Posts by eyeuse2badub

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2020 Convention Friday Highlights: Information Control and Hypocrisy

by neat blue dog in

there's yet another talk to add to the list of talks written specifically for damage control against "apostates".

the speaker says, "some who were once part of the christian congregation attempt to mislead us", that they tell "false accusations" & "lies".

to combat this, he says that you should "protect your ears from damaging noise by not listening to it", comparing it to wearing "noise canceling headphones".

eyeuse2badub

This is the "best convention ever". So cool to watch an parade of stuffy, old (mainly white), self righteous, pompous men get up and expound on how wonderful jehober is! Clearly they running out of fresh material to expound on! And jw's are certainly becoming a video religion. Those videos are so culty and corny! I watch with my PIMI wife but even she acknowledges how ridiculous it is to get dressed up so we sit there in our PJ's or other 'suitable' comfortable clothing. Boxers and a tee shirt for me!

just saying!

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Thoughts on Sunning and blood Doctrines.

by Phizzy in

i have a couple of thoughts on the blood and shunning doctrines, both of which have been covered well before.

here, and on j.w facts.com and elsewhere.. but i would like to point out the following, the only scriptures they can use in reality for their blood doctrine are the verses from acts chapter 15. o.t verse are really out of the question, and dishonest to use on their part, as they do not follow most of the injunctions in there!.

the context of acts 15 is a council of the apostles and others in the jerusalem congregation, to decide what they should ask of gentile christians in the way of behaviours and practices etc, as jewish christians were demanding they comply with the mosaic law, or were, at the very least offended if they did not.

eyeuse2badub

Decades ago, when I was an elder, (OMG I can't believe I ever thought that being an elder was a good thing) a young sister accepted a blood transfusion. She had 2 very young children at home and certainly didn't want to die and leave her kids motherless. When the elders were informed, we formed a committee to investigate. I was on the committee with 2 other self righteous elders! She admitted that she caved under "pressure" (AKA common sense based on medical science). We "gave" her strong counsel and private reproof and she was not df'ed.

Moral of the story:

It's easier to ask for "forgiveness" than to ask for permission!

just saying!

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What the Heck are they talking about in todays meeting 7-19-20 Wife in full on cult mode

by goingthruthemotions in

so what the heck are they brainwashing today in the meeting or what ever.

she is in full on cult mode talking about the end of the world.

she asked me to listen to a couple of talks and i respectfully declined.

eyeuse2badub

The Zoom 2020 Convention is a perfect example of total F.O.G.

Fear because of the king of the north, king of the south, gog of magog, etc. (I'm scared shitless how about you?)

Obligation to "attend" the online convention (followed up later on Zoom for a local rehash of the convention talks)

Guilt if you don't get dressed up like you're attending a live meeting!

just saying!

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Thoughts on Sunning and blood Doctrines.

by Phizzy in

i have a couple of thoughts on the blood and shunning doctrines, both of which have been covered well before.

here, and on j.w facts.com and elsewhere.. but i would like to point out the following, the only scriptures they can use in reality for their blood doctrine are the verses from acts chapter 15. o.t verse are really out of the question, and dishonest to use on their part, as they do not follow most of the injunctions in there!.

the context of acts 15 is a council of the apostles and others in the jerusalem congregation, to decide what they should ask of gentile christians in the way of behaviours and practices etc, as jewish christians were demanding they comply with the mosaic law, or were, at the very least offended if they did not.

eyeuse2badub

Oh I get it now! We should shun the blood doctrine! Now that makes perfect sense! I may try 'sunning' also out here in sunny California!

just saying!

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Watchtower June 2020 Article, '' Return to Me''

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | june 2020. .

study article 26.

6 who can share in the search for inactive ones?

eyeuse2badub

@slimboyfat

The fact is that most JWs are no good at preaching or at “encouraging” people back into the congregation. What’s more, I got the distinct impression that most JWs didn’t care much either. In fact, on the odd occasion when a member of the public accepted a Bible study, it was often met with surprise, suspicion, and treated as somewhat inconvenient.

jw's today are really lousy preachers but not as bad as old Noah! Noah, with whom jehober had direct contact, had hundreds of years to convert people but only his immediate family was saved by jehober!

But then again, building that fabulous, wonderfully constructed ark probably was more important that trying to save people from drowning!

just saying!

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Elder manuals

by dogisgod in

pre elder arrangement.

we had congregation overseer.

when did the society begin publishing the secret “elder” books and training..

eyeuse2badub

"elder books" were created so there would be more 'uniformity' in the borg! Pharisaical rules and regulations were needed to keep the sheeple in line!

just saying!

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Watchtower June 2020 Article, '' Return to Me''

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

the watchtower—study edition | june 2020. .

study article 26.

6 who can share in the search for inactive ones?

eyeuse2badub

I'm sure that some zealot will be calling at my door. My wife is still PIMI but I started doubting about 15-16 years ago and went "dark" about 12 years ago although I still attend conventions and some meetings with/for my wife of 54 years! I've had 2 official visits in 12 years and both times I was polite to the brothers, after-all, I've know them and been friends with them for decades. Both times they told me that they just don't understand how a 3rd gen born-in who had served as an elder for over 2 decades could just "quit"!

If I get another "shepherding call" regarding bein inactive, I'll tell them the same story. "It's personal and it's private."

just saying!

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FYI, links to photos of jw.org signs on top of WT buildings

by AndersonsInfo in

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yesterday, on the thread i started on 4/15/14, http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/279088/1/essay-by-barbara-anderson-whats-in-a-name#.u1e98jao7l9 that introduces a recent article i wrote which is posted on www.watchtowerdocuments.org , i thought i made an inaccurate statement in one of my posts about wt having a sign, jw.org, on the top of one of their buildings.

i was sure i had seen a photo of such a sign but couldn't prove it until last night when proof was sent to me in an email and the proof is to be found in the form of links to photos of the sign.

i was wrong in thinking the sign was on a wt factory building.

eyeuse2badub

The re-branding of the 'jehober witlesses' religion is in full operation! Soooooooooooooooon new light from jehober will be given to the gb to change the official name of this religion. Any 'new name' suggestions?

I'm going with 'Zoomies' since jehober created Zoom just for jw's!

just saying!

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Just wanting confirmation on an unofficial JW experience

by joe134cd in

just wondering if anyone can confirm or deny this unofficial jw experience that my father received by email.

i’ve told him that it against wt rules to forward unofficial accounts.

but of course he just puts that down to apostate driven lies.

eyeuse2badub

Does such recognition by the CEO of Zoom therefore make jw's officially the "Zoom and Doom" religion of the 21st century?

just saying!

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JW (and other religions) excuses for messing up when trying to understand prophesies.

by RubaDub in

this is not a jw-bashing thing, but it always seemed odd to me that the "excuse" when things go wrong is that "we have to wait and see how the prophesy is fulfilled" or some other wording.. my question has always been, then what is the purpose of the prophesy if you don't understand it until after the fact?

isn't that like having a weather forecast but being told that we don't really know what the weather will be until the next day?

isn't that the purpose of prophesy?.

eyeuse2badub

Words of wisdom from the modern GB of jw's regarding understanding prophesy! Can you hear David Splane's words on jw broadcasting?

"We use to believe that Armageddon would come in 1925"....then

"We use to believe that Armageddon would come in 1975"....then

"We use to believe that Armageddon would come by the end of the 20th century"...but brothers....

"Now we believe that it will fucking get here when it gets here so shut the hell up and keep preaching!"

just saying!