Posts by Oubliette

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WT October 15, 2015 - Don't believe Apostate Lies

by Designer Stubble in

the last article in this new wt, shows me that the organization is dealing with much information that is damaging them.

i am sure that the many recent lawsuits are being noticed by the r&f.. here are some gems from that article, titled the naive person believes every word.

we must be very selective about what we consider worthy of our attention.

Oubliette

The reasoning behind this is that the Jews were selected by God and had to remain Jews despite their evil priests and kings. Likewise, the JWs are selected by God and we need to stay in the arc, good or bad.

I'm calling bullshit on that.

When Jews lived during the reigns of "bad kings" they were individually morally culpable if they went with the status quo.

The modern GB of JWs are "bad kings."

Every single "hero of the Bible" was an individual that took a stand against the hypocrisy and corruption of the religious and political leaders of Israel and Judah.

Take a stand against the hypocrisy and corruption of the religious and political leaders of the current WTBTS.

You'll be a hero. You'll probably also get yourself killed (spiritually), but you'll be a hero.

Let's review: It's a cult!

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WT October 15, 2015 - Don't believe Apostate Lies

by Designer Stubble in

the last article in this new wt, shows me that the organization is dealing with much information that is damaging them.

i am sure that the many recent lawsuits are being noticed by the r&f.. here are some gems from that article, titled the naive person believes every word.

we must be very selective about what we consider worthy of our attention.

Oubliette

Jesus, who was the object of false accusations, warned his followers that enemies would persecute them ...

The difference being that the WTBTS is the object of TRUE ACCUSATIONS!

Let's review: It's a cult!

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What are you up to this summer?

by Xanthippe in

jw
friends

i really enjoy hearing about other people's lives.

feeling a little lonely this evening so please tell me if you have plans for the summer months.

i may go to some outdoor theatre with my daughter who's home from uni; with a picnic and a bottle of wine.

Since you asked: I'm currently at a two week conference for science teachers being held at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. It's intense, but really amazing at the same time. We are focusing on helping students construct their own understanding by building progressive models of the fundamental particles of matter .... but I digress.

At the end of July, my wife and I will be spending a couple of weeks on the east Coast of the US visiting family. I'm really looking forward to that as well!

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What the Governing Body found out when they ' did the math'

by Esse quam videri in

stephen lett may 2015 broadcast.

14:45 ... the governing body very much feels the urgency of accomplishing as much as we possibly can, in behalf of kingdom interests, knowing that the great day of jehovah is near....

... in an effort to inform you of the support that is needed for this great work, i have the following information to share.

Oubliette

For example, who of you wanting to build a tower does not first sit down and calculate the expense to see if he has enough to complete it? - Luke 14:28

Apparently the Governing Body doesn't!

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Strange Moment During The 2015 Regional Convention

by JW_Rogue in

hi, i'm new here but hadn't seen this mentioned anywhere yet.

during the "imitate jesus" rc there was a strange moment where they played a video of a brother trying to explain the 1914 teaching.

the brother quickly goes through all the scriptural "proofs" and the householder is dumbfounded.

Oubliette

Ok, that is just dumb.

This religion has really jumped the shark!

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Is there ANY JW belief/doctrine that has remained the same from start to now?

by journey-on in

i was trying to think of one teaching or doctrine that has remained consistent from the society's inception to now, and couldn't.

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can you give me one?.

Oubliette

Bumpin' it for the newbies!

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Anthony Morris interrupted conducting an "interview"

by Watchtower-Free in

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ex-jehovah's witnesses cult meme's and humorhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/excult/.

Oubliette

I don't think ToMo III could get it up with a crane and three Russian sex slaves.

Besides, taking into consideration his fixation with young men in colored sox and tight pants, I think you've got a plaything of the wrong gender hanging from the ceiling.

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Small details...

by Garrett in

jw
friends

a witness friend wanted to meet up recently and talk.

since this person was a close friend and who i thought had a level head, i'd go ahead and speak with him.

our conversation actually helped me figure a few things out not only for myself but also about the witnesses.. so we're talking and i'm telling him my experience and the doctrines that i disagreed with as well as the scandals that made me disgusted with the organization.

Oubliette

Your friend needs to read this thread:

Is there ANY JW belief/doctrine that has remained the same from start to now?

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And then read this post from 00DAD on page 2 of that thread:

So we've got only two beliefs that have remained from Russell's time until now:

1. Soul Sleep, taken from the Second Adventists, which has two sub-beliefs:

No Hell
No Immortality of the Soul

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2. Gentile Times ended in 1914 which came from:

an idea advanced by John Aquila Brown in 1823
expanded upon in the 1830's by a farmer named William Miller
later tweaked by Apollos Hale and Sylvester Bliss, whoever they were
exposed as false in 1840 by John Dowling, whoever he was
reworked by Second Adventists, such as Barbour after 1844
then finally take over by Charles Taze Russell as an end time prophecy, with the Gentile times expected to herald the conclusion of Armageddon, NOT the beginning of the Last Days.

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So practically EVERYTHING taught in Russell's time has been since discarded except two basic beliefs, one of which he got from another religion and the other conceived of and then twisted and mangled by a bunch of crackpots all vying for one-upsmanship to prove their personal understanding of the incontrovertible Word of God!

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Small details...

by Garrett in

jw
friends

a witness friend wanted to meet up recently and talk.

since this person was a close friend and who i thought had a level head, i'd go ahead and speak with him.

our conversation actually helped me figure a few things out not only for myself but also about the witnesses.. so we're talking and i'm telling him my experience and the doctrines that i disagreed with as well as the scandals that made me disgusted with the organization.

Oubliette

Garrett's friend: those are small details, the core of our beliefs hasn't changed

Not to diss your friend overmuch, but that is completely NOT true.

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Interesting RC Experience

by Blackfalcon98 in

i recently attended the rc for my area.

while there, i encountered a old family "friend" who recently lost her jw husband.

as the interaction proceeds she relates that her grand daughter, who's around my age (early twenties) has "left jehovah".

Oubliette

eyeuse2badub: RC in Long Beach, CA this past weekend only 29 baptized of the 7,000+ in attendance. Everyone is waking up it seems.

That's less than 1/2 of 1 percent!

When I became a JW in the '80s it was usual to have 1.5 - 2% of the attendance baptized.