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JW's just don't get it.
by TooBad TooSad inyesterday during the sunday public talk the speaker was talking about the terrible conditions in the world and.
how jehovah does not like to see the terrible suffering such as disease and starvation any more than we do.
and how these bad conditions make jehovah feel bad.
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Death of a generation
by onacruse interry's thread http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/127651/1.ashx got me to thinking about this.. one of the characteristics of the wts is to "weather the storm" of a major disappointment, and, as evidenced by the last two major cycles, count on the death (as much in a literal sense as a figurative one) of the generation of jws that went through that debacle...and thence to recommence with the eschatological emphasis as if nothing had happened.. the post-1925 period is perhaps even more exemplative of this than the post-1914 period, because a good many bible students, grasping at every straw to salvage their belief system, swallowed the chronological recalculations and jubilee-cycle antitype interpretations, which extended 1914 to 1925. but 1925 was the last straw for most of them.
it initiated a major revolt among the rank-and-file (and especially the elders...the leaders of "that generation") which haunted the wts for the next 20 years, and a chronological review of the watchtower articles and books during the entire rutherford period shows a preoccupation with vilifying those who dared to remind of that debacle.. with the 50s came a major expansion in the wts, and a consequent dilution of that disillusioned group.
those that were still alive, and who were still jws, had by that time invested so much of their lives into that way of life that...well, how could they find the muster to dump off 40 years of life energy and say, finally, "well, i was wrong, wasn't i?
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I Shocked My Wife
by TooBad TooSad ini told my wife today that i have no desire to live in paradise where my backyard has piles of elephant and lion crap to step in.. i also told her that i am tired of being around people who are hoping for god to hurry up and destroy 99.9% of the worlds.
population including our children and grandchildren because they don't want to sit in meetings and learn how god.
is going to destroy 99.9% of the worlds population..
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Maybe He will just snap His fingers!
by TooBad TooSad induring the congregational bookstudy last night there was a picture of paradise with a little girl holding a plastic bucket.
i asked my wife if there is going.
to be polution in paradise?
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Christmas Songs
by TooBad TooSad ini have been a witness for over 35 years and i enjoy listening to christmas songs.
of course i listen to them in my car when i am by myself.
and i hide the cd's from my relatives who would be in shock and horror to know that i listen to these pagan songs.
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Another JW sex scandal
by TooBad TooSad in.
those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.. .
http://www.kentuckylaketimes.com/global/11-09-06/index.php.
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A surprise at McDonald's
by TooBad TooSad inthis morning while i was waiting in line to get a cup of coffee a gentleman in a suit approched the counter and gave the girl behind the counter the new tract and said that he is taking part in a world wide distribution of an important message then handed the tract to the lady and walked away.
the girl looked puzzled and promptly put the tract in the garbage can without even looking at it.
the jw got in his car and took off down the road toward the interstate.. two obervations.
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Interesting New Story
by TooBad TooSad in.
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http://www.praguemonitor.com/ctk/?story_id=w40662i20060908;story=police-track-money-from-berka-case-to-jehovahs-witnesses>
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What are they thinking?
by TooBad TooSad inat the meeting sunday the guest speaker said that "we desperately yearn for the end of this old system.
" how could anyone in their right mind wish death upon 99.9% of humanity?
i have many relatives that are not witnesses and i wish them to harm.. do the witnesses realize that if their wish comes true that there will be no electricty, running water for toliets, or fresh food.
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Maybe a lurker could satisfy my...
by Gregor incuriosity.
what i'm getting at is - i would like to know more details of individuals who have been shooed out of bethel, especially the older ones who know no other life, and how they are coping with it.
what are their new congregations being asked to do by way of assistance?