Posts by park ave boy

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Predictions for 2016

by LevelThePlayingField in

so, it's that time of year again.

here's a few of my predictions.

) no armageddon.

park ave boy

Ohhhhhhhh boy! I love me some of this thread! Let me get out my "kreestale" ball.

OK I SEE IN 2016:

1.) One of the GB members leave or resign or DA'd. It looks like.... a man.... older.... his name is Gerbil, or Gerry... or Gerrit. Yes. That's it. Gerrit. An Austrian fellow. His conscience bothers him about something he knows. He's trapped. But... he wants out.

2.) The WTBTS gets involved in a real estate deal to sell off a property they own. It is very large transaction... but it sours and falls apart. I see a powerful man, a political man perhaps get involved and files a lawsuit against the WTBTS for a very large amount.... they get dragged through the court system over it and it lasts many years. In the end the WTBTS are forced to sell much of the property at a large discount... yes, 50% of what they first estimated.

3.) The GB will claim new light has risen from their gaseous inner intestines... it will be involving a date... I cannot see the date... oh yes wait... it is 2114 minus 200. Ok that is the first number. The second number is 587 plus 20, and I see a donkey... no rather a jackass, a large jackass who wears glasses and he speaks! Wait more coming in,,.he also has a name... Mike. No... Matt... no... Morbid... Morebus.... Morris! That's it! Morris....A new edict will be issued about the years 1914 and 607.

4.) A 4 part Watchtower lesson on the evil power of the internet and apostasy. I see lots of direction in this one. It says you must obey the 7 wise men or be cut off from the borg. It says you must not view ANY websites about Jehovah's Witnesses, Jehovah, the Governing Body or the Watchtower except one called JWorg. But this will backfire and hundreds of thousands of members will wake up and go against the WTBTS and leave!

5.) Little children. Big bad old men. Australia. Royal Commission. England. France. Portugal. I see the WTBTS in deep shit. Literally deep shit and they dig themselves deeper in it. 33% members. That is all I see.

That is all I can see. Too much power needed to see through the evil of the WTBTS. But in summary, the WTBTS has the worst year in its history and 2016 begins the great decline and collapse of the WTBTS.

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De muslim rebels are try to enforce Islam on my family and de village.

by Ogwambi-Odoki in

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my name is ogwambi odoki, but my friends dey call me og.

i live in a village in rural uganda near the city of gulu.

my family has been jehovah witnesses for two genorations since de first missionaries came to de village many moons ago.

park ave boy

If Mark Sanderson had an evil twin in Africa...

TROLL!

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Muslims Mocking ISIS Deserve Respect

by cofty in

abu bakr al-baghdadi put out an audio recording on saturday calling on muslims to join the fight.

it is his first public pronouncement in over 7 months.. a number of muslims have taken to twitter to mock the self-styled caliph of the islamic state with comments like "i've got star wars on sunday, maybe later" and "would do but there's engineering work on the trains around london bridge.

soz".

park ave boy

Then you have missed all of my many posts criticising Islam. IMO Douglas Murray, Maajid Nawaz, Sam Harris and Ayan Hirsi Ali are the voices of reason among a flood of wilfully blind regressive liberal commentators.
My OP is an observation that there are some rational muslims who have adopted western values about freedom and democracy and that they should be respected and encouraged.

Ok sorry I have not read all your posts. Yup you phrased it right "willfully ignorant." But a few, very small number have been westernized. I do know a Muslim who I didn't know was Muslim until recently and she is very secular. I think she is more about the family traditions than the doctrine. There is hope some will wake up but there are so many of them and growing everyday. I see nothing but more radicalization and terror as they increase their presence in western nations. Even if a few step up and be brave against their cult, the majority will not.

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Governing Body Letter details things that "have never been done before." - Really?

by cappytan in

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[note: copy/pasted this with permission from reddit.].

once each year, the governing body writes a direct letter to the congregation members included in the yearbook.

in his annual message to the catholic faithful (urbi et orbi) delivered on christmas day, the pope spoke about world peace, terrorism, and the refugee crisis.

park ave boy

Thanks Cappy for this. It really made my day. I'm laughing so hard!

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Muslims Mocking ISIS Deserve Respect

by cofty in

abu bakr al-baghdadi put out an audio recording on saturday calling on muslims to join the fight.

it is his first public pronouncement in over 7 months.. a number of muslims have taken to twitter to mock the self-styled caliph of the islamic state with comments like "i've got star wars on sunday, maybe later" and "would do but there's engineering work on the trains around london bridge.

soz".

park ave boy

I agree but unfortunately, they are the minority. I saw on the BBC that Muslims were protesting in Ireland and the UK after the Paris attacks. Out of the 2.5 million Muslims only two dozen came out to protest against it.Islam is a cult, not unlike the JW cult. It is dangerous because of the indoctrination and the fundamentalism it produces. Christianity had a reformation and is now peaceful. Judaism had a reformation and is now peaceful. So far, Islam has not and never will. Christians might not like my lifestyle and perhaps even HATE me for it, but I have no fear that I will be killed by a crazy bible thumping Christian over my lifestyle choice. However, I have friends from the LGBT community in France and they fear going out in public in many places now because of recent mob violence against the community and the Jewish community. All of the perps were Muslim.

I think you are living in some alternate reality where Muslims are going to all be your friend someday and accept you for who you are and we can all sing Kumbaya as we celebrate freedom. I live in the here and now and it is a dangerous world filled with hate and violence. And right now, Islam is the main culprit of that violence.

Someone posted this video before me but here it is again in case you missed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghr-JMq1VT0

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A call for JW lurkers to set matters straight!!!!!

by James Mixon in

not all are jw's here, think about the time you could get.

i know you are checking.

don't be shy, no one will ever know.

park ave boy

I agree! There are probably hundreds of lurkers. I know one personally who is an elder and friends of my family. He knows all but is against the wall. If he comes forward, he loses his whole family. But he could post something here...

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Reasons for Stagnation in Growth. AKA YearBook Numbers!

by ttdtt in

so why has the growth flatlined?

why is less time spent in the ministry?

why have aux pios droped by 1/3rd?.

park ave boy

I think the shit is hitting the fan. People are doing research. I'm so happy for JW Broadcasting!

YAY FOR JW BROADCASTING!

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Sorry to bust anyone's bubble but the "bible" was written by misogynist desert nomads attempting to explain life

by park ave boy in

i remember growing up preparing for the number 2 talk and reading over the verses.

one time i had a chapter in joshua to read.

i started reading and i was like "wtf?

park ave boy

I remember growing up preparing for the number 2 talk and reading over the verses. One time I had a chapter in Joshua to read. I started reading and I was like "WTF? God wanted to kill thousands of children and babies and animals but keep the "virgins?" Yeah, ok.

I was only 12 at the time but I got it. It was apparent to me this was not inspired by "God."

If you have 30 minutes, watch this 3 part serious. And get ready to wet yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRh7W-Bsg5g

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Beards galore at the Assembly

by Truthexplorer in

ok, at our recent assembly, i noticed that there were quite a lot of brothers wearing beards.

not just the older dudes, but right across a range of ages, young men, middle aged men and older men.

is watchtower beginning to relax this rule at last?