Posts by Anna Marina

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Newest Anti-Apostate Tactics

by Anna Marina in

don't quote any scriptures during the watchtower study that are not in the paragraph.. don't quote the governing body or anything from the broadcast ever.

it might be true but it is not true truth if it is coming out of your mouth if you have been critical of the governing body.

especially so if your criticism is valid and you have dared to support you view with scriptures, most especially the words of jesus christ.. anyone know of other new tactics?.

Anna Marina

truth_b_know - yes that's how I remember it.

DD - a CO arrive and cut up our cong. The elders in the new cong were as you describe. I was shocked by their attitude. One of them said to me that if the Soc said black was white and white was black he'd believe them. So I stumped him by saying, "what if they say adultery is ok?"

Actually his mate (other elder) used to go round making dirty phone calls. He's still in. I got thrown out for sticking to what the Bible said at Dan 1:1 and Dan 2:1 plus behaving like a Christian.

LV101 - I maybe heard some things like that (can't remember). But some stuff could be totally ignored. Now that's changed.

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Interesting That in the Regional Convention They Are Asking for More Volunteers to Bethel

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

for those of us who could sit through the program so far, i did find it interesting that they are again asking for people to apply to bethel.. i happened to speak to a friend who called and asked him why they would do that.

his response was that, well, they need younger people there.. i guess once you are over 50 or something you are eligible to be sent out to pasture..

Anna Marina

Rubabud - I am glad you are monitoring your health. Make sure you don't put that thermometer in your mouth by accident.

Play your cards right and with skills like yours, they might accept you at Baffle.

Maybe you could make some stools for them.

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ExJW Protest News Report

by Anna Marina in

this is a news report from march 2017 but it's still as relevant today as it was then.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8koav8xzck.

Anna Marina

Hi DesirousOfChange - yes I get what you are saying about employment being like modern day slavery. I agree.

Although info might be hidden, at least we keep on and on about it. There's something about Watchtower's unjust ways that never really leaves you because it is so outrageous, crafty and dangerous. Unless you have experienced it first hand, you can't believe it. And even when you have experienced it first hand, it's still hard to believe - well that's my take on it.

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Prophesy from a JW (and others perspective). What purpose is there in trying to interpretate some of the stuff that you don't understand??

by RubaDub in

this is not a jw-bashing thing, but it always seemed odd to me that the "excuse" when things go wrong is that "we have to wait and see how the prophesy is fulfilled" or some other wording.. my question has always been, then what is the purpose of the prophesy if you don't understand it until after the fact?

isn't that like having a weather forecast but being told that we don't really know what the weather will be until the next day?.

i'm sure some of the intelligent people here can guide me but in all honesty, i never understood that..

Anna Marina

No man knows the day or the hour.

Yes, correct.

It'll come like a thief in the night.

To be fulfilled.

Oh yes and the stuff you can't understand, you can't understand. Maybe because it is written in a different way to normal just like a can get a photo and 3d picture. Maybe you can have ordinary writing and 3d writing which would require a special kind of relational database (app) to read?

Bible written for the digital age maybe?

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Interesting That in the Regional Convention They Are Asking for More Volunteers to Bethel

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

for those of us who could sit through the program so far, i did find it interesting that they are again asking for people to apply to bethel.. i happened to speak to a friend who called and asked him why they would do that.

his response was that, well, they need younger people there.. i guess once you are over 50 or something you are eligible to be sent out to pasture..

Anna Marina

Rubabud do be careful you don't catch Covid 1914 at that convention. Make sure you take your temperature regularly.

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Interesting That in the Regional Convention They Are Asking for More Volunteers to Bethel

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

for those of us who could sit through the program so far, i did find it interesting that they are again asking for people to apply to bethel.. i happened to speak to a friend who called and asked him why they would do that.

his response was that, well, they need younger people there.. i guess once you are over 50 or something you are eligible to be sent out to pasture..

Anna Marina

Get rid of anything with a grey hair and replace with younger version. There is one born every minute.

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Did you ever know a JW who was political?

by wolverines in

one black sister would always slam the jews when there was anything on the radio or tv about the palestinian's.

i knew others who had other ideas that were strange and not neutral as we were told to be.

the black sister would dress like she was from africa in a dashiki robe from time to time.

Anna Marina

And they would like a theocracy not a democracy. And who is the theo they want in power?

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The Recent Legal Decision and WT Hypocrisy

by Slidin Fast in

just to remind you, the recent court decision included a judgement about wt and freedom of speech something the organisation has long prided itself about.

infosektamedia release of july 8, 2020 7. thewatchtower organisation denies members the human right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion according to article 18 statement by the expert (tages-anzeiger)"furthermore, article 18 states that everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, a right that the watchtower society claims for itself but does not grant its members.

" judgment of the court by ostracizing members who no longer share the faith, they are implicitly denied freedom of faith and conscience (proof of good faith).

Anna Marina

Given what Watchtower does with arithmetic in relation to it's 1914 doctrine and given that arithmetic is either the most powerful tool of science or is science itself (maybe that is maths not arithmetic) - Watchtower does not allow freedom to even add up two and two to get four. That hinders a member in relation to scientific equiry.

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Did you ever know a JW who was political?

by wolverines in

one black sister would always slam the jews when there was anything on the radio or tv about the palestinian's.

i knew others who had other ideas that were strange and not neutral as we were told to be.

the black sister would dress like she was from africa in a dashiki robe from time to time.

Anna Marina

Justaguynamedmorph - no I didn't

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Did you ever know a JW who was political?

by wolverines in

one black sister would always slam the jews when there was anything on the radio or tv about the palestinian's.

i knew others who had other ideas that were strange and not neutral as we were told to be.

the black sister would dress like she was from africa in a dashiki robe from time to time.

Anna Marina

Ever noticed how Rev 13:17 is always left out of their explanation of 666. They apply the number to politics like the image that Nebuchadnezzar set up and not pledging allegiance. But they never really explain Rev 13:17 which is specific in saying you wont be able to buy or sell:-

(Revelation 13:17) . . .and that nobody might be able to buy or sell except a person having the mark, the name of the wild beast or the number of its name. . .