Posts by prologos

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Headline: "Islamic Invasion: Europe now scrambles for guns." How true is this?

by cappytan in

jw
friends

a year to a year and a half ago, i would have taken this article at face value and believed it.. now, i realize this article comes from a dubious source.

world news daily has a die-hard right-wing bias.

so, in an effort to get real information, i'm asking my european exjw's, is this article all true?

Village Idiot8 minutes ago

."It's not cruelty which is guiding my thoughts but practicality.

Food for hundreds of thousands can be expensive.

There are food surpluses. not expensive compared to 1945 prices when a bread was a week wages on the black market. No price high enough to feed the hungry, and it is being done. huddle for warmth.

The only problem I see with this scenario is with the translation of languages. This is the big problem with crime, the illegal immigrants can not be prosecuted under law, no name, no address, hiding behind the language barrier, all Syrians coming from Nigeria, Afghanistan. Kosovo.

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Headline: "Islamic Invasion: Europe now scrambles for guns." How true is this?

by cappytan in

jw
friends

a year to a year and a half ago, i would have taken this article at face value and believed it.. now, i realize this article comes from a dubious source.

world news daily has a die-hard right-wing bias.

so, in an effort to get real information, i'm asking my european exjw's, is this article all true?

prologos

Set up a tent city outside of the cities. Feed them bread and water . no, feed them well, hunger and cold are cruel.

The so-called " refugees" want to stay in the cities. In Sweden, The migrants refused to get off the busses that had transported them to vacation camps in the woods. Even vacation sites are not good enough for them.

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About 'Regular' Pioneers

by Gayle in

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now that district overseers have been deleted, now that bethelites are being devalued and increasingly dismissed, now that special pioneers are being deleted in u.s., and maybe elsewhere gradually.

who would have ever thought?.

yet, now what is the value to be a regular pioneer to the org?

prologos

Regular Pioneers are the real suckers, Pledging to do 100, 90 what is it now hours, a goal that forces you to go out, ?? at least we "special" pioneers got paid 30 cents an hour. wow!!

and the pioneer's benefits? Brooklyn has a bridge to sell nearby.

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Headline: "Islamic Invasion: Europe now scrambles for guns." How true is this?

by cappytan in

jw
friends

a year to a year and a half ago, i would have taken this article at face value and believed it.. now, i realize this article comes from a dubious source.

world news daily has a die-hard right-wing bias.

so, in an effort to get real information, i'm asking my european exjw's, is this article all true?

prologos

There is not enough jobs for educated Europeans, and now you deal with people from Yemen, Syria, Eritrea, who are 20% to 40% illiterate. Very a few will be able to integrate in European economy and will live off welfare until the welfare system collapses. Government cannot rise significant taxes without facing widespread opposition from its public
In Canada too, refugees receive way more benefits than locals, seniors, getting interminable free high priced legal help.
It would be cheaper for the Europeans to crank up the Airbus 380 production line, the unsalable plane that will carry 1000 people in a pinch, airlift the war victims out of harms way, rather than engineering to destroy their identity, their social contract, their finances through this uncontrolled invasion.

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Heroes

by done4good in

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in jw land having such was verboten.

who are some of yours and why?.

1. nikola tesla - greatest inventor ever, and the only one i know of who was a true scientist as well.. 2. elon musk - there is a reason he chose the great inventor's name for his masterpiece work...also has a serious pair.... 3. jim morrison - brilliant and mad poet.. 4. mike krzyzewski - the epitome of success.. 5. maya angelou - brilliant humanistic poet and writer.. 6. albert einstein - do i actually have to qualify this?.

prologos

Xanthippe Marie Curie 2. Emily Hobhouse 3.Lady Mary Montagu Eglantyne Jebb--

these are not Heroes,-- Sheroes.

one of mine, Johan Kepler, disfellowshipped Mathematician who defined the first laws of planetary motion, still in use today.

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Converts

by Alive! in

i've noticed there seems to be a higher percentage of born-ins here....who are the converted jws?.

does anyone care to share how they got converted?.

prologos

studied my way into the "truth"; solo-- and also out. ouch.

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The massive gaping hole in Watchtower's understanding of Matthew 25:31-40

by Island Man in

(matthew 25:31-40) .

.when the son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit down on his glorious throne.

32 all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

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P: The "other"sheep could not possibly be the JWs because they know perfectly well (in their opinion) when they deliberately do a good thing (contributing) to the Leadership, the really anointed; so they would not ask that question. ----answered: Jws are claimed to be the true Believers.
Island Man: Therefore the sheep must be non-christians unfamiliar with the bible passage in Matthew 25. or
they did not recognize the identity of the Brothers, hidden anointed. but did it anyway
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The massive gaping hole in Watchtower's understanding of Matthew 25:31-40

by Island Man in

(matthew 25:31-40) .

.when the son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit down on his glorious throne.

32 all the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

prologos

The problem with the wt understanding is, that by watching for who is partaking you can (kind of) determine who Christ's brothers are, therefore limit your charitable works to that genre, and make it "spiritual" rather than real. The other problem is that who is really sealed to be of the 144 000 is only known to the angels, and even then only at Armageddon. so

what Jesus recorded words probably mean is, do good to all, because you never know who you are doing it to, you might hit the jackpot by doing it to one of God's sons. and

The "other"sheep could not possibly be the JWs because they know perfectly well (in their opinion) when they deliberately do a good thing (contributing) to the Leadership, the really anointed; so they would not ask that question.

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WT Mtg "read scriptures" are only to be read by a 1 brother???

by Olivia Wilde in

we had co visit recently & it appears that the co told the elders of the congregation that the scriptures indicated on the wt to be "read" on the watchtower study are only to be read by 1 brother in the entire study.... the elder conducting the watchtower announced that at the wt mtg... i was like what???

only men?....

has anyone else had this occur in their congregation?

prologos

eyeuse2badub2 hours ago

Hey, it's another way to put you 'sister' in your proper place. You're only good for being pioneers and kh cleaners. If you sisters don't like it---quit! Now that's an idea!------ Yeah, join the world, you could be the next Margret Thatcher, (who did not give up the falklands, or Mutti Merkel, who just this year alone will brings in 1 million+ new members. or the other current and past lady heads of state, and their husbands. added: an

In Commonwealth Countries, Aust. Can -- you would get to write, or read the speech from the throne, beats the wt magazine any time.

(disclaimer; just kidding sisters)

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WT Mtg "read scriptures" are only to be read by a 1 brother???

by Olivia Wilde in

we had co visit recently & it appears that the co told the elders of the congregation that the scriptures indicated on the wt to be "read" on the watchtower study are only to be read by 1 brother in the entire study.... the elder conducting the watchtower announced that at the wt mtg... i was like what???

only men?....

has anyone else had this occur in their congregation?

prologos

OnTheWayOut

are not supposed to analyze and tear it apart. I know you try to do that, but they don't care for you to, anyway.

the publications are an excellent tool to show the irrational makeup of the WTBtS beliefs. often I am ready with ample marginal notes a la' blondies non-comments, but sometimes a soundbite, if clearly read, brings up another "this is impossible" gem.