Posts by never a jw

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The most disturbing Watchtower quote in 2013.

by never a jw in

i am trying to put together the worst of 2013. the first quote that comes to mind is possibly your "favorite" too.

do you have any other disturbing quotes from the publications in the wt?.

elders who are reading this article can draw some useful conclusions from the account we have just considered: (1) the most practical step that we can take to prepare for the coming attack of the assyrian is that of strengthening our faith in god and helping our brothers to do the same.

never a jw

“ la organización de Jehová nos dirá qué hacer . Todos deberemos obedecer sus instrucciones, aunque nos parezcan extrañas, ilógicas o no estemos de acuerdo con ellas. Solo nos salvaremos si las obedecemos. ” (Atalaya en lenguaje sencillo Nov 2013, p. 20) .

I think the message in the Watchtower in Spanish in simple language is even more creepy (above). I will translate as closely to the text as I can:

Jehovah's organization will tell us what to do. All of us must obey His instructions, even if they they seem weird, not logical, or even if we don't agree with them. We will be saved only if we obey them (Watchtower simple language Nov. 2013, p.20)

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The Dark Side Of Time

by frankiespeakin in

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy47oqxubvw.

never a jw

"Can't we all just get along" A sage from L.A.

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The genius of the new donation arrangement

by thedepressedsoul in

ive given this new arrangement a lot of detailed thought and how greatly it benefits the wt and how much it puts a strain on each congregation.. first, let me explain how the old arrangement worked.. you had 3 donation boxes in each kingdom hall.

one for worldwide work, one for kingdom hall construction and one for congregation contributions.. the congregation contribution box accounted for about 60-75% of all donations.

the world wide work box probably accounted for 20-30% and the kingdom hall construction for about 5% of the contributions.

never a jw

Now the elders understand more specifically the purpose of "do what we tell you to do, whether it makes sense or not" (paraphrasing). Cognitive disonance at a peak now.

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A farce elder here

by His Excellency in

just to share a little about me:.

i was recently appointed an elder, about 6 months ago now, and that is exactly two years after my awakenning, but funny that the appointment came also about 2 years after i had completely lost all faith in god and had been leading a full time anti-jw life .

makes you wonder the role of the holy spirit in the entire nomination or appointment process.. .

never a jw

If you have the stomach for that, go for another 10 years. I hope something good can come out of it for the sheep.

51

So Spill the Beans, Brothers: Were There More or Fewer At this Year's Bore-Fest

by steve2 in

the jw date-worshipped memorial has just completed its bleak worldwide commemoration.

that wasn't a dust cloud you saw; it was a millionfold hearts limply beating themselves into another round of great tribulation expectations.

i was knocked into a deep, deep sleep by the imagined experience of being at several thousand consecutive kingdom halls as the platformed drones spat forth the predictable sludge that, once released, hits and stains white clothing and bleach is useless.. we know that memorial attendance worldwide has dipped for two consecutive years since 2011 when it reached a high of 19,374,737 and for the promised land, obama's usa, the all time memorial attendance high was also 2011 when it hit over 2.5million (2,563,518) but shrunk in shame back to 2,502,055 in 2012 and spluttered upwards a handful or two to 2,504,114 last year.. so, what was attendance at the date-obsessed bore-fest this year in your neck of the woods?

never a jw

attendance at my wife's congo was twice the publisher numbers 180/90. That's below average. Not helping to break any record

If they hit 20 million is because they are lying.

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Please explain God's wisdom in Judges19;22-30

by jam in

the just of the account, two people enter a city and can not .

find lodging.

an old man invite them to stay with him (levite).. this is so weird, all the men of the city come to have sex with.

never a jw

The sons and daughters of the atheists are whole too. I would venture to say that they are whole and they have been whole since birth. I guess that proves there's no God. Silly declarations elicit more silly declarations.

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Please explain God's wisdom in Judges19;22-30

by jam in

the just of the account, two people enter a city and can not .

find lodging.

an old man invite them to stay with him (levite).. this is so weird, all the men of the city come to have sex with.

never a jw

Bella 15

Blaming God doesn't sound like an atheist, sounds more like a disaffected believer. Atheist never blame God, they don't believe in that. When people in this forum attack the Bible, they are not attacking God, they are attacking the people who created that specific type of God, and by extension the people who believe in that type of God.

By the way, it's a lot easier to attack the God of the O.T. In fact some early christians believe the God of the O.T. was a bad God. The God of the N.T. is not that great either, but at least doesn't commit genocide everytime he throws a tantrum. He's a bit weird though. Save humanity by sending your own Son to suffer a humiliating death. WTF. that guy... Paul... was really imaginative. Not even JW's today could have pulled that off

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Just noticed something else that proves the Bible is made up.

by BU2B in

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exodus 9 then the lord said to moses, go to pharaoh and say to him, this is what the lord, the god of the hebrews, says: let my people go, so that they may worship me.

2if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back, 3the hand of the lord will bring a terrible plague on your livestock in the fieldon your horses, donkeys and camels and on your cattle, sheep and goats.

4but the lord will make a distinction between the livestock of israel and that of egypt, so that no animal belonging to the israelites will die.?.

never a jw

Confused,

I just read. Credit is yours

42

Just noticed something else that proves the Bible is made up.

by BU2B in

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friends

exodus 9 then the lord said to moses, go to pharaoh and say to him, this is what the lord, the god of the hebrews, says: let my people go, so that they may worship me.

2if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back, 3the hand of the lord will bring a terrible plague on your livestock in the fieldon your horses, donkeys and camels and on your cattle, sheep and goats.

4but the lord will make a distinction between the livestock of israel and that of egypt, so that no animal belonging to the israelites will die.?.

never a jw

BU2B

Evidently, the egyptians stole some of the cattle from the Jews in between plagues. Your "catch' evidently shows that you are spritually weak.

Village girl,

We are having fun. What's wrong with that. Have some self deprecating humor. We all look stupid at some point or another. Religion have more than fair share though. Science rarely looks stupid because it never claims to have any absolute truth. Religious people do. In fact, the Bible looks quite stupid when you think of it as infallible or the word of God, but it is a great book to study as a piece of history.

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Life for me as a jw (not really) teenager

by DuvanMuvan in

hey i joined this thread recently and thought this was a good way to introduce myself.

i am 15, still going to school and i live in the uk.

a good chunk of my mum's side of the family are jws.

never a jw

I am afraid you are an apostate now. Now God will curse you for the rest of your life with freedom and plenty of opportunities to make yourself and others truly happy an fulfilled. As a JW you either pretend to be, or are delusionally happy. Congratulations on your decision to come to the Dark Side. By the way, you are very smart for a 15 y.o.