not a full critique but some points astounded me .
after decades of hearing them say how terrible the "critical times" are that we live in today.
i now hear :.
To add another layer to the hypocrisy, we had theCO visit today. His entire public talk was about how the whole word changed when Satan was cast down in 1914. He went on and on to prove how bad the 20th and 21st centuries were, how many wars ,famines, Earthquakes like never before in human history!
The public talk literally contradicted the WT 100%. The sad part is I doubt many picked up on it. Cognitive dissonance must have been in overdrive today!
i saw a letter leaked on this site that was an application for pioneering/ some school/ something.. it had a part that said "you must not have watched pornography in the last two years" or something similar.. i cant find it now, can someone help me out?
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so, the anti-gmo movement scored another victory today.
chipotle has opted to only use non-gmo food items.. hooray for them.
i'm pretty neutral on the subject, mostly because, other than questionable treatment of farmers, i have seen no evidence to avoid gmo's for health reasons.. basically, my neutrality boils down to the stance that i'll buy non-gmo, so long as the price is reasonable.
There is evidence that GMOs are dangerous. Most of the EU and Russia has banned their importation and cultivation.
http://www.naturalnews.com/037249_gmo_study_cancer_tumors_organ_damage.html
so i dropped this comment to someone from "my" congregation...... "i just don't like being lied to".... this was in response to their attempt to become my 'bff' (i'm sarcastically using the expression 'best friends forever' here).
i ran into them in the street.
they started chatting all about the cong gossip, teachings, upcoming witness events etc.... i was just quiet and not really contributing to the conversation.. when she asked "so what's new with you?
we - as in we jws - say that the memorial is our only holiday.back in my young days when i was still living at home, my mom would buy us (or as we got older and made our own money, make us buy) new suits for the memorial.
my mom would put on her best dress which she probably only bought for the memorial.
she would say, it is our only holiday so we should dress special for it.
we - as in we jws - say that the memorial is our only holiday.back in my young days when i was still living at home, my mom would buy us (or as we got older and made our own money, make us buy) new suits for the memorial.
my mom would put on her best dress which she probably only bought for the memorial.
she would say, it is our only holiday so we should dress special for it.
Its nothing special, the same as every other meeting, the outline consiting mainly of warning why you should NOT partake EVERY YEAR! Why then do people view it as special? Because it is hyped up in the KM as memorial SEASON, there is a lower aux pioneer hour requirement, there is a campaign, etc. It is special because they SAY it is!
Even more perplexing is why the "special talk" is considered any different than any other public talk! The only difference I can see is that the same outline is being used in every KH around the world that week! Thats it!
what is the wackiest...strangest....most unusual jw teaching or practice?
what is the wackiest...strangest....most unusual jw teaching or practice?
There are many baffling beliefs and practices of JWs that are shared with other groups, so I will try to stick to something that is unique to them.
The fact that JWs have believed for 100 years that they may NEVER DIE is the craziest, most delusional belief! Everything that has ever lived, plant, animal, human, fungus, microbe, EVERYTHING that has ever lived HAS DIED, yet they insist that if you obey a group of men in NYC you will be the exception. It baffles me that I once thought this. They think they will cheat death when nothing ever has. They then build and structure their whole lives from what career to choose, higher education, marriage and children etc around this delusion.
oh, there is one brother that keeps prattling on about "the 5 pillars of faith and worship".
- prayer.
- personal study.
i am most curious.
