Posts by FedUpJW

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JW Broadcasting - simply a platform for narcissists?

by eyeslice in

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one thing i notice from sitting through a number of broadcasts is just how much these guys love their titles.

it's always brother such-and-such, member of the gb, helper to the teaching committee, etc.

it's never simply brother such-and-such, a local elder with such-and-such congregation.. it seems to me the witnesses are pretty quick to pick up on catholics who call their priests father, which at the end of the day is in much the same vein simply a title.. i suspect these titles point to a huge amount of narcissism of the part of those who revel in such titles, certainly it doesn't seem to fall in line with christ's advocation that the greatest amongst you should be be the least.

FedUpJW

I see an angel there, ( or I am missing something ) I actually see more than one angel...I thought these represented the angels in midheaven declaring the good news. ( So I really don't see Jesus at all.)

The photo having been out back so many years when I was not yet FedUp was commented on at some length by an uber-JW elder's wife who had the habit of knowing all there was to know about anything in WT land and letting everyone know she knew. I based my observation here about the whited robed one being Jesus on what I remembered of her comment back then that she prefaced with, "A person I know in the writing department said. . ."

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JW Broadcasting - simply a platform for narcissists?

by eyeslice in

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one thing i notice from sitting through a number of broadcasts is just how much these guys love their titles.

it's always brother such-and-such, member of the gb, helper to the teaching committee, etc.

it's never simply brother such-and-such, a local elder with such-and-such congregation.. it seems to me the witnesses are pretty quick to pick up on catholics who call their priests father, which at the end of the day is in much the same vein simply a title.. i suspect these titles point to a huge amount of narcissism of the part of those who revel in such titles, certainly it doesn't seem to fall in line with christ's advocation that the greatest amongst you should be be the least.

FedUpJW

If that is Jehovah, where is Jesus?

He is dressed in a white robe just to the right and a little bit lower than the governing body. That was not drawn that way by mistake IMO. They feel they are equal to or even a little higher than Jesus.

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Are the statistics out yet?

by slimboyfat in

isn’t it about time they released the report for the service year?

or have they stopped publishing it?

did they released selected figures at the annual meeting as they usually do, such as the memorial attendance or record number of pioneers?

FedUpJW

Figures don't lie, but liars figure."

-Mark Twain

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A though on the shooting tragedy

by enoughisenough in

i am thinking about how i read in the reports that the shooter had contacted another person expressing desire to go back .....and was told to contact an elder.

the man seemed to me to be reaching out for help and got put off...and since he had called this person, he was put off by someone he felt could make a difference.

i would hate to be in the shoes of the person the shooter called...for i would feel so guilty, thinking i could have said something else and none the tragedy would have happened.

FedUpJW

So far it's trending the guy was a total nut job

Court records show Apodaca was fired from his employment with Sturgeon Electric Co. in June 2021. Later, he reportedly told a union representative that he would shoot his wife and the rep before coming “after the people responsible at Sturgeon.”

I go with the total "nut job" opinion.

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I don't get it.

by LostintheFog1999 in

i am a historian and the period of english history from henry vii to elizabeth i is my specialist area.. i was talking to an ex-jw about the time when tyndale first translated the bible into english with his intention that everyone from the ploughboy upwards would be able to read and understand the scriptures.

it dawned on us both that this was a significant point in english history.. just having access to the bible in hi their own language allowed the common man to understand what god wanted him to understand.. it was and is, so simple.. why then oh why then do jehovah's witnesses think that they need a fds to explain it to them?

when in the 1600s just having a bible written in english was enough for people to understand the word of god?.

FedUpJW

w10 9/15 p. 8 par. 7 - Without the assistance of “the faithful and discreet slave,” we would neither understand the full import of what we read in God’s Word nor know how to apply it."

And of course it was a then unknown FDS that made sure those 8 guys in New York understood who the FDS was.

WE are the FDS. How do you know? Because we understand the Bible. Why do you think you understand the correct biblical meaning? Because WE are the FDS.

And just like a merry-go-round their circular reasoning keeps on spinning.

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Has anybody decided on a New Years resolution yet?

by smiddy3 in

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i have , i decided to only drink beer three days a week ,yesterday ,today,and tomorrow .

FedUpJW

Not to read any online comment thread dealing with L.E. It's all been said, repeated, and repeated again to the point it is written diarrhea of the mouth!

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Police confirm homicide at Jehovah’s witness center in Colorado after shooter 'threw Molotov cocktail into building'

by TakeOffTheCrown in

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11573103/active-shooter-throws-molotov-cocktail-jehovahs-witness-center-colorado.html?ito=amp_twitter_share-top.

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FedUpJW

JW's, former JW's, or never were JW's really doesn't matter. In cases like this the shooter always gets the wrong order. He should have shot himself first!

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2022-12-S-294-Safety Precautions for Attending Theocratic Schools!

by Atlantis in

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2022-12-s-294-safety precautions for attendingtheocratic schools.

click image to enlarge.. .

page 1. https://postimg.cc/qtfmxxth.

FedUpJW

The governments will always have the power to tell the Watchtower to jump, and all the Watchtower will do is ask, HOW HIGH?

Agreed. Meanwhile the governing body and their sycophants demand that the useless R&F sheep not only ask "How high?" but "How long should we stay up here?"

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Will 2022 Service Year Report of Jehovah’s Witnesses Worldwide include Data on Miscarriages and Reports of Menstrual Hemorrhages?

by was a new boy in

was watchtower given $$$ for their pro vaccine stance?

and how much?.

shocking vaers data reveals 4070% increase in miscarriages — naomi wolf interview - graph at 6:10. https://rumble.com/v21t1em-shocking-vaers-data-reveals-4070-increase-in-miscarriages-naomi-wolf-interv.html?mref=9qiox&mrefc=2.

FedUpJW

It will just be "proof" that the end is soooo near! "See brothers and sisters how we are experiencing an increase in pangs and distress? We are in the last second of the last seconds of the last minute of the last hour of the last day of the last year of the last centuries of the time of the end. SEND US YOUR MONEY NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!"

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Christmas and the name jehovah

by nowwhat? in

for the same reasons jw's reject christmas they use the name jehovah.. dec 25 is the recognized day to celebrate the birth of christ in the world.- we use jehovah because it is the recognized name of the father in the world.. it dishonors jesus because we don't know the actual date of jesus birth- even though we don't know the actual pronouncing of gods name it brings honor to god to use it.

even though the angels rejoiced at the birth of jesus, no where in the bible does it say we should celebrate it.

even though no where in the bible does it say christians are to be witnesses of jehovah, we proudly bear his name!.

FedUpJW

The REAL reason they don’t want members to celebrate Christmas and other holidays is to keep them away from non-Witness relatives and friends.

no. . .No. . .NO. Remember the cartoon girl that donated her ice cream money to the TOMO III defense fund? It's the money that is spent for presents that would have otherwise gone into WT coffers that they want.

Okay, I am just kind of being a goof today. Definitely not trying to stir up any fine people here, especially you LHG, with my comment. It's just my warped sense of humor coming out on this dandy Friday afternoon.