Posts by AndDontCallMeShirley

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New marketing ideas for JW.ORG merchandise!?!?
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
perhaps this should be in the humor /jokes section....but oh well...here goes.. (some of our more tech savy forum members may know to upload images to help out?).

so how about these ideas for jw.org merchandise?

or as some tacky gifts as handed out at the international conventions?.
AndDontCallMeShirley

Literature that self-destructs within 6 weeks, the same frequency as "new light" revelations.

disappearing ink pens
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New marketing ideas for JW.ORG merchandise!?!?
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
perhaps this should be in the humor /jokes section....but oh well...here goes.. (some of our more tech savy forum members may know to upload images to help out?).

so how about these ideas for jw.org merchandise?

or as some tacky gifts as handed out at the international conventions?.
AndDontCallMeShirley

what would wt define as 'clean porn'?

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Celibacy
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For those in the Watchtower who believe in the inerrancy of the Bible
by opusdei1972 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the watchtower says:.

9 while most major books of religion say very little, if anything, about god, the bible acquaints us with jehovah god and his activities.

it helps us to see the many facets of his personality.
AndDontCallMeShirley

It depends on how one decides to live his christianity. To me is by trying to do the good, without slaving the life of others

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"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones." --- Marcus Aurelius

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"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death." -Albert Einstein
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New marketing ideas for JW.ORG merchandise!?!?
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
perhaps this should be in the humor /jokes section....but oh well...here goes.. (some of our more tech savy forum members may know to upload images to help out?).

so how about these ideas for jw.org merchandise?

or as some tacky gifts as handed out at the international conventions?.
AndDontCallMeShirley

"JW.Org" KY Jelly...at least when a JW gets f**ked by WT it won't hurt quite as bad....
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Is the Bible just as fake as the JW's
by BackSlider in
1. jw
2. friends
it seems that the more i research, the more i find that it's all just a big scam.

is there any evidence that even the bible isn't just another big religion/government scam?

would we listen to putin or obama if they told us they have verified new holy writings?
AndDontCallMeShirley

The Bible shows me that God is so humble

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Oh, sure. That's why the first four of the Ten Commandments didn't address anything really important, things like pedophilia, ending slavery, tolerance or treating women with dignity. No, the first four were focused on the self-absorbed, narcissist Yahweh making sure he got all the attention He thinks He deserves, like a spoiled brat.

Jealous, petty, cruel, hair trigger temper, maniacal, genocidal...hardly the attributes of a humble person.
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Paul - GB Member (W 9/15/14)
by pixel in
1. watchtower
2. bible
ok, is this a "new understanding" or what?

up until this point i thought that the borg refered paul as a co or do, but never gb member:.

p. 12 now, why would paul a spiritual giant who likely was a member of the first-century governing bodycall himself a miserable man?.
AndDontCallMeShirley

@ minimus: OK, he was a DO but then was invited to serve as a Governing Body member. And he was never on the Writing Dept. but he was on the Teaching Commitee.

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And he invented MEPS
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If END is Imminent, Why Witness in Silence in Public Places?
by ProfCNJ in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we were taught for 100 years that the end or armageddon is imminent, as if it is coming in a hurry.

but look now at the new way of sharing god's kingdom in uk which i find as a complete irony.

"thousands have switched tactics to stand on street corners in more than a dozen cities across britain - and unusually for public preachers, they are staying almost completely silent... unlike other evangelical preachers, they do not shout or call attention to themselves - instead standing in near-silence until someone approaches them."http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2691254/how-jehovahs-witnesses-got-street-smart-believers-swap-infamous-doorstepping-standing-outside-train-stations-shops.html.
AndDontCallMeShirley

The real reason for JW.Org:

JWs are so ill-equipped to answer any Bible questions or defend their own beliefs (because they don't actually know what their beliefs are and how they arrived at such beliefs), it's better to just send people to a website. Plus, WT controls what information is available to any potential victims converts. Too risky to have a JW do the 'splaining.
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Paul - GB Member (W 9/15/14)
by pixel in
1. watchtower
2. bible
ok, is this a "new understanding" or what?

up until this point i thought that the borg refered paul as a co or do, but never gb member:.

p. 12 now, why would paul a spiritual giant who likely was a member of the first-century governing bodycall himself a miserable man?.
AndDontCallMeShirley

"It is reasonable to conclude"* that Paul used the Internet, gave pre-recorded talks at International Conventions on a Jumbotron and unicorns are real.

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*(note lack of any references to source material)
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If END is Imminent, Why Witness in Silence in Public Places?
by ProfCNJ in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we were taught for 100 years that the end or armageddon is imminent, as if it is coming in a hurry.

but look now at the new way of sharing god's kingdom in uk which i find as a complete irony.

"thousands have switched tactics to stand on street corners in more than a dozen cities across britain - and unusually for public preachers, they are staying almost completely silent... unlike other evangelical preachers, they do not shout or call attention to themselves - instead standing in near-silence until someone approaches them."http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2691254/how-jehovahs-witnesses-got-street-smart-believers-swap-infamous-doorstepping-standing-outside-train-stations-shops.html.
AndDontCallMeShirley

If the end is imminent, why:

> Cut the magazine issues in half?

> Cut the issues printed in half?

> Eliminate district overseers?

> Reduce Pioneer hour requirements?

> Cut the number of assembly days down?

> Build a GB and other higher up mucky mucks a nice retirment compound in Warwick ( a four year project)?

> sell all of the Brooklyn real estate?

> sell 14 Branch offices?

> pilfer congregations for more money?

> direct people to get their life-saving "truth" from a crappy website rather than just talk to them?

> continue to build the WT empire rather than going all-out in a final preaching effort using tv, radio and newspaper advertising like Harold Camping did?
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Paul - GB Member (W 9/15/14)
by pixel in
1. watchtower
2. bible
ok, is this a "new understanding" or what?

up until this point i thought that the borg refered paul as a co or do, but never gb member:.

p. 12 now, why would paul a spiritual giant who likely was a member of the first-century governing bodycall himself a miserable man?.
AndDontCallMeShirley

Paul also took his next missionary assignments from the local congregation without consulting any alleged 1.0 "governing body". I guess that made Paul a maverick GB member who didn't like consulting with the other members...and no one could do a damn thing about it.

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I thought that the Borg refered Paul as a CO or DO

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As of September 1, 2014 Paul is no longer a DO (see BOE Letter dated March 20, 2014).