The Governing Body is not dishonest either.(sarcasim inserted here).
Posts by baker
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51Why are Republican's so consistantly dishonest?
by Coded Logic init hasn't gone unnoticed that the republicans who are saying, "we need to get to the bottom of the obama wiretapping" and "let's investigate this" - are the same people, when it comes to trump's russian ties, who are saying, "we shouldn't look at this at all - it's just a bunch of lies and hype.".
no evidence whatsoever for claims about obama need a congressional investigation.
but mountains of evidence about trump with more coming out everyday can be swept under the rug.
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Local Elder Mentions this Site from the Platform
by James Jack ina local elder had the part this week on the "good news" brochure.
he said: "if the householder has any questions, direct them to jw.org, don't say, just look up jehovah's witnesses on the internet(an older sister said this at the door), if you do they will be directed to a site visited by apostates and weak witnesses!
" "this mistake, would cause the householder to never accept bible truth".. i thought to myself, wow, i'm sure some listening to this part, will get curious now(many in the hall are just being exposed to the internet, and practicing with their new tablets) and do, just what they were told not to do..
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baker
Same reasoning as a timeshare presentation by the resort. Several years ago, we went to one of these to get a discount on an excursion and when the sales person left us alone, I googled the resort and found so many people trying to sell theirs at pennies on the dollar. The sales person came back and I showed them what i had found and they were clearly upset I had compared shopping. Any wonder in this age of instant comparison, that any more people can be fooled by "flowery talk" is a reflection on the listener, that they have just not kept up with technology , which can cut thru the BS and show them the scam.
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PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE
by Hairtrigger init just struck me while reading another post on the forum.
the catholics have numerous shrines all over the world and places of pilgrimage and the mother of them all ... rome.
the muslims have mecca and medina.
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baker
Jim Jones had Jonestown.
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What are some things JWs re-name to make themselves different than Christians?
by NikL injws re-name things so they seem like they are different than other religions.
(of course we know they are different but that's another story).
i was just thinking about those things where they are like most everyone else in christendom but the re-name it to seem different.. for example god forbid they have a church, it's a "kingdom hall".. they don't have pastors and deacons they have "elders" and "ministerial servants".. they don't have tithing but they will have family heads fill out a paper saying how much they can contribute on a monthly basis (not sure if there is a name for that...unless it's tithing.
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baker
Easter....memorial, nisan 14, full moon
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River flowing from the garden of Eden
by joey jojo inhey there.. if this point has been covered before please forgive me.. i have had the principles of noahs flood used by jw's to encourage me to attend meetings recently and this has got me musing about the flood....again.. genesis states that a river flowed from eden and branched out into four rivers, two of which being the tigris and the euphrates.. heres the baffling part; if it had never rained before, how is it that rivers existed before the flood?!!?.
a brief google search tells us that the euphrates begins its journey as snow melt and rain ( as most rivers do) in mountains in turkey.. ecc chapter 1 mentions the water cycle and describes the rivers flowing into the sea but the sea not becoming full.
how did it work pre-flood?
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baker
And how did a man stay alive inside a fish underwater for 3 days too?
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What are some things JWs re-name to make themselves different than Christians?
by NikL injws re-name things so they seem like they are different than other religions.
(of course we know they are different but that's another story).
i was just thinking about those things where they are like most everyone else in christendom but the re-name it to seem different.. for example god forbid they have a church, it's a "kingdom hall".. they don't have pastors and deacons they have "elders" and "ministerial servants".. they don't have tithing but they will have family heads fill out a paper saying how much they can contribute on a monthly basis (not sure if there is a name for that...unless it's tithing.
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baker
"He was lucky to get that job" ..."He was fortunate to get that job"
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What are some things JWs re-name to make themselves different than Christians?
by NikL injws re-name things so they seem like they are different than other religions.
(of course we know they are different but that's another story).
i was just thinking about those things where they are like most everyone else in christendom but the re-name it to seem different.. for example god forbid they have a church, it's a "kingdom hall".. they don't have pastors and deacons they have "elders" and "ministerial servants".. they don't have tithing but they will have family heads fill out a paper saying how much they can contribute on a monthly basis (not sure if there is a name for that...unless it's tithing.
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baker
They avoid Crucify and incorrectly use Impale or "to the stake with you" ...how stupid is that.
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"would you drink a glass of water if it had just a tiny bit of poison in it?"
by stuckinarut2 inno doubt we have all heard that well used "illustration" in public talks etc over the years:.
"if you were handed a glass of water that looked pure, but were told it has just a tiny drop of poison in it, would you drink it?".
the society has used that illustration at length to say we should avoid all influences of every part of the world.. but, as we know, the society has had a track record of errors, false ideas and doctrines.
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baker
Not dying, now that would be the real thing. And it's available, actually, if the promises of Jesus Christ are to be taken literally. See John 3:16 and John 10:10.
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Talked to a JW at a literature stand today
by nevermind inguys,.
i need your help in trying to wrap my head around this strange experience i had today talking with a jw lady sitting at a literature table in a busy outdoor shopping center.. i'm a very shy person, but i always wanted to ask these jws at their literature stands questions to start them thinking about the validity of watchtower teaching.
i finally mustered my strength today to talk to this jw lady.
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baker
It use to be called Theocratic Warfare, many years ago, it was taught that telling a white lie in defense of the Society was to be a proud event
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Stop Jehovah's Witnesses from posting outside of Disneyland
by Roberto Carlos inplease sign petition to have disneyland stop jw's preaching outside gate.
click here to sign petition (not spam, real link).
jehovah's witnesses have been involved in vast amount of pedophilia cases.
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baker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYvgVNgazpA
Attendance is down at disney, maybe because of this alligator attack and the fact that Orlando has had a terrorist attack recently, Not to mention the 5 travelers killed in Fort Lauderdale at the airport by an ex alaskan Army National Guard who was fired in Aug2016 and was a security guard. Just another kook, but just adds to vacationers worry in general about being attacked in Florida. Wonder if attendance is up in Branson? Oh wait, why don't I just google it, well what do you know, a record year 2016.
More than 20 million people visited Missouri State Parks in 2016, setting a new attendance record, Gov. Jay Nixon announced in a news release Wednesday.