Posts by Da.Furious

following from the worldwide campaign to send letters to the russian government: topic covered here.. i started observing a scary trend, i got around 100 messages on multiple messaging apps, facebook and other social media posts encouraging all jws to send letter to the russian government protesting on the ban with the hope they will overturn it.. what struck me is that all are doing it and encouraging others to do it.

so, what if the gb via jw.org request something like street protests, civil disobedience, to the extreme of voting for or against a particular law or fighting (far-fetched).. what would the jw membership do, not the awakened one?

in addition, i feel this exercise exposes the awakened ones.

Da.Furious

Thank for the comments.

@splash great quotes from the pubs

@outlaw thats very true

I noticed they asked if someone has a private business to use the business letter head in their campaign? don't understand why a business is involved not the actual person? Is this to put some pressure assuming Russia will think they lose these businesses?

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Do JW members follow any directive from GB blindly?

by Da.Furious in

following from the worldwide campaign to send letters to the russian government: topic covered here.. i started observing a scary trend, i got around 100 messages on multiple messaging apps, facebook and other social media posts encouraging all jws to send letter to the russian government protesting on the ban with the hope they will overturn it.. what struck me is that all are doing it and encouraging others to do it.

so, what if the gb via jw.org request something like street protests, civil disobedience, to the extreme of voting for or against a particular law or fighting (far-fetched).. what would the jw membership do, not the awakened one?

in addition, i feel this exercise exposes the awakened ones.

Da.Furious

Following from the worldwide campaign to send letters to the Russian government: topic covered here.

I started observing a scary trend, I got around 100 messages on multiple messaging apps, Facebook and other social media posts encouraging all JWs to send letter to the Russian government protesting on the ban with the hope they will overturn it.

What struck me is that all are doing it and encouraging others to do it. So, what if the GB via JW.ORG request something like street protests, civil disobedience, to the extreme of voting for or against a particular law or fighting (far-fetched).

What would the JW membership do, not the awakened one?

In addition, I feel this exercise exposes the awakened ones. It happened to me and foolishly I said I am not sending a letter since it is not our job to oppose the government that was allowed to be in it position by God!

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Book That Helped Me - My Recommended Reading List

by doubtfull1799 in

these are the books that led to my awakening:.

the art of thinking clearly - rolf dobelli.

how to defend the christian faith: advice from an evolutionist - john w.loftus.

Da.Furious

marked

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JW VS Catholic

by Iamallcool in

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most of us know that jw despise the catholic church the most among many religions for many years.

my question is do catholic church despise jw as much as the witnesses despise the catholic faith?.

Da.Furious

it depends on the country. I lived in a country where the Catholic church has a very heavy presence and they used the government or some officials to stop the preaching activities. Even some priests will direct a whole Sunday service against JWs.

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Interesting Opening statement in a public talk

by Da.Furious in

on sunday we had a talk, don't remember the title, but something about having zeal in our ministry and we are the best and have the truth stuff.

the interesting this was the opening statement.. the speaker started: we may have seen on the tv or knew about the tv evangelizers, they have lots of energy in preaching on the tv and they ask for donations by text showing on the screen and their talk is based on asking for money.. then he moved on to talk how our organization is truly supported by god...... the thing that shocked me as related to the ignorance the speaker had.

haven't he watched the jw.org tv channel?

Da.Furious

On Sunday we had a talk, don't remember the title, but something about having zeal in our ministry and we are the best and have the truth stuff. The interesting this was the opening statement.

The speaker started: We may have seen on the TV or knew about the TV Evangelizers, they have lots of energy in preaching on the tv and they ask for donations by text showing on the screen and their talk is based on asking for money.

Then he moved on to talk how our organization is truly supported by God.....

The thing that shocked me as related to the ignorance the speaker had. Haven't he watched the JW.org TV channel? What do the GB members and their helpers do? Don't they preach on tv? Aren't they doing the same as the TV evangelizers that they used to make fun and point out how this behavior is related to Babylon the great.

On the donation side, the GB members et al, dont outright ask for money, but all their talks and presentations have a hint of donations and asking for more.

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Valantine's Day JW related Graphics

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seems jw's are allowed to remember valentine's day as long as it involves a trolley/cart or jw broadcast.

this is serious stuff!

i saw this on my facebook news feed shared by few brothers and sisters:.

Da.Furious

Seems JW's are allowed to remember valentine's day as long as it involves a trolley/cart or JW broadcast

This is serious stuff! I saw this on my Facebook news feed shared by few brothers and sisters:

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Moscow City Court JW Restriction Verdict Today - 16-Jan-2017

by Da.Furious in

on jw.org this is the first paragraph on the 12 january news on russia:.

on january 16, 2017, jehovah’s witnesses in russia will again seek to counter the decade-long tightening of restrictions on their religious freedom.

they will ask the moscow city court to rule that a warning against their national headquarters be rescinded as unlawful and unfounded.

Da.Furious

On JW.org this is the first paragraph on the 12 January news on Russia:

On January 16, 2017, Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia will again seek to counter the decade-long tightening of restrictions on their religious freedom. They will ask the Moscow City Court to rule that a warning against their national headquarters be rescinded as unlawful and unfounded. The warning, issued on March 2, 2016, by Deputy Prosecutor General V. Ya. Grin, threatens to liquidate the Witnesses’ national headquarters if new evidence is discovered of “extremism” that has taken place within a year.

Link: https://www.jw.org/en/news/legal/by-region/russia/decade-long-attack-religious-freedom-intensifies/

"In about 2 hours from now will starts an historic Court case at the High Court in Moscow.

The brothers have been incriminated as extremist on the base of false proves and the case has escalated to the top Court in Russia.

If the Brothers will win the case it will give some chance to get justice.

If they loose the decision will affect the 400 registered groups in different town in Russia, about 2500 Congregations, they all will be under threat of going under ban.

That would mean that the Kingdom Halls and the Branch with all the material possession could be confiscated and the work would become completely illegal.

We have been asked to pray for the Brothers who are bringing the case in front of the judges and that Jehovah may assist his people.

Today's text is very fitting and gives hope.

We thought to share this so that we can all remember the Brothers and the case in our prayers today.

Whatever will be the outcome it will have a worldwide effect so, may Jehovah's name be exalted."

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Tour Booking facility Via JW.ORG

by Da.Furious in

not sure is this was posted online.. visitors to the jw.org website can now book tour visits to any bethel (as long as country does not ban jws).. the link to the booking page is: .

https://www.jw.org/en/whats-new/bethel-tour-reservation-tool/.

within this article there is the actual link tot he booking page: .