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  Our hall is asking for money...

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i guess the branch isn't happy with the amount being sent each month since we are way lower than our loan amount.

  we now have to another financial survey to see the max amount that can be given.

  it is "encouraged" for all to be in attendance and give much forethought and consideration to the amount you can donate each month.

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  I'll keep a few copies of that magazine back and save them for the future begging surveys.
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  Statue of Marsyas died on a stake?

  by enigma1863 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so jws have been spreading this picture around claiming it supports the roman torture stake belief.

  this is the statue of marsyas the satyr, a greek mythical creature.

  he lost a challenge to apollo and was flayed.

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  Marsyus was the son of Olympus and killed by Apollos, so this is a legend, not a true account.

  Apollos was a Greek before being adopted as Roman, the earliest temple to him is in Athens from about 600BCE

  There were no nails involved, Marsyus was tied.

  He was tied to a tree - I don't know what the original Greek wording is used for 'tree' in the tale.

  His method of execution was by flaying, not the same as the Romans used on Jesus.

  Apart from that, the evidence is quite compelling.
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  2015 Convention

  by wifibandit in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  pixel, cappytan, and wifibandit present for your consideration:.

  https://youtu.be/g16_p3tncxq?list=plrw9u-n1z2m-_z5_a55vmqj1biuwnslhq.

  the saturday program will be added tomorrow, followed by the sunday program the next day..

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  Thanks!

  Especially thought this was appropriate.

  
  

  BTW, what's with announcing how long someone has been serving as a pioneer, at bethel or been an elder, as part of introducing the next item?
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  Anyone Here From Austin Area?

  by lambsbottom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone here from austin area?

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  I visit a relative there from time to time.
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  Anyone Here From Austin Area?

  by lambsbottom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  anyone here from austin area?

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  Pflugerville close?
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  The Reason Why Jehovah's Witnesses Will Never Prosper Is The Children

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  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..

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  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

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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.

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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 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  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.

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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 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  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.

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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 in

  1. jw
  2. 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?.

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  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."