Posts by road to nowhere

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(How) Will The Slow and Subtle WT Internal Shift Affect Us?

by Solzhenitsyn in

as a "deep pimo" i can say that there is a confirmed re-branding.

the coordinators committee formed a focus group from service and teaching committees.

the results of that group roughly three+ years ago, with gb approval, trickled down to the other committees and eventually into what we have been seeing before our eyes in the org and local congs.. pick an organizational level and see the shift.

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They had to drop the types and antitypes. Everything had already been fulfilled and nothing happened. King of the North? apparently an overlapping "bad guy". I hate to say it, but I found the missing one: the one about cutting up the servant girl and sending her body to the 12 tribes (I can't remember the names right now). They always said it had to do with hospitality. Since I wasn't invited into the inner circle you all will never know how it could be made to fit. HAHA.

Relearning all we knew has discouraged a whole lot, and more than will admit it.

As for the CLAM, there is material, but I would not call it "studying", it is all presented for us to parrot. I actually used to enjoy working up talks and trying to make them interesting. Now all I do is read, and don't like it. The one or two "with householder" demos I got I despised. I failed to show when I had the 1914 talk from the Reasoning, just after the "new light", I just couldn't do the old material and recognized BS when I saw it.

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DECEMBER 2018 WATCHTOWER STUDY ARTICLE...Many loyal Christians have remained with an unbelieving mate under very trying circumstances.

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

december 2018 study article :.

honor “what god has yoked together”.

17 admittedly, there have been instances where an “unbelieving husband” seems to prove that he is not “agreeable to staying with her.” he might be extremely physically abusive, even to the point that she feels that her health or life is in danger.

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I know a sister who was coerced into staying with an abusive husband. He ended up raping her daughter by a first marriage. This was a case of a marriage that wasn't "made in heaven".

The dating rules, empahsis on not being worldly, marrying only a "spiritually strong" person all contribute to bad marrieages. As do the big expectations and lavish starts.

My own opinion is 2 people should "drift" into a relationship (marriage), and also the family group should encompass a clan.

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2018 JWBroadcasting "Higher education is useless" video CLIP

by Not_Culty in

sept 2018. https://vimeo.com/288327363.

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Where can I get one of those goblets? As for deviating from the faith with "knowledge". they are masters of doing that. A lot of us worked all our lives, including "overtime: when it was available, and didn't buy any boats. And we syure as hell did need a retirement.

As for Timothy; is the one todays broadcast used the snot nosed teen or the 30 something. they have portrayed him as both at times to fit the narrative

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california fires

by road to nowhere in

there is a new video on jwtv the california fires, how things are being handled.

it seems almost everyone managed to salvage his tie and razor.

i will not comment on those who lost homes, sad no matter what.

road to nowhere

there is a new video on jwtv the california fires, how things are being handled. It seems almost everyone managed to salvage his tie and razor. I will not comment on those who lost homes, sad no matter what. They do mention that they will even offer aid to next door neighbors, not too sure how many doors away this still works. AND naturally, the big thing is they give spiritual comfort. They have put up meals, a lot in private homes, but not all, and the refugees are being housed by other families. The kicker is all this is being done by locals with local funding, except for maybe the mobile kitchen. I did not find any hint on donations, but expect the letter to be read soon at meeting.

Like no one else will do relief work, or aid their neighbor!

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Remember the Wife of Lot

by Addison0998 in

for family worship last night, our family watched remember the wife of lot movie since it will be discussed in the meeting this week.

there’s a few things i noticed that i didn’t think about last time i watched it.. first, the dad is very of course against his daughters going to college or even trying to find a good job.

yet he does accounting, which is a very good job that almost always requires a college education.

road to nowhere

Not to differ, but Duck Soup IS a documentary on modern politics.

As to the middle class lives portrayed, I would even call them upper middle. And remember, there are lots of JW's who did manage to get college and become accountants, nurses, lawyers. They are the ones with an extra bedroom so they can take in a visiting dignitary and wine and dine him. None of the hideabed and hope the damned old truck will start.

If I ever get a time machine, I am gonna go back and bump both those girls.

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I’m Sending You My Thoughts and Prayers

by minimus in

jw
friends

how many people here can sincerely say those words to someone?

i take it most here do not say prayers, right?

?.

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I don't know someone elses belief all the time. And as far as I can tell a lot of prayers go up in smoke. I will give best wishes/thoughts to anyone, including mentioning prayer if I think it is appropriate to make them feel better.

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JW compassion?

by William Penwell in

i have a nephew that has just recently being diagnosed with a life threatening disease through bad choices he has made in his life over the last 20 years.

now he has asked myself and my sons to be there for him and without being judgemental we have being up at the hospital every other day for the last couple of weeks.

now this is the part where i am just pissed right off.. one of my nephews other cousins goes to the hospital and starts giving him a guilt trip, saying that this was all his own fault that she couldn't talk to him for the last 20 years and his sickness now is all because he left jehooba organization blah blah blah.

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what of all those faithful ones who get cancer, and all the other ills? or get killed on a trip to a convention. How about the ones who do not have good insurance (money) and have to forego treatments?

Maybe that is why the part about casting the first stone has been deleted

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Go Bags, Safe houses and cartoon of two kids.

by scruffmcbuff in

i have been out a good 10+ years and until recently didnt pay much attention to what the jehovahs are up to.. why have they taken this turn with the bunker videos and making all the brainwashed people like my parents pack a go bag.

now let me just clarify.

im a military man i believe everyone should have an element of preparedness canned goods,bottled water and a bug out bag is a great addition ( ill stop waffling on about that now).. but what concerns me is the fact they are advising elderly people to bug out.

road to nowhere

Being prepared and having a go bag is a popular movement among all sorts right now. it is an offshoot of the troubles had during recent catastrophes. it is encouraged by the government,, just look at the Awake information and compare it to what the gov. encourages. What I will carry that is not on the list is a .22 pistol.

Nobody has told what is going to happen here, we are too far away from coasts to have hurricanes, are not in earthquake country.

You can count on the family being in separate areas when whatever happens anyway. My take is we have some really good neighbors if it hits even if they don't go to meeting. As for the elders, who is going to look after these duffers?

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What is the strangest picture drawn or other you ever saw in a JW article?

by blownaway in

what is the strangest picture drawn or other you ever saw in a jw article?.

road to nowhere

any of the new water color or whatever things they put in the new WTs. Or the stick figure videos.

how old was Timothy

by road to nowhere in

used to be the wt said timothy was maybe 30 and still considered young.

this last study has him a snot nosed (my take) teenager, who is moving up.

the actual bible account only tells him being raised as a believer.

road to nowhere

Used to be the WT said Timothy was maybe 30 and still considered young. This last study has him a snot nosed (my take) teenager, who is moving up. The actual Bible account only tells him being raised as a believer. None of the drama stuff about having a materialistic father (if he was even around), skipping "college", having worldly friends trying to influence him.

My own opinion is he was in his 30's, that is how long it takes to get a handle on life. But never let facts get in the way of an argument.