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  At the RC now part 2

  by All for show in

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  ok... my other thread i cant respond.

  we went to shut up our family... but myhusband is seething and said his brain has shut off.. the stupid is amazing.. they are playing videos that are lame and pointless for the first symposium.. for the first symposium... they asked why the bible has no pictures.

  because it was before photography...jesus used word pictures!!

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  AFS: void of anything uplifting

  That pretty much sums it up!
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  May JW Broadcasting Video about the Money Problems

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the video, they repeatedly talk about these big ugly misunderstandings that have taken place between the circuit overseers and the elders,, at least partially, leading to their current money problems fiasco.. if the governing body were intentionally lying, wouldn't they lie to make themselves and their elders look better, instead of worse?.

  what would the motive be for them to tell everyone about these big misunderstandings?.

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  FT: the video explicitly says that the individual members of the Congregation are not to blame at all.

  Again, could you please provide specific quotes? Include links and timing references to the video. Thanks!
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  If you can’t put two and two together------

  by John Aquila in

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  if you cant put two and two together, (the bachelorette having sex before marriage and the fact that we are living in the last days) then youre just going to lose your life.

  period!.

  thats what i was told by two old jw ladies working the bus stop with their magazines.my question;.

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  If someone having sex before marriage is "evidence" that we are living in the last days, then we have been living in the last days since the beginning of homo sapiens.
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  May JW Broadcasting Video about the Money Problems

  by FusionTheism in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in the video, they repeatedly talk about these big ugly misunderstandings that have taken place between the circuit overseers and the elders,, at least partially, leading to their current money problems fiasco.. if the governing body were intentionally lying, wouldn't they lie to make themselves and their elders look better, instead of worse?.

  what would the motive be for them to tell everyone about these big misunderstandings?.

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  FT: In the video, they repeatedly talk about these big ugly misunderstandings that have taken place between the Circuit Overseers and the Elders

  Could you provide some specific quotes, please? Be sure to include links and timing references to the video. Thanks!
  
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  Lett likes big butts, and he always lies.

  by cappytan in

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  the parody video is being released before the "official" release on sunday!.

  video being re-edited...stand by.. edit: here is the re-cut with wingcommander's excellent input.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5h1cj527s4.

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  PFF!
  
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  Help? :(

  by BlackWolf in

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  i apologize for how rantish this is but please hear me out.

  anyways i'm a 15 year old girl and i've never really wanted to be a jw.

  its just never been something thats made me feel happy or loved.

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  BlackWolf: My dream is to go to art school but everyone seems to look down upon me for it.

  It's not true that everyone looks down upon you. We don't.

  Your dreams can happen, they can come true. But you must make them, it's up to you. Hold on to your dreams!

  
  
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  To My JW Brothers and Sisters

  by Hold Me-Thrill Me in

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  2. friends

  to all brothers and sisters reading this site: "and i love you so" (remember the don mclean song?

  )...is the feeling most of us had with regard to the watchtower and the brothers leading it.

  but truly, who did we get baptized for?

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  a watcher: We have a banquet of spiritual food

  I agree the GB provide an "abundance" of literature: books, magazines, web-content and now cartoons and video broadcasts.

  There problem is: It's all full of lies, deceptions, half-truths, no-truth, greedy, manipulative, controlling trash.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses---From Walking Tall To Living In Shame

  by minimus in

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  i remember the days when jws were proud of their religion, they walked tall and carried their big stick, their bibles, proudly.

  now, it's embarrassing for a witness to admit their faith to others.

  the average witness can't explain their beliefs, as they have changed so many times.

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  Something wrong with that picture. I mean imagine having to ask some authority what YOU believe. Can it really be called a belief if it was assigned to you by someone else?

  Excellent point. The "beliefs" of JWs are dictated to them by uneducated, isolated, paranoid and delusional psychopaths.
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  Strange but Sad!

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i had a couple of elders come visit me about an hour ago.

  they wanted to inform me that a brother who was well known throughout the circuit had died.

  (i actually knew about it but did not go to the funeral) he was about to hit 90 years old, missed it by a few weeks.

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  They said, “She will have to find out when she calls next January.”

  What assholes.

  
  "Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion." - Steven Weinberg
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  Out of the Mouth of Babes - Bethel Gift shop?

  by 4thgen in

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  about a week ago i posted to ask for some suggestions on how handle my (pre-teen) sons upcoming trip with his father trip to bethel this summer.

  i got some wonderful suggestions.

  some of which was to leave him alone, as he will see through the bullshxt himself.

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  Dad “The organization is a non-for profit. That means they GIVE AWAY the literature. You never have to pay for anything. That is a beauty of Jehovah’s organization.”

  Clearly dad does not understand what "not-for-profit" means. Plenty of non-profits sell things.

  Check out this list of the Top 100 Nonprofits on the Web.
  

  Here are links to a couple of examples:

  #3 - The Museum of Modern Art's online store: MoMA Store

  #6 - Shopping at the Smithsonian

  And as for the "you never have to pay for anything" comment: Who does he think pays for EVERYTHING the organization has and does? That's the hypocrisy of the organization!
  

  It's hard to talk to people that are ignorant and refuse to reason or listen.