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  ChatGPT analysis - Pure Worship

  by Jeffro in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i provided chatgpt the text of the introductory ‘letter’ in pure worship, without any commentary to affect the context, and asked it to point out any errors, fallacies or other issues….

  as an ai language model, i strive to be neutral and provide information without bias.

  however, there are a few things in the text that could be considered fallacies or issues, such as:1. appeal to emotion: the text uses emotional language such as "thrilled" and "exciting" to describe the reaction of those who received the book.

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  It certainly is not pixie dust from a magic salt shaker. AI is only creative if you consider a photo copier with built-in filtering to be creative.
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  My favourite female protagonists: Ellen Ripley

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  ok, so another favourite female protagonist of mine is ellen ripley, played by sigourney weaver.

  she just about overcame the xenomorph in ridley scott's alien (1979).

  and she spent most of james cameron's aliens (1986) getting over her trauma.. here's some nice footage of newt calling ripley 'mommy' .... https://youtu.be/7fjana93kea.

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  That was a touching scene. She could be the mommy and the slaughtering machine of aliens all in a single scene. If WTC recruits her to play the role of a GB wife standing by her man in prison, the whole religion might resurge to greatness once again. Or maybe not.
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  Joined an online meeting incognito

  by joey jojo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  got a link for a zoom meeting and thought id share my experience about the mid-week meeting.. guessing about 100 - 120 in cong.. 50 on zoom, only 8 with cameras on - all elderly.

  watching from a detached point of view it's so obvious at how it is nothing but a glorified sales meeting, all designed to promote the org.

  inspirational videos about how everyone can/ should do more to help with projects, in particular how to look after the kingdom hall, complete with bar charts showing levels of achievement to aspire to.. interestingly, tonights book study is about alcohol..

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  WTC lives in such a bubble that they are unable to admit the problem exists, and certainly incapable of addressing it with effective solutions.

  I believe that they are trying to run out the clock, but they don't quite know what the end of the game will bring. Will it be the Great Tribulation? Or will it be prison time? Whatever the case, the men at the top of their pile have an escape plan that includes passports, tickets, offshore accounts and a skeleton staff of yes-men surrounding them.
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  "Look at the Artwork!"

  by FadeToBlack in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from the back cover of the july 15th, 2013 study edition.. "look at the artwork!".

  how many times have you said that to yourself or to others when you opened a new issue of this magazine?

  i didn't use the same wording, but needless to say, i was stunned.

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  The artists of yesteryear at WT headquarters had almost free reign to conceptualize any paradise scene they could dream up. The sky was the limit. I sometimes wondered if the doctrine drove the artistry or the artistry drove the doctrine?
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  AP NEWS - Charges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abuse

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://apnews.com/article/jehovahs-witnesses-child-abuse-pennsylvania-investigation-01660ed00de1f2a02f87c0597c9ae0af?fbclid=iwar0f8whtbzsjnyzze0p3xg8t1qcprtvjh9wfe2zzryv1pnr-ospnejxri0o.

  charges put focus on jehovah’s witnesses’ handling of abuse.

  by mark scolforo and peter smith - yesterday.

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  Of course it is religious persecution - OF COURSE! Otherwise it might be that states like PA are on to JWs and their tolerance of CSA.

  So it must be religious pesecution. Otherwise it could be that over 1000 JW abusers in Australia woke the world up and now their heinous practice is being scrutinized in the US starting in PA.

  It simply must be persecution! Otherwise, the database(s) of unreported molesters reportedly leaked to the PA AG in 2019 (the database that WTC has guarded from the public) is the start of the unraveling that will surely spread to all 50 states.

  Yea - it's just awful persecution. Where can I send $5 for WTC to defend itself?
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  GB voice of Jesus....

  by enoughisenough in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a short sweet video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ekihoczyfg she put a link to the whole video if you care to watch.

  here is the thing that came to my mind: by isolating just that part, the part sounds rather hubris, shocking, audacious.

  when the jw hear it couched in a talk and woven in with scriptures, they will take it in without giving a real thought as to what is really being said..

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  Enough is enough - good catch! i upvoted your comment. Thanks for keeping me on my toes!
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  Predict JW life in future

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a sister said the other day at the ministry group “”what is all this talk that the end is still some way off” she said she has been waiting for decades and she was told there is no way it would take this long.

  some others said in an annoyed kind of way yes they would have made different decisions decades ago if they knew the end still would not have come by 2023.. how will the majority react in a few more decades time when the end still hasn’t come?.

  why all that talk of sense of urgency decades ago?.

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  I suspect that more than just JW's are unprepared for retirement. Maybe it is denial about what actually lies ahead that keeps people from properly planning for the future. Perhaps it is just procrastination. But what I am certain of is this: JW's are the MOST REPREHENSIBLE because they tell people that it is a lack of faith to prepare for retirement. That's what I was told and I know many others who were also told that.
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  1975 on the back burner

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  “1975” still marks 6000 years from the creation of adam in wt calendar.

  according to “all scriptures inspired” book, there is a gap between the creation of adam and the creation of eve and her marriage to adam.

  it was at that point in time when eve was created that marked the end of the 6th creative day and the beginning of god’s rest, the 7th day as recorded in genesis.

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  TD - JW's do still insist that 1975 marked 6000 years of man's existence since the creation of Adam.
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  What is Greg Stafford up to these days?

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  you may have been wondering: what is greg stafford up to these days?

  lots of interesting things, is the answer.

  exposing the false trinity doctrine, of course, but keeping on top of other issues too.

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  Making a connection between Noah and that ancient site which clearly precedes Noah is a mental gymnastic that baffles me. He may have been spending too much time reading Studies in the Scriptures.
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  PFIZER DOCUMENTS and the ugly truth about the cover up

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  video : what’s in the pfizer documents?

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9y_w_30hsm&t=51s.

  brief summary.

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  Nowwhat? said: " looks like the governing body will be on the wrong side of history"

  At least they are consistent, but still perplexing given that "their words are equivalent to Jesus words.