Posts by User99

the watchtower bible and truck society have a long list of books, pamphlets and brochures that are no longer available either in print or in their data base on their web sight.

of course the reason is that this books have a lot of old information that is incorrect, false prophecies, flip flops and a lot of "new light" that became old light.

User99

So spiritual food has a “best if used by” or an expiration date, just like supermarket perishables!

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Whom shall we follow for Bible-based truths?

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

watchtower february 15, 1981, pages 16-19 .

do we need help to understand the bible?.

true, the brothers preparing these publications are not infallible.

This is one of their teachings that convinced me to realize TTATT. If the light continually gets brighter, then why are there flip-flops in doctrinal teachings? For instance, the superior authorities understanding had changed, then changed again, and then change back, a number of times. If the light continually got brighter, there would be no flip-flops.

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Nigeria: JWs boost pidgin language

by betterdaze in

jehovah’s witnesses boost pidgin language devt.

ota—the advancement of pidgin english received a boost recently at ota, ogun state at the nigerian pigdin convention series of jehovah’s witnesses which held from december 20 to 23, 2018.. this was the seventeenth in the series of the 2018 “be courageous!” regional convention of jehovah’s witnesses .

recently there are clear indications that jehovah’s witnesses are seriously using pidgin as tool to reach the heart and they have risen beyond the general stereotypical description of it as ‘pidgin english’ or ‘broken english.

User99

Reminds me of the comment “We’re the thinkingest people on earth!”

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Manipulative language

by Hendrixgrip in

someone recently included the phrase from a talk, “cherished errors”, which made me think about something i wanted to get off my chest.

the societies use of manipulative language has been discussed on this site many time and i hope this adds to the ammunition to fight back against them.

periodically , i’ll run into someone and they’ll say “hendrixgrip, why don’t you come to the meetings anymore.” i’ll give them some not too specific reason like, “i’m struggling with the overlapping doctrine”.

User99

I caught some of those cognitive dissonance- inducing manipulations that you highlighted, Blondie, but you found some that I had missed. But I do catch more of these remarks from the Society as I regain the ability to think for myself, instead of turning my thinking ability over to the WTBTS.

It’s funny how the Society states to trust in Jehovah, that he knows what’s best for us, when they lay off Bethelites, for example. Otherwise referred to as “reassignment to the field”. They conveniently use Governing Body and Jehovah almost interchangeably, selecting the appropriate term when they want to reinforce their authority.

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Demon Posessed Rock Bands I couldn’t listen to

by hoser in

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kiss.

steve miller band (abracadabra).

eagles.

User99

Someone in a previous congregation told me that Crystal Blue Persuasion was written about The Truth (That Leads to Eternal Life) book. I never did find out if that reference was true or not.

But back to the topic, if we dared to listen to anything but kingdom melodies, then classical music was always ok. Anything that mentioned evil, devil, demons was obviously bad, but so were things that mentioned God / Jesus, because they all had all stemmed from wrong teachings.

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JW Phrases

by Holden Caufield in

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what some jw phrases that you hate?.

User99

What points did you appreciate from today’s lesson?

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Are Jehovah’s Witnesses a Cult?

by Tahoe in

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i realize this is an older posting on jw.org, but i’d come across it again after reading holden’s thread.

quoted below, so no need to visit the website.. _______________________________________________________.

no, jehovah’s witnesses are not a cult.

User99

Matthew 26:64: “You yourself said it.”