Betheliesalot

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  How Would You Help A JW. Recognize They Do Not Have The Truth?

  by minimus in

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  every witness says they are “ in the truth”.

  that expression implies that what they say is the “truth “.

  how could you help a witness understand that they clearly do not have “the truth “?.

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  Betheliesalot

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4mB_OwTpQ

  I tend to let media tell them, by having ready some of these videos on demand from youtube to show them. Also on discovery ID channel there have been a few hour length shows particularly the one with Remy Maple and sex abuse with children and watch them squirm. Usually they try to switch the subject to "catholics are worse" or "that is a sign of the end" comment. I learned you just can't win. the saying runs true, "someone convinced against his will, is of the same opinion still."
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  Discontinue unproductive bible study - jw broadcasting

  by Gorbatchov in

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  https://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-ism_2_video.

  interesting video explaining how to end a bible study.. watch the kind of uber behaviour of the witnesses: make a choice or we leave.... so hard, so not christian.

  no love for the person.. g..

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  Betheliesalot

  I remember when I use to study, the elder would come over in the evening and if there was a ball game on, I would have it on and start with an adult beverage and walla, there goes the study down the drain. He would try to bring up a bible point , maybe how exercising is beneficial for a little, but that was it, till it was time for him to go. I bet he counted all that time too.
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  Discontinue unproductive bible study - jw broadcasting

  by Gorbatchov in

  1. jw
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  https://tv.jw.org/#en/mediaitems/latestvideos/pub-ism_2_video.

  interesting video explaining how to end a bible study.. watch the kind of uber behaviour of the witnesses: make a choice or we leave.... so hard, so not christian.

  no love for the person.. g..

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  Betheliesalot

  Also I think that some studies are just nice and polite people who do not want to be blunt and tell the witness that they think they are off center and wish there was some way to get out of this routine politely. I will bet that once the student is told they are not coming back every week, inside they are secretly screaming, "yes!" Just like when you get out of a contract that you never liked anyway.
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  You might have been a JW if...

  by Incognigo Montoya in

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  ... unlike the rest of humanity, you looked forward to mondays because it was a day off from a meeting..

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  Betheliesalot

  You use your vacation time to waste it in prime summertime to sweat in a suit and spend 3 days at a convention of like minded robots.
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  Another Repetitive JW Public Talk: What's the Kingdom Doing For Us Now?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this young fool (who is probably a born-in ) is no older than 35 years of age.

  i started attending meetings before he was even born.

  little does he know that you and i and millions of others have listened to this same themed talk, ''what's the kingdom doing for us now,'' in 1972. .

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  Betheliesalot

  Very similar to time share presentations, a repeat of same old benefits to newly recruited buyers who are unaware of prior gullible individuals who paid way too much for something they could get on e bay for $1. They are successful only because there is a constant flow of uneducated buyers . BTW there are web sites that are dedicated to educating about timeshares(kind of like this site that tries to educate "newly found ones") but the problem is that probably half the population doesn't educate themselves.
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  "This system will probably be over in about 5 years"

  by john.prestor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i don't think i shared this story yet, it's strange and although i did a little detective work trying to figure out who said what and when i never found out much, big surprise, jehovah's witnesses love their secrets as we all know... but i thought other posters might find this interesting both in and of itself, because of what an elder told me one sunday back in 2011, and because of what it could imply as to high-ranking jehovah's witnesses prophesying the date of armageddon.

  specific dates went out the window in 1975, although governing body helper ken flodin hinted at 2040 in a talk uploaded to jw.org a couple years back, and the governing body hinted at 2034 in a watchtower back in the 90s.

  but it might be, just might, that more specific date-setting still goes on behind closed doors in certain circuits.... so after i went to "meetings" and talked to witnesses for a couple years at a rural congregation in the eastern united states an elder pulled me aside one service into the vestibule at the hall, in other words, into a private area where no one would overhear us.

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  Betheliesalot

  I heard an elder say that the United States was going to collapse so very soon because of Trump. These type of statements are what they are famous for and in my mind I was calling him a fool. Kind of like on CNN the head of air traffic controllers union said that with the shortage of workers, it is making air traffic less safe. So if there just happens to be a crash, they can point to "see I told you so".
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  Demon Posessed Rock Bands I couldn’t listen to

  by hoser in

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  kiss.

  steve miller band (abracadabra).

  eagles.

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  Betheliesalot

  Thanks snuggle bunny, I can't get that song off my mind kind of like the macareina was in the 80,s . guess I,ll just make it my ringtone and imagine I'm at Mederia beach.
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  Hello WTBS ...we have a problem... millions missing publishers

  by TexWiller in

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  as the title states there is a ...problem.

  allow me to explain.. i'll start with a letter from the president of the wtbs inc in 1974.

  *** yb74 254-6 is your faith dead or alive?

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  Betheliesalot

  They are hiding out in colleges and universities and some have moved on to "lucrative" careers, by the hundreds of thousands.
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  Reflecting On Death

  by Charles Gillette in

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  reflecting on death.

  i can't remember, maybe steve jobs before he died.i thought i would share it with you and see what you think about it, and i'm quoting i think from his book.. "i'm about fifty-fifty on believing in god.

  for most of my life, i've felt that there must be more to our own existence than meets the eye.. i might be overestimating the odds 50/50 out of a desire to believe in an afterlife.

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  Betheliesalot

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

  I watched his speech a few years back and a couple lines stands out, "Stay Hungry, stay foolish" and "always wake up each day thinking today will be your last, because one day you will certainly be right"
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  Demon Posessed Rock Bands I couldn’t listen to

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  kiss.

  steve miller band (abracadabra).

  eagles.

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  Betheliesalot

  Maimi sound machine because Gloria Estephan was rumored to hate the witnesses(all made up JW fake news)