Posts by resolute Bandicoot

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New JW study book / method announced on JW Broadcast

by Funky in

so did anyone catch the january jw broadcast?.

it's the "spiritual content" of what would have been introduced in the october annual meeting, had the october annual meeting taken place.. morris, splane, and jackson introduce a new jw study publication: "live forever eternally - an interactive guide".. details were sparse, but apparently it is a 256 page book (when in actual printed form), primarily designed to be used in its electronic form, stuffed with links to videos.. it is designed to be "just one book" to be studied prior to baptism, where "all 60 questions that baptism candidates have to know" are found in just one place.. the purported reason is to make jw "bible" studies more "productive", i.e., lead to more baptisms.. splane brought out the governing body's "great concern" that 10 million+ "bible" studies are conducted by jws every year, but the number of baptisms has been stuck at 200,000 - 300,000 per year for decades.

so the thinking is, this new book + a "new method of conducting studies" (again, no real detail, but apparently it involves more "discussion" and less "question and answer").. want to know my thoughts?

resolute Bandicoot

vienne 6 hours ago

Dear RB

Actually, you can.

http://www.susankayjewelry.com/NewCoprolite1.html

Well, I did not know that, you are one sharp young lady and I stand corrected.

RB

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New JW study book / method announced on JW Broadcast

by Funky in

so did anyone catch the january jw broadcast?.

it's the "spiritual content" of what would have been introduced in the october annual meeting, had the october annual meeting taken place.. morris, splane, and jackson introduce a new jw study publication: "live forever eternally - an interactive guide".. details were sparse, but apparently it is a 256 page book (when in actual printed form), primarily designed to be used in its electronic form, stuffed with links to videos.. it is designed to be "just one book" to be studied prior to baptism, where "all 60 questions that baptism candidates have to know" are found in just one place.. the purported reason is to make jw "bible" studies more "productive", i.e., lead to more baptisms.. splane brought out the governing body's "great concern" that 10 million+ "bible" studies are conducted by jws every year, but the number of baptisms has been stuck at 200,000 - 300,000 per year for decades.

so the thinking is, this new book + a "new method of conducting studies" (again, no real detail, but apparently it involves more "discussion" and less "question and answer").. want to know my thoughts?

resolute Bandicoot

No matter how hard you try, you can not polish a turd.

RB

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More JW left ideology examples

by neat blue dog in

the 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/.

resolute Bandicoot

Data-Dog - "What did we expect, an extensive article outlining the Globalist agenda?"

- That would be the day! Mention anything along those lines to a dub and get that blank look.

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The Mysterious Missing Islam.....

by snare&racket in

i've discussed this before but not in this context alone.. i remember being about 14 years old, 1994 and starting a study in the uk with a charming muslim from the congo.

he was a very pleasant middle aged guy with a big family, two wives, always the most hospitable.

at the time the watchtower had a book on many religions, a thick red book called 'mankind's search for god' so i would read and discuss the section on islam with him.. interestingly, but not surprising, many details they had were wrong about islam and he would explain how and correct me.

resolute Bandicoot

LoveUniHateExams 2 days ago

why was is Islam, the fastest growing religion, missing from JW doctrine? - because some Muslims react extremely violently when their religion is disrespected. A glossy little brochure from the WTS arguing against Muhammad's teachings would certainly fall into this category.

Yeah, ask the guys at Charlie Hebdo in France. The WT did actually publish Two scathing articles about islam in 1950 and 1951 or was it 51 and 52??

RB

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I have friend who was disfellowshipped and shunned

by Yomama in

jw
friends

for giving another disfelowshipped person shelter because he was homeless.

so i told him he should thank wt for preparing him for social isolation by shunning you as evil as shunning is..

resolute Bandicoot

This is their true colors.

RB

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Return From ISIS

by frozen2018 in

jw
friends

i'm watching pbs's frontline.

the story, "return from isis," is about an american woman who went to syria with her husband who was a isis soldier.

now she wants to return to the states.

resolute Bandicoot

She was very mixed up no doubt. Only let her back in when she provides evidence of quiting islam.

RB

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So what have the rank and file been saying now that a vaccine is being given. What happened to Armageddon

by goingthruthemotions in

a vaccine is here!!!

the light at the end of the tunnel is visible!!!

so what happened to armageddon?.

resolute Bandicoot

Pistolpete -"A lot of my JW family are confused. Some of them have opened up after all these years and are telling me they don't understand what is happening. Some have told me that it makes no sense that Jehovah would stop the preaching work for an entire year. Why would he do that if we are living in the last days and lives are at stake"

I seem to remember back in the mid 80's to mid 90's when the "increase was on" there was no end of hearing scriptures like Isaiah 2:2 (KJV) And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

These days with all of the congregation amalgamations ("What a blessing from Jah") and hall sales, how can the regular Dubs not be confused?

The society is haemorrhaging credibility.

RB.

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Fear > Facts (WT Study Article 12/6/2020

by Jofi_Wofo in

a doozy in today's study article brought me to post here for the first time in a while.

once again, watchtower leadership is doing its level best to make their adherents as fearful of inconvenient facts as they, themselves, are.. "like timothy, we must also discern the danger of false information spread by apostates.

(1 tim.

resolute Bandicoot

Welcome back Jofi Wofo, Very well said.

I like to distill it down to "real truth is never afraid of scrutiny".

RB

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Jehovah delivers sand for a Kingdom Hall project in Micronesia

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

you cannot make this up: financial help and the hand of jehovah complete project.

january 2016 jw broadcasting..... video starts at 35:30. a local design construction department manager named travis brooks tells a story about a building project on the island of yap, micronesia.

a small kingdom hall needs to be expanded because the facility wasn't big enough for those in attendance.

resolute Bandicoot

Beach sand is full of salt, that will go well in concrete... not.

RB

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"extremism" -- What specifically did Russia ban Jehovah's Witnesses for?

by Pallbearer in

russia's reason for banning jehovah's witnesses is said to be due to extremism.

but what exactly does that mean, or refer to?

specifically, what practice (or practices) of jehovah's witnesses does russia consider to be extreme?

resolute Bandicoot

Or was it because the Borg was really just a cover for a big money pump back to the USA?

RB