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  In a nutshell, what is the wackiest jw thing?

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  what is the wackiest...strangest....most unusual jw teaching or practice?

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  For me it's Rev 20:12 "and scrolls were opened".

  Millions of JW's read this verse, then read the WT which says "These NEW scrolls..." so millions of JW's think the Bible says 'new' scrolls.

  How can you read something so obviously simple, then instantly misunderstand it?
  The context, the words, the meaning. It's so simple, yet they just can't see it. Blind, totally blind.

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  Jesus without a beard was nuts.
  Pictures of a snake with legs (in Eden) was nuts.
  Women being turned into men in the new system was barmy (g30 4/2 p.446)
  The 8 flip-flops as to Mt 24:14 already being fulfilled is insane.
  The 37 different interpretations of who the false apostles are (2Cor 11:13) is mind blowing.
  That bobbed hair leads to baldness - g24 11/19 p.100.
  That babies pacifiers (dummies) give them tonsilitis, and ultra violet rays are healing.
  The 10 different definitions of the F&DS.
  

  Then there was when they said that spirit mediums grew tentacles, and spirits lived among us wearing tweed and drinking whisky but were not able to bleed ("Talking with the Dead" p. 116-126).

  Oh yeah, just remembered "overlapping generations"!

  When will the madness end?
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  I Should Have Just Kept Avoiding Their Videos

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  i have a 2011 new year resolution to avoid reading jw literature or watch their videos.i am not "religious" about it, and will watch/read excerpts, but pretty much stick with that resolution as it only angers me when i read the stuff.. well, someone posted their video of philippines disaster relief due to a 2013 typhoon as a response to a news article to demonstrate that they are not really helping and that it is just propaganda.

  i watched the video and was immediately able to see what the hell is wrong with jw's and their leadership and, as i figured- i was angered.. so i will post this link, but then go back to not watching/reading.

  it just isn't worth it.. in the video, when they knew the storm was coming, the pre-planned disaster relief people texted elders to warn them to evacuate.

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  Even if some crazy person did throw out all their food in order to put books into a fridge, would you even feature that???

  That says so much about the unbalanced view they seek to cultivate of WT vs lives.
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  New song 142

  by InquiryMan in

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  i was listening through the 138th gilead graduation program on tv.jw.orghttp://tv.jw.org/#video/vodprogramsevents/pub-jwbgg_e_201503_1_video.

  listen from 12.08..... isn`t this kingdom song somewhat different from others, being more upbeat and lively than usual?kind of new sound by jws terms.

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  Splash

  Sounds like a song from a show.

  Once it arrives at kingdom halls I'd expect it to be piano only and therefore less lively.

  Incidentally, is Geoffrey Jackson putting on a bit of weight? That's an impressive double chin he's starting to grow.
  Add Mark Sanderson to that observation too.
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  I saw and heard something in a Kingdom hall I thought I would never witness!

  by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

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  when i was a kid i would hear religious songs on tv and start sining them... not knowing they were church songs... one day i started singing the hallelujah song (not sure the exact name of the song) my father quickly gave me a hard slap on the mouth and said if i ever sang that song again he would take his belt off and beat my butt until it was red!.

  well fast forward 30 years..... the public speaker was missing today and so tv.jw>org to the rescue.... instead they decided to play the new video about the last hundred years since 1914.. instantly the hall was filled with the exact same song i was punished for!

  yes a church song filled the hall for almost 5 minutes as we watch br.

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  They admitted that their teachings were corrupt back then, but it's all good now - at least since the 1950's.

  "The anointed remnant of spiritual Israel have been cleansed of past derelictions in matters of worship, and their field of worship has become pure and blessed like the original Eden." w51 10/15 p. 639 QFR
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  "...and they were eating and drinking and marrying, etc"

  by Phaedra in

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  was just thinking of how i used to sit in audience growing up at the kh hearing of "those in noah's day" eating and drinking and what not during some wt article.

  i thought, "those poor people, doing what their hearts desire, and then perishing because they were not people of jehovah.".

  they lived, partied and died.. we don't live any differently today.. we are those people.. we thought we were the exception.. fools we were.. phae.

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  What happened to Noah and his family?

  Oh yeah, they died too.
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  I have a serious problem

  by My Name is of No Consequence in

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  i have a serious problem that i cannot solve on my own.

  i was born-in but am only in by a thread at this point.

  i quit the tms a few weeks ago and wrote a post on it.

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  If you speak with any elder, make sure you take a second along to witness it, and record it all.
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  Age of "governing body" members

  by MacHislopp in

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  carey barber ..................b 1905. lyman swingle.................b 1910. albert schroeder.............. b 1911. john barr ..................... b 1913. daniel sydlik...................b 1919. milton henschel ...............b 1920. theodore jaracz...............b 1924. and.

  guy pierce .....................b 1934 (b.

  1 year before end of h.c.)*.

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  I Should Have Just Kept Avoiding Their Videos

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  i have a 2011 new year resolution to avoid reading jw literature or watch their videos.i am not "religious" about it, and will watch/read excerpts, but pretty much stick with that resolution as it only angers me when i read the stuff.. well, someone posted their video of philippines disaster relief due to a 2013 typhoon as a response to a news article to demonstrate that they are not really helping and that it is just propaganda.

  i watched the video and was immediately able to see what the hell is wrong with jw's and their leadership and, as i figured- i was angered.. so i will post this link, but then go back to not watching/reading.

  it just isn't worth it.. in the video, when they knew the storm was coming, the pre-planned disaster relief people texted elders to warn them to evacuate.

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  The video says at 2:40 "Before the storm hit, the Philippines Branch office began coordinating the evacuation and relief efforts.'We are preparing for the typhoon because the news said that we need to prepare, so I text everybody, every elder...' (- Rodnie Barcenas Circuit Overseer)."

  So yes, the branch knew the typhoon was coming, they planned the evacuations (to kingdom halls?), instructed the CO's, and made sure all elders and congregations were informed of what to do.

  Cedars covered this very well at the time. He calculates some figures:
  "According to the 2014 Yearbook, the population of the Philippines is 97,701,745. And according to this new video (and official figures), Typhoon Haiyan claimed the lives of 6,200. That is a mortality rate of 0.0063% for the country.

  By comparison, Watchtower claims to have 185,000 Witnesses in the Philippines. When we include all those presumed dead with the confirmed figures, this gives us a mortality rate of 0.024% among Witnesses for Typhoon Haiyan – nearly four times the previously stated figure."

  If you're interested in this topic it is worth reading.
  jwsurvey - Philippines video
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  Why attack?

  by newqatarjob in

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  as someone brought up as a jw and been an elder and been disfellowshipped (twice!!!

  ) i find it difficult to understand why ex jws have to attack the religion, yes religion, not cult or sect.

  i am no longer disfellowshipped just do not want to practice anymore.

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  Aw. WhenInDoubt got banned :-(
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  Beads and Tight Jeans APPROVED Service Attire For a Brother?

  by sparky1 in

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  many, many, many posters here have wondered what happened to the religion that they were raised in or baptized into 20 or more years ago.

  i just got the shock of my life on jw(dot) org.tv!

  there is a video testimonial of an american indian witness that was inactive for many years and has now begun to preach again.

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  No, beards are still bad.

  In this weeks WT study there's a cartoon style picture with a brother being tempted out for an after-work drink.

  You guessed it, one of his tempting colleagues had a beard.

  Beard = Bad.