Posts by Anders Andersen

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2016 Special Conventions - Utrecht, Netherlands
by darkspilver in
1. jw
2. friends
keep up with the 2016 special conventions at.

http://jw2016.org.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxch7yxwame.
Anders Andersen

Thanks for sharing. You made me waste half an hour of my life. Luckily I was on the toilet anyway.
Anyone wondering about important issues: bro Tulip aka JW smurf is not in the videos.
Nothing to see.
Carry on.
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The Atheist Delusion
by looter in
1. jw
2. friends
atheist delusion.

just want to know what the ex jw community thinks about this video and also offer my pov.

the video was actually an advertisement on here.
Anders Andersen

Blunt as it may seem, I have to agree with Cofty and Outlaw.
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Britain Branch Relocation Project - 7 BOE's
by wifibandit in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
2016-08-16 branch relocation project - key events.

2016-08-17 branch relocation project - personnel needs.

2016 key events programme.
Anders Andersen

Where are the relocating to...Selters, Germany? :-D
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WT wants to throw out lawsuit in Vermont
by Sugar Shane in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
kinda surprised this hasn't popped up on here yet.

article is just a couple days old.

it's in the small, but pretty state of vermont.
Anders Andersen

What is interesting is this quote from Watchtower though:
And to claim that the congregation was required to "monitor" interactions in private homes between individuals who are not engaged in any religious activity "is beyond the legal or feasible scope of any possible undertaking. Because the specific 'service' for which (Lewis) claims protection in this case is beyond the scope of any 'monitoring' service the (congregation) could possibly or legally provide, (Lewis') claim fails as a matter of law."
If only elders gave this response whenever someone came to them complaining he saw some brother engaged in sin.
'I saw porn in brother Xs browsing history'
'Unmarried X and Y spent the night in a hotel together'
'I saw sr X smoking'
'While at work in the hospital, I noticed in the records X had a blood transfusion'
Sorry folks, it's beyond the legal and feasible scope of our congregation to monitor private activities...
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Grants to Watchtower?
by StarTrekAngel in
1. watchtower
2. bible
can someone help dissecting this?

i stumbled upon this on another forum.

links to a site that claims to track non-profit tax forms.
Anders Andersen
ÏI just did a quick look.
1. I only found 4 grants to WTBS of Pennsylvania, not 6. Your link is not working for me.
2. Some of these grants are received from organizations that manage grants. I.e. I send my money to that organisation, tell them to manage it, and send some money to Watchtower every now and then. The same organisation will of course also manage grants for other people, who might have specified other charities as beneficiaries. There is no link between Watchtower and other charities receiving money through (not from) the grant-managing organisation.
Edit: there's 6 indeed for Watch Tower of Pennsylvania ....and 4 more for Watchtower of New York. Mind the gap ;-)
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Which Scripture "don't judge others customs"?
by Drifting Away in
1. jw
2. friends
i am starting to get to the boiling point, to make a long story short, i am getting hounded from alot of family and elder visits.

i sorta put a halt on the elder visits, but the family is starting in on me now.

anyway to get back to topic, what scripture is it that says something to the affect of that do not judge how some celebrate there customs or beliefs or something like that?.
Anders Andersen

Oops typo....Romans 14:5 indeed :-D
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Paranormal Warning
by Cold Steel in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i've heard some weird stories coming from jws about the paranormal.

i know about the warnings about items that come from unbelievers -- those don't interest me as much.

what i am interested in are actual experiences in stories of the paranormal you've heard or experienced yourself.
Anders Andersen
@Sevan,
You realize that 'Satan' is not answer to you question why evil exists right?
Because if humans can't do evil without outside influence (Satan), why would Satan be able to do evil without outside source?
1. Satan, supposedly created as a perfect, holy angel to serve God in righteousness.
2. Humans, supposedly conceived in sin, their every thought wicked, and with a treacherous heart.
Does it make any sense to say that wicked humans need Satan to do evil, but a holy angel can come up with wicked stuff all by himself?
These myths don't make any sense. Let them where they belong...a couple thousand years in the past...
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Which Scripture "don't judge others customs"?
by Drifting Away in
1. jw
2. friends
i am starting to get to the boiling point, to make a long story short, i am getting hounded from alot of family and elder visits.

i sorta put a halt on the elder visits, but the family is starting in on me now.

anyway to get back to topic, what scripture is it that says something to the affect of that do not judge how some celebrate there customs or beliefs or something like that?.
Anders Andersen

Romans 4:6?
The whole chapter is about "get lost trying to judge me".
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Is Pokemon Demonic?
by Saename in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
[spoiler: pokemon is an invitation to communication with or possession by demons because... well... pokemon comes from demons.

so... i was looking through different questions on quora, and i noticed one that read, "is pokemon demonic?

" i was interested in seeing what people have to say, especially that not so long ago there was a thread (or a post in a thread?
Anders Andersen

Yeah, there are some cuckoo JW promotors on Quora. I battle them when I feel like it, exposing all their dirty little secrets.
Btw this guy isn't even the worst of them. Some just answer every question with a short but shameless 'find your answer on jw.org' plug. This guy just writes down his own weird beliefs without (directly) promoting the cult.
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What will Tony say?
by konceptual99 in
1. social
2. humour
genuine picture from a convention in holland.

what will tony say?!.

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Anders Andersen

@blondie,
What's strange about the name plates? They look like the ones they always have in the Netherlands.