Posts by thedepressedsoul

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The "Final Push" before the GT!!! I think they REALLY believe it!

by DATA-DOG in

i don't know if i have shared this with everyone, but there seems to be a new theocratic term, at least in my circuit.. the term is "final push.

" wtf does it mean?

well, an eldub said that the gb are "all in" with warwick and they might spend all their money on the project.

thedepressedsoul

clambake - "Given the fact the U.N isn't in the process of banning all religions while the JWs are holding there own, I don't know how the average DUB kind really get excited about this kind of stuff."

The average Dub isn't really up on the finer details of the WTS's End-Times script (and they don't have a f**king clueabout legitimate current events).
If they were, there might be a few more "wait-what?" moments.

This is a very good point. I don't know what would get them all excited. The U.N has less power than ever.

Although when times are bad it's, prophecy from Mathew and when times are good it's thief in the night. No matter what scenario it's right around the corner with JW's.

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Breaking News: Anthony Morris III comments on Ireland legalization of gay marriage.

by cappytan in

jw
friends

#notsatire.

thanks to wifibandit and pixel for collaborating on this.

more to come.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxce4duetw8.

thedepressedsoul

Why does an organization that encourages its members not to vote care when a vote is passed they don't like ?

It's ironic, people who only complain but refuse to ever do anything to help the problem.

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The "Final Push" before the GT!!! I think they REALLY believe it!

by DATA-DOG in

i don't know if i have shared this with everyone, but there seems to be a new theocratic term, at least in my circuit.. the term is "final push.

" wtf does it mean?

well, an eldub said that the gb are "all in" with warwick and they might spend all their money on the project.

thedepressedsoul

How many final pushes can they have!

This should be called the final, final, final push.

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August 2015 Awake! FML

by InjusticeSystem in

i'm gonna have to stop reading this shit just for my own sanity and the survival of my computer.

august 2015 awake!.

can we please destroy this box that they keep publishing with some actual facts?

thedepressedsoul

Its operation cannot be observed. It cannot be reproduced. And it cannot make accurate predictions.

Sounds like their religion, beliefs and 1914!

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August 2015 Awake! FML

by InjusticeSystem in

i'm gonna have to stop reading this shit just for my own sanity and the survival of my computer.

august 2015 awake!.

can we please destroy this box that they keep publishing with some actual facts?

thedepressedsoul

So.... Basically they just said that god and their doctrines don't even have enough evidence to be a theory? Guess 1914 doesn't even deserve to be called a theory.

I love when they try to redefine words and get very technical. They look so dumb.

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The Reason Why Jehovah's Witnesses Will Never Prosper Is The Children

by minimus in

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friends

i believe that the religion will remain stagnant due to their achilles heel, the kids, the children, that next generation.. most of them really don't wa t to be in the religion.

the parents may have tried everything within their power to make the kids love jehovah but we all know you can't force someone to love you and you can't make a grown person stay in a relationship or situation if they really don't want to be there..

thedepressedsoul

JW are their own worst enemy. They turn on their members and their kids. They treat Joe the return visit better than they treat their own members.

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Breaking News: Anthony Morris III comments on Ireland legalization of gay marriage.

by cappytan in

jw
friends

#notsatire.

thanks to wifibandit and pixel for collaborating on this.

more to come.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxce4duetw8.

thedepressedsoul

Your wife probably has something Irish in her while you're onstage bashing peoples rights!

Anthony Morris joke, "What do JW and women have in common?" ... "Neither of them have any rights!"

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"do not go beyond the things written"

by stuckinarut2 in

thanks to bu2b and splash who mentioned this quote in another thread!.

but i thought it deserved a thread all of its own, such is the impact of this:.

the very best example of going beyond the things written comes from a 2008 watchtower.

thedepressedsoul

So I was the reader for the "Draw Close to Jehovah" book and I almost choked reading these words from stage since I didn't read over it ahead of time.

"The religious leaders buried God’s Law under a mass of man-made rules and regulations. The Sabbath law, for instance, simply forbade work on the Sabbath, setting that day aside for worship, spiritual refreshment, and rest. But the Pharisees made a burden of that law. They took it upon themselves to decide just what “work” meant. They labeled as work 39 different activities, such as reaping or hunting. These categories gave rise to endless questions. If a man killed a flea on the Sabbath, was he hunting? If he plucked a handful of grain to eat as he walked along, was he reaping? If he healed someone who was ill, was he working? Such questions were addressed with rigid, detailed rules."

Oh, so you mean like what qualifies as accepting a blood transfusion and what is/isn't acceptable? How many hours a pioneer should make? What counts as a study, how time should be reported, what is allowed in the bedroom, what fornication entails (oral), what is pagan, what isn't pagan, when and when you can't talk to a DF person, the list can go on and on. Holy crap you could write a JW book with all their rules and regulations! Did they really put something like that in their publications?

My favorite is, "They took it upon themselves to decide just what “work” meant" As JW try to decide what generation meant and even going as far as redefining words.

From the same books:

"If we are humble and modest, we are willing to admit that we do not have all the answers, that our opinions are not always right, and that we need to know Jehovah’s mind on matters."

I couldn't help but laugh at this one. When has the GB ever acted like they didn't have the answers. Heck look at their generation meaning issue all because they can't admit they don't have the answer!!!!! HOW WAS I SO BLIND!!!!

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OMG, I’m gonna get Old and Die.

by John Aquila in

when it finally clicked,.

and you realized there was no 1914, there was no generation that would see the end of a wicked system, there was no paradise around the corner, .

what went through you mind?.

thedepressedsoul

This had to be one of the hardest things to deal with when learning TTATT for me.

It still makes me sad at times. When I look at my wife and realize that she will one day get old, we won't be together forever and that she is not mentally prepared for that. Part of me doesn't want to take that from her. That those close to you who have died, you really wont see again. It's a hard thing to come to terms with when you've been raised your whole life thinking the opposite.

I will say though, I appreciate life 10x more than when I thought I'd live forever. I take things in way more and live more in the moment. I appreciate food more, I appreciate looking at my wife and cherishing the time that I have with her. When I see something beautiful, I really stop and appreciate it.

It's a hidden gem in learning that you will one day die. Thinking I'd live forever, I never took the time to appreciate the small things. Honestly, I see a lot of 80+ JW that just seem so confused. They don't get why the end hasn't come, why they are suddenly finding themselves old with nothing to fall back on. It seems like a very sad way to end your life.

I appreciate that when I am 70, I will have seen it coming and will enjoy my old age. It won't be a shock for me.

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WT started using the internet in 1997, brother said

by StarTrekAngel in

so brohter (not elder or anything but many years active) had to give talk this week.

talk related to how jehovah gives abilities to people thru the spirit.

started off with the mention of how god told moises to build the tent and gave people the abilities to work wood, stone, etc.

thedepressedsoul

It took them 20 years to start using the internet, in another 20 they'll use social media.

They just started using bar code scanners at Bethel and the way they ranted about it you'd think they invented it. Guess no one told them stores have been using them for 20+ years.

Jw's are always 20+ years behind. It takes them at least 15 years to stop thinking it is only from the devil.