Posts by Betheliesalot

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Explanation please on the change of the term "worldly"

by careful in

i've picked up from several replies to posts here that the org has stopped using the term "worldly" as it applies to people.

this must have happened after i left.

would someone be so kind as to explain the "rationale" behind this shift?

Betheliesalot

"Paradise, don't miss it for the world"

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Signing Away Your Hard Earned Cash

by Disassociated Lady 2 in

reading the meeting workbook study for this week to see what my family will be reading at their meeting, once again they are asking for members for generous gifts not only from money they earn but also part of any investments they may have and making future arrangements for them to inherit after death through their wills.

take a look at the lower part of the page on this link, its awful!

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20151115/donations-worldwide-work/.

Betheliesalot

I was surprised to see one of their bullet points was a Rewards Program!. Upon clicking on it , it was for those with a lot of frequent flyer points or other rewards program to convert them to cards and send them in. This just seems so bottom of the barrel begging, but must be a way for paycheck to paycheck people to find some way to give it all away so they can slip into paradise.

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The wonder of scientific research

by amicabl in

this has possibly been brought up before however here goes.. constant reference is made by many posters to scientific research as being the only way to prove something factual that would otherwise have to be taken on faith.

there actually seems to be "faith" in scientific findings.. my experience over many years is that most scientific research is fake.

nothing oftencomes of the big announcements made to raise more money.. money, prestige, pride, human error, suppositions etc., are rife amongst the scientific community.. i realise that there have been many advances over hundreds of years but humankind is in a mess, although very different to even a century ago.. the medical profession now has vaccinations for everything, antiviral drugs etc.

Betheliesalot

Interesting Amicabl to bring up this topic and today on the news is the publication of a 8 year study by a Dr Sam Parnia called The Aware Study about Near Death Experiences. I pasted just two of many news stories released today, and kind of hope they are true, but remain skeptical from all the past studies that promote just one side of this story.

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2014/10/07-worlds-largest-near-death-experiences-study.page

https://www.today.com/health/near-death-experiences-may-provide-clues-about-afterlife-t105985

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Things I Cant Stand Since Leaving Watchtower

by pale.emperor in

what a breath a fresh air to be free of watchtower.

now i can finally rant about the things i put up with that i'd never put up with now.. in no particular order:.

little kids in suits.

Betheliesalot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIDk1E9cntI

These new videos they are now making are just so wrong, but if you are drinking their kool aid, you just can't get enough. I can totally see Warwick becoming the next Jonestown.

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Things I Cant Stand Since Leaving Watchtower

by pale.emperor in

what a breath a fresh air to be free of watchtower.

now i can finally rant about the things i put up with that i'd never put up with now.. in no particular order:.

little kids in suits.

Betheliesalot

An Uber Elder,s wife and sons that from her seat, she directs the sickening songs as if she were a Lawrence Welk type, and shaking her head up and down to every statement from the platform, as if she were a bobble head. So pious and condescending. Very similar to watching Jimmy Swaggart singers on tv and as the hold their hands waving to the ceiling, it is just so phony.

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Hypocrisy in tomorrow's WatchTower study

by Isambard Crater in

paragraph 15 says.... 15 besides abusive speech, the practice of lying is also a trait of the old personality.

for example, it is common for people to lie on tax returns or to lie to avoid taking responsibility for their sins.

by contrast, jehovah is “the god of truth.” (ps.

Betheliesalot

Ever seen an ugly as sin baby and you have to lie to say what a pretty baby. Everyone lies at one time or another.

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The Change

by Counter-Watchtower in

the change has begun.

my jw friends that came to my house months ago finally have figured out i am in no way going to become a jw (how it took them that long i have no idea).

now the change to them wanting to have nothing to do with me has begun.

Betheliesalot

Ask them if they believe in Flying, like Im going to the airport to fly away to Spain, or Im flying tomorrow to Japan. Then ask them to read Psalms 90:10 and explain "fly away". Just another toe stumper.

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Just woke up turn TV on to hear yet another nut case with a gun.

by Still Totally ADD in

jw
friends

first they said 20 dead with 100 injured.

now i just heard 50 dead and 200 injured.

whatever it is it just another nut case who was able to get a high power gun to kill people.

Betheliesalot

https://www.naturalnews.com/2017-10-04-breaking-law-enforcement-says-las-vegas-shooter-did-not-act-alone-new-details.html#

I saw a news clip on CNN a few days back that showed Sheriff Clarke state that he believed the shooter did not act alone.

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Explain the annual meeting please

by carla in

can someone please explain the annual meeting to me?

it takes place tomorrow from what i gather.

does this mean they still do fs in the morning?

Betheliesalot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTL2wWocteI The first minute almost made me throw up. How can anybody take these clowns seriously.

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October 1, 1914 -- October 1, 2017

by Alfred in

“october 1, 1914, on taking his place at the breakfast table in the brooklyn bethel dining-room, he in a strong voice denoting conviction announced: “the gentile times have ended!” “ – watchtower july 15, 1950 page 216 paragraph 1. .

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Betheliesalot

A fool, worse than the shooter in Vegas, in lives lost