Posts by piztjw

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WTS overboard w/suggested presentation

by doinmypart in

the nov 2013 km contains an article that is ridiculous in its level of minutae.. they focus on the word "because".

they tell jws to use the word "because" when explaining why they're at the homeowner's door.

writing department, you wrote an article on the use of the word "because"?

piztjw

not once did I ever use a suggested presentation as I was and always have been much more intellectually advanced than the outline provided

In the town where I live there is a pretty much half-witted MS who thinks he is getting brownie points or something by making stacks of photocopied KM presentations. Good lord, doesn't he think that if someone wanted to carry the talking orders around they could take it from their own KM? Of course he figures and salivates over every last word from "the slave."

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Service Meeting Part about Sisters Wearing Head Coverings

by TTATTelder in

this week's service meeting had another part about women wearing head coverings.there's already been a post about it, but i would like some thoughts from the forum on the scripture referenced.

11: 3-10. i want to focus on verses 4-6. it says this (nnwt):.

"4)every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head shames his head; 5) but every woman who prays or prophesies+ with her head uncovered shames her head, for it is one and the same as if she were a woman with a shaved head.

piztjw

Was this meant to be taken literal???...

Well if it were to be taken literally, then why not take verse 15 literally?

15 but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her instead of a covering .

If they want a hat, or whatever because of the earlier verses, then this would be saying that a womans hair is the covering. They cannot have it both ways!

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Why do we dress up for Meetings? - This weeks Cong Bible study

by KateWild in

because the gb say so, and they are guided by hs.. anyother offers from the brochure?

kate xx.

piztjw

BECAUSE

If we didn't dress up it would make Jehovah sad. Our worship depends on WHAT we wear...not what is in our hearts!

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New Article on BEARDS and Attire of Jehovah's Witnesses

by jwfacts in

i have had requests to add an article about beards and jehovah's witnesses.

it is interesting that there is virtually no statement that says a witness cannot have a beard, yet universally they do not have beards.

i have scoured quotes from all the threads on jwn, all references to beard on the cd watchtower library, and copies of elders letters that i have.

piztjw

Years ago a serious injury required surgery. As a result I was in a neck brace/collar for nearly three months. As such I could not move my head or neck, could not shave...even if I had wanted to. Guess what? Two weeks after my surgery one of the eldurrs made a point to "lovingly" chastise me for having facial hair and showing disrespect for Jehovah's house by attending a meeting with...a...GASP!...BEARD! There, "must be someway brother that you can manage to ignore the surgeon's instructions and remove the brace to properly scrape the hair off your face. You don't want to stumble someone do you?"

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WTS overboard w/suggested presentation

by doinmypart in

the nov 2013 km contains an article that is ridiculous in its level of minutae.. they focus on the word "because".

they tell jws to use the word "because" when explaining why they're at the homeowner's door.

writing department, you wrote an article on the use of the word "because"?

piztjw

SFPW

STFU

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WTS overboard w/suggested presentation

by doinmypart in

the nov 2013 km contains an article that is ridiculous in its level of minutae.. they focus on the word "because".

they tell jws to use the word "because" when explaining why they're at the homeowner's door.

writing department, you wrote an article on the use of the word "because"?

piztjw

And this was preceded by a "Bible"(?) study that gave orders to the sheeple about how they couldn't really have God's favor, and were disrespectful of God unless they suited up with a suit and neck choking tie, drab mid-calf length dresses, short hair on men, and damned sure no facial hair! How they had to underline the parroted comments from the...Bible(?)...nope...the WT$ publications, or they didn't really love God!

What do they think people are? A bunch of low I.Q. third graders?

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jw.org

by d in

what do you people here on the forum think of the new jw website.

i find it strange how when i was jw they made a big deal out of the internet saying it was bad.but now they new this new website and they keep promoting on their literature..

piztjw

Try clicking on the email contact us link.

You will get absolutely nowhere. No email address will be provided, so yeah, no way do they want anything coming back to them. The entire web site is pretty cumbersome. It is not nearly as smooth and seamless as many other sites. But that is what one gets with unpaid volunteers who have followed the mandates not to get any higher education I guess.

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Help me find this quote: "Bible cannot be understood apart from the WT"

by UnConfused in

thanks.

piztjw

I know this is not the quote you asked for, but the 09/15/2013 WT said this, "Because of our imperfect nature, we humans do not have the full ability to determine what is truly beneficial for us to guide our steps perfectly."

So "evidently", "apparently", it "stands to reason" that the GB is made up of perfect beings who have transcended being human. After all they have assumed to have the full ability to interpret the Bible, and to determine how over 7,000,000 mere mortal humans should live their lives day-to-day, and give orders on how to guide our steps that must be obeyed without question.

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Yesterday's WT "Study"

by piztjw in

just a few observations about the material in yesterday's wt "study".. the wt informed people this week that as long as there is no clearly stated law from god we still cannot observe standards that are common in our area or that we were raised with, if we are christians.

the reason they gave?

as imperfect humans we don't have the ability to determine what is right or wrong.

piztjw

I am sure there must be some sort of subtle difference between "determine" and "distinguish". After all ONE generation can now be great-grandpa, grandga, father, son, and the son's brand new baby. We imperfect humans will just have to patiently wait on "mother" to tell us what that difference is.

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More WT Propaganda: 10 Year Old Children Should Get Baptized!

by Oubliette in

i just caught this in an upcoming study article which will be "studied" in the congregations the week of 11/18-24/13:.

he and his wife were elated when their eldest daughter, age ten, told them that she loved her parents, loved the brothers and sisters, and loved jehovah very much.

she said that she wanted to dedicate her life to jehovah and get baptized.

piztjw

Hm...let's see...Jesus, the perfect son of God himself waited until he was thirty years old to make a dedication and get baptized. Does that mean the typical jw sheeple's brat is better than Jesus?