Posts by Splash
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The Reason Why Jehovah's Witnesses Will Never Prosper Is The Children
by minimus ini believe that the religion will remain stagnant due to their achilles heel, the kids, the children, that next generation.. most of them really don't wa t to be in the religion.
the parents may have tried everything within their power to make the kids love jehovah but we all know you can't force someone to love you and you can't make a grown person stay in a relationship or situation if they really don't want to be there..
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Splash
I guess he got an education, got a job and bought his own appliances.
Or inherited them.
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Wasn't it George Storrs who passed the baton to CTR, and Henry Grew passed it it George...? -
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JW-PTSD (Also known as the Norman Bates syndrome)
by TerryWalstrom inthe jw religion is sort of like norman bates' mother.
she was supposed to be a proper caretaker, teacher, and role model--but--instead she was a corrupting influence.. even after 'mother' is gone--it is so easy to keep her embalmed in our subconscious like norman did in the fruit cellar.. when pressures weigh heavily on us and we start losing it--well, something like the character and personality of 'mother' may creep into our thinking.
mightn't it?we really have to exert our individuality at all times and rise above.
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This corrupting influence has produced the same results - her children are driven to spy on the unsuspecting and end up doing them harm. -
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June JW Broadcast - Jehovah's & Jesus' names Are Interchangeable!
by The Searcher inmr. geoffrey jackson hosts this month's propaganda-fest, and uses a favourite catchphrase of the org - "by extension" - to get out of the dead-end which the scriptwriters had put him in.
he quotes matthew 10:22 - "and you will be objects of hatred by all people on account of my [jesus'] name; but he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved.".
mr. jackson knows only too well that probably no j.w.
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BU2B The very best example of what you highlight comes from a 2008 watchtower. It is simply hilarious:
*** w08 4/15 p. 7 par. 19 Repudiate “Valueless Things” ***
"A sound rule is found in the words of the apostle Paul: “Do not go beyond the things that are written.” (1 Cor. 4:6) Elders do not go beyond the things that are written in the Bible. And by extension, they do not go beyond the Bible-based counsel written in the publications of the faithful and discreet slave."First we're told not to go beyond what's written, then in the very next sentence they go beyond what is written!!
Another great example of using "by extension", as Searcher observed in the OP.
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Kingdom Hall loans Cancelled? Lurkers...please read
by ToesUp ini hope that writing this, there will be some lurkers that i can shake.. if you have not listened to mays tv broadcast, please do.
it may wake some up.. note @ around 21-22 minutes into the broadcast lett brings up the the kingdom halls/assembly hall loans have been cancelled and the congregation can now send in what they can afford.
wow...how many banks would do that?.
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It looked like CloserToFine's spouse was going to increase donations. It's this extra I considered 'spare'.
On the other hand some people will always spend up to or beyond their earnings level, so whether they are paid well or poorly they never have spare cash at the end of the month.
I guess giving it all away to billionaires is never a good idea though:
(Proverbs 22:16) "The one giving gifts to the rich will end up in poverty." -
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Intelligent design my ass
by Doltologist inso man was made by god in his image was he?.
so the human body was intelligently designed was it?.
you are kidding me !!.
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Testicles need to swing in the air to keep cool, otherwise the swimmers don't work so well. -
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New June broadcast is out.....oh what joys will be unleashed on everyone?
by stuckinarut2 inanyone watched the june broadcast?.
i can't be stuffed.....but i'm interested in any wtf content.....
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The song at the end is called "I want to give you my all" and centres around a number of youths turning away from secular things such as education and sports in order to go preaching or to the meetings.
It ends by showing all three youngsters being baptised to the lyric "I want to give you my all" being sung four times.
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Another "damned if they do/don't" Thread & the Perpetual Motion Machine
by DarioKehl ina few days ago, a jw apologist posted a thread with a similar title.
although he was defending their behavior, i've observed this cycle as well.
i have a different spin on it, though.. how often do you see posts from people who are upset that "no one even bothers to check in on me," only to read as many threads about "they keep calling & texting--why won't they leave me alone?
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The double standard of "they never come to visit" vs "they won't stop calling" is nothing other than the standard JW modus operandi.
JW's are so indoctrinated to having to take a single statement or event and apply it to one specific situation while ignoring the overall bigger picture, that they end up doing the same.
How many times do we read something like the NT was written for the anointed, then told that the instruction to preach in Matt 28 was for all?
Or instructed to go and discuss the fault with your brother first, only to be hauled into the back room by the elders for something you wasn't aware about.
Or the illustration of the faithful slave takes 20 WT pages to explain, but the wicked slave receives one line: "there's no such thing".
This, plus being told we are never doing enough, conditions JW's to look critically at others all the time, finding fault and using anything that might fit.
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Writing Department Interview on "The Generation."
by cappytan ina member of the writing department was gracious enough to allow me to interview him about the "overlapping generation" doctrine.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eo1o5qmagu.
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That is SERIOUSLY funny!!!!!!