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HoodwinkedToo
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Netflix “Explained: Cults”
by Butterfly607 inhas anyone else seen the netflix documentary “explained: cults”?
i thought it was well done.
i feel like a jw might watch it and feel uncomfortable as the show goes through the definition of cults and then the step by step indoctrination process.
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get baptized right away
by waton intoday's text.
the jailer and his (probably totally surprised) household was baptized right away.
by contrast jesus was an unbaptized publisher for 18 years.
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HoodwinkedToo
You are right, he would likely be "encouraged" to report his time after "listening to them and asking them questions". Luke 2:46 (NIV) ;-)
And as there are no reports of him "publishing" in the course the next 6 months, he would be soon labeled inactive and dealt with appropriately...
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get baptized right away
by waton intoday's text.
the jailer and his (probably totally surprised) household was baptized right away.
by contrast jesus was an unbaptized publisher for 18 years.
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HoodwinkedToo
I'm a bit confused by the "Jesus was an unbaptized publisher for 18 years". I thought he started his ministry AFTER his baptism. Also, wasn't he allegedly about 30 yers old when he got baptized. And finally, did he ever owned or slaved for a publishing house (business for commercial production of literature, music, art, etc.) by forcing pamphlets or other written marketing material onto householders and passerby?
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May 2019 Broadcast
by BourneIdentity ini know i already created a post about this a week or so ago, but i have a little more to add to it.
i was watching it again and taking some notes this time.
the speaker lists these reasons for people having anxieties:.
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HoodwinkedToo
Words of wisdom! Than you BourneIdentity.
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HoodwinkedToo
Look very much like propaganda pictures from WTBTS literature. Yet another flavour of totalitarian ideology.
Pictures from Soviet Union would typically have lot more red colored elements in them. While Nazi propaganda would be showing strong young men in snappy black uniforms from Hugo Boss ;-)
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What Do You Think of Socialism?
by minimus indo you support socialism?
is it something that you would want in your country?.
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HoodwinkedToo
I actually grew up in a socialist country, at that time it was known as Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. Many of us still wonder how did the comrades in charge manage to generate regular shortages of nearly everything - including toilet paper - despite news (or was it propaganda?) of the country consistently meeting and even overachieving in fulfilling all kinds of plans and quotas! We used to have a saying here: "They pretend they pay us, we pretend we work!" Maybe it's only me, but the way the BORG is now reminds me very much of the last decade of socialism in my country. They (GB) pretend to take care of us, we (PIMO) pretend we obey. -
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Watchtower Study Edition - April 2019....Thank you for not doing enough in the field ministry
by RULES & REGULATIONS inwatchtower study edition- april 2019. are you fully accomplishing your ministry?.
the study article starts off with praise and admiration for members who are out in the field ministry.
the wtbts understand that you have family responsibilities, work, get sick, and have pains due to aging.
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HoodwinkedToo
Keywords: hours, time, work, activity, work, time, hours (ad nauseam)
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Spiritual routine
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BS stories in the publications
by Billzfan23 inthis is an example of a story that just strikes me as funny from their publications:.
"wilson, a christian from ghana, was notified that in a few days, he would be fired from his job.
on his final day at work, he was assigned to wash the private car of the managing director of the company.
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HoodwinkedToo
That experience sounds like a scene from the Godfather films. The Boss has a new car and is not aware that there is a large sum of money stashed in it, hence he thinks the money was sent by God.
One wonders, whose car was it before the boss somehow appropriated it and why exactly did it need cleaning before the boss started using it...
Also what kind of organization is able to promote a worker (foot soldier) washing cars to senior member of staff (Capo) simply because "Wilson, you're the only one around here I can trust!"