I think they will try to make the Great Tribulation come. Remember how they convinced us all that 1914 was the begining of the fall of Bablyon? Well, I think they will find someway to make the GT come and at the same time (oddly enough) have much of the world's governmental powers still existing and things in the world goin on as they previously were. All sorts of parallels between Noah's day and ours will be made. If they declare the GT, they will then have ultimate power. 7 million JW's will jump when the GB says....
daniel-p
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What will be the next big 'new light'?
by yaddayadda init's been a while since the watchtower overlords made any serious doctrinal changes.
wts 'new light' seems to be somewhat cyclical, around every ten years or so.
it's been just over 10 years since the 1995 'this generation' change.
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Curious as to what a wedding at the KH is like...
by Riverwatcher ini don't know why this has popped into my head.
just wondering about j/w weddings.. is there music?
are there any traditions used in the ceremony?
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daniel-p
Do they have flower-girls at the Kingdom Hall? You bet they still do - and here's why:
Little do local elders know that the "flower girl" is a throwback to the ancient, pagan, southern-Sri Lanka tribal god Unushibo, who demanded sacrifices of little girls adorned in flowers in order to legitimize a union between a couple. The GB knows this of course, but they don't want to shed any 'increased light' on the matter, thinking it would cause an upset and be seen as prejudice against pretty little girls bearing flowers. I heard about this back at Bethel. I know this sounds crazy, but I was in the crapper, taking care of necessary business (very necessary) when a couple of the GB themselves came in and started chatting while they used the urinals. I knew this, because old bro. Schroeder always wore pants with velcro flys rather than the normal zipper - why I have no idea... but anyway, it always made this loud *riiiiip* sound whenever he was in the John, and everyone knew it and made fun. So anyways Schroeder and Sydlik were there thinking they were alone because I was in the stall making no noise and they went on about what they were discussing - some professor somewhere who wrote a piece on this tribal god Unushibo (sp?) and the flower-girl issue. Sydlik was like "we have more important issues than evicting flower-girls from the Kingdom Hall..." and then Schroeder butted in with "well, now, what if some of these southern-Sri Lankans come into the truth and get stumbled by all these cute little girls bearing flowers? Hm, what then? They'll think we sacrifice little girls, and then they'll be sumbled..." and Sydlik said something like "you damn well know there are no southern-Sri Lankans in the truth, Al, and never will be...."
And then they were done urinating and walked out of the bathroom. At the time, I didn't think of the whole issue much - I was just pissed off that niether of them washed their hands before leaving the restroom..... dirty fuckers. -
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The New System, What will we remember?
by drew sagan inthe reason for this post is based on a conversation i had a few months ago with an elder and a very stubborn publisher.
we where out in service and these two guys started talking about how in the new system everything of the past will be forgotten, "the former thigns will not be called to mind", you know how it goes.
anyway i cound't take it anymore.
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daniel-p
"All I got in response was a lot of "maybes". Maybe this, maybe that.
I'm sorry, but "maybe" just doesn't cut it."
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daniel-p
Hmm... I guess about 50-70 hours were FAKE for last year. Did I lie? Yes. Do I regret lying? Not a bit. Is it wrong? I don't care.
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WALKING IN THE PATH OF INCREASING LIGHT - WT STUDY
by Mary infor those of you not "keeping up with the organization"botchtower deals soley with all the bullshit instances of "increased light" on this joke of a religion god's organization.
it asks many drone-like thought-provoking questions as i've listed below.
incredible that these guys claim to be the sole ownership of what is absolute "truth", yet change doctrines like i change lipsticks.
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"4. Women can be elders and do everything men can do."
Yeah, right. If the Society actually let women be in charge and participate in running the congregation, they would get WAY too much love, reasonableness, patience, empathy, etc. I mean, it would completey render any intimidation or "impressing" into more service ineffective! Ego-infused power-plays would vanish! Travesties would ensue.... -
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"Civilization as we know it is coming to an end soon", documented...
by one in"civilization as we know it is coming to an end soon" .
http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/ .
the writer includes a lot of technical and financial information, slow reading is required.
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daniel-p
Like I mentioned before, "end-of-the-world" theorists overshadow an important fact: and that is that there is a problem with oil supply and demand. The problem with the supply is that yeilds of existing fields and discoveries of new ones is diminishing at an alarming rate. And the problem with the demand is that although prices are high enough in most european countries to curb demand there, gas taxes have not increased in the USA in decades - and that is just the American problem. China's demand is not satiated, so the normal laws of supply and demand are not applying here as they do traditionally. Only time will tell the effects of this energy crisis, but surely the way to deal with it is not to disregard important info just because some of the proponents of Peak Oil are a little over-the-top.
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Are you supposed to enjoy field service????
by lucifer inare you supposed to enjoy field service?
find joy in god's work?
i hated service, hated getting up early, hated wearing dresses/skirts,hated bugging people early on the weekend, hated "preparing" for service (all i did was read the little blurb on the inside of the awake lol) hated being grouped with elder ihatecoffeebreaks and sister letsdoonemoredooreventhoughits12.......one day brother ihatecoffeebreaks asked me why my time was dropping in service and i said "because i hate service" ( i mean i was taught to be honest right?
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daniel-p
The only time I enjoyed service was when I was sitting in a coffee shop, reading the newspaper. And even then, it was gay.
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Tower of the Flock
by Vormek2.8 incould there be something prophetic about these four hallelujahs?
psalm 104 concludes with "hallelujah" (translated "praise ye the lord" in the kjv).
in this study, well see that the bible also presents time-space as a circle.
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daniel-p
What is this tripe. Someone let the barn-door open at the quack-house.
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awake helps to educate people...
by DannyBloem inregardless of my last topic on non-information (non spititual information) i have to see this:.
in my experience this is actually true, the awake helps people to get some general knowledge.
especially jw''s in developing countries seem to have a bit more of general information because of reading the awake then others do.. can you agree on this one?.
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daniel-p
The Awake! is merely a front magazine for the true message of death to all who do not worship the WT God.
It's all roses and fluff in order to make it look like the JW's arn't that fucked up after all.
Regardless, reading the Awake! for informative material is like reading an in-flight magazine. You only do it when you cannot possibly do anything else, and you certainly don't expect it to enlighten your mind. -
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"Civilization as we know it is coming to an end soon", documented...
by one in"civilization as we know it is coming to an end soon" .
http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/ .
the writer includes a lot of technical and financial information, slow reading is required.
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daniel-p
"End of the world" theorists sully an otherwise important message: our society whould not depend on oil as much as we currently do for energy and transportation purposes.