Posts by Anders Andersen

the bottom line for fundamentalist Christian belief is that Jesus believed that Adam and Eve were real and historical people. And the Christian faith is based on that belief

Would it surprise you to learn not all mainstream churches subscribe to a literalist interpretation of Adam and Eve?

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I just watched No Safe Spaces Recomend this to all

by wolverines in

this is a great movie.

it documents how dangerous the left is.

its on the verge of destroying the country.

Anders Andersen

It documents how dangerous the left is. Its on the verge of destroying the country. No common sense and the out and out hate for free speech.

What is most dangerous is an "us vs them" mentality.
It hinders civilized conversation. It stops people from trying to understand each other's viewpoints and arguments, and doesn't help finding mutual goals, let alone solutions that may work for everyone.

In the end, almost all people want the same things. Safety. Housing. Food. Health. A decent job. Happiness. Some freedom.

Doesn't matter whether they vote for this candidate or another, or what their beliefs are, or their race and background.

In reality there is no "the left" nor "the right".
There's only a lot of individuals all wanting more or less the same things, with different ideas about how to get there.

It would help to listen to each other in other to understand and work together to find acceptable ways to reach the common goals.

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Slave class

by asp59 in

do you think there is a group or individuals that have taken the role as slave class and fulfilled the requirement?

think they all failed miserable.

Anders Andersen

Who says there was, is, or ever will be a 'slave class'?

Aren't the second half of Matth. chapter 24 and chapter 25 simply a couple of parables intended to make each individual Christian stay alert, and do what they can for Jesus?

Is there a group of people who have taken the role of 5 wise virgins? 5 unwise virgins?

Is there a group of people represented by each of the slaves in the parable of the bags of gold (Matt. 25)?

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2020 Convention- Worse fear-mongering propaganda video

by Newly Enlightened in

https://youtu.be/p7jx8sbghck .

Anders Andersen

Grandiose delusions.

Also the video department is running on a tight budget it seems?
"Hey this CO's nephew can sort of animate the drawings from 2018....that should do it!"

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Elder manuals

by dogisgod in

pre elder arrangement.

we had congregation overseer.

when did the society begin publishing the secret “elder” books and training..

Anders Andersen

@Earnest,

Nice one, didn't know that existed.

Reading it a bit now, and they had ridiculous rules in 1961 too...and less craftful wordsmithery to obfuscate the harsh truth: JW must obey the Watchtower Society and follow its rules.

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Honest assessment of my life

by silent3 in

my old account was silent and i had to create a new account which kind of bums me, but here i am.. over the years i've really experienced some rough times emotionally and spiritually which led me down many paths.

being angry most all of time with a few outbursts really started to make me take stock of what was wrong with me.

further i started really going back and trying to figure out where i went wrong.. so i revisted all my previous posts on here.

Anders Andersen

I want the best for my wife and family and instead of rolling around in the mire of negativity always finding fault and taking a perpetual negative view

My former church does that. They always present everything but themselves as bad.

People outside the church are said to all be selfish, rude, ignorant, evil, unloving, immoral, dishonest.

Authorities are claimed to be lead by the Devil himself, all out to get members of the church. The church is claimed to be the no.1 target of all persecution.

The church claims (contrary to actual facts) that the world gets worse every day. They (falsely) claim disease and disasters, wars and violence, crime and all other evils are on the rise, leading to inescapable mayhem.

They never mention anything good about the world we live in or the world situation. And if they do, they'd portray it in a negative light, claiming mankind is fighting a lost battle anyway.

They also claim every human being is severely flawed, and can never hope to really fight off their own mistakes and flaws.

Members are always told they can't even trust themselves because they will lead themselves astray.

All the above negativity is repeated almost daily to the church members.

You are right. We don't need such negativity in our lives.

I choose to focus on the good in mankind, in the world we live in.

I choose to focus on the huge improvements we made.

Oh...take a guess what my former church is? I'm sure you can recognize them from the description.

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All Memorial Attendance Data

by hipolito in

jw
friends

hi friend.. i want to ask you to do me the next favor.. if any of you have the following data or file on the following topic: "all memorial attendance data from 1896 to 2016".. if one of you knows about it or has the file in excel, i will really appreciate it.. thank you..

Anders Andersen

@Hipolito,

I didn't notice your request asked for figures further back in time.

https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/statistics-historical-data.php has scanned memorial reports starting from 1935.
Maybe you can get what you want there?

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All Memorial Attendance Data

by hipolito in

jw
friends

hi friend.. i want to ask you to do me the next favor.. if any of you have the following data or file on the following topic: "all memorial attendance data from 1896 to 2016".. if one of you knows about it or has the file in excel, i will really appreciate it.. thank you..

Anders Andersen

I think you can find what you need in the Yearbook Stats by Field 1981-2017.xls file, tab sheet "Mem. Att."