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  Biblical incidents that bothered me.

  by EverApostate in

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  i wanted to discuss the (supposed) biblical events that disturbed me a lot when i was a jw.

  these incidents were just read and discussed in the kingdom hall as if these are normal and justified, which clearly weren't.

  perhaps this led to my awakening.

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  The whole Israelite saga as told in the bible, what a joke.

  Jehovah literally moves the earth for these people. They see miraculous shit unfold, right in front of their very eyes... time and time again. Miracle after miracle... food appears from nowhere, enemies slain... it goes on.

  .... and the morons still worshiped false gods.. lumps of timber and home made baby fucking cows?!!..

  All this despite warnings from the dude performing miracles! It smacks of stupidity and I had this shit crammed in my head all my childhood.

  David Jay our regular Jewish poster could explain it all, probably in no less than 26 paragraphs.
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  Side effect of Downsizing......$$$

  by Tech49 in

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  2. friends

  so here is a tidbit you will all just love!.

  we all are hearing of the trend right now to ¨downsize¨ the congregations...ie... eliminate by combining, in order to blah blah blah... .

  here is what you didnt know: every time a congregation is dissolved, for whatever reason, including merging or dispersing, wt makes money!

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  Well I know this happened locally around my area.

  This large congregation had nearly $1 million in cash, after selling there local KH. They were expecting to build another one, but instead were told they needed to make the extra travel to meet at a different hall where only one congregation attended. Many were and are disgruntled.

  This happened just north of Brisbane in Australia. The often very hard earned donations of the publishers was taken from them, under the guise it’s funding some “world wide work” bullshit. It’s just a fucking world wide fire sale.

  All that money vanished like a fart in the wind.
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  So, is God a rapist!?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  ok, i apologise in advance if this seems irreverent to those who believe in god.. but, the bible says that god (jehovah) impregnated mary.

  without her consent.

  so that would seem to be rape...right?.

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  He could have at least done it after dinner and a movie.
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  Stagnation of JWs in Britain

  by darkspilver in

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  2. friends

  this is an 'off-topic' continuation of this discussion.

  steve2: in britain, growth of publishers is slowing down, if not stagnating.

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  I know others have mentioned this, but it’s my turn to say it.

  I don’t trust any stats the WT has reported on themselves for probably the last 10-15 years. I think back in the 90’s there were efforts maybe for accurate reprts and figures, but this current bunch are desperate and as crooked as hell. I would trust any GB member about as far as I could physically throw them....

  Honesty and truth will be the first casualties with religion.
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  Admins & Mods ... who are they?

  by Tallon in

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  2. friends

  this is just a general query, and am hoping someone can clarify.. a lot of web forums usually list the usernames of the admins & moderators.

  i have not seen listed, unless someone can show me otherwise, the admins & moderators of this web forum.. from what i can gather, simon is the owner & admin of this web forum.

  scully has just locked a discussion thread - so i'm guessing that s/he is either an admin or moderator.. who are the admins & moderators ?.

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  A well run site that has improved in its maturity over the years. 👏👏
  

  There was a few more self proclaimed prophets and delusional messiah types a while ago. It's lost some insanity but has maintained a balance.
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  Is the Bible truly inspired?

  by MrRoboto in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so i was reading the book of daniel, starting with chapter 4 (nebuchadnezzar's famous tree chopping/banding dream where the 7 times is introduced) but i noticed that when you don't cherry pick verses and just read straight thru - it really seems like some children's book that was poorly written.

  even though the borg says that this book as written by daniel, chapter 4 is clearly written by "king nebuchad·nezzar to all the peoples, nations, and language groups dwelling in all the earth" after the tree chopping business.

  ) of the rest of the chapters seem to be written in 3rd person (odd, if you are writing about your experiences).

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  It's truly not inspired.
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  Your donations at work: WT Farms “inspirational” corn maze

  by betterdaze in

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  “best life ever” is displayed at watchtower farms, near pine bush.

  the jehovah’s witnesses' maze is a work of devotional art, and not intended for exploration like the pagan ones made for hudson valley tourists every halloween.

  source: lohud.com.

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  Can you see the hidden image of tight pants hidden in the maze?? Those wacky subliminal WT artists are at it again!
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  Biggest impact on humans

  by menrov in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  do not know where to post this but i like to hear your views on what you think had the biggest impact on humans.

  for me, 2 things:.

  music: every human listens one way or another to music and will likely have some sort of emotion.

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  Music is incredible, I watched something recently where music was being used with some success to help those with Alzheimer's retrieve memories. The way music could evoke a response was amazing.
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  Pause icon design

  by The Real Edward Gentry in

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  2. friends

  hello: back in the 60's, i knew a designer for the ampex corporation.

  one day, f. arden farey, the manager of industrial design gave him the task to create an icon for pause since the company was marketing in foreign markets and the word "pause" didn't translate well in most foreign languages.

  he looked at pause and finally decided that it was a "sorta" stop.

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  Ok...thanks..but...what is the relevance of this topic?

  Have I missed something??

  The topic has given you pause.

  I've gleamed a valuable lesson about the success not being a JW can bring.
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  Were You Ever SHOCKED That Someone Got Appointed As An Elder?

  by minimus in

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  i remember some men getting appointed and wondering what the hell were they thinking???.

  likewise when i came to someone being appointed a presiding overeer or whatever they are called now!

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  A young fellow aged 26-27 who lived at home with his parents was appointed as an elder, and when announced from the platform, you could literally hear people in the audience gasp and whisper.. that's no exaggeration. Most people thought he was mentally retarded, he just wasn't with it... serious Asperger at the very least.

  His father, who he still lived at home with, was an elder in the congregation... that's spiritual qualification right there.