Posts by Wasanelder Once

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The Amazing Andamanese People

by LoveUniHateExams in

i recently watched a documentary about andamanese people on youtube.. the andaman archipelago is officially ruled by india and lies in the bay of bengal, between the eastern coast of india and burma.. the indigenous people are or were stone age people, hunter-gatherers.. they have the general appearance and stature of african pygmy people.. there are 4 main surviving groups: great andaman (made up of several tribes, although the remaining people are few in number and have discarded tribal boundaries), jarawa, onge, and sentinelese.

i've read a bit about their languages (only on wikipedia - tsk!

tsk!

Wasanelder Once

The thing I love about these little island dwellers is how their folklore saved them from the big tsunami that wiped out 200,000 people back in 2004.

"When the earthquakes struck, the Onges moved to higher ground deep inside their forest and escaped the fury of the waves that entered the settlements," he told the BBC News website after talking to some of the inhabitants who knew some Hindi as well as their own ancient languages.

He said another aboriginal people - the Jarawa on South and Middle Andaman - also fled to higher ground before the waves."

I wrote a paper on them in college and it was amazing to read how they incorporated the natural world in their dogma so that they acted to save themselves. When the ocean receded they knew the God's were offended and were going to send the waves to punish them. Head for the hills! Westerners got a beer and walked to the beach to see the tide go out, lol.

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The Proof is all Around Us

by suavojr in

jw
friends

https://youtu.be/8imamwcet1c.

Wasanelder Once

Same old cult message, different tune. The proof has been "all around us" since 1879, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1948, 1975, 1986 and before the end of the 20th century. He sang, "No more false alarms". Perhaps he should sing, "No more false prophecy's?".

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The new personality

by longgone in

i've been thinking about the changes we make within ourselves after leaving the wts cult.

i'm not referring to how we spend our time now that we actually have some, but who we have become, or working to be?.

the gb carries on and on about "stripping off the old personality and putting on the new one.

Wasanelder Once

In the mid to late 1980's, there was emphasis on The New Personality and the "Fruitage of the spirit." It was very refreshing to find such emphasis when I returned to the borg after 11 years inactivity. There was a series of articles on the fruitage of the spirit in the mags. There was a brother who would pick one of the listed fruits of the spirit and spend the month focusing on it. I thought it made me a better person, not better than others, better than myself. I thought the new personality was about the most important thing because it meant personal growth and more of the identifying mark of true Christians, love.

By the end of the 80's they stopped emphasizing it. In fact they downplayed character development and promoted more service. I kinda lost interest when it became more a game of numbers.

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Are any of you from France and did you vote in the French election?

by Bad_Wolf in

i'm just confounded.

are the french people eager to destroy their country?

they elected a man who is quoted as saying that "terrorism is going to be part of daily life in france for years to come.

Wasanelder Once

"...the alternative Le Pen was going to put a stop to that and try to reverse the damage?"

She was gonna be 'HUGE!"

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DISTURBING! Italian TV Reporter Violently Attcked On Live TV While Reporting On African Migrants

by kpop in

jw
friends

my god!

i hope she is ok!

what have you leftists done to italy?!

Wasanelder Once

The Mexicans never seem to act like these refugee/immigrants and yet they want to spend billions to build a wall to keep them out. At least these baddies are owning up to their press. Build a wall around France for goodness sake! Hey, why not build one around Berlin while you're at it?

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what is the rarest JW book?

by dogon in

what is the rarest jb book ever printed?

i just bought a copy of the finished mystery and it can be a bit rare.

but i bet there are others much more rare.

Wasanelder Once

Aid To Bible Understanding was reworked into The Insight on the Scriptures. I don't know the differences between the two volumes and the "Aid" book as it was called. The changes in content were negligible as I understand.The Aid book had few illustrations, tiny type and bible type paper so it could be one book.

Three Worlds likely was Barbour's work but Russell certainly claimed to have vouched for it's content. It seems little more than a curiosity now..

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what is the rarest JW book?

by dogon in

what is the rarest jb book ever printed?

i just bought a copy of the finished mystery and it can be a bit rare.

but i bet there are others much more rare.

Wasanelder Once

Three Worlds and the Harvest of this World, Russell and Barbour wrote it together in 1877.

There's one in the library of Congress and one in a Catholic University library back east. Someone posted a PDF of it! Just Google the Title. Russell paid to publish it so its his baby.

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RUMOUR - Regarding future memorials

by Listener in

i heard this on the youtube channel - bad jw round table discussions and i normally don't give much thought to rumours, i did find this one interesting.one of the guys on the channel said that there are plans that 'the other sheep' will be told not to attend any future memorials.he was asked how credible was this and he said that it is talk going around by those in the know, just like there had been those that knew about the fairly recent new edition of the bible being in production.even if this is probably just a rumour, the idea has a lot of merit.

the benefits for the organization outweigh the negatives and would fit in with their current direction.here are some of the benefits, for the org.

that could come from it- the biggest benefit would come from not having to accommodate so many attendants, which are more than double a normal meeting.

Wasanelder Once

Its funny but I discounted the notion of an anointed only memorial because I had a mental image of a congregation with one 89 year old participant giving the talk to no one and serving himself the emblems. It then occurred to me that with the overlappers there could be many younger ones. Its annoying how indoctrination sticks with a person. My final word on an anointed only memorial? Silly.

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What was it like being a JW in the 1960's and 1970's

by UnshackleTheChains in

this is obviously a question for the older generation.

i'm really curious what it was like to be a witness in the 60's and 70's?.

was the society as strict as it is today?.

Wasanelder Once

In the late 60's everyone was on pins and needles that the next revelation, (district convention release) would say when the tribulation would start. All the convoluted interpretations pointed to 75. There was a camaraderie among JW's in the 60's that isn't there now. People knew each other from all over the country because of the common work we all did preaching. People didn't fake it then, they really went out door to door. They really were a "people" for God's name. I was young then and its the perspective of about 8 to 14 I am relating. Bookstudy's were hard to comprehend and therefore seemed magical. An adult probably would have seen it as silly.

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Amazing YouTuber talking to JWs

by Listener in

i recently came across a female youtuber called "bridget azaz".

she has made a number of youtubes recording discussions that she has had with a number of jws.

she does an excellant job and i thought i would make mention of her here.there appears to be another youtube site that either she or someone else has created with a couple of her interviews which have been touched up from the originals on her 'bridget azaz' site.this is one of them and i think you will enjoy it.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkescwpafmu&feature=em-subs_digest.

Wasanelder Once

The recent converts are ignorant of even the teachings of the 1990's. The watchtower spinning wheel of doctrine makes it hard to keep up, even by the old timer's. When in doubt, deny. They are actually using their minds when they deny the crazy bat shi** doctrines. When they see the quotes they can't help but begin to wonder about these wondrous stories.

wonderous stories