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  Folly of claiming “only we have the truth”

  by venus in

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  one’s mindset and its conditioning pursue what one believes to be the “truth” which it says ‘i can perceive with my senses.

  this makes possible for the life to be perceived in many different ways.

  imagine all were born blind.

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  Sun never rises nor sets (right for the highly educated ones)

  A good post venus ,I never realised I was a highly educated one
  
  
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  2017 Kingdom Hall in Chile with Flag with Meeting

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  finally, after 5 years, we have received footage that shows, unmistakably, that there was a flag in the kingdom hall, while a meeting was happening.here is the video:https://youtu.be/uel3otw6gemi will post this year's pictures below.

  this year we had pictures and video of three different kingdom halls with the flag!.

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  Was it just me ? I couldn`t see a flag anywhere in the video ,frankly it reminded me of videos that "prove" UFO`s exist it was that bad except with UFO videos at least you see what they claim is a UFO although being disjointed and grainy.

  edit to add: Ok looking at it again I guess that was it in the window ? The quality of the video was extremely poor.

  Just saying.
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  Saying hello for first time

  by pimojw in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been sneakily looking at this forum, almost every day, ever since it began!

  it has taken me till now to actually register and contribute.

  (actually i did register with a different name in the beginning but never commented).. i am a pimo elder with a fairly long history of senior "positions" in the organization.

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  Welcome pimojw from Australia ,hopefully you can help others to see TTATT who may have been lurking for as long as you apparently have.
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  Oh The Irony

  by FedUpJW in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so i sat and suffered through the clam tonight.. everything was pretty much as dull, repetitious, and simple-minded as i have come to expect, but i was really struck by the mind-numbing idiotic comments made during the part about shunning family.. then came the book study (no real bible use) loaded with self-congratulatory b.s about how wt never has, and never will beg, solicit, or ask for money.

  i could feel myself beginning to channel the old tasmanian devil cartoon character as i listened to that garbage while remembering the jdubya tv shows about how more money was going out than coming in and give more.

  but finally came the most ironic (to me) part of the entire meeting and i could not help bursting out in a loud belly laugh that got me many dirty looks and heavy frowns.

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  It`s moments like these I just wish I was back their to confront their bullshit head on .

  Surely their must be some their that see the contradictions ? and wake up ?
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  Be loyal when a relative is disfellowshipped

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well.....they showed that shunning video again.

  you know...the one where goldilocks gets disfellowshipped- and the parents look across the hall at her with disdain.....yeah that video.. i was interested to see what kind of answers would be given during the discussion after the video and some of the reactions.

  everyone sat there gormlessly staring at the video.

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  Is this a recent video ? can anybody show it ? and not the one 4 years or so ago.?
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  some thing i said..?

  by zeb in

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  has anyone had this experience.

  that once some contact is made with others here they never write again?

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  Yes i`ve had that experience and when I think about it to be honest I think I`ve been guilty of it myself.

  I don`t believe it`s anything malicious on anyone`s part ,hell ,it`s hard enough keeping in touch with people we physically know let alone people in cyber space / internet people we have never met.

  however I do think maybe we should be a bit more attune to it ,as it can come across as rude or worse.

  And I take it you are talking about PM`s ?

  I don`t take it personal , and lets face it we cant please everyone in what we say or do .
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  Do you have a dumb politician like Sara Hansen Young in your country?

  by barry in

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  we have one in australia and there is even a song about her.

  i would like to know if you have someone like this among your politicians.https://youtu.be/bdwxpwl89sk.

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  So the majority of voters either in their ignorance or apathy or simply laziness , in the end get what they deserve.

  And we in Australia have compulsory voting.
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  Orwellian change of the history(Again)

  by Ray Frankz in

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  2. experiences

  well, this month's jw broadcasting had a curious piece of history class.

  samuel herd was there, but i don't remember if it was him that presented it.

  the theme was "how it was to be a jw in the years 1900.".

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  Didn`t the "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" campaign begin with the Cedar Point convention in 1922 ?

  On another point Jesus Christ never appointed Jehovah`s Witnesses as the F&DS because they didn`t exist then .

  If anyone was appointed by Jesus back then it would have been the I.B.S.A. and those who became Jehovah`s Witnesses later on were actually a breakaway group that wouldn`t have had Christ Jesus approval.
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  New "Annointed" Brother In My Old Hall...

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. experiences

  i've only just stopped laughing.. in my old hall there's a brother who's now claiming to be of the anointed.. he's 28.. i do wonder if he's doing this for attention, if he's awake and messing with them, or if he really is that deluded.

  when i was in he was an ms. which surprised even me because only a year earlier than that he was "a bit of a lad", is rubbish at talks and relies on his elder uncle to get him out of trouble all the time.. i guess this now means he's get his pick of jw sisters.

  he's been after the same one as the rest of his peers since 2014..

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  These "Anointed ones" are going to rule with Jesus Christ in the Heavens for a thousand years right?

  However down here on earth all their allowed to do in the congregations are to vacuum the KH`s and clean the toilets.
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  Robert Jay Lifton Interview

  by Lee Elder in

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  2. friends

  while this interview and book are concerned with donald trump.

  you will be able to see many similarities with watchtower officials.

  https://www.alternet.org/books/bill-moyers-renowned-psychiatrist-warns-trump-danger-us-all.

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  That was a very interesting read L.E.and one that highlights some very troubling possible scenarios that could eventuate with Donald Trump as president of the USA .

  While I had doubts as to his suitability to be the leader of the "free world" , when all of these "human failings" are placed end on end , it makes for a compelling case to remove him from office before something we will all regret happens.

  He seems to be obsessed with twitter saying things off the cuff,shooting from the hip,without considering the consequences of his tweets.

  But who am I ,a foreigner and not a US citizen .

  Then of course D.T.is not the only wild card we need to worry about in the world is he.