StrongHaiku

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  All things considered, when will THE JW religion end?

  by sowhatnow in

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  id give a guess of maybe another 15 to 20 years ,.

  nothing will be the same , if there even is a headquarters.. opinion?.

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  I have to agree with other posters. They will be around for a long time. They are a niche religion and there will always be personality types that will fit it quite well.

  If the GB got up tomorrow and said right out "We are a sham", someone below them would cut/paste a bunch of scriptures to show that this was part of prophecy and ret-con their history again, etc. My mother and the rest of my family would buy it as they are so invested that they will ride this bus all the way down the precipice.

  I have day dreams where I get to see my family again. But it is just that. I am pretty much resolved to the idea that I will not get to see any of them or for that matter bury my own mother when the time comes.
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  Take a Break With a Bit of Humour

  by Finkelstein in

  1. social
  2. humour

  lets see what we can find on youtube or elsewhere that tickles your funny bone .

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyv-qyewpkk.

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  This may or may not have been posted before, but it killed me...

  Remember to laugh. Enjoy.

  http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a96_1413683127
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  Look at this fear mongering graphic from latest WT

  by cappytan in

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  2. bible

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  millie210 - my eyes go to the guitar case by the door on the right

  Is that a guitar case or a skateboard? Sorry, my eyes might be screwed up.  I guess it really doesn't matter as I'm sure both will probably become disfellowshipping offenses at the next convention.
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  The New Gog of Magog Understanding Proves They Never Teach The Truth

  by minimus in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  they insist that their understanding of the bible is correct.

  if you challenged their current view, you would be considered an apostate.

  what they teach as the truth, constantly changes.

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  Nice pic.  Is that the new "Call of Duty" edition?  Really love the inconspicuous lack of any type of "time line" info (e.g. years, etc.) under their "Major Events".    
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  Is the preaching work, no longer the number 1 priority?

  by ToesUp in

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  2. beliefs

  i have been observing a pattern in recent wtbs publications and events.

  is the importance of the preaching activity no longer the number 1 priority?

  are not billions of lives still at stake?.

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  I was in about 10 years and I did not get a single person in.  So happy about that now.  I think that is one of the reasons the "Organization" is emphasizing keeping kids/born-ins inside (e.g. via cartoons and more and more pressure on parents, early baptism, etc.)  They are definitely putting more and more attention and energy on the "captive" audience already in the Kingdom Halls.  And, with the cart effort, they are definitely going for quantity over quality.
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  Goodbye and thank you.

  by wallievase in

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  2. friends

  it's come time for me to leave.

  i honestly feel at this point continuing to visit this site and others like it is starting to hinder me from moving on by keeping all the feelings of pain, resentment, regret, etc fresh.. i haven't posted a lot since i have been on here but to those of you that replied when i did, i appreciate it very much.

  you helped me through a very rough time that is affecting me to this day.

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  Success is the best revenge.  Have a fantastic life...
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  Are we heading for III World War?

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the leaders of russia, germany, france and ukraine are slated to meet in minsk (the belarusian capital) tomorrow to discuss a ukrainian peace plan!

  some countries such as hollande believe there is going to be a total war.

  when they met last year in the same place, they had put forward a peace plan (a ceasefire, withdrawal of artillery, prisoner exchanges and other concessions) that were never fully implemented!

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  Vidiot - "The ultimate supernatural revenge fantasy."

  Nicely put. 

  On a side note, there are some very interesting articles/papers on the psychology of eschatology, end-of-world, etc.  Some point to the idea that we might all be wired to have a bit of a "revenge fantasy" mentality as part of our psychological immune system.  This could explain the success of movies/tv-shows/games/books that have some sort of "end-of-the-world" theme to them.  Gotta love "The Walking Dead" ;-)
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  Eyebrows up!... Eyebrows down!...

  by Splash in

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  2. humour

  today... i'm going to talk to you..... about "sisters!!".

  now our dear sisters... have a place ... in god's organisation.

  they are not permitted to teach!.

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  Good Lord what a horrifying and creepy look Lett has.  Good old-fashioned nightmare fuel.  Thanks! He looks like Jabba the Hutt eating a McRib sandwich.

  
  
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  Matthew 1:17 & 42 Generations

  by campaign of hate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if we are to look at matthew 1:17, looks like there were 42 generations from abraham to jesus.. if we take 1948 bce (abraham's birth) and we take it to jesus baptisim (29 ce) we get to 1,977 years.. so lets divide 1977 years by 42 (the amount of generations), we get to around 47 years for one generation.. 1 generation = 47 years.. 1 generation + an overlapping generation (1 generation more) = 94 years.. this is all in the first chapter of the new testament..... comments welcome.....

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  @Splash, thank you so much for your clear explanation.  I think I finally get it and how absolutely convoluted it is.  Every time I heard the "overlapping generation" explanation it reminded me of the Marx Brother's "Contract Scene" from "A Night at the Opera" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u8AgUXPpLM).
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  The best reasonable, rational, intelligent discussion on religion I've ever seen

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  2. beliefs

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl6e4emx-4k

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  I like to believe that "religion" will eventually be redefined as what it is; stories and metaphors from people who knew very little about nature and the cosmos.  Humans are storytellers and we will continue to tell stories in word and art.  But, I like to believe that modernity will continue to move "religion" to the confines of storytelling and strip off its unchallenged authority.

  I dearly hope that "religion" will lose it's privileged status and that faith will stop being a virtue.  Otherwise, in a thousand years we'll be fighting "holy" wars on who shot first, "Han Solo or Greedo"...

  But, then again, I could be wrong... (said by no one ever in the GB)