Posts by Oubliette

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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?.

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.

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Change to dress and grooming rules for JWs in USA soon?

by RayPublisher in

my guy with the lurk account on jwtalk (where all the kool-aid drinking jws go to talk about how wonderful 'the twoof' is) sent me some more interesting threads, here's one:.

spoiler: starting new the new service year september.

"there will be new directives from the branch through the circuit overseer on dress and grooming that will disqualify one to be a congregation publisher.

Oubliette

Controllers gotta control.

It's not surprising that the OP used the word "heterosexual" incorrectly. This religion is run by ignorant fools.

Anthony Morris apparently confused yoga pants with Spanx. What a maroon.

Seriously, what is their fixation with how people dress? And why is ToMo checking out the young brothers in tight pants? Maybe he shouldn't let his eyes linger ...

I'm just sayin' is all!

Let's review: It's a cult!

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