Music can also provide a social glue. Can really make you feel part of something as the publishers here are demonstrating. See they have something really special to share with the authorities.
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Do You Believe In A “Deep State”?
by minimus inor do you think the idea of a deep state is malarkey?
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Anna Marina
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Do You Believe In A “Deep State”?
by minimus inor do you think the idea of a deep state is malarkey?
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Anna Marina
Rulership has to be justified. If you win a war - might is what gives power but might fails.
When the Pope handed out vials of oil to anoint various rulers, the populations believed in the Pope's right because he claimed to be acting on Jesus Christ's behalf. Christian values are the best form of social glue and if the poplulation can't read, few can challenge dodgey practices of those higher up.
Anyone managing a team knows they have to take people with them. So does a ruler. So how do you convince people of authority?
Napoleon used his military/celebrity status. He also got religion. He knew he could not console the poor but religion was a comfort for the poor.
A ruler has to maintain a status quo - unless you have actually ruled a population, you don't know all the techniques used to manage a country. But if your country used to be Christian, then you've become so powerful you are ruling countries with different religions - you've got to do a PR job to present yourself as a multi-faith atheist.
Deep state? Yes deep hole. If they the keep going they should pass the event horizon. But they gotta go some to catch up WT. But hey, the ever-helpful publishers have been busy writing letters to the authorities.
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The bird that had options to leave, but chose to be mentally enslaved
by RULES & REGULATIONS inthe watchtower—study edition | august 1, 2001. make your advancement manifest.
8 first, since “oneness” is to be observed, a mature christian must be in unity and full harmony with fellow believers as far as faith and knowledge are concerned.
he does not advocate or insist on personal opinions or harbor private ideas when it comes to bible understanding.
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Anna Marina
These words are significant
when it comes to Bible UNDERSTANDING
By mixing WT teachings with the Bible, understanding is actually prevented.
When you only suspect something is wrong, you do not act with the same level of conviction as when you know something is wrong.
Therefore some sit in their cage because they are hedging their bets, just in case it is right. It's not but they can't work out why it is not. Possibly they can't work it out because they are too busy chasing privileges or other.
(2 Timothy 3:6-7) . . .For from these arise those men who slyly work their way into households and lead as their captives weak women loaded down with sins, led by various desires, 7 always learning and yet never able to come to an accurate knowledge of truth.
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My response to a letter I received from a JW doing FS
by smiddy3 init is a response to a letter i received to explain god`s kingdom and to refer me to jw.org.
type written but signed personally.. and this page looks like it has been photo-copied.
so obviously he has sent many more around this community.. i intend to send this letter back with my hand written response as follows.
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Anna Marina
Oh Smiddy - I like to give them my full name and address - you end up with these wonderful tumbleweed moments. So these zealous preachers are... hmmm... where? And their response is... silence. It's very peaceful and relaxing.
It's not really as much faff as this but keeping vampires at bay ain't that difficult. You just pull out your Bible and slap 'em with the Scriptures.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IhEgYa6_2U
Anyway be interesting to hear if anyone gets back to you. I'll do my letter when I've finished my next vid. Nearly there. Just around the corner - I hope. :)
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TO SELECTED BODIES OF ELDERS ASSIGNED TO THE COVID-19
by pixel indecember 25, 2020. to selected bodies of elders assigned to the covid-19.
re: adjustments to arrangements for meeting family food needs during the covid-19 pandemic.
dear brothers:.
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Anna Marina
All of us here have experienced how two-faced Watchtower is. Yes it pretends to be Christian but they are not.
Genuine charity and sharing is a fundamental Christian value:
(Acts 2:44) . . .All those who became believers were together in having all things in common,
(Matthew 6:3-4) . . .But you, when making gifts of mercy, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, 4 that your gifts of mercy may be in secret; then your Father who is looking on in secret will repay you. . .
That said, I remember an African sister telling me how two-faced a Catholic priest in Africa was. She explained to me that the British would send their clothes off for charity but when they reached her part of Africa they ended up in the hands of a priest who would only give the clothes away in return for an act of prostitution.
I have no detailed facts for this story, therefore I cannot assess how true it is. But I can imagine such senarios taking place (not only with clothes but also with food) in both secular and religious settings where people are being two-faced.
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what is This weekend watchtower trash about. Wife is in cult mode 12-27-20
by goingthruthemotions inso what is this weeks watchtower trash about.
wife is in cult mode and trying to see if there is a link.. thanks.
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Anna Marina
1895 was an important year...
They changed the cover of the Watchtower.
*** w80 7/1 p. 6 par. 5 “Watchman, What of the Night?” ***
Appropriately, on January 1, 1895, the Watch Tower magazine changed its front-cover design to show a corner watchtower at the edge of a raging sea. Also, at the bottom of the page under this new design, the magazine displayed the following words based on Luke 21:25-31 (AV) in italic letters: “Upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity; the sea and the waves (the restless, discontented) roaring; men’s hearts failing them for fear and for looking forward to the things coming upon the earth (society); for the powers of the heavens (ecclesiasticism) shall be shaken. . . . When ye see these things come to pass, then know that the Kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Look up, lift up your heads, rejoice, for your redemption draweth nighLooks like I managed to get it in the video. I didn't plan it that way. You'll see it towards the end of the video.
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FYI - Check out each week's cult mode brainwash material
by bats in the belfry in:for those who need to be up to speed ... a summary of each week's jw mental jog your spouse has to endure.
you may want to bookmark it for reference so you get a hint why your spouse might be going berserk.. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/dt/r1/lp-e - (auto updates to current week).
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Anna Marina
Boarding a bus going anywhere else would mean that you would head in the wrong direction.
Watchtower isn't a bus it's a hijacked plane - those steering the plane have a LOT to answer for. They claim to be Christian but they are not. Their aim is a crisis of conscience and the destruction of Christian faith.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEogeIIOJzU
(Matthew 18:6) . . .But whoever stumbles one of these little ones who put faith in me, it is more beneficial for him to have hung around his neck a millstone such as is turned by an ass and to be sunk in the wide, open sea.
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A positive about been a former JW
by joe134cd ini decided on christmas day to wash the house and do some yard work.
i had a concerned neighbour come out and bring me some of their christmas food.
although i appreciated the food and wished her a merry christmas, the neighbour was concerned as to why i wasn’t inside enjoying christmas.
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We were always encouraged to boldy witness. I did my best and made sure everyone knew I didn't celebrate Christmas. So this year, friendly people have been saying to me, "you don't celebrate Christmas." This has given me a fine opportunity to explain what happened to me.
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My response to a letter I received from a JW doing FS
by smiddy3 init is a response to a letter i received to explain god`s kingdom and to refer me to jw.org.
type written but signed personally.. and this page looks like it has been photo-copied.
so obviously he has sent many more around this community.. i intend to send this letter back with my hand written response as follows.
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Anna Marina
Hi Smiddy - no suggestions but I have one that I'm going to do as well. I am delighted to let you know I have been sent a copy of the little brochure 'Return to Jehovah'.
I know the big bad GB are so and sos, but the individual publishers can be so sweet. So I'm going to take the approach that they wrote to me because they care and I'm going to convey that I care very much about them.
I like what you have written Smiddy and its thumbs up from me
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More JW left ideology examples
by neat blue dog inthe latest gb update ramps up the fear of the plandemic even more, and introduces a whiteboard animation that advocates staying at home, wearing masks and social distancing.. https://www.jw.org/finder?locale=en&category=latestvideos&item=pub-jwb_202012_12_video&docid=1011214&applanguage=e.
then there's another 'save the planet' type article that mentions debunked and unrealistic green new deal-esque talking points such as alternative energy, switching to a plant based diet and less manufacturing.. https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/peace-happiness/save-earth/.
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Anna Marina
Data-Dog - yes they are Communists with religion - the logic behind 1914 is that the messiah is a new age of history not Jesus Christ's promised return. They want a nice crisis to say 'we are in a new age/epoch of Man's history, therefore you must do things our way.'
One of the elders in my ex-cong was asked to be the Agenda 21 rep for our area. He told me this himself back in the 90s (I think). I was quite a while ago. His best friend wanted to be a Sufist. They were very, very close. The best friend was not a JW.
This is the same JW family who set up the Jah-Jireh nursing homes.