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  The 1914 generation is still going strong 100 years later - 2014 study article.

  by THE GLADIATOR in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  january 2014 watchtower study article.

  let your kingdom comebut when?.

  this generation will not pass away.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  Finkelstein Kingdom Halls are actually (brainwashing) training centers for their own door to door sales representatives.

  This is true. The Watchtower Society's have based their set up on a standard USA cold sales company. After I left Jehovah's Witnesses, many years ago, I had a go at door-to-door sales with a large UK double-glazing company. They had meetings, back-calls, literature placement, and a field-overseer and local team leader. The dress code was strict - a sit and tie at all times. I couldn’t believe how similar the set up was to the Watchtower Society.

  This set up worked when the aim was literature sales. Now they give the stuff away, there is no longer any point it. They may as well the organization from one office. All literature is downloaded from their website. Of 7 million Jehovah's Witnesses donated just $10 a year they would have $70 million a year just to run the office. They could do a deal with a book company to produce a new book each year and deliver to congregations. The Society would get a royalty on sales.
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  Alan Watts - Jesus and his Religion

  by yadda yadda 2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  listen to the brilliant alan watts on this subject and on many other spiritual/philosophical matters.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytivrfv3s2c.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  I have many cds and downloads by the brilliant Alan Watts. He calls himself a spiritual entertainer. He examines various persuations and disciplins and gives live lectures. He ended up living on a barge off the coast of San Francisco, smoking pot and drinking. He died happy a few years ago.
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  Is my mind still controlled???.....Is yours????

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  we are all set for a lovely xmas week and nice holiday, but this image is indellably printed in my brain and i cannot erase it.. .

  it's from the bible teach book, chapter 16 para 11. i did that many bible studies and trained them how we need to make a stand for true worship and not ever return to pagan practices.. so now over this season of good will, and fun i have a literal bitter taste.. are you having flash backs?

  how can we remove these images from our brain?

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  THE GLADIATOR

  No Kate - I think your mind is out of control. Have a good Christmas.
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  "How can girls guard against temptation in this sex-crazy world?"

  by Apognophos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is from the questions from readers in the 12/15/61 watchtower.

  i present it unabridged and without comment.

  your own comments, however, are welcome.. "when a girl reaches the age of puberty or physical maturity, her body has developed in the matter of sex more than in the mind.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  BU2B This could be a reason they want JWs to use the online library that only goes back to 2000...

  This is an own goal. JWs who want to go back further will google what they are looking for and end up on apostate web-sites.
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  "How can girls guard against temptation in this sex-crazy world?"

  by Apognophos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is from the questions from readers in the 12/15/61 watchtower.

  i present it unabridged and without comment.

  your own comments, however, are welcome.. "when a girl reaches the age of puberty or physical maturity, her body has developed in the matter of sex more than in the mind.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  The Watchtower Society's archaic view of sex sums up their childlike approach to life in general.

  I remember the lectures and Watchtower warnings about the evils of sex. It’s amazing I managed to become a normal adult.

  Hail Caesar!
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  "How can girls guard against temptation in this sex-crazy world?"

  by Apognophos in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this is from the questions from readers in the 12/15/61 watchtower.

  i present it unabridged and without comment.

  your own comments, however, are welcome.. "when a girl reaches the age of puberty or physical maturity, her body has developed in the matter of sex more than in the mind.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  What the Watchtower Society's failed to remember, when they printed this bull-story, is that Jehovah's Witnesses are supposed to be sheep. With this in mind I have researched some relevant information from ‘The beginners guide to raising sheep.’ Note the last paragraph showing that up to 10 percent of rams are homosexual; the same applies to bulls. So if the Watchtower Society's are going to look to nature for guidance in sexual matters for their young members, they had better take note. My advice to young Jehovah's Witnesses is to get stuck in while there is yet time.

  Puberty is the age at which the ram's reproductive organs become functional, his secondary sex characteristics develop, and he is ready to successfully mate ewes. Most ram lambs reach puberty between 5 and 7 months of age, at 50 to 60 percent of their mature weight.

  The willingness to breed ewes is highly variable among rams and can have a major impact on sheep production, especially in a single-sire mating scheme. Libido is a ram's desire to mate. It is regulated by the release of testosterone, produced by specialized cells in the testes.

  Some breeds of rams show libido almost continuously once they reach puberty. In other breeds, there is a marked decline in libido during the non-breeding season. Underfed and over fat rams may show reduced libido. A ram's desire to mate also decreases with age and disease conditions, such as arthritis.

  Some rams have inheritantly poor libido. In fact, studies have shown that up to 15 percent (average of 8 to 10 percent) of rams are homosexual and will not mate with ewes. Unlike heterosexual males, male-oriented rams do not experience an LH surge when exposed to estrus ewes. They also have a reduced capacity for producing testosterone.

  
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  The 1914 generation is still going strong 100 years later - 2014 study article.

  by THE GLADIATOR in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  january 2014 watchtower study article.

  let your kingdom comebut when?.

  this generation will not pass away.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  Fisherman 'Give examples where the wts uses the term spiritual to apply it to something material?'

  The Watchtower Society confuses material things, such as congregation meetings and Bible knowledge, with spirituality.

  Contributing to the Spiritual Paradise

  Most people enjoy visiting a park or garden. They like to walk through it or perhaps sit on a bench and enjoy the surroundings. In a similar way, many enjoy associating with Jehovah’s Witnesses. They find the fellowship refreshing, peaceful, and restorative. However, a beautiful garden needs to be tended if it is to continue to be paradisaic. Similarly, the spiritual paradise exists in this very nonparadisaic world only because Jehovah’s Witnesses cultivate it, and God blesses their efforts. How, then, can one make a meaningful contribution to that paradise?

  First, you need to associate with a congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, study the Bible with them, and acquire the Bible knowledge that is the basis of the spiritual paradise. Carla noted: “There is no spiritual paradise without spiritual food.” This includes reading God’s Word regularly and thinking about what you read. The knowledge acquired will draw you closer to Jehovah God, and you will come to love him.

  w01 3/1 pp. 8-11
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  Presents at grandmas, why jehovah hates it etc

  by DS211 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  well we just got back from grandmas and the girls my wife and i all got presents.

  my daughter was ripping through them like a madgirl and automatically my wife is like "shes being greedy"....i stood and said "no shes excited she never gets wrapped presents".

  she agreed.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  "GOD is like ancient Greek Gods. He must have your constant praise and adoration to function, therefore you should not be honoring a human with presents."

  Steady there Blondie, unlike the Hebrew desert god - the Greek and Roman god's were real - all 300 of them!

  I have Caesars word on it.
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  The 1914 generation is still going strong 100 years later - 2014 study article.

  by THE GLADIATOR in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  january 2014 watchtower study article.

  let your kingdom comebut when?.

  this generation will not pass away.

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  THE GLADIATOR

  When I was a Jehovah's Witnesses, spirituality was a word much used by the Watchtower Society. They had built an organization based on the invisible return of Christ in 1914. This event led to invisible fulfilment of prophecy upon a spiritual nation, living in an invisible spiritual paradise. The rewards that the members were so proud of could only be seen with invisible eyes of faith. It occurred to me that I was involved in a religion that, despite its appearance of being a spiritual organization, was material in its outlook. Although believing in a spiritual world, members were told they had no soul, just a physical body, and that was all they were ever going to have. They could only look forward to living forever as humans. Out of all the people that had ever lived on earth, only 144,000 were destined for heaven.

  There was much speculation about what the new world would be like. This prize had to be earned through physical effort, in the form of a strict regime of canvassing and literature selling. The Society would boast about how many hundreds of millions of magazines and books they had produced. Kingdom Hall meetings did not involve silent meditation or group contemplation. Instead, they were comprised of lectures and question-and-answer programmes. All answers were pre-supplied in printed literature. There was no room for personal insight or intuition. There were no mysteries or unanswered questions. Answers to all questions could be found in indexed Watchtower Society volumes.

  As the years passed, answers and rules constantly changed. The Society’s approach was more like that of a simplistic law school than that of a spiritual movement. The main requirement for continued membership was unquestioning obedience to their authority. Acceptance of its explanations and dictates was deemed to be obedience to Jehovah God. Nothing has changed in the years since I left this corrupt organization. In order to keep their status as a charity they stopped charging for literature many years ago. It is my belief, that this will utimately be their undoing.
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  the god of bible is a god of love?

  by trackregister99 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i readthe bibleentirely and i study in the past with jw, but i have many questions and doubts about god.

  (sorry for my english).

  is god a god of love?

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  THE GLADIATOR

  The snag is, that according to the Bible writers Jesus is the image of his father. ‘The father and I are one.’ ‘He who has seen me has seen the father.’ And so on. If we discount all the statements that he Bible credits to Jesus, we might as well burn the ancient book and stick to factual reading.

  Filling our brain with a Dose-of-Dawkings is a better recipe for mental health.