Posts by Crazyguy

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Older JW: not happy

by Gorbatchov in

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this week i visited my sick father in law.. then an old elder from my far away congregation came in for coffee.

did not see him in 15 years.. nice chat.

had a lot to say, is alone, his sick wife disabled and away from home.. he told me: "living alone is so hard.

Crazyguy

A sister I know in her late 80s got sick was in the hospital and remarked that she regretted answering the door.

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George Lucas tinkering with Star Wars films

by LoveUniHateExams in

just thought i'd start a thread about lucas revisiting star wars films and making new edits - for better or for worse.. first off, let me say that george lucas has a tremendous imagination and star wars (1977), also known as episode 4: a new hope, and the empire strikes back (1980) - episode 5 in the franchise - are two of my favourite films.

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as progress has been made in special effects, including the development of cgi, it makes sense for lucas to go back and retouch the spaceships, laser blasts and light sabres, improving what was 70s and 80s effects.. but i feel that lucas' tinkering has been a mixed bag - some have been bad choices, some unnecessary and others have been good.. what do you think ... .

Crazyguy

There was a lot of licensed books written in the 80 s and probably the 90s that were considered very good. Why Disney couldn’t go to one of these for ideas and a plot is beyond me. Their idiots about to kill a huge franchise if they didn’t already do it with this latest movie.

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Friday crucifixion?

by rstrats in

it is my understanding that jws believe that the crucifixion occurred on friday.

however, luke 24:21 would seem to indicate that it couldn't have occurred any later than thursday.

how do you explain the seeming discrepancy?

Crazyguy

Yeah if he wasn’t in the earth 3 days then he would be fulfilling the role of a dying and rising god like Inanna, Osiris and others.

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I am getting disfellowshipped

by CitizenofEarth in

maybe some of you remember me, maybe not.

for general information i am now 19 years old, and living by myself.

for the past 1 year (more like 1.5 years) i have been quietly fading out of the hypocrisy of this organization, but since i still live in the town i grew up in it has been hard, and filled with different challenges.

Crazyguy

Unless you want to blast them with some scriptures showing where they are wrong not only with you but your friend getting dfd for kissing a girl then what’s the point of going? I would just not go.

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Brotherly love in action..

by Jrjw in

i'm so upset and angry at the same time.

i move in less than 2 weeks and was supposed to be getting help off "brothers" to move and one of them was driving the van and now the elders have had a meeting and told the brothers they can't help coz i'm separated from my (abusive) jw husband and with moving it puts the chances of reconciliation (of which there was zero chance) even further away.

where are these stupid rules that they come up with.

Crazyguy

Crazy dumb asses in a crazy dumb ass cult!

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What Will The Future Hold For Jehovah's Witnesses

by VW.org in

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as descibed by the title here is a link to reddit of a what i believe is a powerful post with heaps of information.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/7ovq5o/watchtowers_decline_what_will_the_future_hold_for/?utm_source=reddit-android.

Crazyguy

I hope your right, but it seems as though their still making money and until that drys up they’ll be around.

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The ~160 year long David Splane /GB Generation.

by waton in

2 groups 87+, yes!

listen to him and prove it to yourself.

be obedient, listen to the gb, f&ds.

Crazyguy

I remember reading how they were thinking of using a scripture in Revelations I believe and tie this with Sputnik the first satellite. Then they could move jesus kingdom rule from 1914 to the year Sputnik went up. Any crazy thing they think of the JWs will buy it.

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They have nowhere else to go!

by Crazyguy in

i think the overwhelming problem with trying to wake up friends and family is they have nowhere else to go.

i mean these people all their friends are jws a lot of them their family is jws.

if they wake up or agree with you in anyway they know instantly that they loose all this, many will even loose jobs.

Crazyguy

I think the overwhelming problem with trying to wake up friends and family is they have nowhere else to go. I mean these people all their friends are JWs a lot of them their family is JWs. If they wake up or agree with you in anyway they know instantly that they loose all this, many will even loose jobs.

I think there is a lot of mentally out JWs that go to meeting and service but are really just going through the motions knowing they have no other options.

Proof of this maybe one of the last meetings I went to. I was returning to my seat during a watchtower study and got a good look at how many people didn’t have their watchtowers marked it was almost every one of them. could be only about 10% are truly believers and the rest are in some way not awake but just indifferent knowing they have no other options?

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Friday crucifixion?

by rstrats in

it is my understanding that jws believe that the crucifixion occurred on friday.

however, luke 24:21 would seem to indicate that it couldn't have occurred any later than thursday.

how do you explain the seeming discrepancy?

Crazyguy

I thought the book of john clearly states that he died on a different day then what the other gospels stated?

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The “Most High” allocated Yahweh to Jacob

by Doug Mason in

deuteronomy 32:8-9 describes the most high (god) apportioning the nations to the gods according to “the number of the sons of israel/gods”.

one can argue over the niceties of the meaning of that expression.

of interest is that the “most high” allocated jacob to yahweh (“jehovah”).

Crazyguy

I think the name Israel , oldest mentioning was a chariot warrior named in some writings in Ugarit. I also believe that they found this name very common in the writtings from the city of Mari and these writting dated to before the Bible. Anyway it’s unsure what the true meaning of the name is , I’ve heard lots of different things.