids. Broken rear window defroster after bags were all thrown into the rear window deck.

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My Last thoughts in Field Service Before the Elderly Man Shat Himself and Pissed his pants in My New Car!

by PokerPlayerPhil in

debating this was going to be the last day in field service was not hard after dealing with a nasty mess because i was grouped with the misfits of the kingdom hall!

i was reading this website on my phone while something started to stink in my car and one of the weird kids nobody wanted to work with yelled "hey, you leaking all over my seat, he was freaked out too!

" the older, retired elder, his pioneer daughter had forgotten to put his depends on and that became my problem.

OneFingerSalute

@PokerPlayerPhil

It sounds like you may have been in the same vehicle I was.

Older guy gets out in someone's private yard to throw a whiz, and the strain of doing that causes him to shlt his pants. Then we all got to enjoy the odor going back to town from thirty miles out.

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Germany Branch Visit May 10 by Mark Sanderson

by Daniel1555 in

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this saturday is the branch visit of mark sanderson in the selters german bethel.. there will be a video streaming for all the congs.. some of you might have heard branch visit talks of sanderson.. will there be something special or controversial?.

i am not sure if i should attend even if it's just for noting or recording some controversial stuff.

would be hard though, 3 hours of wasted time.

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After loony Lett's hour and a half video plea for MORE MONEY maybe Sanderson should have stayed the heII in New York, instead of spending money to gallivant all over the world!

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May tv.jw.org program

by zophar in

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the may broadcast on tv.jw.org.

we need money!.

http://tv.jw.org/#video/vodstudio/pub-jwb_201505_1_video.

OneFingerSalute

Can anybody hold back from vomiting long enough to share a quote or two...?

This program is historic! The first broadcast was in October 2014. Seven months have flown by. That means each of the governing body members have had the opportunity to host one of our monthly programs. And were now starting over again.

Hmm. . .starting over again? Sounds like he turned on some nu-lite there?

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The Bible Does Not Say - But ...

by berrygerry in

painfully reading an article of may 15, 2015 (extra-simplified edition) and again observed this phraseology: the bible does not say, but .... so, did satan hope to tempt her with the luxurious palaces of pharaoh and abimelech?

did satan think that she would betray her husband and even jehovah by marrying one of those kings?

the bible does not say, but it is very likely that the devil would have been overjoyed if sarah had lost the opportunity to become part of the messiahs family line.. .

OneFingerSalute

I was always told that when someone uses the word "but", as in "The Bible doesn't say, BUT. . .", that that is exactly what they are going to make of themselves.

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Today's Watchtower Study, from Feb 15th " Jehovah Guides......."

by BluesBrother in

not a full critique but some points astounded me .

after decades of hearing them say how terrible the "critical times" are that we live in today.

i now hear :.

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@ Doctor Who

I made an almost identical comment. I stated that, "Only a few short years ago we enjoyed a soliloquy at our circuit assembly that forcefully drove home the point that it is materialistic to purchase the latest electronic device, and the waste of time spent learning how to effectively use them that could otherwise be spent in the preaching work. And how dangerous the internet is, likening it to a backyard full of rattlesnakes, and both being distracting tools of Satan. Now Jehovah's Witnesses have fully embraced those very tools."

Same thing here. Heads bobbing like bobble-head dolls and shlt-eating grins.