Posts by incognito2014

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Annual Meeting 2019 - part one

by TheFadingAlbatros in

the jw.org organization looks every passing day more and more like a building firm made in usa:.

https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/studiofeatured/pub-jwb_202001_1_video.

incognito2014

Sweet baby Jesus.

I just randomly skipped forward to about 18:00 and Lett made me jump out of my skin with his ludicrous facial expressions. Surely they know how he come across.

Also earlier in the talk it was mentioned they could live for all eternity and they all clapped. I genuinely don't think they have ever stopped to reflect on what that means. Yeah sure living for a 1000 years in perfection may be OK, at least you can comprehend it. But living for a billion years, or a trillion years and then realising that that was just the start and there are several more trillion to go in fact trillions of trillions of trillions of years make no sense at all.

Every one of them is totally deluded but they think that everyone else are fools.

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Spike in data use by smartphones

by mikeflood in

like since three months ago, my smartphone's data is reaching the 35 gb mark.

!!!

never watch movies in it, and beforehand used to be like 5 or 7 gb, any thoughts?.

incognito2014

I think my son is using your hot-spot. Don't use all my data means nothing to him!!!

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Anthony Morris looking for members with construction skills..Now and after Armageddon

by RULES & REGULATIONS in

here is a screenshot from a youtube video (521 and the circus continues) where anthony morris blasts post-secondary college & university education.

''we will not need doctors or lawyers after armageddon.

so, anthony...what occupations do the society need '' today'' and after armageddon?

incognito2014

Why does it matter what you train for now? Does that mean you can't build things in the "new system" if you trained as a lawyer. I thought we had forever to learn everything, retraining should be easy especially if we are perfect.

Tight pants Tony knows better than Jesus. Luke as a physician should never have been picked by Jesus. In fact as far as I am aware none of the apostles should have been picked, you don't need tax collectors or fisherman in heaven or even on a paradise earth as we presumably won't be eating fish.

Of course none of these things they promise exist anyway so we might as well make the most of what we have now and not worry about what skills we need after Armageddon.

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Universal Sovereignty

by incognito2014 in

i always thought this was nonsense, just an excuse for why there’s suffering.. but just assuming there really is this very long period of human history to allow god to prove his sovereignty.

this issue that affects every being not just on the planet but in the universe .

it’s a big deal and one that is so important that billions of people have had to suffer for 6,000 years.. .

incognito2014

I always thought this was nonsense, just an excuse for why there’s suffering.

But just assuming there really is this very long period of human history to allow God to prove his sovereignty.

This issue that affects every being not just on the planet but in the universe

It’s a big deal and one that is so important that billions of people have had to suffer for 6,000 years.

So how does God prove his sovereignty, well we have a clue by the real issues facing mankind that the society are highlighting right now. They have got to the crux of it all.

If we could just stop wearing tight trousers, misusing pillows and purchasing ice creams!!!!

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Russia Confiscates $30.4 Million Property From Jehovah's Witnesses

by Room 215 in

https://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/russia-confiscates-30-4-million-property-jehovahs-witnesses.

it would appear that with this most recent confiscation the total taken from the jws by moscow amounts to more that $75 million.

(ouch!

incognito2014

The misfortune of others is an issue on a personal level. The persecution of people and if individuals are having their property confiscated would be upsetting and wrong and we shouldn't gloat.

If this is property of the WTB&TS (as it appears to be) then I really couldn't give a toss. The organisaton has no qualms in confiscating property that JWs have paid for out of their own pockets and then even making the congregtions continue to pay.

This is Karma at its finest.

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Oh Boy! Beards are "stumbling blocks" again ... from Stephen Lett

by freddo in

jw
friends

so this week's midweek meeting video about stumbling others has lett spouting and gurning rubbish again.. if you can't take the whole 9 minutes go from 5:50 to get the context and 6:45 for the "beard" mention.. https://youtu.be/ezv1ici5cwo.

oh, well - at least they shoot themselves in the foot with this doublespeak.

single.

incognito2014

I literally just tried pausing Lett at any point in his video and he looked ridiculous each and every time. Buffoon describes him to a tee.

Back on topic, this religion is fantastic at doing the stumbling. I'm not talking trivial things like beards and makeup, but completely unchristian actions , hatred and intolerance that they show. Everything they do, now that I can see the wood for the trees is offensive. Beards and makeup are not mentioned in the bible but caring the for the vulnerable is, the way you you treat those who want to return to god is, not making false prophesies in gods name is, the list goes on and on.

The don't care who they upset. Talk about "do as I say not as I do"

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If we just suddenly start talking to DFed people again and use the Canada court video as our argument, what would happen?

by Isambard Crater in

the jw lawyer clearly stated that disfellowshipping only applies to spiritual association, but everyday family contact is ok..

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In some instances, the disfellowshipped family member may still be living in the same home as part of the immediate household. Since his being disfellowshipped does not sever the family ties, normal day-to-day family activities and dealings may continue. Yet, by his course, the individual has chosen to break the spiritual bond between him and his believing family. So loyal family members can no longer have spiritual fellowship with him. For example, if the disfellowshipped one is present, he would not participate when the family gets together for family worship. However, if the disfellowshipped one is a minor child, the parents are still responsible to instruct and discipline him. Hence, loving parents may arrange to conduct a Bible study with the child.*—Proverbs 6:20-22;29:17.

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102008083

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If we just suddenly start talking to DFed people again and use the Canada court video as our argument, what would happen?

by Isambard Crater in

the jw lawyer clearly stated that disfellowshipping only applies to spiritual association, but everyday family contact is ok..

incognito2014

I hate to say it but the lawyer is correct in certain circumstances.

If the person lives at home with the family then normal family relationships continue. For example if a father is disfellowshipped his family do still talk to him while he lives in the house. It's only the spiritual stuff that stops

Of course the odds are his wife will leave him with the kids and then they won't be allowed to speak to him at all but they can claim to be telling the truth in some circumstances.

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So obsessed

by incognito2014 in

i find it almost too difficult to bear.

my mother now in her 80's does not miss up on an opportunity to preach.

in fact most of the time the opportunity does not exist but she mentions something anyway.. she is so blind it's embarrassing.

incognito2014

I find it almost too difficult to bear. My mother now in her 80's does not miss up on an opportunity to preach. In fact most of the time the opportunity does not exist but she mentions something anyway.

She is so blind it's embarrassing

She continually praises individual witnesses and tells me how these individuals are the most fantastic people, point to where they live, where they work as we drive past. I couldn't care less but it does not deter her. Every conversation is about someone or something in her cong.

She mentions that the organisation is so efficient now and it has all changed for the better. It shouldn't have changed at all! This efficiency is list on her anyway because iPads etc are not her thing.

She mentions that 4 congregations are now sharing a hall but cant see in any way that this is a money grab form the WTB&TS.

I keep reading here that JWs are seeing through it but not so sure, are we projecting the fact we see though it onto others and assume they can also see it.

If my mothers anything to go by they haven't got a clue they just lap it up.

How are your older parents dealing with this change?

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Survey: How long were you in the cult vs what year you were baptized

by ILoveTTATT2 in

jw
friends

hi people,.

i want as much data as possible on the effect of the internet on the time captured by the cult.. please answer the three following questions about yourself or about someone you know (for example, if your parents or grandparents were jw's and left).

1) were you raised as a jw, or did you convert?.

incognito2014

I am really surprised that no one picked up on my earlier comments.

The whole survey is destined to fail.

A person who “came in” in 2010 cannot possibly have done 40 years because there has not been 40 years since then. So the people who came in longer ago will on average have stayed in longer before leaving and the people who recently came in and left will have on average left more quickly.

It’s like saying that people born in the 60’s live longer than people born in the 90's because they are older!

Or if I am losing the plot please tell me.