Right, Return Of Parakeet... I wonder what the reaction would be if the JW kid were to present his handiwork to a "Show and Tell" session in his classroom.
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At JW.Org, for kids, a connect the dots coloring page of Lot's wife turning into salt.
by Theocratic Sedition inhttp://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/family/children/picture-activities/lots-wife-becomes-salt/.
is it me or is this kinda sick?
i mean i can understand learning from the account, but this is kinda deviant.
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Discipline or child abuse? Still going on in the hall?
by Pickler indoes anyone else remember all the discipline of children at the meetings?
i was just thinking how i never see anyone physically punish their children anymore.
growing up attending meetings there was a constant stream of children being taken out & hit, as well as all the whispered threats, arm squeezing, pinching etc.
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Years ago, "spanking" as it was called (you seldom hear that word anymore) was widespread-- and recommended from the platform and in themagazines -- as appropriate discipline for unruly children. That's faded out over the past 30 year o so.
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Is it disrespectful to call God by his name?
by BU2B inthis seems to me to be yet another flawed reasoning from the wt.
god is supposed to be jw's "father".
it always seemed a bit strange even when i was mentally in, the argument they used to support using the name jehovah.
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Why does the Great Be-All and End-All, Source of all Matter, Energy, the Universe, etc. Uniqueness Personified, need a Name at all? A name implies the existence of peer gods from which Yahweh needs to distinguish himself; is a vestige of monolatry, then polytheisim.
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Why Watchtower fights dirty in its war against "apostates"
by cedars ini've just finished putting together an article that attempts to articulate the frustrations faced by those like me in the "apostate" community who are increasingly frustrated by the watchtower's use of dirty tricks in its fight against them.. http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/secrecy-and-deception-watchtower-fights-dirty-in-its-war-against-apostates.
ordinary witnesses are unaware that the watchtower is not fighting apostates on a level playing field.
i highlight three key areas in which this is so.... 1. the huge disparity in how information is presented (i.e.
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Well done, Cedars; a masterpiece! Two tiny nit-picky suggestions: In the third paragraph under "a difference in tactics" there is what appears to be a mixed metaphor;" "raises an alarm bell," which is probably better expressed as "sounds an alarm bell." Then, an apparent typo in the Shepherd The Flock of God commentary: " on tops or desks" should probably read " on tops OF desks"
Thanks for all you've done, and continue to do, to sound that alarm bell!
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w92 7/15: "It is the obligation of all JWs to hate apostates"
by cedars intoday i was doing some research for a new article, and i came across the following quote which succeeded in raising my eyebrows.... "the obligation to hate lawlessness also applies to all activity by apostates.
our attitude toward apostates should be that of david, who declared: 'do i not hate those who are intensely hating you, o jehovah, and do i not feel a loathing for those revolting against you?
with a complete hatred i do hate them.
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What else can one expect of an organization whose worldview prepares its followers to trod over the violently dispatched cadavers of "the others" - 7-plus billion men, women, infants, neighbors, relatives, workmates - on their way to paradise?
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I'm new, please come and meet me!
by Julia Orwell inlong time lurker, first time poster.
i'm really glad i can join your community because i've been in the wts for the last 14 years and now i'm on my way out and it's great to meet like-minded people!.
about me: i started learning jw ways when i was in my teens.
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Welcome, Julia! I give your husband high marks for being so understanding of your present state of of spiritual development; you must know that this is an atypical attitude for most JWs who face newly awakened misgivings on the part of their mate, so count your self lucky in that regard; good luck with your journey.
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Deteriorating content of the WT
by His Excellency inhas anyone noticed the recent deterioration in the quality of wt's contents lately?..
the spiritual food seems to be getting more and more shitty these days.
i have given a thought to what could really be going wrong, and if it is likely that some on the wiriting committee is consciously dishing out those nonsense to facilitate more poeple seeing ttat.
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"The religion is dead, it just hasn't fallen over yet." well said, Jeff T
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Deteriorating content of the WT
by His Excellency inhas anyone noticed the recent deterioration in the quality of wt's contents lately?..
the spiritual food seems to be getting more and more shitty these days.
i have given a thought to what could really be going wrong, and if it is likely that some on the wiriting committee is consciously dishing out those nonsense to facilitate more poeple seeing ttat.
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"The religion is dead, it just hasn't fallen over yet." well said, Jeff T
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December 15 Watchtower --- A New Low in WT Anti-Intellectualism
by Room 215 ini wonder whether any of you took note of the article in the 12/15 study edition wt "the simplified watchtower .. why introduced" i couldn't believe they actually had the temerity to put such tripe into print and onto the record.. i was flat-out astonished with its put-down of vocabulary building and self-improvement:.
one egregious example: " the time spent looking up words and explaining expressions (ostensibly from the "smart people's" watchtower) is now spent gaining an understanding of the scriptures and how they fit into the lesson.".
one jw cited in the article actually blames her college education for causing her to fall into the bad habit of "speaking and thinking a way that was more complicated than necessary.
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I can't imagine them publishing these statments in the "for public consumption" WT or Awake!
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December 15 Watchtower --- A New Low in WT Anti-Intellectualism
by Room 215 ini wonder whether any of you took note of the article in the 12/15 study edition wt "the simplified watchtower .. why introduced" i couldn't believe they actually had the temerity to put such tripe into print and onto the record.. i was flat-out astonished with its put-down of vocabulary building and self-improvement:.
one egregious example: " the time spent looking up words and explaining expressions (ostensibly from the "smart people's" watchtower) is now spent gaining an understanding of the scriptures and how they fit into the lesson.".
one jw cited in the article actually blames her college education for causing her to fall into the bad habit of "speaking and thinking a way that was more complicated than necessary.
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I wonder whether any of you took note of the article in the 12/15 study edition WT "The Simplified Watchtower .. Why Introduced" I couldn't believe they actually had the temerity to put such tripe into print and onto the record.. I was flat-out astonished with its put-down of vocabulary building and self-improvement:
One egregious example: " The time spent looking up words and explaining expressions (ostensibly from the "smart people's" Watchtower) is now spent gaining an understanding of the scriptures and how they fit into the lesson."
One JW cited in the article actually blames her college education for causing her to fall into the bad habit of "speaking and thinking a way that was more complicated than necessary."
Unbelievable; a paean to simple-mindedness.