Posts by biometrics

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New World Order Connection

by marriedtoajw in

jw
friends

i've heard and read so much conflicting information.

never been a jw and i have only been to a couple of meetings years ago.

what is the watchtowers teaching regarding the "new world order" as you guys were taught?.

biometrics

My 2 cents worth:

1. The Watchtower was founded by freemasons (see CTR's memorial, early literature) even the CD-ROM mentions having meetings in masonic halls.

2. They have "New Word", or "New Order" on just about everything. Hitler also used the term "New Order".

3. NWO theories point toward a one world government. Watchtower theory points toward a one world government under Christ.

4. NWO theories believe a cashless society will be here soon. Many Christians believe a cashless society is/could be the "Mark" in Rev 13 if certain aspects match Rev 13. It's obvious that a cashless society will be here within 10-20 years, if not sooner. The Watchtower denies the "mark" is anything literal, rather they claim the "mark" is symbolic and has been here since the early 1900s.

5. Not sure if it's related but there's creepy satanic subliminal drawings in Watchtower literature.

Some have theorized the GB is controlled by masons?

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Anybody here vegan?

by Dagney in

jw
friends

i've been considering it for awhile strictly for just general overall health.

i don't take any meds, and would like to keep it that way for as long as i can.

i am a "all things in moderation " type of person but the more i read about excluding dairy and meat, the more i think about doing it.

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My whole family is almost vegan, and have at times been fully vegan. It all started with my son's dairy intolerance, and then my wife's type two diabetes. We eliminated dairy first, then gradually went off meat, which was a big thing for us. I used to eat bacon and eggs for breakfast, some type of meat for lunch, and steak or roast for dinner. Typically we’d have two meals of meat per day.

The only thing that's not vegan in our diet is eggs 2-3 times per week, and fish about once per week.

Since being (mostly) vegan, I've lost over 27 lb without feeling hungry, have more energy, have normal blood pressure and cholesterol. My wife’s diabetes is completely gone.

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What movie best decribes your sex life rite now??????

by karter in

gone in 60 secounds..

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Never Ending Story

lol @ "The Hand" - At least it wasn't Edward Scissor Hands

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Be Honest---Describe your most prevalent feeling as a witness in ONE WORD!

by MsGrowingGirl20 in

lets's go!!.

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suffocating.

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subliminal

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F&DS reducing occurrences of JESUS in revised New World Translation

by wannabefree in

after much prayerful consideration, responsible representatives of the "faithful and discreet slave" class have decided to reduce the number of times that the name jesus appears in the main text of the new world translation of the holy scriptures (greek scriptures) from 919 to 79.. the reason for this change is one of the same reasons recently given for the new songbook.

as you may recall, the songbook "sing praises to jehovah" had about half of the songs with jesus as the theme.

in the new songbook, "sing to jehovah", we felt it appropriate for jehovah to be exalted more than jesus so the songbook reflects that balanced view by having 2/3 of the songs praising jehovah and 1/3 to jesus.. the translation committee for the new world translation of the holy scriptures found it appropriate to restore the divine name "jehovah" 237 times in the main text of the christian greek scriptures, this is very disproportionate from the number of times the name "jesus"occurs, which is 919 times in the main text.

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@tornapart

Which song numbers praise F&DS? I haven't acutally read/sung any songs from the new song book.

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In Love with a JW but he dumped me

by Ranavalona in

so i just broke up with my jw boyfriend of over two years, nearly three.

when i met him he was disfellowshipped and i didn't find out he was a jehovah's witness unitl 4 months into the relationship.

six month into he was reinstated with the caution of getting rid of me, but he didnt.

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My brother married a girl who got pregnant to a JW when she was 16. She kept the child and raised him by herself. The JW father never wanted to see or have anything to do with his own son, and never paid child support.

Now the father is a MS or something higher in the JWs. His son wrote him a heartfelt letter to get in contact, he replied saying he's not interested in meeting him. He's too worried that it would affect his position in the congregation. Despite the fact his son is now a JW too!

The point being if the JWs can make a father so cold hearted toward his own son, what chance does a 'Worldy' girlfriend have?

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What do you think about this?

by OneDayillBeFree in

there's so much going on in my life right now but i'll be posting more about that later.. .

to get straight to the point (i'm actually in the meeting right now) my mother has been very depressed about a lot of things lately.

she is a regular pioneer and is a jw who many think is happy but she's a good faker and knows all to well how to put on a fake smile to cover up her true feelings.

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Your mum probably has doubts, a lot do after the 1914 generation thing.

I suspect your mum genuinely wants the best for you and your future. I doubt it's a trick.

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Funny story! I guess that settles it.

by BreathoftheIndianNose in

jw
friends

so about 2 years ago i decided to put an end once and for all to the myth about jw's being a cult.

if i could prove it to myself that we weren't, i could prove it to those annoying people at the doors who say jws are a cult as well.

it was really hard to find a deffenition that proved that we weren't a cult.

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Welcome. And what was the definition of cult you read to your mum?

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Memorial - Why do i keep going?

by maisha in

every year i attend, missing only 5 in 50 years.. i do not attend meetings nor active in anyway, my family shun me,(all devote believers) but i do feel drawn to attend each year.

i am out for sure, but i no longer have faith, or a belief in any religous body as being approved by god.. i am so screwed up now i not sure if i believe in a creator!, let alone who or what that may be.. i was born into the truth, married into the truth and my ex is devote.. i could never return to the cult now seeing it for what it is.. i served, donated, slaved for years happy to do so as has all my family.. i went out of my way to get df, sort of a wanting to die act, of rejecting the society.. i used to sit in a movie in my youth and think, wow i am so lucky, all these people are going to die and i will live forever.. even just typing this gives release to my emotions,, lol,,, yea i have many emotions,,, many regrets, basically the organisation i followed and the instructions destroyed my life in every possible way.. the power plays that i witnessed within are what first woke me up,,,at first i let it go, forgiving those involved as brothers do.

but again and again power and position is and was the thing to have, you got the power you got everything.

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If there's one meeting you should never miss, it's the memorial. As a JW that's something you're conditioned to think.

For some strange reason I felt guilty for not going the first few times.

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CRAZINESS!!! I'M BEING 'MARKED' FOR GOING TO COLLEGE!!!

by MsGrowingGirl20 in

ohmygosh!!!

one of my friends who is a ms told me today that the elders have 'marked' me because i'm a reg.pioneer and i've decided to go to college next semester???!

he said he can't tell me anymore but to be careful---what the hell does 'mark' mean?

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I think I got marked when I asked two elders "Come on, do you really believe everything they [the Governing Body] tell you?".