Posts by AverageJoe1

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UK Branch update - Summer 2018

by Fay Dehr in

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uk branch update - summer 2018: https://1drv.ms/b/s!amcrvjcxi6m6gx0iyad_9mewnlku.

AverageJoe1

Thanks Faydehr. No accompanying letter to this?

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JWTALK Bob Comes Up With A Classic

by AverageJoe1 in

the guy everyone loves to hate, bob, has come up with a classic:.

redefining the concept of "critical thinking" when it comes to jws.. he quite correctly states the need to use critical thinking when reading the bible, yet we all know that pimi jws don't have the first clue what "critical thinking" really means, especially on a thread fawning over how great the gb are and guessing who will be presenting the next jwb!.

the link to the actual comment is:.

AverageJoe1

The guy everyone loves to hate, Bob, has come up with a classic:

Redefining the concept of "critical thinking" when it comes to JWs.

He quite correctly states the need to use critical thinking when reading the Bible, yet we all know that PIMI JWs don't have the first clue what "critical thinking" really means, especially on a thread fawning over how great the GB are and guessing who will be presenting the next JWB!

The link to the actual comment is:

https://jwtalk.net/forums/topic/36485-jw-broadcasting-for-july-2018/?do=findComment&comment=568964

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How the Watchtower and Big Tobacco conspired to propaganda techniques to survive the exposure of their dangers

by TerryWalstrom in

the tobacco industry held in thrall millions of addicted smokers for decades with an almost endless litany of false claims reinforced by propaganda and bad science.it is informative and eye-opening to examine this brilliant but insidious strategy.1.

exploiting controversy the tobacco team focused on "conflicts of interest" to create a distraction and exploit mistrust so nicotine addicts own confirmation bias would work in their favor.

this strategy of producing scientific uncertainty undercut public health efforts and regulatory interventions designed to reduce the harms of smoking.the watchtower easily did the same thing by exploiting the confusing doctrine of the trinity and pointing to the corrupt history of the catholic church.

AverageJoe1

Thanks Slim.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Morris_International

Interestingly the initials for the company spell out PMI (physically, mentally in).

Both PMI & WT (and TPT 3rd for that matter) are responsible for a heck of a lot of lost lives. Tony with his supposed war action then later with his harmful WT doctrine being taught as God’s own truth).

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How the Watchtower and Big Tobacco conspired to propaganda techniques to survive the exposure of their dangers

by TerryWalstrom in

the tobacco industry held in thrall millions of addicted smokers for decades with an almost endless litany of false claims reinforced by propaganda and bad science.it is informative and eye-opening to examine this brilliant but insidious strategy.1.

exploiting controversy the tobacco team focused on "conflicts of interest" to create a distraction and exploit mistrust so nicotine addicts own confirmation bias would work in their favor.

this strategy of producing scientific uncertainty undercut public health efforts and regulatory interventions designed to reduce the harms of smoking.the watchtower easily did the same thing by exploiting the confusing doctrine of the trinity and pointing to the corrupt history of the catholic church.

AverageJoe1

Speaking of Tobacco, Tight Pants Tony is the grandson of the founder of the biggest tobacco company in the world I believe.

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A Message to Active Elders Lurking on JWN

by 00DAD in

there are really only a couple of reasons an active elder would be lurking here on jwn.. .

[if !supportlists]i. your ever growing doubts about the organization have led you here, or.

[if !supportlists]ii.

AverageJoe1

Great thread. Thanks. I’m in category one, thank goodness. PIMO since late 2015 (after ARC).

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This year’s convention

by lastmanstanding in

two things i noted at this year’s rc.

1) the new teaching with respect to matthew 25:45 which was applied equally to the rank & file jw.

this teaching is also found in the watchtower study for last sunday.. then he will answer them, saying: ‘truly i say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of these least ones, you did not do it to me.. 2) the new armageddon video which was a big shift.

AverageJoe1

Thanks for the simple explanation LastMan. I get it now. I will see how they develop that talk at our convention then.

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This year’s convention

by lastmanstanding in

two things i noted at this year’s rc.

1) the new teaching with respect to matthew 25:45 which was applied equally to the rank & file jw.

this teaching is also found in the watchtower study for last sunday.. then he will answer them, saying: ‘truly i say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of these least ones, you did not do it to me.. 2) the new armageddon video which was a big shift.

AverageJoe1

Hi LastMan. No I haven’t attended yet. We have the thrill of our assembly still to come, though I will probably spend most of the sessions out about town with fellow PIMOs.

Thank goodness for Internet. On the few instances I actually have to show my face there, I can at least pass the time productively surfing the Net!

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This year’s convention

by lastmanstanding in

two things i noted at this year’s rc.

1) the new teaching with respect to matthew 25:45 which was applied equally to the rank & file jw.

this teaching is also found in the watchtower study for last sunday.. then he will answer them, saying: ‘truly i say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of these least ones, you did not do it to me.. 2) the new armageddon video which was a big shift.

AverageJoe1

The reason for my doubt also is that the GB are so interested in the organisation revolving around them that they would never willingly relinquish a scripture that they had previously misapplied to themselves, especially if that meant giving prominence to the R&F.

Look how they previously removed the title of "faithful & discreet slave" from all anointed ones to saying it just means the GB.

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This year’s convention

by lastmanstanding in

two things i noted at this year’s rc.

1) the new teaching with respect to matthew 25:45 which was applied equally to the rank & file jw.

this teaching is also found in the watchtower study for last sunday.. then he will answer them, saying: ‘truly i say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of these least ones, you did not do it to me.. 2) the new armageddon video which was a big shift.

AverageJoe1

I very much doubt what the OP said about Matthew 25:45 as I've just done a search for that scripture in the official outlines and it is not even mentioned once!

Please tell us the title of the talk this was supposedly mentioned in.

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The "Whole World" was flooded??

by stuckinarut2 in

so, jehovah's witnesses and many other biblical literalists think that the "whole world" was flooded during noahs day.. they take the "accounts" in genesis literally.

so that means that areas as far away as australia, russia, argentina, greenland, antarctica were all visited by noah and his family to gather animals and preach before it happened right??

they then took everything back to the middle east to board the ark...uh huh.... yet, the same expression in the bible for the "whole world" is also used in the account about the "worldwide famine" in josephs day!

AverageJoe1

Eddie Izzard's account of the flood is hilarious!

Noah made the mistake of putting lions & tigers in there first.... comes to the head count when all the animals are in the ark... nope just two lions and two tigers and lots of ketchup on the walls of the ark!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tcjZl0vk9Y

That's like putting 4 students on a boat with loads of cake mix!