Posts by Anna Marina

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The latest “special” campaign!

by DATA-DOG in

well, here ya go.... dd 🙄.

https://www.8newsnow.com/community/jehovahs-witnesses-begin-global-campaign-distribute-electronic-magazine-in-november/.

Anna Marina

Never underestimate the rank and file. During this special campaign some are doing an oustanding job disposing of toxic waste in safe manner.

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Listen Obey and Be Blessed

by Anna Marina in

thought i'd share if no one has done so already.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxf75u-xoji.

Anna Marina

Thought I'd share if no one has done so already.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxf75u-xOJI

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The race for life related to running

by BourneIdentity in

if you were running a 5k race, what would it mean to you if someone said the end is around the corner, keep running the race, don’t give up!.

you would literally believe it was around the next corner, wouldn’t you?

when it wasn’t, you’d start questioning if you heard them correctly.

They are waiting for the return of King Arthur. They have running track called the Round Table. Currently it acts like a hamster wheel but if they keep going long enough it will eventually prove to be a millstone.

(Revelation 18:21) . . .And a strong angel lifted up a stone like a great millstone and hurled it into the sea, saying: “Thus with a swift pitch will Babylon the great city be hurled down, and she will never be found again. . .

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The fate of fishes, wt fell for it.

by waton in

for lurkers: think about today's wt "study".

an illustration worse than of sheep, because these live at least until the shearing and slaughter, the life expectancy of a fish hauled out in a net or on a hook is only minutes.. the skills of a [watch tower] fisherman, the netting setting, , the bottom dragnet, the deceiving lure, (that often has no nutritional value) of empty promises, .

fishing done at night with artificial lights, wt fake enlightenment, "new light" attracting the unvary.

Anna Marina

Hi Biahi

When they are self righteous they do not consider there is anything wrong with them. They aren't sinners who need a mediator.

(Luke 5:30-32) . . .At this the Pharisees and their scribes began murmuring to his disciples, saying: “Why is it you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” In reply Jesus said to them: “Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but those who are ailing do. I have come to call, not righteous persons, but sinners to repentance.”

(Luke 7:41-50) 41 “Two men were debtors to a certain lender; the one was in debt for five hundred de‧nar′i‧i, but the other for fifty. When they did not have anything with which to pay back, he freely forgave them both. Therefore, which of them will love him the more?” In answer Simon said: “I suppose it is the one to whom he freely forgave the more.” He said to him: “You judged correctly.” With that he turned to the woman and said to Simon: “Do you behold this woman? I entered into your house; you gave me no water for my feet. But this woman wet my feet with her tears and wiped them off with her hair. You gave me no kiss; but this woman, from the hour that I came in, did not leave off tenderly kissing my feet. You did not grease my head with oil; but this woman greased my feet with perfumed oil. By virtue of this, I tell you, her sins, many though they are, are forgiven, because she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.” Then he said to her: “Your sins are forgiven.” At this those reclining at the table with him started to say within themselves: “Who is this man who even forgives sins?” But he said to the woman: “Your faith has saved you; go your way in peace.. . .

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The year is 2040...

by BourneIdentity in

many world leaders have proclaimed peace and security, yet no end occurred.

everyone assumes it’s not the “big one” yet that will set off the annihilation of billions.

the current governing body are made up of all jws that are not anointed, the anointed ones have all passed away and are awaiting jehovah’s command to kill all the non jws in armageddon.

Anna Marina

Bourne - would they call the year 2040?

(Daniel 7:25) . . .And he will speak even words against the Most High, and he will harass continually the holy ones themselves of the Supreme One. And he will intend to change times and law, and they will be given into his hand for a time, and times and half a time. . .

They could make it -3 and call that 9k5.035z FM. All they have to do is own a big enough platform and shut up any objectors.

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The fate of fishes, wt fell for it.

by waton in

for lurkers: think about today's wt "study".

an illustration worse than of sheep, because these live at least until the shearing and slaughter, the life expectancy of a fish hauled out in a net or on a hook is only minutes.. the skills of a [watch tower] fisherman, the netting setting, , the bottom dragnet, the deceiving lure, (that often has no nutritional value) of empty promises, .

fishing done at night with artificial lights, wt fake enlightenment, "new light" attracting the unvary.

Anna Marina

Hi Hoser

Yes - they misuse Jesus' words for the sake of winning hearts and minds. They use little bits of the Bible as bait and reel you in.

They aren't the only ones though:-

The Coolidge-Conservation collection calls attention to the careers of four major publicists during the 1920s: two advertising men, Claude Hopkins of the Chicago agency Lord & Thomas and Bruce Barton of Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborne; and two public relations agents, Ivy L. Lee and Edward L. Bernays. Hopkins and Barton embody the driven ad-man image; both seem to be have suffered nervous breakdowns at one time or another in their careers. Bernays, on the other hand, seems to have been consistently energized by his career as "Public Relations Counsel."

In "From Salvation to Self-Realization: Advertising and the Therapeutic Roots of the Consumer Culture, 1880-1930," an essay in The Culture of Consumption (1983), T.J. Jackson Lears describes high-powered salesman Claude Hopkins as a "phrasemaker who had sold astonishing amounts of beer, lard, and patent medicine by using what he called the 'Reason Why' approach. . . . Hopkins refused to appeal to a buyer's reason by listing a product's qualities; on the contrary he addressed nonrational yearnings by suggesting the ways his client's product would transform the buyer's life . . . [offering] the therapeutic promise of a richer, fuller life" (p. 18)....

Bruce Barton, son of a Congregational pastor, founded with Roy S. Durstine what by the 1920s had become the fourth largest advertising agency in the United States, Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborne. (For a portrait photograph of Bruce Barton, see the June 1926 issue of Associated Advertising, p. 7.) Barton was responsible for creating the Betty Crocker image for General Mills. His ability to bridge the tension between modern, corporate, business consciousness and the traditional spiritual concerns of his youth helped make him an enormously popular writer for the mass-circulation magazines. And in 1925, he capitalized on the dichotomy by writing the widely reprinted story The Man Nobody Knows: A Discovery of the Real Jesus (not included in this collection), a retelling of the life of Jesus Christ that casts Jesus as the world's first business executive and super-salesman. The book perched at the top of the nation's nonfiction best-seller list for two years. Barton even worked as a consultant, at the invitation of Cecil B. De Mille, on King of Kings (1926), Hollywood's first Biblical spectacular. (INTRO NOTE Spirituality)

http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/ammem/amrlhtml/inadvert.html

What Jesus ACTUALLY said.

(Matthew 6:19-21) 19 “Stop storing up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break in and steal. Rather, store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

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The fate of fishes, wt fell for it.

by waton in

for lurkers: think about today's wt "study".

an illustration worse than of sheep, because these live at least until the shearing and slaughter, the life expectancy of a fish hauled out in a net or on a hook is only minutes.. the skills of a [watch tower] fisherman, the netting setting, , the bottom dragnet, the deceiving lure, (that often has no nutritional value) of empty promises, .

fishing done at night with artificial lights, wt fake enlightenment, "new light" attracting the unvary.

Anna Marina

Hi Waton

Watchtower certainly make for dodgey fishermen. Jesus Christ, the Son of God was full of loving kindness and mercy. A genuine Christian congregation is full of warmth, happiness, trust and friendship. Watchtower publishers promise you this but actually bring you into an ice-house nest of vipers.

Yes a white shark in a Kingdom Hall can be a very nasty surprise for them. Eagles are good too.

(Psalm 91:4) . . .With his pinions he will block approach to you, And under his wings you will take refuge. His trueness will be a large shield and bulwark. . .

King Arthur means King Bear.

At the North Pole the Great Bear constellation goes round the pole like... a chariot.

https://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/UrsaMajor.html

So the GB like to make out they are in Jehovah's chariot. Personally I think they are in a unicycle rickshaw with a puncture. But if they insist they are in a chariot then they are in King Arthur's. They've nipped off for some salmon fishing and sent Anthony out for the Macallan's.

Different in every way to Jesus Christ.

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The fate of fishes, wt fell for it.

by waton in

for lurkers: think about today's wt "study".

an illustration worse than of sheep, because these live at least until the shearing and slaughter, the life expectancy of a fish hauled out in a net or on a hook is only minutes.. the skills of a [watch tower] fisherman, the netting setting, , the bottom dragnet, the deceiving lure, (that often has no nutritional value) of empty promises, .

fishing done at night with artificial lights, wt fake enlightenment, "new light" attracting the unvary.

Anna Marina

They are the rod in Nimrod.

Bears like fishing. Scarlet coloured wild best has got bear paws.

Watchtower has a veneer of Christianity only.

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Marvin Shilmer website : one of the best contra-Watchtower sites of all time

by Terry in

if you haven't been around for 16 years in the ex-jw community you've probably neverseen or heard of marvin shilmer or his wonderful website.just before he closed down i downloaded everything i could.i believe this link should still work.https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b6a8sp5_psf-utdbaxy5zfhqnms/view?usp=sharing.

give it a look-see!.

Anna Marina

Terry, do you or anyone else know why he close down?

I remember this site used to be informative. Looking at it again I see the home page is showing that the Watchtower is the pagan image from the head of an idol. I think the idol is Artemis and it means bear like King Arthur.

http://governingbodyletters.blogspot.com/

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Pioneers privilige

by justice34 in

organization and congregation seems to give so much attention to the pioneers and the hours.

encouraging the members to get even the 30h at the month of c/o visit even if they don't complete the minimum of the hours.

why do they give so much praise and attention to pioneers?

Anna Marina

If you are in good-enough standing you can pioneer on 0 hours a month. Although it was not spelt out to me, I told the CO that I could not continue pioneering because I could no longer do the hours or anything like. However the CO did not want me to step down. Whatever I could do was acceptable. For me that was 0 hours. But I imagine I would have been expected to lie or have a plausible excuse every month/year. However no one would have questioned me.

But what happens to your conscience when you lie about something this stupid? You don't have to do it so why do it unless the status is important to you.

I think they main things was that they could get me on the platform and use me as an example. But I wasn't going to mislead others so I stood down.

Also I know of elders and their wives who would REGULARLY have it announced that they were pioneering get the applaus, then they would just not do it and say they had been ill.