Posts by AndDontCallMeShirley

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AndDontCallMeShirley

DJS: The only thing about these sisters that is difficult to understand is why they give praise to Jehovah after they win championships

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Jehovah likes tennis...he is the god of "love"

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Elder: I threw out all WT & Awake and only keep the last ten years...

by adjusted knowledge in

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i had a recent conversation with an elder from my mother's congregation.

he with another elder was at my mom's house.

my mother has all the bound volumes for both the awake and watchtower plus most of the older books.

AndDontCallMeShirley

@ paul: "Please consume information in the magazine before June 27, 2015"

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That far out? 2015? You are certainly optimistic. LOL.

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Elder: I threw out all WT & Awake and only keep the last ten years...

by adjusted knowledge in

jw
friends

i had a recent conversation with an elder from my mother's congregation.

he with another elder was at my mom's house.

my mother has all the bound volumes for both the awake and watchtower plus most of the older books.

AndDontCallMeShirley

Truly ironic, considering WT just recently stated this:

Watchtower , February 15, 2013, p. 12, para, 18:
"We benefit from balanced consideration of the history of Jehovah’s organization... Moreover, we do well to examine our history, learn from it, and plan for the future."

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w12 1/15 p. 32 Preserving Gems From Our Past
In Writing Archives, diligent work is now under way to preserve and document our rich and growing legacy. Photographs carefully held in the Archives could be considered part of our “family album.” Our early publications, thrilling first-person accounts, and priceless memorabilia are also among the gems held in the Archives.

Like them [the sons of Korah], do you have a desire to study and recount the history of the earthly part of Jehovah’s organization? The more you learn about God’s organization and how Jehovah supports his people, the more real God’s Kingdom will be to you. -- w2012 8/15, p. 12, para. 5 - [Emphasis added]

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*** Ministry School (2002) p. 21 Apply Yourself to Reading ***

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR READING PROGRAM

• Is the Bible at the top of your list?
• Do you regularly read the Watchtower and Awake! magazines?
• Do you read new Bible study literature soon after it is received?
• When given your copy of Our Kingdom Ministry, do you read what has been provided there to help you in your ministry?
• How many of the older publications of Jehovah’s Witnesses have you read?

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"You don't pee next to a cop," and other rules from the mens room that women don't know

by GrreatTeacher in

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i was recently at a baseball game with friends and family when i learned something new.

beer had been drunk and the men made their way to the men's room to relieve themselves.

when they got back i asked them what took them so long.

AndDontCallMeShirley

admit it, keyser...you liked it

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Assembly News Photo

by snare&racket in

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this photograph from a news site is a succinct summary of a life in wt's hands....... look at their faces, it says it all.. also, note the watchtower pr machine in action, explaining that it brings 4 million dollars to the location.

(10,000 x 400 dollars) clearly a watchtower statistic, where is the care and interest for members who are struggling so much, with new videos encouraging less career activity, less work commitments, at an all time economic low for our generation.. http://www.standard-freeholder.com/2014/06/15/thousands-attend-watchtower-convention-in-cornwall.

father: "i'm a wt 'yes' man and proud of it!

AndDontCallMeShirley

Jesus Christ, invisibly filling sports arenas since 1914 technically since 1874 ("old light")

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"it brings 4 million dollars to the location. (10,000 x 400 dollars)"

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Jesus brings $4 million to the local economy....Satan's economy.

Benefit to JWs, his chosen people: 0

How ironic.

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"You don't pee next to a cop," and other rules from the mens room that women don't know

by GrreatTeacher in

jw
friends

i was recently at a baseball game with friends and family when i learned something new.

beer had been drunk and the men made their way to the men's room to relieve themselves.

when they got back i asked them what took them so long.

AndDontCallMeShirley

you may never fart in the ladies room. They laughed and thought this highly unlikely....It's all about hiding the sounds. First, try to find an empty restroom

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If a woman farts in a restroom and there's not another woman around to hear it, does it make a sound?

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Marrying a Black Person

by ThomasCovenant in

we are not living today among aryan nations where such members of our fleshly family relationship could be exterminated for marrying a black, as was possible and was ordered in the early days of apartheid.. being limited by the laws of the new south african nation in which we live, we can take action against those who marry blacks only to a certain extent, that is, consistent with current laws.

the law of the land forbids us to kill them, even though they be members of our own flesh-and-blood family relationship.

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AndDontCallMeShirley

Ah, yes. WT not only missed the boat and can now only strive to be a Catholic Church wannabe, it also laments that it cannot practice Sharia Law.

Poor WT- a day late and a dollar short. The best it can do is also-ran.

If only WT could have been first in line for Crusades and Inquisitions and backwards middle eastern religious hatred, what a more wonderful place this world this would be.

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Draw Close to Jehovah book study this week- Jesus is not YHWH

by bruh2012 in

based on this weeks congregation bible study in the "draw close to jehovah" book, jesus is not yhwh from what you read in prov.

8:22-32. unless there it is a hebrew word snafu - at least verses 22, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31 speaks of two people.. correct?.

AndDontCallMeShirley

BU2B: If the bible was the word of god, why would it be written in such a confusing manner and such a way that it is open to so many different interpretations? Can this god then blame people if they havent got it quite right?

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Very simply, that is the core of the matter. If humans are still scratching their heads two or three millenia after these things were written, obviously the fault is with the author(s).

If god is responsible, then it is an epic fail; if human failure, then it's not worth devoting any time to figuring it out, as it is nothing more than contrived nonsense.

Someone on another thread argued that the problem is, not the Bible, but that modern Christians do not understand the symbolism, hyperbole and allegories that first century writers used, so the message is ambiguous at best. My contention is: why would a god who allegedly provided written instructions on which a person's eternal life hinges on understanding fully, use allegories, symbolism and hyperbole in the first place? It's a dumbass approach no matter how you look at it.