Posts by NotFormer

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Shunning--newest directive
by stan livedeath in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
so just what is the latest directive on shunning?.

asking for a family member.
NotFormer

"Disfellowshipping"". They called it scriptural. But it's nowhere found in the bible. "" That word ""disfellowship"" has been removed from JWBORG's vocabulary in light of what happened in Norway recently."
You got me thinking. Did the WT coin the term themselves? Just as they couldn't use normal church terminology like "pulpit", "bulletin board" and "communion", they couldn't very well use "ex-communicate".
According to the OED, the first recorded occurrence of the word is in the Troy (N.Y.) Watchman newspaper, in 1831. That in itself is interesting. The Watchman seems to have been an anti masonic publication. I wonder if further digging would find any familial relationship or line of descent between the Watchman and the Watchtower. Not very likely, but I find it very interesting, nonetheless.
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JW BORG does not have clergy-laity like Christendom! 😄
by BoogerMan in
1. watchtower
2. bible
(because they told us so in a wt!.

w71 6/1 p. 330 par.

10 - "another reason why many feel there is no place for them in the service of god is due to the clergy-laity distinction that is fostered in the churches.
NotFormer

There's no precedent for MS, CO, DO, Pioneer, etc. and no precedent for counting hours, but you'll find that all in the customs and practices, past and present, of JWs.
The arrogance and hypocrisy of the powers that be at Bethel is breathtaking.
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JW BORG does not have clergy-laity like Christendom! 😄
by BoogerMan in
1. watchtower
2. bible
(because they told us so in a wt!.

w71 6/1 p. 330 par.

10 - "another reason why many feel there is no place for them in the service of god is due to the clergy-laity distinction that is fostered in the churches.
NotFormer

"...many feel there is no place for them in the service of God ...due to the clergy-laity distinction that is fostered in the churches."
Conversely, I never felt that there was place for me in the service of their god*, because I'm not a door to door salesman, by trade or by nature, and that was the only role they ever offered me.
* Jehovah, the 13th century scribal error.
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You need to marry a ministerial Servant!
by John Aquila in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a single sister in her 40s and her two single daughters were visiting my mom.

i would say her daughters are in their early 20s.

my mom got sleepy and we put her to bed but the three sisters stayed to finish their drinks..
NotFormer

"Oh yes, young sisters, find a Ministerial Servant with a shit job, no ambition, and no sense of decency or loyalty, and marry him. What could possibly be better in Jehovah Organization?"
WT, keeping the standards high, ever since the Rutherford era. 🙄
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Norway didn't fall for it
by Jalisco in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
la norvegia non è caduta nella trappola della torre di guardia di agosto.. https://files.accessjw.org/s/sdzfgcgk4bi48jb.
NotFormer

"I've been wondering..
"There will be more strange WT studies coming up in the next few months. Strange to the PIMIs that is."
Time to keep an eye on the Watchtower issues.
Watchtower Watchers: Assemble!! 🦸🧟🧙🧝🕵️
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Norway didn't fall for it
by Jalisco in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
la norvegia non è caduta nella trappola della torre di guardia di agosto.. https://files.accessjw.org/s/sdzfgcgk4bi48jb.
NotFormer

"But my tie matches your flag?!?!?
"Kiss the ass lest Norway be angry and the funds perish in the way!"
NGL, I like the tie. It has the "old school tie" feel to it.
All those years of reading the Awake! has given him the right to wear a tie equivalent to his equivalent college education. 🙄🤮
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Did Tony Morris Get Sideways with His Bros.?
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
interesting video connects the dots.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3ff1ibybfe4&t=205s&pp=2ahnazacaq%3d%3d.
NotFormer

I still find it amusing* and ironic that we are using their new buzz word "removed" to refer to Tony's status.
* I may be old, but I never made any claims about attaining maturity 🙄
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What is Your Favorite WT Lie?
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i would like to start a thread on lies that the watchtower and their reps have told.

surely we all have one or two that truly sticks out in our memories, no matter how much we would like to forget.

my favorite wt lie: the reason they don't want to release the name of the "scholars" who worked on the new world translation is because they do not want to accept "glory and honor" from others.
NotFormer

"We are a spiritual paradise".
"Free Bible Course"
Anything said about protecting children from abuse.
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Did Tony Morris Get Sideways with His Bros.?
by Sea Breeze in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
interesting video connects the dots.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3ff1ibybfe4&t=205s&pp=2ahnazacaq%3d%3d.
NotFormer

"It's amusing if the GB have contrived to bring about the worst of all worlds for themselves where they have failed to convince governments that their policy on shunning has actually changed (because technically it hasn’t) but ordinary JWs have perceived the new wording as permission to end shunning if they wish."
GB: No, wait! You weren't actually supposed to adopt our "official" stance and show kindness and compassion! 😱
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The case from Denmark - setttled in The European Court
by AndersonsInfo in
1. watchtower
2. medical
beninu andersen.

denmark.

i am not aware of how many of you are familiar with the danish case of a jehovah's witness who was hospitalized after a tragic accident where he fell several floors from a scaffolding where he was working.. the patient was admitted to the intensive care unit and was conscious (albeit somewhat confused) for the first three weeks.
NotFormer

"Jeezus, it seems like every fight they pick these days makes ‘em look worse."
'Tis your good self who often posits that picking unnecessary fights, stirring up unnecessary trouble and getting a black eye accordingly, doesn't give you the right to claim "persecution".