Posts by Crazyguy

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Beth-Shan - Digital Reconstruction - IMAGES & DRAWINGS WANTED

by Bloody Hotdogs! in

(just posted this over on exjw reddit as well).

as part of my masters in architecture degree (a treat to myself after leaving jws about 4 years ago), i'm attempting to digitally reconstruct some of watchtower's significant early buildings.

my goal is to produce accurate architectural drawings and images based on solid evidence.

Crazyguy

Why was this place built???

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6 New Kingdom Halls Built In The US This Year

by James Jack in

on our local needs part tonight, the elder (on the local ldc), conducting the part, said he just got back from a meeting in memphis tn with members from the us branch rdc conducting the meeting.

they mentioned that only 6 new kingdom halls and 2 major re-models were completed in 2016.

"it may seem like a small accomplishment, considering under the old rbc arrangement there was some 700 projects on the average each year being done", "but, this is going 5-10 years of training to kick this new program into optima production".

Crazyguy

Yep if your not saying that thier building then the cash flow will falter. So keep telling them theirs going to be tons more buildings and the money will flow.

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Bro Knorrs Notes RE Disfellowshipping & Two Witness Rule

by pale.emperor in

hi guys.

a fellow ex jw shared this with me.

haven't time to read them yet (i'm using my phone to go on internet).

Crazyguy

I remember them specifically stating why the person was dfd. Must of been the 70's . Also remember those that were announced as resigning from the religion.

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The 31 date blunders of Watchtower

by FatFreek 2005 in

dates (ad) of events once taught by watchtower as significant but no longer supported since nothing happened.. .

"but bear in mind that the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble.

zion's watch tower 1894 jul 15 p.226 incredibly, today’s jw’s dishonestly prefer to rewrite history, claiming "jehovah's witnesses pointed to the year 1914, decades in advance, as marking the start of "the conclusion of the system of things.

Crazyguy

I'll have to find the book I can't remember if it was the Harp of god or maybe millions will never die, anyway not sure I'll try to find it.

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GRACE? GRACE? What the F*** is GRACE? Jehovah's Witnesses have no idea!

by TerryWalstrom in

i think all of us ex-j-dubs have had the --i'll call it a privilege--to exchange views with others who think differently than we do.

we encounter "christians" from mainstream churches.our dialogue is sort of...like speaking to martians.sooner or later, an ex-dub smacks into a wall.

that wall is a subject which is never spoken about or taught by the gb or watchtower with any candor.

Crazyguy

They well know about the gift of grace but it's reserved for just the 144k and of course them.

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The 31 date blunders of Watchtower

by FatFreek 2005 in

dates (ad) of events once taught by watchtower as significant but no longer supported since nothing happened.. .

"but bear in mind that the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble.

zion's watch tower 1894 jul 15 p.226 incredibly, today’s jw’s dishonestly prefer to rewrite history, claiming "jehovah's witnesses pointed to the year 1914, decades in advance, as marking the start of "the conclusion of the system of things.

Crazyguy

Don't forget 1931, Rutherford wrote that Jesus kingdom would be fully established on earth by then.

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My Thoughts on the Subject of Faith

by Saethydd in

i've had several discussion about the basis for faith in an all powerful creator for the universe, and it seems as if the conversation often comes back to, "well, either way, you have to have faith either in a creator or in the process of evolution because you can't observe that either.

" setting aside the issue of creation and evolution (where i currently sit at undecided), i was also troubled by the tendency to treat faith as a static or absolute concept when in reality it is far more complex.. to begin with, faith isn't just about belief, it combines the concepts of belief and trust.

for the purposes of this discussion, i will be focusing primarily on the second attribute.

Crazyguy

I also read somewhere that the word in Greek that we use to mean faith really didn't mean that at all, not sure?

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Demonizes medical techniques and jws

by Crazyguy in

so i remember in the 70s and 80s kenisalogy ( spelled wrong) was talked about as being demonized and wrong.

for those of you not familiar with the term it was used to describe alternative medical techniques used by some.

these could include massage techniques for healing, acupuncture, cranial sacral , aroma therapy, acupressure, etc etc... so my daughter has been dealing with a very painful condition and western medical has only one solution which is a bad one so we have been searching and using some of these other types of medical treatment along with a couple of others that are unique and would maybe fall under the umbrella of this term.

Crazyguy

Well maybe the term they used back then was either different or they had the wrong definition to the term themselves. But all these practices were wrong back then, even chiropractic may have been questionable back then.

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You wake up one morning and see

by A Believer in

jw
friends

the un has banned religion.

what are you're thoughts?.

also changes to it seem to be on the way.... http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/trump-vows-israel-vote-161224040133216.html.

Crazyguy

Sweet!!! Religion has caused so much death and despair!!!

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Demonizes medical techniques and jws

by Crazyguy in

so i remember in the 70s and 80s kenisalogy ( spelled wrong) was talked about as being demonized and wrong.

for those of you not familiar with the term it was used to describe alternative medical techniques used by some.

these could include massage techniques for healing, acupuncture, cranial sacral , aroma therapy, acupressure, etc etc... so my daughter has been dealing with a very painful condition and western medical has only one solution which is a bad one so we have been searching and using some of these other types of medical treatment along with a couple of others that are unique and would maybe fall under the umbrella of this term.

Crazyguy

So I remember in the 70s and 80s kenisalogy ( spelled wrong) was talked about as being demonized and wrong. For those of you not familiar with the term it was used to describe alternative medical techniques used by some. These could include massage techniques for healing, acupuncture, cranial sacral , aroma therapy, acupressure, etc etc..

So my daughter has been dealing with a very painful condition and Western medical has only one solution which is a bad one so we have been searching and using some of these other types of medical treatment along with a couple of others that are unique and would maybe fall under the umbrella of this term.

Anyway it's amazing how many JWs are getting treatments and practicing these types of medical procedures. Three different medical message techniques using three different providers working for three different firms are Jws working on my daughter. More then one member of my wife's congregation is using medical marijuana. One of these firms is owned by JWs.

Its crazy to think that these people are all practicing a medical art form that would attract demons or is demonized according to the Cult. I was discussing my daughters condition with the wife of one of the therapists and she was commenting on the whole holistic approach she likes to think is the way to approach many medical problems of today. And her husbands technique is based on the Chinese idea of chakras and body energy. THIS is totally demonized medical practices according to the cult am I Wrong? Crazy how things have changed!!