Posts by OneFingerSalute

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Watchtower crackdown on anointed expansion - are they reaching for a solution to the expanding numbers problem?

by slimboyfat in

if this has been discussed i missed it.

i think the january study watchtower is a concerted attempt to reduce the numbers claiming to be anointed.

but i love the sneaky way they go about it this time.

OneFingerSalute

Why is it that this "anointing process" (nice pick up on that term, prologos) has never been described by those who have gone through it?

According to one goofball I knew in the late seventies early eighties, who came from Nigeria it was an angel of fire that appeared to him in a vision amidst many flashes of lightning and thunderclaps that touched him with a scepter of pure white diamonds and specifically told him he was anointed and to start partaking.

I am sure it was that same angel that told him to repeatedly plunge his newborn baby into a tub of ice water whenever it cried, and that he should have many, many sexual partners other than his wife and impregnate them too.

What a f--king loon!

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Watchtower crackdown on anointed expansion - are they reaching for a solution to the expanding numbers problem?

by slimboyfat in

if this has been discussed i missed it.

i think the january study watchtower is a concerted attempt to reduce the numbers claiming to be anointed.

but i love the sneaky way they go about it this time.

OneFingerSalute

Jehovah’s spirit works with equal force in those who have the hope of living forever on earth.

This statement is one that is worthy of saving. If asked abut the self-proclaimed importance and specialness of the gibbering body one can pull out their own words and throw back in their face.

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The really cool feeling of community within JWs

by Phaedra in

i remember going out with other jws after the memorial.. small gatherings.. picnics at some local landmark.. the feeling of closeness, camaraderie, friendship with like minded people you could trust.. haven't experienced it since i left.. really miss that..

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JDubya's have a great sense of community. . .however the camaraderie that used to exist in some locations has all but ceased thanks to the insane, idiotic rules about gatherings subtly promoted over the last couple decades by the gibbering body.

Philippians 4: 8 has become one of the most unacknowledged, perhaps even reviled scriptures in the J Dubya arsenal of personal attacks and control. IMO.

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2015-10-26 BOE Re: Video Equipment in Kingdom Halls

by wifibandit in

pdf.

the date of the letter is october but it was just released today, 2015-12-22..

OneFingerSalute

Locally the congregation voted to spend one thousand dollars for a KH computer. Then just a few months later were quilted into basically sh-t canning it (sold it to a brother) for pennies on the dollar so they could buy the latest, greatest, shiniest new gadget to show their 1984 governing body TV videos. Now they are agitating to get rid of that and "upgrade".

Meanwhile the monthly account report shows the congregation cash flow is in the red by about 30% every month, and local needs keeps yammering on about "give more". . .!!

I give nothing anymore.

Probably talking about money(about giving Jah, valuable things)

Just last night, again, as a matter of fact.

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Peer presure to use Ipad

by Gorbatchov in

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earlier this season i advised my retired father to ignore the use of a tablet during his kingdom hall congregational visits.

his response was hopefull, but between the lines i could hear he had no choice.. yesterday he showed me his new 600 euro 64 gb ipad air 2. he had no clue what he has to do with it, he told me one of the elders will install the jw.org apps.. so, i feel he had to deal with presure to buy this ipad and i think he is not the only one.. do you recognize this?.

gorby.

OneFingerSalute

And of course the slot for recording video showings in field serve us on the monthly lie sheet will definitely indicate who is "spiritual".

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What was your ''the last straw that broke the camels back'' moment

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

there is a limit to how much straw (long yellow grass) a camel can carry on its back.

if you keep putting more straw on top, it will finally break the camel's back.

when you are at the last straw you are finally angry and will not take any more.. my moment (to stop attending all watchtower meetings) was after the harsh treatment from the elders and fellow congregation members of my second cousin who was disfellowhipped as a teenager.

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Final Straw? It's a toss up between the fellow who made BIG contributions to the local KH and all the while he was embezzling from his business, withholding pay from his employees, evading taxes, getting drunk several times a week, cheating on both his first and second witness wives with "worldly" women, and was appointed a MS than an elder.

Or it could be the unloving, belittling, vengeful way my elderly frail parents are currently being treated I their congregation.

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Warwick project "ahead of schedule?"

by stillin in

this is what a brother said at the meeting today.

he has been working there as a volunteer.

but my impression was that the toxic waste debacle set the project back seriously.

OneFingerSalute

@stillin

Sounds like we could have been at the same KH today. Same comment made where I was.

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Blatant Lie, or Unwitting Contradiction?

by OneFingerSalute in

just a comment here about the idiocy of this mornings wt.. in one paragraph that was yapping about faith and prayer the writers made the statement that faith could be shown by praying for material things, not just spiritual things.

they used the "give us this day our daily bread" quote.. a couple paragraphs later they said prayers are only answered if they were in harmony with god's will.. so i guess it is god's will that my frail very elderly parents are virtually ignored by the congregation they are in.

i guess it is god's will that after over 135 years combined time in duh troof between them they are kicked to the curb, accused of being selfish, unloving and they are laughed at and ridiculed by the eldurrs, the eldurrs families, and sheeple in general because of the frailties of old age.. they (that congregation) will be damned by god for their cruelty..

OneFingerSalute

Just a comment here about the idiocy of this mornings WT.

In one paragraph that was yapping about faith and prayer the writers made the statement that faith could be shown by praying for material things, not just spiritual things. They used the "give us this day our daily bread" quote.

A couple paragraphs later they said prayers are only answered if they were in harmony with God's will.

So I guess it is God's will that my frail very elderly parents are virtually ignored by the congregation they are in. I guess it is God's will that after over 135 years combined time in duh troof between them they are kicked to the curb, accused of being selfish, unloving and they are laughed at and ridiculed by the eldurrs, the eldurrs families, and sheeple in general because of the frailties of old age.

They (that congregation) will be damned by God for their cruelty.

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Changes to reporting

by Formerbrother in

so it seems placing literature is not so important anymore, now that we live in a digital age.. we are being pushed to show videos instead.

this is the new reporting from next month, just hrs and any literature placed in one box and then how many videos you showed in another box.. bib changes for sure..

OneFingerSalute

"Just another way to measure ones "spirituality." "

That is true. A not so subtle way to force the sheeple to buy the latest electronic gadget and follow orders.

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Give us more faith WT

by Formerbrother in

what a picture in this sundays wter.

the go bag is there and they have to turn all the lights out and have their meeting in secret.. .

in our congregation we are really being pushed hard to get your go bags in order for every member of the congregation, with at least 3-5 days food and water.. .

OneFingerSalute

I noticed the photo also. They have "evidently" blocked themselves into the room. Notice the difference in block where a door used to be?

Oh well their provisions in the "go bags" will last a few days, then they can eat each other.

I wonder though where their tablets are? What happened to jay double u dot org? What happened to the jay double u governing body TV?