Posts by looter

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From 1 to 10, how do you rate the value of the Internet in your awakening?

by Hidden-Window in

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as we all know, the internet is a real game-changer in allowing us to know the truth about the watch tower and its history.

i always had doubts and it was the internet that presented me with the ever-growing number of individuals who were going through a similar struggle.. i give the internet a 9 in my awakening.

what about you?.

Kingdom chorus

by looter in

so im at the meeting after its over and this elder says to me that god needs my voice because he, the elder, feels that my singing is not loud enough.

i did not tell him this, but singing just is not my thing.

he then went on saying how gods people are better singers than "the worlds singers".

looter

thanks for you guys input. I really wanted to tell him how god might feel about the watchtowers lies but im not going to blow my cover.

Stillin what a coincidence. Later the same day that same elder told me in an attempt to get me to sing louder (don't know why that is bothering him) that when he was a kid he was taking piano lessons and he asked his piano instructor to teach him how to play kingdom melodies and when his insructor read one of the songs from the songbook, the instructor was amazed commenting just how superior the writers of the song book are to most lyrist.

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Kingdom chorus

by looter in

so im at the meeting after its over and this elder says to me that god needs my voice because he, the elder, feels that my singing is not loud enough.

i did not tell him this, but singing just is not my thing.

he then went on saying how gods people are better singers than "the worlds singers".

looter

So im at the meeting after its over and this elder says to me that God needs my voice because he, the elder, feels that my singing is not loud enough. I did not tell him this, but singing just is not my thing. He then went on saying how gods people are better singers than "the worlds singers". The elder asked me who I thought was a good singer and i told him i thought michael jackson had a magnificent voice. Then he asked me: "What if michael Jackson sung lies about your mother in his music. Would you not be upset?" After I told him of course he went on a rant about how christendom and churches sing lies about God and jesus, and that the Worst sounding voice in the congregation is better than the singers of the world in jehovahs eyes. Now what does everyone here think about this and are there any similar experiences?

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My "Un-Witnessing" Comments for this Upcoming Sunday's Watchtower.

by objectivetruth in

i won't be there (fortunately) but perhaps my warm encouragement and hard work, in preparing these comments will help someone, who has the burden of attending the meetings, give a good un-witness.. 3. while on earth, how did jesus follow his fathers example?.

answer - jesus at john 9:4 gave us a very important reminder, he said "we must do the works of the one who sent me while it is day; the night is coming when no man can work.

" the figurative night that jesus was likely referencing was amos 5:18 where it says "woe to those who yearn for the day of jehovah!

looter

masterful! someone should do this every week.

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Today's wt "study" obfuscations

by prologos in

paragraph 9 : " jesus blood validates the new covenant -- makes posiible the forgiveness sins for all time#.-- [and]--.

god could apply the value of jesus' shed blood to adams descendants--*.

--he could** also adopt certain --humans "as sons"--".

looter

I don't think most truly understand it even after a while. I guess they might just say "well it is what jehovah says" and dismiss it. So in a since, a lot of witnesses are not confused because they do not even analyze anything in the magazines.

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What Do the Bible & JW.ORG Really Teach!

by The Searcher in

1) the bible tells us there will be one flock under christ!

(john 10:16).

- "today, the vast majority of the eight million disciples of jesus are not spirit-anointed.

looter

The jw religion is mostly about the Governing body right now in their entirety. The true mediator hardly even gets mentioned. And the only time (mostly) he is centered around a public discourse is during the Memorial. Meanwhile, the "faithful and discreet slave" are alluded to every meeting.

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Jw's attitudes toward the act of baptism

by _Morpheus in

i attended (meaning was emotionally blackmailed) a jw baptisum ceremony today.

i was awestruck at the "event" status given this.

to be sure it wasnt the first time i witnessed it but for whatever reason it really stood out to me what a spectical they have turned this into.

looter

But is not that the point of getting baptized in the bible? To show your faith in the public? However the baptism is pretty much only about image for the witnesses.

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JWs say, "They don't judge"

by skeeter1 in

what is up with jws?

lately, i've heard this line, "we don't judge .

but, doesn't everyone judge?

looter

If they believe most if not all things not associated with their organization is controlled by the Devil then they will judge everything. Everything from the weather, the way people act, world news, and etc. As soon as they even meet a person who is not a witness, they instantly try to connect every little thing to Satan. That person may have done a simple mistake but witnesses will think in their head "they wouldn't be doing that if they were in the organization". And that person over half the time didn't even do anything wrong. I agree that we all judge continuously but most jws always judge at an extreme.

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After all, JWs were RIGHT!

by abiather in

1) science and technology appeared as a savior to mankind, yet the overall result points to the opposite direction.. http://aeon.co/magazine/science/why-has-human-progress-ground-to-a-halt/.

2) john kerry warns of catastrophe if climate change is not tackled.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4295230.ece (times, saturday 13, 2014).

looter

shirly you forgot about 1919

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HELP ME COMPILE A LIST OF DISCARDED WORDS AND PHRASES from the WTS

by Terry in

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in fort worth, texas around 1959. gradually i became aware of the argot.

special, private language).

jw's had these phrases they used over and over again.. upon first hearing, these words and phrases stood out as odd, weird or awkward.. however.

looter

informal witnessing. I think they call it cart witnessing today.