Posts by iwantoutnow

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Yesterday's Watchtower Study (from October issue) "Stay Faithful Through the Gt. Tribulation"

by BluesBrother in

this article has all the trappings of wts apocalyptic theology, doom and destruction for "the world" salvation into paradise for the faithful .a schedule of future events is described thus :.

1) a worldwide proclamation of peace and security.

2) the destruction of "babylon the great"......it confidently names the characters from this visionary biblical reference, without any supporting reasons.. 3)the nations will then , as gog of magog , attack the wts and the members .

iwantoutnow

we may well deliver a message as hard-hitting as hailstones

Is that the message people will be getting at the CARTS parked in Malls, Boardwalks, National Parks, and Street Corners?

Will it be hard Hitting Posters on top of the literature shelf saying "the end is near" or "Is it later than you think"?

Is eliminating the "school" and anything that might resemble teaching people to speak on their own and not just show a video the way the will be giving this message?

Or does this mean, handing out tracts?

Will we use the same methods we have used for over a hundred years to accomplish our ministry?

Yes I remember Jesus standing outside the synagogue at a table with his scrolls waiting for someone to come up and ask a question.

WHAT UTTER BS.

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Greta Thunberg...what’s your view of her?

by minimus in

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she certainly is passionate about climate change.

🤔.

iwantoutnow

Tell you all you need to know about the odious man in orange that he would attack a child who is just speaking out about a completely obvious existential threat to our civilization.

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'Experiences(tm)'! Made up or totally true??

by punkofnice in

at one assembly(tm), i was asked to relate an 'experience(tm)' which i did.

however, during rehearsals, the geezer in charge elder or co or some such title, told me that i shouldn't tell it the way it was.

i did a 're-enactment(tm)' with another 'brother(tm)'.

iwantoutnow

Muddy Waters -

My spiritual “high” of being “invited” to be on an assembly part

That is part of the strategy in general.

I knew the WT was a cult, and that the bible is crap, but I was giving the top DC talks, elders school talks, the Memorials, Funeral, yada yada yada.

Being a great motivational speaker (though I completely morphed my talks to be about love as much as possible), kept me in longer than I should have been.

It's like Crack, you get hooked, and kept in line to do what ever the WT asks.

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'Experiences(tm)'! Made up or totally true??

by punkofnice in

at one assembly(tm), i was asked to relate an 'experience(tm)' which i did.

however, during rehearsals, the geezer in charge elder or co or some such title, told me that i shouldn't tell it the way it was.

i did a 're-enactment(tm)' with another 'brother(tm)'.

iwantoutnow

OMG!!!!!

How many times did we hear "a friend of a friend" has this occasion happen to them where a JW woman called on a rapists door but he left her alone because he (allegedly) saw "two big men standing with her" who were "obviously" angels?

MY FATHERINLAW ELDER told this OVER AND OVER!

I would ask him - so how did the sisters find out he was a Rapist?

And did the Rapist tell the Police - oh there were these 2 women at my door but I DID NOT Rape them cuz there were 2 men next to them?

Did the Rapist confess to OTHER things he NEVER DID?

"Oh officer one day I went to the bank and I did not Rob it because the money was in a safe"

SO FUCKING INSANE!!!!

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'Experiences(tm)'! Made up or totally true??

by punkofnice in

at one assembly(tm), i was asked to relate an 'experience(tm)' which i did.

however, during rehearsals, the geezer in charge elder or co or some such title, told me that i shouldn't tell it the way it was.

i did a 're-enactment(tm)' with another 'brother(tm)'.

iwantoutnow

punkofnice- it actually NEVER HAPPENED.

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'Experiences(tm)'! Made up or totally true??

by punkofnice in

at one assembly(tm), i was asked to relate an 'experience(tm)' which i did.

however, during rehearsals, the geezer in charge elder or co or some such title, told me that i shouldn't tell it the way it was.

i did a 're-enactment(tm)' with another 'brother(tm)'.

iwantoutnow

How about how Johnny Carson had John Denver on who said something bad about JWs and then Carson said you dont like JWs - well my camera man is one, and this guy is one and this guy is one, and told Denver to leave.

What do you expect I guess when you grow up believing in a bad fairytale and the power of the GB.

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Mathematical Challenges to Darwinism

by Sea Breeze in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=678&v=noj4phmt9oe&feature=emb_logo.

these scientists all seem to agree that the traditional view darwinism cannot possibly be true.

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iwantoutnow

How do you say it - TotalBullshit.

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'Experiences(tm)'! Made up or totally true??

by punkofnice in

at one assembly(tm), i was asked to relate an 'experience(tm)' which i did.

however, during rehearsals, the geezer in charge elder or co or some such title, told me that i shouldn't tell it the way it was.

i did a 're-enactment(tm)' with another 'brother(tm)'.

iwantoutnow

Every hear the one about a Kid skipping a evening meeting playing sick - and instead went out (to do something unchristian of course) and then getting into a car accident.

He hit his parents car - and depending on who tells it - the kid dies - or the parents do.

See you should always go to meetings.

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'Experiences(tm)'! Made up or totally true??

by punkofnice in

at one assembly(tm), i was asked to relate an 'experience(tm)' which i did.

however, during rehearsals, the geezer in charge elder or co or some such title, told me that i shouldn't tell it the way it was.

i did a 're-enactment(tm)' with another 'brother(tm)'.

iwantoutnow

MY "Experience" BS Detector woke up before I did.

I know of MANY assembly and yearbook experiences that were ALL BS.

I even experienced it myself.

I have given many District Assembly Talks, and my last one had an interview about "coming into the truth" (i cringe using that word.

So I had someone I studied with who had a "great" experience that fit perfectly into the instructions.

I had to send the CO the experience as it would be spoken for pre approval. (there was a rehearsal snafu).

The CO called me up and ordered me to make changes to this person's REAL experience.

He wanted things cut out and things added, and I was told, this is the way it needs to be.

The "brother" was so saddened when I told him. I let him know if he didnt want to do it, it was fine with me.

He wound up doing up, but on Stage with 4K people watching, he was as animated and excited as a stalk of celery. And I didnt blame him one bit.

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Not training speakers/teachers any more?

by eyeslice2 in

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not having attended any meetings since about 2001, for reasons of safety (sounds a bit dramatic but i don't like my wife being out on her own late at night where we live now), i have started accompanying her to the mid-week meeting.. when i was young, the ministry school and service meeting were central to training brothers to take the lead.

you were assigned instruction talks, then if you cut it, you moved pretty rapidly to public talks - a full 55 mins at the time.

i was just 18 years old when i gave my first public talk and this was a first step to moving rapidly through the ranks.

iwantoutnow

Iownmylife - that was not the experience in any hall I went to.

Sisters did the bulk of the answering.

Elders would always be talking about how to get brothers to answer more, including Elders.

The sisters walk a fine line between getting in trouble for not answering enough, or at all, and getting in trouble for answering too much.