Posts by Anna Marina

Sounds like the reaction you get when you say to an unwoke WT publisher that you don't believe the Governing Body are the Faithful and Discrete Slave Class.

There's woke, then there's woke. There's slaves and there's slaves. What's the difference?

I guess one thing is the nature of the damage done. Busting buildings is one thing. Busting consciences and relationships is another.

Reminds me of how some wars are conducted using poisonous gas - do that and yes you kill everyone but you leave the roads and buildings in place.Guess the WT is ahead of the game - it gets everyone to embrace slavery and not even slavery to a good master who the slave may come to love. But to a horrid master who cares nothing for the lives of the slaves.

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Beards in the WT: Africa too

by neat blue dog in

as many know, african languages have for decades been given their own alternate cover with black people.

their cover for the 2020 wt#3 also includes a bearded man.

this can not be a coincidence.

Anna Marina

The man has no head covering but the women do.

In the UK Cathedrals sometimes you see stained glass with pictures of Knights Templars. There is some distincting in relation to Knights Templars over whether you have a beard or not. I can't remember it - but this is a bit about the Knights Templars and how they drew people in.

If you were a young guy who wanted to go to war and fight for God, you could join the Templars. If you were an old guy who wanted to atone for a sinful life but was no good for fighting, you could join and run the books in a regional Templar house. If you didn’t wish to join but wanted to accrue the spiritual benefits of involvement, you could donate. They had what today in business terms would be called amazing international branding. The white mantle, the red cross. It’s the Nike swoosh, the McDonald’s arches, the Apple logo of the day. You don’t need language to understand it.
https://nypost.com/2017/09/27/inside-the-mysterious-mission-of-the-knights-templar/

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Brutality

by Anna Marina in

wt says jesus became invisibly present in 1914. what a load of old rubbish.

but they are not the only ones.. in 1927 a woman called helen keller wrote a book called my religion.

her book advocates the teachings of emanuel swedenborg who claimed that jesus had already returned.

Anna Marina

Just seen this

Many of the ACLU's cases involved the defense of Communist Party members and Jehovah's Witnesses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union

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Brutality

by Anna Marina in

wt says jesus became invisibly present in 1914. what a load of old rubbish.

but they are not the only ones.. in 1927 a woman called helen keller wrote a book called my religion.

her book advocates the teachings of emanuel swedenborg who claimed that jesus had already returned.

Anna Marina

Hi Phizzy

Alex I of Russia was a Swedenborgist and some of Abraham Lincoln's friends were Swedenborgist. I think there was a Swedenborg church in the area where C T Russell lived. No idea if he ever visited it.

It is the system or organization of the Watchtower which facilitates brutality. That system is founded upon a lie, so freedom of conscience is one of the first things out of the window along with loving kindness, tenderness, mercy - etc. And in comes a dizzying intoxication of scheduled activity. The faster you go on their hamster wheel, the less you feel, so you can hurt yourself and hurt others too, all the while thinking you are SO virtuous.

(Matthew 7:15-20) . . .“Be on the watch for the false prophets that come to you in sheep’s covering, but inside they are ravenous wolves. 16 By their fruits you will recognize them. Never do people gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles, do they? 17 Likewise every good tree produces fine fruit, but every rotten tree produces worthless fruit; 18 a good tree cannot bear worthless fruit, neither can a rotten tree produce fine fruit. 19 Every tree not producing fine fruit gets cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Really, then, by their fruits you will recognize those [men]. . .

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Brutality

by Anna Marina in

wt says jesus became invisibly present in 1914. what a load of old rubbish.

but they are not the only ones.. in 1927 a woman called helen keller wrote a book called my religion.

her book advocates the teachings of emanuel swedenborg who claimed that jesus had already returned.

Anna Marina

WT says Jesus became invisibly present in 1914. What a load of old rubbish. But they are not the only ones.

In 1927 a woman called Helen Keller wrote a book called My Religion. Her book advocates the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg who claimed that Jesus had already returned. Adherents used several names to describe themselves including Second Advent Christian, Swedenborgian and New Church.

The reason I have posted this is because Helen Keller was also involved in setting up the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). That organization, along with others has approached the UN to consider action against the USA for police brutality.

Brutality can be physical. But if you have suffered at the hands of elders, wouldn't you describe elders as brutal? I think of their cold heartlessness which is capable of smashing tender feelings, crushing justice, destroying friendships and lying.

Through WT, the lie about 1914 enabled a power structure to be established that would be brutal. It can crush your conscience and destroy your liberty, if you let it. It's power isn't weapons like guns, it's power is lies, superstition and media spin.

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Would You Like To See Your Police Departments “Defunded”?

by minimus in

jw
friends

do you think it’s a good idea?.

Anna Marina

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRen8nI8_aM

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Black Lives Matter—Do You Agree With Their Philosophy?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i agree with people who say all lives matter.

i think blm is a racist group.

if white people pushed an agenda saying white lives matter, some people would have a conniption..

Anna Marina

Supremacism is the supremacy of one particular group.

Parents are supreme over the life of their unborn child. Hope none of the rioters support abortion.

How's this for a slogan :-

Millions Once Living Will Never Be Born - All Lives Matter.

The Mosaic Law has been done away with and grace through Jesus Christ is available but for the record, the Ultimate Supreme One has not granted the right to take the life of an unborn baby of any colour to anyone:-

(Exodus 21:22-25) . . .If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

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Would You Like To See Your Police Departments “Defunded”?

by minimus in

jw
friends

do you think it’s a good idea?.

Anna Marina

When there is no decent security tourism goes down. So that effects the economy.

In such a situation, I imagine the roads and hospitals wont get maintained, sanitation will be poor and maybe the infection rate for corona virus will go up.

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Black Lives Matter—Do You Agree With Their Philosophy?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i agree with people who say all lives matter.

i think blm is a racist group.

if white people pushed an agenda saying white lives matter, some people would have a conniption..

Anna Marina

Open question to anyone or rhetorical - would you trust the Governing Body of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society more or less if they were a specific colour? Or covered a specific range of colour?