Posts by TweetieBird

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Dateline....Not this week.......

by WildHorses in

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i was just sitting here thinking about the many times people have asked about the airing of the dateline segment.. well, just a thought.

we can move this post up to the top once a week until the show does finally air.

this way people will not ask all the time?.

TweetieBird

Maximus,

I agree completely with your thoughts about the public's perception of JW's after Dateline airs. Those who already have a strong dislike toward the witnesses coming to their doors will be even more hostile. Makes me glad that I do not engage in the field ministry any longer.

There is a registered sex offender in our local database who is a JW in a neighboring congregation. He has been accused on several occasions by his daughters and niece, as well as non-witnesses. He was on house arrest all the while handling the microphones at the meetings. As far as I know, he is still considered in good standing. It will be interesting to see if the society ever changes their policy about sex-offenders going door-to-door.

BTW, years ago, my father-in-law served on a judicial committee when this guy was accused by his daughters of molesting them. My father-in-law felt he should have been disfellowshipped but was outnumbered by the other two on the jc, basically because they did not care for this guys wife. Fast forward twenty years, he is still up to his old tricks, and still in good standing. His most recent picture was posted on the database April 2000.

My initial comments, however, were about how the majority of JW's will react to the segment on Dateline being aired. I do not expect too many to be affected by what is shown. They have been conditioned to view anything negative as coming from Satan.

Tweetie

"By doubting we come at truth" -Cicero

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Antitypical Shittum Revealed

by Grunt in

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thanks, barbara and max for the inside view of bethel and the gb.

i am now almost certain that brooklyn bethel and patterson are the antitypical "shittem" and that is borne out by their work, the titles they give themselves and the ones who serve them.

surely this is but a miniature fulfillment of the prophecy with a major fulfillment on the global scale showing that the shittem of jerusalem's day was small indeed by comparison.

TweetieBird

Grunt, you've outdone yourself.

HYSTERICAL!!!

"These names for the Glorious Ones of Shittum are real terms, given under the true vow of ISHITUKNOT." LOL

P.S. I've always known that I was part of the SHITTEE class.

"By doubting we come at truth" -Cicero

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dateline question

by julien in

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does anyone known when the next thread asking when the dateline show will air will be posted?

TweetieBird

Trust me, when a date for air is set, Silentlambs or Maximus will make sure that everyone on this board knows.

"By doubting we come at truth" -Cicero

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If Jesus Was An Elder

by Mulan in

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i didn't write this poem, but think it is awesome.

a friend sent it to me yesterday.. if jesus was an elder.

if jesus was an elder, what would be his main concern?.

TweetieBird

Bringing back up to the top so that nobody misses this.

"By doubting we come at truth" -Cicero

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Dateline....Not this week.......

by WildHorses in

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friends

i was just sitting here thinking about the many times people have asked about the airing of the dateline segment.. well, just a thought.

we can move this post up to the top once a week until the show does finally air.

this way people will not ask all the time?.

TweetieBird

I myself am waiting with keen anticipation for Dateline to air. However, being the pessimist that I am, I don't think that it will have that much impact on the majority of JW's.

The reason I say this is because I had a conversation with my mother the other day, who heard that a couple of young sisters were bringing charges against an elder in Kentucky (not sure if she meant criminal or judicial...she's a bit of a ditz and does not always remember her stories). Thinking that this might open up a conversation about pedophilia within the org, I started to bring up that Dateline was going to do a segment on the problem. I didn't get very far because her pre-programmed response was, "Satan sure is working overtime."

I think that will be the common response to the Dateline program, that Satan is working overtime.

As we all know, the WTS is already doing damage control, by stating in the August 2001 KM that "Sometimes the media publish reports about the activities of Jehovah's people. While we appreciate good reports that are factual and fair in dealing with our work, we also expect bad reports to be spread by our detractors from time to time. Nevertheless, we must continue recommending ourselves as God's ministers "through bad report and good report." To honesthearted observers it becomes clear that we are the true disciples of Jesus Christ."

They are getting the R&F ready so that when Dateline does air, the majority will consider it bad reporting. Living deep in the time of the end, they will expect it as part of the persecution they have been told about for 100+ years.

But, (there's always a but) I do think that a small few, especially victims who have experienced being molested/raped by another witness and then getting molested/raped again by the judicial committee will have their horrible ordeal validated and perhaps find some closure. If they can even get a shread of peace, it will be worth it.

I truly hope the bad publicity will open the eyes of the witnesses, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up.

"By doubting we come at truth" -Cicero

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What is Gods name anyway?

by Shane in

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i was raised a jehovah's witness all my life, though i don''t go any more, not till i fall on my head and not afraid to ask questions does this particular question come up.. what is gods name?.

people act as though everyone in the world speaks english, what about the third of the worlds population in china could it be that is his real name at this late date?

why do we assume that it has to be "jehovah" when it could just as easily be how they call it in china, or india, or arabia, or south america anywhere that there is a large population?.

TweetieBird

I'm so confused!

LOL to Tina, good one!

"By doubting we come at truth" -Cicero

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If Jesus Was An Elder

by Mulan in

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friends

i didn't write this poem, but think it is awesome.

a friend sent it to me yesterday.. if jesus was an elder.

if jesus was an elder, what would be his main concern?.

TweetieBird

Thanks, Marilyn - awesome poem!

"By doubting we come at truth" -Cicero

Another blonde joke

by TweetieBird in

the blonde house painter.

this blonde decides one day that she is sick and.

tired of all these blonde.

TweetieBird

The Blonde House Painter

This blonde decides one day that she is sick and
tired of all these blonde
jokes and how all blondes are perceived as stupid,
so she decides to show her
husband that blondes really are smart. While her
husband is off at work, she
decides that she is going to paint a couple of rooms
in the house. The next
day, right after her husband
leaves for work, she gets down to the task at hand.
Her husband arrives home
at 5:30 and smells the distinctive smell of paint.
He walks into the living
room and finds his wife lying on the floor in a pool
of sweat. He notices
that she is wearing a ski jacket and a fur coat at
the same time. He goes
over and asks her if she is ok. She
replies yes. He asks what she is doing. She replies
that she wanted to prove
to him that not all blonde women are dumb and she
wanted to do it by painting
the house.
He then asks her why she has a ski jacket over her
fur coat. She replies
that she was reading the directions on the paint can
and they said....

FOR BEST RESULTS, PUT ON TWO COATS

"By doubting we come at truth" -Cicero

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From House to House, From Door to Door....

by individuals wife in

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i was in the town this morning and saw a little cluster of jws leaving the kingdom hall, clutching their ministry bags, eager to go out into the field service.... well, maybe eager isnt quite the right word.... anyway, i thought to myself - how many people will they convert today?

one, two, a whole family?

the more obvious answer is none at all.

TweetieBird

Farkel,

You just gave me a lightbulb moment,

"How do you explain this:

1) "Jehovah is a God of Love."

2) "Love is not Jealous."

3) "Jehovah is a Jealous God."

I can't believe that I never connected the dots.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

Am I dense or what?

"By doubting we come at truth" -Cicero

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JEHOVAH's REVELATION ...2001?

by MacHislopp in

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hello evryone,.

if anyone thought that jehovahs revelations ended.

with the last book of the bible....take a look at this:.

TweetieBird

A friend of mine heard a talk (not sure if it was at a convention or a "special talk") by Brother Lett, one of the newbies on the GB. He brought out that many in the organization wonder how the GB are given the food to pass on to the R&F (not his exact words). Is it by special means, i.e. visions, dreams, etc? Not so, according to him. How do they receive their wise renderings of what Jehovah is telling them?

By searching the scriptures. They read the scriptures and then come up with their own interpretation. That is why is keeps changing. (opinion mine)

Actually we all know how they do it, they keep churning up the old stuff. "New Light" comes about when former doctrines become outdated and have to be changed, such as, the generation issue.

"By doubting we come at truth" -Cicero