It seems only fitting that JW's would use connect the dot pictures to prepare their children for all the connect the dot scriptures required to prove their false doctrines.
Pete Zahut
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Lot's Wife - Connect the dots - JW.org
by Funchback inyay!
now kids can help draw lot's wife getting destroyed.. .
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Tattoos In the Kingdom?
by Cold Steel inwith tattoos becoming ever more popular in today's culture, i couldn't help but wonder what happens when people with ostentatious tattoos seek baptism?
are they admitted?
many don't have the money to have them removed, yet i can't imagine they'd be allowed to do pioneer work.
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Pete Zahut
A new brother in our Hall (former biker) had a tattoo of a topless mermaid on his forearm so before he got baptized, he had a bikini top tattooed on her.
I attended that Hall for 25 years and he was the only person in all those years to get baptized who wasn't already raised as a JW. He was living with a former JW lady who wanted to make a comeback. So they got married, he cut his ponytail, got his tattoo fixed, joined the ministry school, became a ministerial servant and seemed to be doing ok and was everyone's darling new boy. He was trotted out regularly at assemblies to give his experience until sadly, he blew his brains out with a gun one day.
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Humourous reactions to beards worn at the kingdom Hall
by UnshackleTheChains inis this the reaction you get when you walk into a kingdom hall sporting your new beard 🙄.
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1925 versus 1975
by Sour Grapes inin the early 1970's i was an elder who was convinced by the other elders in the congregation that armageddon was coming by the end of 1975. at that time, as an elder, i knew that in the early 1920's the witnesses thought that in 1925 christendom would be destroyed and the faithful men of old, abraham, isaac, noah, etc., would be resurrected to earth.
i knew those were failed prophecies yet it did not bother me.
as i ponder why it didn't shake my faith, i must have given the borg a pass since it was so long ago or maybe because the light is getting brighter.. i am afraid that the same thing is going to happen with the 1975 video at the assemblies.
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Pete Zahut
@ Sour Grapes
My thoughts exactly and I just can't think about it because the idea of having the life I lived through back then as a result of the JW's, dismissed as if it never happened, is just too much to bear.
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last convention before global attack on witnesses
by Phoebe inso it's not enough that i'm dealing with post traumatic stress/anxiety and panic attacks all related to my life as a jw (50 years baptized -- i stopped going a couple of months ago) at 3 a.m. i get an email from the other side of the world.
'you have to go to the convention.
bro sanderson says we must watch the news, things are happening.
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Pete Zahut
Hi Phoebe,
It's no fun having difficulty with anxiety and I'm sure there's part of you that believes it will never go away. Let me tell you that if I can overcome the anxiety difficulties I had, then anyone can.
Once a person has been anxious for a time, there are automatic thoughts that need to be unlearned and brain circuits that need to be re-routed. There are many cognitive therapy strategies out there that can be learned but typically an anxious person views them as too simplistic or mild to take care of their problem (I sure did) but it works if you keep at it.
In the meantime, it may help you to remember that millions of people down through the last hundred years, have been victims of the JW end times predictions. (note the dates in the photos below) It was all very real to them, just as it was to us. Many, like you and me, were affected badly by the worrisome forecast for the future that was thrust upon us by people we had come to trust. Take comfort in knowing that these predictions were made by people who knew how to play on basic human fears to get what they wanted. It's the oldest trick in the book and their victims (current JW's who are damaged themselves), are (as we once did) unwittingly perpetrating the damage that was started by those early JW Charlatans and snake oil salesman.
The good news is, you are in control of what you think about and your fears are only as real as you let them be. Don't allow them to rob you of your peace of mind. If there is a God, he surely knows what you are going through and if there is to be a life after this one, there's no reason you shouldn't be a part of it as well !
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silly observations from that '1975' video...
by undercover inokay, so everyone is bent out of shape about how the wts is re-writing their history on their past failed predictions (1975).
other threads deal in all the evidence to tear apart their shameless propaganda, so i won't dwell on that here.. but, what i will do is list a couple of observations, silly as they are, that aren't about the propaganda so much as it is about the set design, and costume design.
feel free to add to the list.. early scene where the wife is dying.
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Pete Zahut
I too noticed the "time" discrepancies you noticed. They even employed a sepia tone effect to make it seem as if they were talking about a less modern time than the 1960-1970's.
I noticed too that the man playing the widowed grandfather wouldn't have been old enough to have been a young married father in the time period they were depicting.
I had to laugh when after the grandfather spoke about having to resist going overboard about the end times trend, the grandson said something to the effect " Oh Grandpa, I had no idea you had to had to endure so much"
These videos are so full of (not-so)subliminal messages. anyone with half a brain can spot them. I imagine there'll be a lot of younger ones rolling their eyes so far back in their heads, they'll be able to see their own brains (and hopefully remember to use them)
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Im "Going To Die In Armageddon"
by pale.emperor in3 missed calls from my jw brother last night.
i didnt answer because he's actively shunning me and when he does ring it always to preach to me about how we're so close to the end and how i should "humble myself before the mighty hand of god" .
he then texts me saying "we need to talk".
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Pete Zahut
Even for Jehovah's Witnesses, this behavior is over the top. You are clearly dealing with imbalanced individuals and there's no use trying to use normal logic when trying to figure out their motives. Best to steer clear of them when possible and resist the temptation to engage with them over anything JW related.
Perhaps a text messages saying " I love you Brother and Sister, thanks for your concern but please don't contact me unless there is a family emergency or a family related issue I need to know about".
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2017 Convention Video To Be Shown Regarding The 1975 Failure
by pale.emperor inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go3arnnsfkk&feature=youtu.be.
no mention whatsoever that it was watchtower themselves that strongly hinted towards this date.
instead they blame those who "put their trust in a date, not jehovah".. let's recap... .
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Pete Zahut
Why would they bring this up?
You'd think they'd want this to vanish into the past but perhaps ( hopefully) there's been a recent up-tic in the amount of backlash they've been getting from younger ones who have grown up as JW and who've just now learned about the 1975 fiasco.
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2017 Convention Video To Be Shown Regarding The 1975 Failure
by pale.emperor inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go3arnnsfkk&feature=youtu.be.
no mention whatsoever that it was watchtower themselves that strongly hinted towards this date.
instead they blame those who "put their trust in a date, not jehovah".. let's recap... .
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Pete Zahut
"We're DEEP in the time of the end Brothers....in fact, we're in the final minutes of this system. The 1914 generation is now of advanced age and as the scriptures say, they will not pass away before the end comes " -District Convention 1983
They told us not to "serve with a date in mind" yet they kept providing us with supposedly significant dates from which to make a countdown from and to prove that Armageddon was right around the corner. Now it's our own fault that we took them at their word.
Fool me twice....shame on me.
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Pete Zahut
They have the dough to buy the legit thing... why would they buy fake?
Can't say for sure what the personal financial status of Jackson is but if he isn't wealthy or if he is and doesn't want to spend that kind of money on a watch, he might be so inclined as to buy a fake. The thing is, it could be considered a "showy display of ones means of life" by those who think it's real. They used to be big on not wanting to "stumble" anyone over our choices in dress and grooming.