Smiddy, like I said, when we were witnesses I used to donate to mostly animal shelters (I would get begging letters every single day in the mail).... also public radio. Actually if I hadn't been an avid listener of public radio the last 25 years, I might still be a witness! (a half believing witness), ugh, what a pain that would be. Worrying about my kids not following 'the truth.' So glad those tumultuous changes happened, and we are out!
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Charity
by aintenoughwiskey inwe know the wt interpretation of matt 25:40 is support of the anointed.
since most of us here are no longer in that situation, what, if any forms of charity are you involved in?
sorry for the awkward framing of the question, it's not meant to imply atheists, or non-christians are not charitable!
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Has there been new counsel about Facebook recently?
by purrpurr ini've noticed increasing amounts of jw's are coming off fb and deactivating completely.
all with the same reason which they post about at lenght which is that they wwant to focus more on their spiritual life and not have the distraction of fb.. have i missed something or is this just a coincidence?.
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Strange Moment During The 2015 Regional Convention
by JW_Rogue inhi, i'm new here but hadn't seen this mentioned anywhere yet.
during the "imitate jesus" rc there was a strange moment where they played a video of a brother trying to explain the 1914 teaching.
the brother quickly goes through all the scriptural "proofs" and the householder is dumbfounded.
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FayeDunaway
The only reason they stuck with 1914 instead of finding a new date (as russell had done a few times previously!) was because WWI happened to break out. I can imagine his excitement as war started being declared across Europe, 'Oh, thank GOD!!! I don't have to move the date again!!!' -
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by aintenoughwiskey inwe know the wt interpretation of matt 25:40 is support of the anointed.
since most of us here are no longer in that situation, what, if any forms of charity are you involved in?
sorry for the awkward framing of the question, it's not meant to imply atheists, or non-christians are not charitable!
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FayeDunaway
It is amazing. These operations in developed countries are so common....in countries where it is not possibly affordable or accessible, whole lives are ruined. Thanks for telling me about that one.
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Strange Moment During The 2015 Regional Convention
by JW_Rogue inhi, i'm new here but hadn't seen this mentioned anywhere yet.
during the "imitate jesus" rc there was a strange moment where they played a video of a brother trying to explain the 1914 teaching.
the brother quickly goes through all the scriptural "proofs" and the householder is dumbfounded.
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FayeDunaway
Sometimes it just suddenly strikes me as so ludicrous that the world, according to them, was supposed to end in 1914. And they have SUCCESSFULLY managed to string people along for over a hundred years, 'no really!! It's coming!! Any day now!!!!'
that is manipulation SKILLS.
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30 most edited regular Wikipedia pages
by biometrics injehovah's witnesses topic made it to the list:.
http://i.imgur.com/7m2xgzz.png.
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FayeDunaway
Me too lrg! I bet Latter Day Saints and Scientology are numbers 31 and 32 :). Other controversial organizations that have way too many strung out followers spending time maintaining their image.
Incidentally, when I was researching the cross on Wikipedia years ago, I saw that picture that was in the live forever book, drawn 400 years ago, of jesus on a stake. It was right next to OTHER configurations the same artist had done, he had like 16 different ideas of the way jesus could have been impaled. Most of them with arms outstretched. Of course the live forever book didn't have THOSE drawings in it. They purposely chose an 'old looking' drawing to make it seem like people used to not believe in the cross, never mentioning the other 15 drawings. But this misrepresentation I realize now is normal for them.
Researching wikipedia a couple years later, it was all gone.
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Strange Moment During The 2015 Regional Convention
by JW_Rogue inhi, i'm new here but hadn't seen this mentioned anywhere yet.
during the "imitate jesus" rc there was a strange moment where they played a video of a brother trying to explain the 1914 teaching.
the brother quickly goes through all the scriptural "proofs" and the householder is dumbfounded.
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FayeDunaway
It takes a lot for me to click on a real wt video, and I haven't watched this one. But could the object of the video be to encourage them to SIMPLIFY witnessing? Just stick to placing magazines and directing people to the website? -
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Songs celebrating leaving the faith? Not being a puppet, mind controlled, living life, etc etc
by aley63 ini am looking for some songs that are in ref to celebrating leaving, seeing the light, realizing what you were told wasnt right, being happy w your life, etc etc.
all those emotions about being controlled and repressed, being told what you can feel or think or how to live, blindly following the "brotherhood ".
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FayeDunaway
Ok, obviously this has been sung way too often by cute little 7 year old girls. But thinking about how it applies to us who have left 'the truth'.....
The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen
A kingdom of isolation
And it looks like I'm the queen
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried
Don't let them in, don't let them see
Be the good girl you always have to be
Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know
Well, now they know
Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door
I don't care what they're going to say
Let the storm rage on
The cold never bothered me anyway
It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me can't get to me at all
It's time to see what I can do
To test the limits and break through
No right, no wrong, no rules for me
I'm free
Let it go, let it go
I am one with the wind and sky
Let it go, let it go
You'll never see me cry
Here I stand and here I'll stay
Let the storm rage on...
My power flurries through the air into the ground
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
I'm never going back
The past is in the past
Let it go, let it go
And I'll rise like the break of dawn
Let it go, let it go
That perfect girl is gone
Here I stand in the light of day
Let the storm rage on!
The cold never bothered me anyway
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Strange Moment During The 2015 Regional Convention
by JW_Rogue inhi, i'm new here but hadn't seen this mentioned anywhere yet.
during the "imitate jesus" rc there was a strange moment where they played a video of a brother trying to explain the 1914 teaching.
the brother quickly goes through all the scriptural "proofs" and the householder is dumbfounded.
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FayeDunaway
John that's interesting!
But the witnesses are so slick with words, i think they'll use their manipulation mastery to twist it in such a way as to keep most of the flock enraptured.
I would think they are losing followers to the 'generation overlap'...dropping 1914 would help with that. Most of the reasonable sort of witness would like to lose any association with any specific date (and therefore false prophecy). But you're right, it would be a huge admission that they were wrong. And unlike the other false date prophesies, it has been written about constantly in their literature. Not easy to shake off. Time will tell what they decide to do. They can't stick with it much longer.
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Charity
by aintenoughwiskey inwe know the wt interpretation of matt 25:40 is support of the anointed.
since most of us here are no longer in that situation, what, if any forms of charity are you involved in?
sorry for the awkward framing of the question, it's not meant to imply atheists, or non-christians are not charitable!
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FayeDunaway
These are great!!
I forgot two more of my favorites!! Doctors without borders, and smile train. Smile train fixes hairlips and cleft palates for $225 for children worldwide. Their doctors donate their time, their ad campaigns are set up by a trust, so ALL the donated money goes directly to the surgery for a baby or child. It totally transforms them socially and physically. That is probably my favorite one and I try to donate a complete surgery once a year, tho I missed last year :(.