Posts by Splash

i 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..

Splash

I guess he got an education, got a job and bought his own appliances.

Or inherited them.

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the torch

by Mr.logic in

since the wt organization claims 'apostolic succession " who was it that passed the torch to c.t.

russell who founded this organization of sheeple?

ask judge rutherford, or milton henschel, maybe they know.

Splash

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 in

the 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.

Splash

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 in

mr. 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.

Splash

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 in

jw
friends

i 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?.

Splash

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 in

so man was made by god in his image was he?.

so the human body was intelligently designed was it?.

you are kidding me !!.

Splash

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 in

anyone watched the june broadcast?.

i can't be stuffed.....but i'm interested in any wtf content.....

Splash

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.