Posts by AndDontCallMeShirley

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Top 10 Signs that Jehovah's Witnesses Want to Disfellowship You:

by OnTheWayOut in

i've posted these years ago and was reminiscing, so i thought i would share the laugh with you again.. top 10 signs that jehovah's witnesses want to disfellowship you:.

10. there's two guys in suits staying all night outside your home in a four-door sedan.. 9. an elder you spoke to on the phone calls and asks you to repeat what you said the other day, but asks you to speak slowly and clearly.. 8. suddenly, jw friends stop by and ask an awful lot of the same questions.. 7. your laptop computer was moved, left on, or is missing.. 6. you left your car unlocked, it was thoroughly searched by someone but absolutely nothing is missing including your gps which was searched too.. 5. your boss asks if you are in trouble with the law or someone, stating some really polite men were asking about you and left some "tracts.".

4. someone picked up the cigarette butts around your back porch.. 3. the bartender at your favorite nightspot asks if you have ever before seen the guys in the corner booth that have been ordering "cokes" all evening and pulling out a camera everytime you order a beer.. 2. you receive registered mail and you already served on a jury this year.. 1. your jw mother who finally had accepted that you will never go back starts begging you to either go back to the kingdom hall or move with no forwarding address.. .

AndDontCallMeShirley

10. There's two guys in suits staying all night outside your home in a four-door sedan.

And you hope against hope it's only Mafia hitmen and not two Elders.

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Self created Fluff about Nothing!

by stuckinarut2 in

this weeks wt study is so full of fluff about nothing!

(december 14th).

oh it sounds so "deep and intense" but really, come on...'legal covenants' and the like?.

AndDontCallMeShirley

WT are professional Fluffers... everyone knows this.

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Self created Fluff about Nothing!

by stuckinarut2 in

this weeks wt study is so full of fluff about nothing!

(december 14th).

oh it sounds so "deep and intense" but really, come on...'legal covenants' and the like?.

AndDontCallMeShirley

This weeks WT study is so full of Fluff about nothing!

So, pretty much like every WT since 1879, right?

come on...'legal covenants' and the like?

WT has recently done away with types and anti-types. The absurdity vacuum was quickly filled.

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After all, JWs were RIGHT!

by abiather in

1) science and technology appeared as a savior to mankind, yet the overall result points to the opposite direction.. http://aeon.co/magazine/science/why-has-human-progress-ground-to-a-halt/.

2) john kerry warns of catastrophe if climate change is not tackled.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4295230.ece (times, saturday 13, 2014).

AndDontCallMeShirley

Science and technology have given you all gadgets of comfort, but in the process POLLUTED AIR & WATER

Huh. So WT castigates science for polluting the earth with technology and gadgets... while WT simultaneously encourages JWs to buy iPads, use JW.Org and proceeds with a massive worldwide (unnecessary) building campaign?

Isn't this a little bit like hypocritically protesting against Big Oil... but driving to the protest rally in your SUV powered by an internal combustion engine?

You and WT can posture all you want, abiathar... I ain't buyin' it.

This vindicates the core-teaching of JW that God’s Kingdom is the ONLY remedy which they have been CONSISTENTLY proclaiming from their very inception!

You mean the same kingdom WT said was going to destroy this entire world "wholesale" in the year 1914? Then in 1915? Then 1925? Then 1975? All within the generation that was 15 years-old in 1914? Then 10 years-old? Then born in 1914? Then within the generation of an 'overlapper' of someone who may have known someone who heard of someone that might have been born in 1914?

The only thing consistent about WT core teachings is their inconsistency. And your arguments here are as untenable as the arguments WT has been blundering their way through for 133 years.

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After all, JWs were RIGHT!

by abiather in

1) science and technology appeared as a savior to mankind, yet the overall result points to the opposite direction.. http://aeon.co/magazine/science/why-has-human-progress-ground-to-a-halt/.

2) john kerry warns of catastrophe if climate change is not tackled.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4295230.ece (times, saturday 13, 2014).

AndDontCallMeShirley

But their core teaching remains not only UNCHALLENGED and UNCHANGEABLE

Wrong on both counts, abiathar.

WT teachings are constantly challenged and exposed as untenable ...you may have noticed it happens here everyday.

UNCHANGEABLE

This is especially lauaghable, considering WT itself has changed at least two of its most 'core' doctrines recently: re-defining the identitiy of the faithful and discreet slave (again), and concocting an overlapping generation (this is the 9th redefinition of what "generation" means).

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After all, JWs were RIGHT!

by abiather in

1) science and technology appeared as a savior to mankind, yet the overall result points to the opposite direction.. http://aeon.co/magazine/science/why-has-human-progress-ground-to-a-halt/.

2) john kerry warns of catastrophe if climate change is not tackled.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4295230.ece (times, saturday 13, 2014).

AndDontCallMeShirley

Seriously??

1799;1874;1878;1881;1914;1915;1925;1975; generation; overlapping generation, faithful slave, etc,etc,etc...

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.

Just curious: what has WT done for mankind in the past 40 years? Or ever??

JWs may have gone wrong in some dates and silly details.

Understatement of the century.

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This religion is about to be toast.

by kneehighmiah in

the governing body is preparing to take a major hit.

this recent watchtower shows it.

not the new understandings, but the article on marriage.

AndDontCallMeShirley

I read lips and speak Korean. I'm pretty sure he's saying, "This article is pure bullsh*t !!!! Did T-Mo3 write this crap?! I'm 5 years-old and can see right through this idiotic bovine residue."

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This religion is about to be toast.

by kneehighmiah in

the governing body is preparing to take a major hit.

this recent watchtower shows it.

not the new understandings, but the article on marriage.

AndDontCallMeShirley

P.31:

"Some brothers have likewise waited to ﬁnd an appropriate mate. Bill from Australia is one such brother... Bill waited for 30 years before he met a sister with whom he was compatible."

30 years?!?! WTF ! 30 YEARS?! Again I ask- WTF ? !

That's the best the all-powerful, "loving" god Jehovah could do for his friend Bill? I'm truly underwhelmed.

"compatible" = she is a JW. That's it. Nothing more.

Bill says: “I have no regrets.” He explains: “I feel blessed because we go out in the ministry together, study together, and worship together. I am happy to meet and associate with my wife’s friends because they are all fellow worshippers of Jehovah. We work on our marriage using Bible principles.”

The Lie: “I have no regrets.” Reality: Bill is now so old he doesn't know what "regrets" means.

Notice that he doesn't say he actually loves his wife and found his soulmate. Nope! His dream girl (old woman) goes to the meetings and door-to-door... that's what Billy dreamed of his entire life. He set the bar so low that disappointment was virtually impossible.

"Dear Jehovah: please find me a woman with a pulse, that's all I ask. Thank you." --Your gullible friend, Bill.

Oh, and she has friends. Wow, Bill. Awesome, dude! You found a keeper.

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This religion is about to be toast.

by kneehighmiah in

the governing body is preparing to take a major hit.

this recent watchtower shows it.

not the new understandings, but the article on marriage.

AndDontCallMeShirley

It's astounding that WT prints this kind of rubbish considering that TMo3 recently said that any JW woman considering marrying a man who is not at least a Ministerial Servant is making a bad decision. A man who is not an MS or elder is not a man.

That, coupled with the laundry list of other rules, written and unwritten, that JWs must adhere to Re: dating/marriage, and WT remains befuddled why JWs are exasperated? JWs don't marry for love... they marry for the Organization. Not a great start.

Is the WT cult going away? No. There will always be gullible people who need someone else to do their thinking for them; there will always be people that guide themselves by fantasy and childish stories rather than grown-up reality.

Is the GB losing their grip? Yes. Fortunately, the ones who see through the nonsense leave the Org, but the GB still holds absolute influence over those that stay...and the cycle of abuse perpetuates ad nauseum.

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Be honest post do all posters on this site believe the bible is 100% or has flaws?

by booker-t in

we in the psychology/sociology field have a saying "when people protest too loud usually they are overcompensating".

i did not understand that when i first started studying psychology but now i understand it completely and it is so true.

when i hear someone constantly bashing something or someone such as gay bashing or ethnic bashing or religion bashing sometimes i wonder what are they hiding.

AndDontCallMeShirley

Ironically, the Bible as it is today, was compiled and canonized by the Catholic Church, the same Catholic Church that WT says is foremost among apostate Christendom.

[edit] DD, you beat me to it. You dog you ! LOL.