Posts by Splash

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We cant control our urges

by moley in

when i was about 15 i was made to go on the service with a super dub pioneer sister (you know the type, ugly with no dress sense and a wimp of a husband) and as it was the school holidays it was an all dayer (suit and tie in blazing hot sunshine) and she wanted to go back to her place for lunch, she made me sit in the garden while she ate inside as we could'nt be alone together because we might commit immorality (i would have rather cut it off).

has anyone else come across such stupid thinking within the borg.. p.s.

on the plus i side i got sunstroke in the afternoon, passed out cold.

Splash

I once had a sister get in the back of my car when I offered her a lift.

I told her I wasn't a taxi so either get in the front or walk.

We didn't have sex.

Splash.

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Letter From My Mother: Moire insane Watchtower Rhetoric

by confusedandalone in

again, i apologize to any who think i may be going overboard posting these letters, but i am hoping that i can help prepare others for the type of bombardment that they may face when dealing with mentally diseased witness parents who have no idea just how much control this cult has over them:.

august 19, 2013. dear <my name removed> & <my wifes name removed>, .

i had the privilege of attending the convention this weekend for a second time and i must say that i enjoyed it more than the first.

Splash

Ask her how can she put her life on the line for her beliefs, when her beliefs are made to change every couple of years?

Ask her why were the old teachings wrong and had to be changed, how does she know the current ones are not wrong also, and what does she think the shelf life will be for the current teachings.

Ask her to explain who Deut 18:20-22 applies to.

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Please Share one of your Favourite Quotations

by cofty in

jw
friends

have you ever come across words that resonate with you?

it doesn't have to be a great gem of wisdom, just something that is meaningful to you.. please share, and if you want to, tell us why it's meaningful to you.. here is something that made me nod when i first read it.... .

"fortunate are those who have learned to see, in the wild things of nature, something to be loved, something to be wondered at, something to be reverenced, for they have found the key to a never-failing source of recreation and refreshment".

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The worst phrase I often hear roll off peoples tongues is
"Where there's smoke there's fire".

I despise this phrase. With this you can start a rumour then give it credence all at the same time.

It is the phrase of a small minded person.

Splash.

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Beards....Do What Your Told! The WT Owns You, You Disobedient, Spiritually Immature, Publisher!

by allyouneedislove in

was talking to an elder about beards.

he said that at bethel, only black and hispanic brothers can have mustaches (any actual facts supporting this decision?).

he mentioned that we don't want to stumble anyone so that they won't hear our message.

Splash

Just tell them it's holy - all the angels are depicted with them.

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Pioneer School - 2 weeks long???

by Lynnie in

i talked to my 83 year old pioneer mother over the weekend and she said she's going.

pioneer school for 2 weeks starting today in lynnwood, wa.

is that how long they usually are?.

Splash

You get a pioneer book and study it over the two weeks.

The 2008 edition is still being handed out but needs updating to the 2010 edition.

Splash

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Be careful...

by Vidiot in

i don't think hes dropped a link to it here yet, but cedars has a new blog post up at jwsurvey:.

http://jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/close-ranks-against-satan-watchtower-prepares-witnesses-for-2014-disappointment.

its title and content are pretty self-explanatory, and as always, its a fine piece of writing, but one section in particular stuck out to me; the part titled reaching out to inactive ones, and it summarizes the apparent desire of the wts to bring wayward sheep back into the fold.. cedars finds it naive and deluded on the wtss part that it would risk having active jws come into more contact with faders, particularly since faders become faders primarily because theyve discovered the truth about the truth.... ...and hes right; if the wts a genuinely and sincerely reaching out to them, it would be naive and deluded.. .

Splash

I can see them using the "They went out from us because they were not of our sort" scripture.

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Beards....Do What Your Told! The WT Owns You, You Disobedient, Spiritually Immature, Publisher!

by allyouneedislove in

was talking to an elder about beards.

he said that at bethel, only black and hispanic brothers can have mustaches (any actual facts supporting this decision?).

he mentioned that we don't want to stumble anyone so that they won't hear our message.

Splash

(1 Corinthians4:6,7) learn the [rule]: “Do not go beyond the things that are written,” in order that YOU may not be puffed up individually in favour of the one against the other. For who makes you to differ from another?

(Luke 22:25,26) But he said to them: “The kings of the nations lord it over them, and those having authority over them are called Benefactors. YOU, though, are not to be that way.

(Matthew 15:3-9) In reply he said to them: “Why is it YOU also overstep the commandment of God because of YOUR tradition? ... And so YOU have made the word of God invalid because of YOUR tradition. YOU hypocrites, Isaiah aptly prophesied about YOU, when he said, ‘This people honours me with their lips, yet their heart is far removed from me. It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach commands of men as doctrines.’”

(Jeremiah 10:23,24) to earthling man his way does not belong. It does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step. Correct me, O Jehovah...

The qualifications for appointment are listed clearly in 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1. Unsurprisingly, beards do not get a mention. Did the holy spirit forget to mention the necessity of being clean shaven?

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I just created an account on jw.org

by nonjwspouse in

just what is the purpose for it?

i can get to all the stuff without an account except with the account i can look up meeting times of a local congo, or conventions, and donate to the wtbts.

that seems to be it.in fact, once signed in that is all that is available and have to go back to being logged out to get anything else on the site.. what gives?

Splash

They need to be given authorisation to this part of the site by the COBE.

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Beards....Do What Your Told! The WT Owns You, You Disobedient, Spiritually Immature, Publisher!

by allyouneedislove in

was talking to an elder about beards.

he said that at bethel, only black and hispanic brothers can have mustaches (any actual facts supporting this decision?).

he mentioned that we don't want to stumble anyone so that they won't hear our message.

Splash

Interestingly, the WT itself suggest this beard rule is a violation of our personal right to decide personal matters:

g92 6/8 p.17 Why Do I Have to Be Different?

"Males were required to wear beards and were forbidden to cut off their “sidelocks.” (Leviticus 19:27; 21:5) This law was to be heeded even if a Jew didn’t like fringed garments or preferred the clean-shaved look. Now, imagine being told that you had to wear a beard and certain clothing. Would you not resent this as a violation of your personal rights? "

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I just created an account on jw.org

by nonjwspouse in

just what is the purpose for it?

i can get to all the stuff without an account except with the account i can look up meeting times of a local congo, or conventions, and donate to the wtbts.

that seems to be it.in fact, once signed in that is all that is available and have to go back to being logged out to get anything else on the site.. what gives?

Splash

Depending on your access level you can access km's, boe letters, various forms etc.

Certain access lets you send info direct back to the soc.

Splash