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The New Diary of Winston Smith

by WinstonSmith in

we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

WinstonSmith

Talesin: You want MORE meat in due season? More? You'll have to wait until the Slave is ready to give you more spititual food. By the way, the spiritual food we gave you last week is no longer spiritual food. New light has shown us that this new thing is now spiritual food...........for now.

Phizzy: It was just hilarious. I could not believe my ears. Numbnuts indeed - he's a cyclist ;-)

Did anyone else notice that in one of the pictures in the WT study coming up in a couple of weeks, there are two people in the protest group wearing Guy Fawkes masks, like supporters of Anonymous wear? Not really sure why but this caught my attention. I guess it is an accurate portrayal of a potential mob, but usually the WTS is generic in their photos when it comes to showing other groups, organisations or religions. Having said that Anonymous are hard to define. Having said that, the Guy Fawkes mask is a symbol of their movement.

So yeah, I still don't know why, but I was surprised to see that.

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Can't afford to pay Candace, but they can afford this:

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http://thetandd.com/news/local/jehovah-s-witnesses-unveil-million-assembly-hall/article_82f68742-6776-11e2-a641-001a4bcf887a.html?comment_form=true.

WinstonSmith

Yup, the publishers will have maybe had some sort of resolution donation over the months and years leading up to completion. They would have had to borrow any other required money from the Society. It will be paid off via a monthly per publisher calculated remittance, then when the time comes for an assembly to be held there, the congregations will be charged on a per publisher rate for the privelige of hiring the hall they already paid for. If it is like the assembly halls here in Australia, the rate is $6 - $8 per publisher.

3000 people at $6 per is about $18,000.00.

Not a bad scam if you can get in on it.

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Can't afford to pay Candace, but they can afford this:

by WinstonSmith in

http://thetandd.com/news/local/jehovah-s-witnesses-unveil-million-assembly-hall/article_82f68742-6776-11e2-a641-001a4bcf887a.html?comment_form=true.

WinstonSmith

http://thetandd.com/news/local/jehovah-s-witnesses-unveil-million-assembly-hall/article_82f68742-6776-11e2-a641-001a4bcf887a.html?comment_form=true

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The New Diary of Winston Smith

by WinstonSmith in

we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

WinstonSmith

Roberta84: Thank you for your nice comments! I hope everyone can understand my ramblings and take something away that is beneficial :-)

Bsmart: What?? You didn't get the WTS approved version? Mate, we're sure gonna miss you in paradise...

I came across this today. It's pretty interesting given the recent "Waaah we don't have enough money to pay off the Conti case" comments.

I guess we know where their priorities lie.

http://thetandd.com/news/local/jehovah-s-witnesses-unveil-million-assembly-hall/article_82f68742-6776-11e2-a641-001a4bcf887a.html?comment_form=true

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The New Diary of Winston Smith

by WinstonSmith in

we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

WinstonSmith

Had one of those "eye roll" moments last night.

We had dinner with some friends in our congregation, and the hubby has just bought a Tablet (because "The Society says we should use the internet" !!!!!) and as I have one too, he was asking me some questions on how to use it.

I showed him how to download an ereader and explained the difference between PDF and ePUB. We downloaded an app and, of course it came with some books preloaded. When he saw that there were books pre-loaded, he says:

"I want to delete those, I don't want them on here, because you never know whats in them."

Cue EYE ROLL.

The books that were preloaded were Moby Dick, Pride and Prejudice, and Oliver Twist. Obviously books reknowned for their long history of turning people away from the truth due to their demonic content....

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The New Diary of Winston Smith

by WinstonSmith in

we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

WinstonSmith

Today is Australia Day in this beautiful country. We celebrate it by firing up the BBQ, burning some meat, imbibing alcohol based beverages, and regaling our friends with hyperbolic stories. Our move here was lifechanging in many ways. The most significant of which was that our time in the congregations here became the straw that broke the camel's back and woke us up to the truth about the Truth.

Thanks Australia. If it's okay, we'd like to stick around a bit longer.

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The New Diary of Winston Smith

by WinstonSmith in

we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

WinstonSmith

Yes indeedy, I like to get the grey matter churning. Amazing, this is the same old junk the WTS has been serving up for years, yet only in the last couple have I ever drilled deeper.

The mind is a wonderful (and scary) thing.

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The New Diary of Winston Smith

by WinstonSmith in

we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

WinstonSmith

This week's WT study is a fine example of the absurdity of applying individual bible examples to the modern day. As you go through it, think how modern day elders or the WTS would react to someone engaging in the activities described....

WT Study: What Does Jehovah's Forgiveness Mean for You?

- Theme scripture: Such a shame elders often don't follow this example. - Paragraph 3-5: If someone today spied on a sister, got into a relationship with her, got her pregnant, then arranged for her husband to die so they could be together, what would the reaction of the elders be? Forgiveness, or disfellowshipping? - Paragraph 6: Was David repentant because he was sorry, or because he got busted? - Paragraph 6: It says here that Jehovah sent Nathan to David because he was interested in extending mercy. When two elders are assigned to investigate a matter, are they doing so with a view to extending mercy, or to establish guilt? - Paragraph 8: Psalm 32:5 is used here. Notice how in that scripture, David says that he confessed and did not cover his transgresion. Would you say David is being truthful here? Did he, of his own volition confess, or was it only after he got busted? - Paragraph 10: Do you think Jehovah's show of mercy was based on how David had shown to mercy to Saul, or because he had promised to bring the messiah through the family line of this adulterous scheming murderer? All I learn from this is that if the moody Old Testament God Jehovah decides to be on your team, you can get away with anything. - Paragraph 12: Is Manesseh an ancient example of the saying "there are no atheists in the foxholes"? Again, when did he show repentance? Off his own volition, or after things went really bad for him? - Paragraphs 17 and 18: James 5:14,15 is used here to show that sinners should confess to the elders. But read it again. The phrase used is "older men" do you think this is talking about a position in the congregation, or a level of maturity?

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The New Diary of Winston Smith

by WinstonSmith in

we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

WinstonSmith

00DAD: I really enjoyed the thread and blog post from Cedars. It would not be hard to imagine that in the near future the Bodies of Elders will get a letter specifying the type of chairs they can have in their back meeting rooms. Any attempt to get nice ergonomic chairs on wheels will be viewed as a sign of rebellion against the Slave. Only the best chairs can be used by them. Based on recently discovered manuscripts, the new light is that this is in fact the 'crown of glory' mentioned in the scriptures :-P

Tornapart: Wow, that is fantastic news! I echo RayP's advice to keep it up. It is a real challenge to not dump all our newfound knowledge and understanding on others. Helping a cult addled mind is a delicate task. Good on ya mate, keep us updated.

336

The New Diary of Winston Smith

by WinstonSmith in

we had to go off grid for a time, time and half a time as we thought we had been outed.

fortunately it was a false alarm, but it was a stressful time.

i asked for my original diary thread to be deleted in case there could be anything on there to identlfy mrs smith and i. i am always very careful when posting, and am sure there was nothing on there, but felt it best to have it removed in order to be as cautious as a dove.

WinstonSmith

So I'm reading In Search of Christian Freedom at the moment. It's quite different to Crisis of Conscience, and I'm really getting into it. Over the last couple of days I've been reading in it about how the Christian congregation slowly changed from being a collection of like minded people to being an authoritarian structure. Now we see power in the hands of a chosen few, and it is these ones that dictate what others are to believe.

Coincidentally, tonight I read Ephesians 5. After giving advice to the individuals in the congregation to be mindful about walking wisely (vs 15), Paul goes on to say in vs 17 that people should "go on perceiving what the will of Jehovah is." I note here that it was up to the individual to do the perceiving, not someone up the hierachical foodchain.

Jehovah's Witnesses pride themselves on being set up in a similar way to the Christian congregation in the first century. A review of history and scriptures however shows that they are in fact far from it.