Posts by FedUpJW

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Apostasy endorsed in this yesterday's Watchtower Study

by doubtfull1799 in

“there may be occasions when it would be good for us to reconsider a choice or decision.

it could be when the prevailing circumstances change.

jehovah altered his decision at times when circumstances changed.

FedUpJW

In many respects, if we let others make our decisions, we are essentially deciding to “follow them.”

So says the governing body, as they continue to dictate what one should wear, how one should groom themselves, what entertainment they can engage in, what education they should have, how much money they should save, what kind of vehicle they should buy, who they should marry, when they should marry, what two married people can do in the privacy of their own home, that one must pioneer, etc.

Can anyone really not see the hypocrisy of what these chuckle-heads write?

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Apostasy endorsed in this yesterday's Watchtower Study

by doubtfull1799 in

“there may be occasions when it would be good for us to reconsider a choice or decision.

it could be when the prevailing circumstances change.

jehovah altered his decision at times when circumstances changed.

FedUpJW

I agree that they are covering their asses, possibly going to come out with a big change soon,

I still firmly believe that they are going to refine a.k.a. completely abandon the idea of 144,000 as the ONLY ones going to heaven. They must do something to make the increasing numbers of partakers make sense. Three classes of people. Those who are alleged to be the 'little flock', those who are the 'great crowd' in heaven, and those who supposedly will pet pandas on earth forever.

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Apostasy endorsed in this yesterday's Watchtower Study

by doubtfull1799 in

“there may be occasions when it would be good for us to reconsider a choice or decision.

it could be when the prevailing circumstances change.

jehovah altered his decision at times when circumstances changed.

FedUpJW

strange that wt will disfellowship people for disagreeing on doctrinal decisions , they made, that they later change, but will not automatically reinstate those that had it right in the first place,

I tried making that point some years ago when the "light" got brighter and the gb decided that they and only they were the "the slave". Thirty-five years or more ago at least one person was DF'd for believing that "the slave" could not be all self-proclaimed anointed on earth and could only be a small group of men. I wonder why he wasn't posthumously reinstated now that that is the current "truth"?

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JW Cultish Thoughts about RIP!

by Iamallcool in

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ones who are lovers of jehovah .

dont say rip .

rip is also pagan in origin.

FedUpJW

Saying 'rest' in peace, or more often writing R.I.P after a deceased person's name, is primarily a way of showing respect to the dead person and the feelings of their relatives.

And that is the reason WT would not promote saying R.I.P. If it is a tool of the devil to remove ones hat or tip it to the ladies, and if it is a tool of the devil to stand up when a woman enters the room, then "evidently" it must be a tool of the devil promoting self-worship to show any respect for a dead person or their relatives by saying-thinking-or writing R.I.P.

Now didn't I sound like a "good" little Dubbie?

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How do the GB micro-manage people's lives today?

by UnshackleTheChains in

how do the gb micro-manage people's lives today?one example is their micro management in dress and grooming.

eg their view of beards.

elders in most congs will take a brother to a corner and remind him why jws don't grow beards.

FedUpJW

How do the GB micro-manage people's lives today?

How don't they?

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Outraged After Watching The May 2017 Broadcast

by pale.emperor in

ok, so i've just put myself through another months broadcast so i can see what bull they're feeding my still in relatives.

all was going fine... well, i say fine, i mean the usual cheesy videos, rehearsed reactions from jeffrey jackson (you remember him, the one who told half truths and lies at the royal commission) and propaganda from jw land.. the last feature brings up 9/11 and the paris 2015 attack at the bataclan.

just as im thinking "how are they gonna spin this in their direction" i hear these words:.

FedUpJW

Luke 6:32 (NIV): "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them."

That statement alone is enough to condamn the JDubs. Even sinners love those who love them, yet many of the Dubyas are some of the most back-biting, hateful, petty, gossiping, hypocritical, un-loving, split tongued, reviling, a--holes one would ever have the displeasure to meet.

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Which Watchtower publications did you keep?

by Schnufti in

i'm currently cleaning up our bookcase and need to decide what goes into the trash.

i'll keep the watchtower books that are not available online anymore (e.g.

the brown "reasoning" book).

FedUpJW

Hard copies of the "Proclaimers" book and just for the heckuvit my old original "paradise" book.

Otherwise the CD libraries are plenty. Even direct printouts from those though are now dismissed by JDubs as unverifiable "apostate" propaganda in my area.

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Today's Watchtower; if GB say celebrity adulation is wrong, why do they pose for pics and sign autographs?

by Isambard Crater in

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says it all really.

total hypocrisy once again..

FedUpJW

Question 6, 7: "In the matter of rendering humans honor, how do Jehovah's Witnesses differ from many people?"

Par. 6 "Hence, young and old alike look to them as role models, perhaps imitating their mannerisms, dress, or conduct. [Par. 7] True Christians refrain from such a distorted view of honoring humans."

This s--t printed just after five pages of showing "special attention" to a human!

I only got this far before I could not stomach anymore of the hypocrisy. But maybe, just maybe I will go to the meeting, raise my hand for the question, and IF I should get called on make the following comment, "Unlike humans who are influenced by Satan's world who place their religious leaders on a pedestal, looking to them as role models and imitating their dress or conduct; Jehovah's Witnesses NEVER will place their religious leaders on any sort of public pedestal such as TV, or hold then up as examples of dress, grooming, or conduct because they do not want God to be sad that they have given more honor and respect to them than is due!"

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Would This Be Adultery?

by FedUpJW in

i just happened to read a news article from some months ago about doctors having performed a successful penis transplant.

the recipient lost his due to cancer, and doctors expect him to gain full use of his "new" penis, including sexual activities.

considering some of the more goofy interpretations of doctrine that the gooberning body trots out that the rank and file must obey under penalty of shunning i wonder if a man had this surgery, would he and or his wife be df'd for adultery?

FedUpJW

Great answers so far. Perhaps they both would be DF'd for engaging in a threesome?

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Would This Be Adultery?

by FedUpJW in

i just happened to read a news article from some months ago about doctors having performed a successful penis transplant.

the recipient lost his due to cancer, and doctors expect him to gain full use of his "new" penis, including sexual activities.

considering some of the more goofy interpretations of doctrine that the gooberning body trots out that the rank and file must obey under penalty of shunning i wonder if a man had this surgery, would he and or his wife be df'd for adultery?

FedUpJW

sparky1 had the best answer IMO. I asked more in humor than in genuinely wanting to know. Thanks for the replies to all.