Posts by NotFormer

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HER HANDBAG TOLD HER TO STOP PREACHING

by raymond frantz in

https://youtu.be/qzpj3kzgidi?si=x1xazpqmed1zq5h2.

ah, yes, another shining example of the watchtower’s *unmatched* commitment to rational thought.

forget logic, science, or even basic common sense—just blame that suspiciously cursed handbag for all your troubles!

NotFormer

Dammit Vidiot! Now I'm going to have the backpack's song going through my head for the rest of the day! 😱🙄

(I liked that song better than the map's)

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Depression and big pharma drugs

by Anonymous666 in

i'm going to drop a bomb shell here for all you who think you know something about depression.

most depression cases are being cause by the food and drug administration.

they are putting things in certain foods that they know will affect certain people especially those who have gluten problems.

This is a new and unfamiliar game: if lithium carbonate is associated with the treatment of a mental disease, then metallic lithium (presumably alloyed with other metals) in electronics can be used to trigger some sort of EMT frying of a bipolar patient's nervous system. 😱🙄

But the game is severely limited to one element. Why stop with lithium? Potassium can be quite dangerous in its elemental form and in potassium cyanide, it's quite deadly! Do we stop making biodiesel because potassium hydroxide is used in its manufacture?

But seriously, the op is clearly having a lend, parodying how conspiracy theorists come to their conclusions.

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New York Yankees receive NEW LIGHT!

by nowwhat? in

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NotFormer

"A source close to the situation said players became increasingly frustrated that even the Jehovah's witnesses could now have beards and they couldn't"

Not being able to find a link to the original article, I'm seriously hoping that this was just you with your tongue firmly planted in your cheek and not an actual quote

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HER HANDBAG TOLD HER TO STOP PREACHING

by raymond frantz in

https://youtu.be/qzpj3kzgidi?si=x1xazpqmed1zq5h2.

ah, yes, another shining example of the watchtower’s *unmatched* commitment to rational thought.

forget logic, science, or even basic common sense—just blame that suspiciously cursed handbag for all your troubles!

NotFormer

I had a little old JW lady tell me that she had bought a framed Bible verse which was doctrinally innocuous from a thrift shop and hung it on her wall. She felt that her house was under some sort of demonic oppression until she threw the offending object away.

15

Old WT books

by Biahi in

so, here i am going through boxes and boxes of old wt literature.

i’m stacking it up from 1940’s to 1990’s.

i also have quite a few gems, like one 1917 studies in the scriptures.

NotFormer

"Apparently some people must buy it out of nostalgia believe it or not!"

Sounds like pining for the years when the school bully kicked your butt. 😱

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February 2025 Letters to the Elders Announcements/Reminders

by blondie in

jw
friends

i have finally sat down and read this letter.

i won't recreate the letter here, but if someone wants to share the link here, please do.. announcements and reminders.

february 2025. for elders.

NotFormer

"School for Kingdom Evangelizers (new term to me)"

They're always doing this. John the Baptist becomes John the Baptiser. Evangelists become evangelisers. What's next: communists become communisers? Atheists become atheisers?

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When JW's say they are 'In the truth'...

by Ron.W. in

where did this phrase 'in the truth' come from?.

it's been around as long as i can remember.

is it from the time they were promoting 'the truth shall make you free' book back in 1943?

NotFormer

I seem to recall the Christadelphians referring to their beliefs as "the truth".

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serena williams

by FreeFallin in

not really a scandal, but serena williams doing the crip walk on national tv wtf .

NotFormer

"The disfellowshipping arrangement is still in place, the 2 witness rule is still in place, social control is still a thing"

The HLCs still exist, so no sign of blood becoming "a conscience matter" either.

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JW Lawyer in Norway uses "theocratic warfare" to conceal the org's controlling language!

by BoogerMan in

in the org's vocabulary, the term "independent thinking" is applied pejoratively to any jw who thinks & reasons for themselves.

the org's lawyer knew exactly what he was doing in court when he voiced his carefully prepared words:.

"watchtowers lawyer anders ryssdal compares jehovah’s witnesses’ baptism to the norwegian state church’s confirmation of 15-year-olds, arguing that their baptism is no different.

NotFormer

"Membership is open to everyone, and anyone can leave. "

That's bullshit and they know it. "Everyone" can't just be baptised; a rigorous process must be followed. "Anyone" can leave, if they're prepared to be ostracised by family and their former social circle. Which is precisely the problem the various governments are starting to have with the WT. Can these blokes even lie straight in bed?

"Ryssdal claims that if children are baptized too early, it is the parents’ fault - not Jehovah’s Witnesses."

Nothing to stop the WT from requiring the very important decision to be baptised as a JW to only be allowed once someone reaches their majority.

Comparing JW baptism to confirmation is ludicrous. The Norwegian state church doesn't disfellowship and ostracise people who leave or try to fade.

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Just because Jehovah had to prove His Right To Rule? I don't think so!

by liam in

we get old because jehovah had to prove to all the angels that his way of ruling was the best?

that's the sorriest argument the watchtower has come up with.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/11hz_jqjkjo.

NotFormer

I'm completely in the dark as to context. Has there been a recent WT article saying something stupid about aging?