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  This week's resurrection video, will it backfire on the wt?

  by prologos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the resurrection is supposed to be a joyous occasion?, if it ever happened!

  --well, this week's showing at the hall was the opposite, it was about death with violins playing in the background.

  a recently bereaved member, , full of tears, (like many others) could not contain herself.

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  My grandma, who was born in 1898, believed she would never die cause Russell led her to believe that falsehood! My mom, who was born in 1918, believed she would never die cause her mom, Rutherford, Franz, and Knorr taught her to believe that falsehood. She taught her 5 children the same bullsh*t and unfortunately, 3 of them still believe it. Resurrection is a "pie in the sky" teaching that keeps the carrot out in front of the donkeys.

  It's the final 'fall back' teaching that if all else fails. No Armageddon to deliver us, no miraculously being saved by jehober from some horrific disease, no shielding from an untimely fatal accident, or from 'natural' causes and you die. BUT, there's always the resurrection fantasy to save their asses!

  just saying!

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  Breaking news - from reliable insider source - GB member Sanderson to wed

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  not only that, but apparently it is to a transgender female.. new light wt article regarding "born that way" transgenders as a "conscience matter" to be released in the august 15 wt.. more details here..

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  Good one. But don't let the elders know that you are observing a "pagan" holiday! lol

  just saying!

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  Coordinator for the elder body

  by truth doubter in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was recently told that circit overseers must give up the position at age 70. is that true and if so, does the coordinator have to give up his position at age 70 also?

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  Anyone on the "payroll" that can't give 150% has to go before they become a liability! Cept for the 'fat cats' at the very top. They're in for life!

  just saying!

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  Confused: What does the overlapping generation really mean?

  by MicaSmith in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  can someone help me understand how the wt came up with the overlapping generation theory?

  i just don't understand it even though i read the information several times.

  it's bewildering.

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  Or as the old expression goes; "If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle them with your bullsh*t".

  just saying!

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  Why is it ok for witnesses to go to Church backed hospitals?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if witnesses should "get out of babylon the great" then why is it ok to go into hospitals that have been set up, and have funding from churches?.

  isnt that a little contradictory or hypocritical?.

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  Just as a side note on "giving" blood. When a jw goes to a doctor's office, medical lab, or hospital to have several vials of blood drawn/taken for the purpose of testing for diseases or other certain medical conditions, isn't that "donating" blood? It's certainly not being 'poured out' on the ground!

  Isn't that blood being used to prolong a persons life?

  Hypocritical!

  I've asked my 'still-in' lovely wife this question many times.

  just saying!

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  Why is it ok for witnesses to go to Church backed hospitals?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  if witnesses should "get out of babylon the great" then why is it ok to go into hospitals that have been set up, and have funding from churches?.

  isnt that a little contradictory or hypocritical?.

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  Yes hypocritical stance that the wtbts takes on so many issues is what drove me 'out' of the borg.

  Dubs will accept blood "fractions" (wink, wink), to save their life, from the donated blood of worldlings, but will not donate blood that could possibly save another's life!

  They accept and even demand all kinds of government aid,(welfare, unemployment, disability, social services, etc.) but criticize the 'worldly' governments as satan's tool! lol

  They demand religious freedom but do not practice it inside the borg!

  They practice little to no charity work and frown on those dubs that dare volunteer to help in a soup kitchen,beach clean up, or animal rescue when they should be out in service! lol

  No birthdays because that heaps too much praise on an individual but wedding anniversary parties are great fun! lol

  Get out of Babylon the Great but it's ok to be a NGO in the UN.

  Anyone else want to add to the list?

  just saying!

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  This week's resurrection video, will it backfire on the wt?

  by prologos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the resurrection is supposed to be a joyous occasion?, if it ever happened!

  --well, this week's showing at the hall was the opposite, it was about death with violins playing in the background.

  a recently bereaved member, , full of tears, (like many others) could not contain herself.

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  The underlying emphasis lately seems to be not the nearness of Armageddon but the hope of being resurrected--someday---soooon---maybe---we hope so---just hang on---have faith.

  just saying!

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  Is the 'growth™' still being hyped?

  by punkofnice in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when i was a member of watchtower corporation, i regularly heard how it must be the true religion because of the growth™.

  (phenomenal, apparently).. i wonder if they still hang onto this?

  has it been boasted about at meetings recently?

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  The only real increase is the number of the "anointed". That number must be scaring the "holy sh*t" out of the gb!

  just saying!

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  When your oldest friend is a JW and they die

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in my book, i wept by the rivers of babylon, i described the process of having a friend, johnny santa cruz, use our friendship as a platform for converting me to a jehovah's witness.. that friendship cost me decades of my life in bondage to a cult.. the friendship was real and johnny and i bonded for life.

  but, the religion eventually turned him into a stone silence toward me--his oldest friend.

  now he is dead and the imaginary reunion and meeting of the minds is no longer a possibility.. this makes his passing a double tragedy.. his memories were my memories.

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  Terry,

  As I read your many well worded posts, I can't believe how much your life and my life mirror each other in so many ways. I'm not anywhere nearly as eloquent a writer as you but I wish that I were. lol. Things that I think we have in common:

  We are both about the same age 68-70. Both jdubs for about 6 decades. Both married young (I'm still married to the same lovely woman now for 49 years). Both went through the Vietnam era fiasco and spent a little time in "prison". Both pioneered afterward. Both wasted much of our time on this earth believing and practicing the nonsense that is the wtbts. Both woke up to ttatt later in life and are a bit miffed that we were so foolish. Both have/had as our best friend one that is/was a 'super dub' from which we were or have been alienated due to 'da troof'.

  I hope to one day meet you in person and be able to openly discuss our lives as ex-dubs i.e. the golden years of the wtbts. My 'super dub' best friend lives only 40 miles away but we hardly ever talk or see each other. We used to be able to talk about everything, including the good old days of being a witness. We often talked about all the many changes/flip flops of the borg and wondered why. I miss him terribly but he knows that I'm inactive and sort of shuns me these past 10 years since the borg has created the 'apasta-fear'.

  just saying!

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  It's so awkward that people have to touch the emblems

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it's just so weird to me.

  for a group that is against idolatry so much and yet each person has to "touch" the bread and wine.. one lady was standing and holding a baby.

  she called the server over just so she could put her thumb on the bread and wine.. did jesus ever clarify what he wanted them to do in remembrance of him?

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  To make "the memorial" seem so much more important than just a simple ritual, several years ago, the gb coined the phrase "memorial season". lol Now JW's also have a 'holiday season'! Oh what joy.

  Anyone remember when it became the "memorial season"?

  just saying!

  eyeuse2badub