It's the biggest load of nonsense the WT have ever produced. The more you try to understand it the less sense it makes. It's as if they formulated pure nonsense as a test just to discover who would accept it and pretend it makes sense. Really, trying to understand the overlapping generation "teaching" will only result in a sore head.
slimboyfat
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Confused: What does the overlapping generation really mean?
by MicaSmith incan someone help me understand how the wt came up with the overlapping generation theory?
i just don't understand it even though i read the information several times.
it's bewildering.
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JW Chef Refuses to Cook Black Pudding
by cofty insainsbury's has been forced to apologise after its jehovah's witness chef refused to serve a customer black pudding with his full english breakfast.alan mackay was stunned when he was told he could not enjoy the staple, made up of animal fat, blood and oatmeal, with his meal at the branch in arnold, nottingham.after receiving his incomplete dish the former police officer was told the black pudding would not be served because it was against the religious beliefs of the chef to do so....
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slimboyfat
I can't find any dictionary that makes such a distinction - that it's only bigotry when you dislike someone for what they are rather what they do. In fact Cambridge online dictionary states that a bigot is someone who, "doesn't like other people who have different beliefs or a different way of life".
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How many fence sitters are really out there?
by atomant inl think the real figure would be a real nail in the coffin for jw believers.lf the elders knew what l knew they would have a field day.many many jdubs live a double life.lovey dovey at the hall and totally different people at home and work.my guess is many dubs are schizophrenic and in need of help.with all the brain washing lm not surprised.what have others observed.
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slimboyfat
Impossible to tell but irresistible to speculate. It depends on your terms and definitions too.
But are there large numbers of people sitting in KHs who have severe doubts or flat out don't believe a word of it but attend for other reasons? At least 10% surely, but probably not as high as 50%. Whatever the figure I bet there are more now than there has ever been before.
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Muslim Shopkeeper Murdered for Wishing Friends a Happy Easter on Twitter
by cofty inhorrible crime in glasgow on thursday evening when a well loved muslim shop keeper asad shah was stabbed to death by at least one other muslim man.
mohammad faisal, a family friend, said a bearded muslim wearing a long religious robe entered mr shah’s shop and spoke to him in his native language before stabbing him in the head with a kitchen knife.. mr shah had posted the twitter message ‘good friday and a very happy easter, especially to my beloved christian nation’.
residents of shawlands in glasgow say he was well respected and had been known to hand out christmas cards to neighbours despite being of a different faith.. hundreds have turned out in a vigil near the crime scene....
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slimboyfat
Who says the Muslim faith is about love and peace, ?
Probably the victim, who was of course a Muslim, and apparently very kindly mannered.
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JW Chef Refuses to Cook Black Pudding
by cofty insainsbury's has been forced to apologise after its jehovah's witness chef refused to serve a customer black pudding with his full english breakfast.alan mackay was stunned when he was told he could not enjoy the staple, made up of animal fat, blood and oatmeal, with his meal at the branch in arnold, nottingham.after receiving his incomplete dish the former police officer was told the black pudding would not be served because it was against the religious beliefs of the chef to do so....
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slimboyfat
If you dislike somebody because of what they are that is bigotry
If you object to what somebody does that isn't.It's as if you've given this no thought at all. A Christian or JW could easily say: "I don't dislike anyone for being gay if that is what they are. If they practice sodomy on the other hand God will destroy them and I will tell them so."
I think many people would class that as bigoted. The distinction between being something and doing something cuts no ice.
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June 2016 WT (study edition) Bashing Higher Education....AGAIN!
by ToesUp inparagraph 14: .
"this means that we need to examine our heart constantly to see if it is being enticed by worldly entertainment, associations, and styles of dress and grooming.
or the love of the world might involve efforts to attain “great things,” such as through the pursuit of higher education.
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slimboyfat
There was a particularly wacky WT about a decade ago that said if you go to university and pursue a respectable career you are guilty of supporting the current system of things and wishing it to continue.
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Evolution vs Creationism.
by Labate inperhaps this has been discussed in the past, but i can't help noticing that on many posts creation vs evolution seems to equal theist vs atheist.
granted, a creationist by defination would have to believe in a creator.
on the other hand, believing in evolution doesn't automatically make one an atheist, a small point perhaps, but i think it would be more accurate to say believer vs nonbeliever.. just sayin'..
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slimboyfat
Some argue that evolution proves there is a God.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_argument_against_naturalism
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Didn't go to memorial this year
by silent inmy wife and i had business to attend to out of town today and i had thought if we made it back home in time, we'd go to the memorial.
as it turned out, we didn't get home in time and we missed it, but we had a real good talk with each other on the way home.
we are largely successful faders and at the very least, i like to try and make the memorial.
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Dan Sydlik
by done4good inmorning warship - he was the only restraint and i'm not saying that lightly.
i know there are a dozen others here who were in bethel back in the early 2000's who know what i'm talking about.
he actually kept me thinking this was jehovah's org because of his sincerity as if the holy spirit was operating in him.
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slimboyfat
A second report of Swingle using the N word. This was the one I was thinking of actually.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/4825734497435648/my-bethel-experience-part-17
I don't know jookbeard. Ray Franz claims Barry was a swing vote who held back alternative service for over a decade doesn't he?
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Dan Sydlik
by done4good inmorning warship - he was the only restraint and i'm not saying that lightly.
i know there are a dozen others here who were in bethel back in the early 2000's who know what i'm talking about.
he actually kept me thinking this was jehovah's org because of his sincerity as if the holy spirit was operating in him.
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slimboyfat
Mostly I've only read good things about Sydlik and Swngle. There was a poster years ago who knew the Swingle family well and insisted they were good people who wanted a more liberal approach. Ray Franz of course famously quoted Sydlik as saying the WT needed some open the windows for fresh air and to lighten up in the 1970s. Swingle he said gave him a hug in the lift when he was being expelled.
But I do remember one thread that claimed Swingle could be racist and Sydlik could be a bully. Should be measured against all the good reports but maybe worth mentioning.
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/24043/about-dan-sydlik?page=1&size=20
Jack Barr I've never heard a bad word about ever.