Posts by WTWizard

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The Holidays Are No Big Deal Anymore

by minimus in

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friends

you used to hear christmas music blaring on every radio station.

not anymore.

people used to jam the roadways and malls to do their christmas shopping and now it’s no big deal.

WTWizard

I noticed the change around 2007, with few houses having Christmas lights (and those who still had decorations up, had fewer). This trend has gotten worse since then, with wimpier and wimpier displays being the normal. Instead of competing to see who can decorate the most, the competition is to see who can have the wimpiest, lamest display of all.

Other aspects seem watered down. There are fewer Christmas specials on TV, and fewer Christmas songs in stores than only 15 or 20 years ago. For a while, they would start Christmas songs up, solid, the minute after Thanksgiving and continue them through New Year's Day. Not any more.

And I rarely see the types of Christmas advertisements and in-store displays that were so common in the 1970s. Where is that Sears Wish Book? I understand stores come and go, but why don't you see a Walmart Wish Book or an Amazon Wish Book? Or anything even remotely resembling such? And no, those 16-page inserts in the snoozepapers do not count. (Not that I would shop Walmart any more, since all they carry is rubbish.) I almost never hear of any major holiday events downtown, either--even in small towns, they had bigger Christmas displays in the mid 1970s than they do in big cities today (unless you are in New York City). But, at this rate, a small town in Montana or Idaho in 1975 would be better lit for Christmas than New York City in 2020.

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Science and Watchtower's astounding ignorance

by Diogenesister in

well these goof balls at jwbroadcast apparently think the study of pure science means not having any "practical application".

oi vey.

sanderson may speak russian but he is so ill educated he appears to think that researching a subject and formulating a theory about it means that's the end of it - in other words he's saying it has no practical use.

WTWizard

A world without science is a world where the few at the top that claim to be god's chosen will have us all enslaved without any knowledge. Noahide Law would thrive without any sort of science, since the official viewpoints would never get challenged. And I am not looking forward to the day when the efforts with that bible produce a total official loss of science--it becomes a crime to present any alternative viewpoint other than what they use to keep us slaves ignorant.

Just keep pushing that bible, and you will hasten the time when there will be no official science. We will all live under the darkest ages, worse than the one the cat lick church imposed. (And this time, with technology in place to enforce it, there is no hope for it to ever end.)

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Living in the last of the last days - A new prophecy

by Listener in

although not a new concept by the watchtower, particularly in public talks and at assemblies, they have now put this prophecy in writing.watchtower oct 2019 page 8 -13 study no.40 titled -keep busy during the last of "the last days".

the first paragraph asks '1.

what convinces us that we are living in “the last days”?

WTWizard

The washtowel has been prophesying the "last days" ever since 1872. And they keep changing the dates around. None of them have any validity.

About all I can do with astrology is notice planetary alignments that issue warnings that something is more likely than normal to happen, but with no guarantee. Saturn cunjunct Pluto in 22 CP this coming January 12 or 13, depending on your time zone, is a warning that war is more likely (major wars, not just those stupid little fights we have been having) around then. Nor do I have any way of knowing how long it will take before a shooting war actually develops.

But I can tell that, the more people continue putting their souls in that bible (any translation will do) or any religion that ties in with it, even one that ties in more with its own doctrines than the bible itself, the faster it will happen and the higher the probability of a disaster instead of a problem. The more people put their souls into bibles, the harsher Noahide Law will be when it comes. We could also lose more people from wars and the famines and environmental fallout, and see those reptilians come here that much sooner if more people continue following their bibles or qurans.

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Is There Anything You Can Be Thankful For Since leaving The JW`s.

by smiddy3 in

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friends

i can ,the people i had influence over in joining the religion.,but have now left the religion.granted it`s family,except for one.. those that were active jw`s and have now left :.

my wife .

my two sons ,and a wife of one .

WTWizard

No more wasted time running around preaching to people I don't even like being around, for the purpose of "saving" them. Or being "attracted" to them just because they took the littera-trash (and are stupid enough to fall for it).

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JW.org greater than the Bible now

by eyeslice2 in

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there was a time when brooklyn bethel was emblazoned with the words; "read god's word the bible daily" but it seems to me now that even the bible has taken second place to jw.org.

i remember having lots of studies using the 'truth' book.

we asked the students in those days to prepare well and look up the scriptures in their own copy of the bible.

WTWizard

I have noticed the dumbing down. Just by reading the German files (including some intended for hounders), I see how simplified it is becoming. Anyone with a high B1 or low B2 level in the language would be able to understand most of those files. Compare with some truly great pieces of literature--try reading Shakespeare in German at B1-B2 level. Try reading a German newspaper at those levels.

When material directed at the hounders for use at special meetings is so dumbed down that a high B1 understanding of the language is enough, something is wrong. Even the bible itself, as horrible as it is, is written in more difficult language that a B2 proficiency is not enough to comprehend it. The same with most business meetings, and most internal communication. These files are of internal communication, written so poorly that someone with an intermediate proficiency of a language would be able to understand them. (Which I would rather read German language story books that are somewhat more advanced--by reading C1 material, that is the only way I am ever going to reach C1 or better in German.

Of course, if I do reach C1 in German, I doubt that anyone is going to understand what I think of the religion within the hounders, or any confession I make (in German) of anything. And I will have fun saying "Dass ist Pech für dich!" to them.

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Jesus to rule for 1000 yrs yet he started in 1914?

by krismalone in

i believe when we were in the jw cult, our brains and thoughts were hijacked by the governing body.

i truly believe the gb thinks all members are stupid and they laugh at them in their wednesday morning secret meetings.. one such teaching that i never heard anyone bring out or question yet the absurdity and contradiction is blatantly obvious is: revelation chapter 20 says that christ will reign for 1000 years.

it doesn't say he will reign more than a thousand yrs but only 1000 yrs.

WTWizard

Given that thing intends to rule by enslaving all of us, and prepare the earth so the reptilians can inhabit this earth and evict us all, it is in my best interest that this thing doesn't get to rule at all.

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Scowled At By A JW

by pale.emperor in

yesterday i got home from work and decided to buy a case of beer because, why not?

it’s monday.

the shop is conveniently round the corner from my place.

WTWizard

It is none of their business. You buy one case of beer, and they are adding that you are buying cancer sticks and other things as well? If you did not, in fact, buy those other items, the jokehovians are actually committing slander. And so what? You will have to deal with the consequences if you do choose to smoke, which can include plenty of rather unpleasant items (emphysema is no joke). And that is the penalty--they need not add to it. If you don't get cancer sticks, you will not have to worry about the consequences, either--but hopefully they will have to worry about their slander.

Exception: If you choose to drink and drive, then it becomes everyone else's business. Drink driving creates a road hazard, and people that choose to drink and drive can and do kill innocent people on the road. But, there again it will not create that hazard if you choose to drink responsibly, not drink and drive, and ensure that no one else in your party drinks and drives. It is your business and yours alone if you choose to drink--it only becomes anyone else's business if you choose to drink and drive.

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JW's revelling in their online statistic...

by The Fall Guy in

...that their web site is the most translated in the world.. https://www.tomedes.com/translator-hub/most-translated-website.php.

do jw's genuinely believe that statistics prove divine backing?

you can fool some of the people some of the time...there are lies, damned lies, and statistics!.

WTWizard

And what about the bible itself, that book that had to be translated so everyone on the whole planet can be cursed? I think the basic King James bible is at least as translated in as many languages as the washtowel--that is, unless someone had the time to waste translating washtowel rubbish into obscure languages. Again, so the maximum number of people can be cursed on this earth.

About the only good thing about this is that I can download the rubbish in a language that the hounders are not likely to understand, print the rags in that language, and switch out their English or Spanish version for that language. They might be proud of being able to place their littera-trash in Greenlandic, but can they navigate it if I start praying, commenting, preaching, or taking part in a meeting in German when they do not understand a word of it because I was able to print the parts off in that language?

29

WT study 8 December

by road to nowhere in

had to look.

first paragraph mentions that most of were probably born after 1914. most?

i bet the dubs 105 and older can be counted on your fingers..

WTWizard

Since 1914? I have noticed political correctness tyranny, through the whole world, growing since the early 1990s. And it has really gotten out of hand in the past 10 years. It is illegal in many countries to criticize the official narrative, holding back science and forcing people to abide by lies. (Reminds me of the Dark Ages.) So many people are offended--on purpose, so they can protect their lies. Words and phrases that were not deemed as objectionable in the early 1990s are now deemed "hate speech" to as much as mention them. It is worse in most of Europe these days.

I think this means that the last days of freedom on this planet got started with the first Bush, and Bill Clinton ruined it for good. And look at the EU--that was intended to ruin Europe in ways that the UN failed to. Forced immigration (and not peaceful immigration--the "immigrants" rape, kill, and vandalize) through the whole European and American worlds--and it is "offensive" to call them out on it. Even the term "illegal alien", once used to denote people that entered a country without following proper protocol, is offensive and using it in many countries is a good way to end up with life in jail. Many Internet sites will ban someone or heavily censor that term.

For sure, remote from 1914.

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Wausau Wisconsin Bans Throwing Of Any SNOWBALL!

by minimus in

jw
friends

you can’t throw a snowball at a person as kids often do.

you can’t throw it in a park, at a building, anywhere.

comments please.

WTWizard

What is next, banning all fun because someone might get hurt? How many people get hurt on trampolines--just a few, but that is enough for them to squeak about banning them for everyone. They can get hurt on swings, so should we ban those as well? You can get hurt falling off a bicycle, so should we ban those too? (Hint: People often fall off bicycles while learning to ride them.) Should we also ban running, since people can and do trip and fall while running and sometimes get hurt? Or walking--I am sure more than one person has tripped or slipped and fallen while walking, and wound up in the hospital.

There are safety rules when throwing snowballs--and "ice balls" is not snowballs. Putting hard objects in a snowball means you are throwing more than a snowball--you are also throwing that hard object. At this rate, we are going to have living banned, except for reptilians, because it is too dangerous for the reptilians that are going to inhabit this planet as soon as the bible has done its job.