Posts by FedUpJW

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VIDEO: Weekend Meeting 3/4 December 2016

by darkspilver in

weekend meeting 3/4 december 2016. public talk: into the new world under christ’s rulership.

watchtower study: "do not forget kindness to strangers”.

(note actual meeting starts from approximately 21 minutes in).

FedUpJW

Is this something new?

Are other kingdom halls going to have these video cameras for live streaming? I recognize the one in the photo. Decades ago I was on the framing crew at this one.

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Showing Kindness To Strangers

by FedUpJW in

i feel pretty foolish after reading the drivel in today's wt.

here i was operating under the impression that showing kindness to strangers was something that one did unselfishly.

boy was i wrong!

And the WT conductor just made this statement, "Next weeks lesson will go along with this weeks quite nicely. "Maintain Your Spiritual Heath While in a Foreign Field. I am sure it will motivate many of us to want to move to another area. Then we can experience the kindness shown to a stranger at a new KH."

My thought? Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, IDIOT!

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Showing Kindness To Strangers

by FedUpJW in

i feel pretty foolish after reading the drivel in today's wt.

here i was operating under the impression that showing kindness to strangers was something that one did unselfishly.

boy was i wrong!

FedUpJW

I feel pretty foolish after reading the drivel in today's WT. Here I was operating under the impression that showing kindness to strangers was something that one did unselfishly. Boy was I wrong! Here are just a few of the statements about how to show kindness to strangers that are going to be slurped up today.

"...warm welcome at the Kingdom Hall."

"Jehovah is equally concerned about people... who attend meetings..."

"...loving concern for fellow believers from other lands..."

"...neighbors, fellow workers, schoolmates make derogatory remarks about those of another background."

"We can show kindness...by warmly greeting them at the Kingdom Hall."

"To help others feel at home in the congregation...why not accept them just the way they are?"

"We rejoice that Jehovah in his...kindness...has allowed people from all backgrounds...to associate with us."

So there we have it. Kindness is shown by getting people in the door of the KH. No one else is kind but rather they always speak derogatorily of others. Is there any wonder that I am FedUp?

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Do you use a dictionary?

by compound complex in

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in my work, i rely upon google for quick answers on definition (denotation), pronunciation (audio), etymology, shades of meaning (connotation), etc.. what i really mean is, do you use an actual unabridged websters, the one you get a hernia lifting?

i ask because, last night, i was tired of fighting with my two ailing computers and decided to pull the big book off the shelf.

it was great, hearkening back to olden times -- childhood -- when i read real books and periodicals and wrote unknown words into a notepad (the paper sort) and pored over old noah's offerings.. your thoughts?.

FedUpJW

Yes, hard copy. I enjoy words. What a certain word means and why it is used instead of some other word. Where it came from, as others have mentioned. Books in general are a favorite pastime.

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JW's arrogant as f...?!

by Alostpuppydog in

has anybody else noticed that almost all the jdubs are super arrogant?

i mean even from just the basic ones to especially the elders and the overseers omg.

they act like they are so high and mighty that you should just worship them.

FedUpJW

if you want to converse with someone at a KH about 'moving up' they are very quick to dodge and show you your errors and why it just can't be done.

Or they give you the old worn out, "Just keep doing what you're doing." Well after years of that sh-t I finally got FedUp and told them to take a flying leap!

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Sheeplike?? A Christian Requirement or WT Controlling mechanism?

by BluesBrother in

when we were practising witnesses we heard a lot about the need to be "sheeplike" , having a sheeplike attitude and personality .

a typical comment might be :.

"lasting peace & happiness just ahead" 2009 p 30.

FedUpJW

Sheep are not work animals.
Sheep are not pets.
Sheep may be eaten.
Sheep may be fleeced.

Having had the unfortunate job of working with sheep I can also say that sheep, in general, are stupid. If they are not dead they are looking for a place to die. If they become caught in a fence they will just lay down and die on the spot more often than not. Trying to doctor an injured sheep or otherwise care for it usually results in it up and dying. Seems like the perfect animal to liken JW's to.

But then again on the other hand I was raised in cattle ranching country and hate sheep with a passion.

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Was kidnap victim Sherri Papini a JW?

by NikL in

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sherri papini is that woman kidnapped in california and released on thanksgiving day making the news right now.. during one of the reports this morning on the today show there was a quick scene of an investigation going on at a kingdom hall.

there was crime tape up and everything.

credit goes to my wife for catching it.. i just wondered why the kingdom hall was a crime scene when she was abducted and released somewhere else?anybody else catch this?.

FedUpJW

. . .she walked to a nearby church, and then nobody was there,. . .

Dang those lazy JW's. They should have been at the KH for some pretense. Just think of the missed opportunity to give her an newer Awake mag about "How To Harness Your Habits."

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Why Did JWs Abandon Brooklyn for the Sticks?

by Room 215 in

i may have missed this, but can anyone tell me what was the pretext the gb concocted to justify their abandonment of a perfectly suitable, high-profile, high-visibility complex in what is arguably the world's greatest metropolis for the bucolic isolation of upstate new york.

any how does the move square with their purported belief in the imminence of armageddon?

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FedUpJW

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Reminds me of a snake hissing.

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Why Did JWs Abandon Brooklyn for the Sticks?

by Room 215 in

i may have missed this, but can anyone tell me what was the pretext the gb concocted to justify their abandonment of a perfectly suitable, high-profile, high-visibility complex in what is arguably the world's greatest metropolis for the bucolic isolation of upstate new york.

any how does the move square with their purported belief in the imminence of armageddon?

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FedUpJW

sell up and pretend Jehovah guided you to do it.

How can they even pretend(okay, I know they will) when this is already in print?

*** w12 8/15 p. 17 A Meeting Marked by Unity and Thrilling Plans ***

There are plans to develop a 248-acre (100 ha) property at Warwick. “Although we are not yet certain of Jehovah’s will regarding Warwick,” said Brother Pierce, “we are proceeding to develop the site with the intention of relocating the world headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses there.” Plans are also being made to use a 50-acre (20 ha) parcel of land situated six miles (10 km) north of Warwick to facilitate the staging of machinery and building material. “Once construction is permitted, we hope to complete the entire project within four years,” said Brother Pierce. “Then our property in Brooklyn can be sold.”

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Jehovah God Is Not Real

by Onager in

there are many of us on this site that do not believe that jehovah truly exists.. i think this is a great and wonderful thing to be celebrated!

i'd like people to list the reasons why they do not believe that jehovah exists.

this is open to all, not just atheists or agnostics, but anyone that believes that the god as put forward by jw.org does not and can not be real.. i'll start: .

FedUpJW

(Exodus 20:5) . . . bringing punishment for the error of fathers upon sons, upon the third generation and upon the fourth generation. . .

And yet Jesus said (John 14:9) " . . . He that has seen me has seen the Father . . ."
and about forgiving (Matthew 18:22) . . .“I say to you, not, Up to seven times, but, Up to seventy-seven times."

So Jesus claims we should be forgiving to a large degree, and that he is the reflection of his father, and yet his father holds grudges against multiple. . .woops, sorry, overlapping generations for one persons sins. No contradiction there, is it?