Posts by hybridous

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College: Watchtower Counsel Is Poison And Wrong

by metatron in

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i'm not an inspired prophet - nevertheless, let me tell you what the future will be for ordinary, middle.

class people in the united states:.

inflation is going to accelerate and making a living for families is only going to get more difficult.. the real standard of living in the us may fall.

hybridous

I agree with everything that's been said here. But it's hard to imagine anything other than an directly proportional relationship beween college eduation and corresponding earning power, and money available to donate to the WT.

Even the people that run the Tower have to know this. By championing the briefest (and least) possible eduaction for JWs, the WT is effectively shooting itself in the foot.

Unless of course, they have performed a cost-benefit analysis, and determined that it's better to have broke JWs who can't reason, rather than better-off JWs who might reason and leave.

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Prisoners of the WT cult

by Maddie in

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i wanted to research more on cults and the mind control techniques they use.

if i had any doubts (which i haven't) that the wt uses these highly sophicated techniques, then i certainly wouldn't now!!!!!!.

as we have had a thread asking why people don't leave the wt when they know that it has major flaws, i thought it would be beneficial to explore how powerful these methods of control are.

hybridous

To be honest, the WT imprisons no adult person, without that person's explicit consent.

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Spiderman v. Batman

by John Doe in

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who wins and why?

hybridous

I'd imagine Spider-Man wins the contest.

Big strength advantage. Spidey lifts approx. 10 tons while Batman is limited to regular human levels of strength, albeit of one in top physical condition.

Reflexes. Spider-Man enjoys the speed associated with superhuman reflexes, and again, Batman is limited to what is normal for a well-trained human. On this note, I'd give Batman the edge in knowledge of martial arts, given his experience and background, but I don't think that can offset the physical edge Spidey enjoys in being able to hit and not get hit in return.

Spider-sense. Protects Spider-Man from being blindsided, which is the one thing Batman excels at. Even if Spidey was consciously unaware that an adversary is close and about to strike, the Spider-sense kicks in and causes him to react, even when he doesn't actually know what the threat is.

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The End of Jehovah`s Witness`s

by OUTLAW in

we see alot of topics on the board about the end of the wbt$..i don`t think that will happen in our lifetime........so..lets change our focus..kingdom halls are getting fewer and fewer jw`s in them..congregations are being dissolved and kingdom halls are sold off..many jw`s are very unhappy and we see alot of them on this board.....the wbt$ is a billion dollar organization,they will survive for along time to come..........how about the jehovah`s witness`s?.......with fewer and fewer members..information about the wbt$ on the internet..and..some very depressed jehovah`s witness`s looking for a way out of the cult they are in.....will the "jehovah`s witness`s" survive?...outlaw

hybridous

Not to be a hanger-on who bothers the crap out of people, but...

Look for a few to be dispensed with in the next couple years.

I'm very curious as to what Gary meant by this. If you find a moment to spell it out for me, sir, I'd be grateful.

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Any Stephen King fans??

by lola28 in

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i'm just wondering if any of you are sk fans, i just started to read the dark tower books, i began with the second book "the drawing of the three" and have not read the first one, so far so good.

just wondering how many of you are sk fans.. lola.

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hybridous

I've always thought that 'Salem's Lot was one of the absolutely BEST contemporary vampire/horror stories. Decent movie - but great book!!

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what poster to you always check?

by nowisee in

is there anyone, when you see they have posted, that you always check to see what they have to say?

i always check blondie, bebu, alanf, farkel, onacruse, aguest (and probably others).

bc what they say has some gravity, some enlightenment, some knowledge, some insight.

hybridous

I usually look first for Farkel, AlanF, Amazing, and Metatron...

And I sure do miss Francois

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BIG-NBC news SPORTS FORBIDDEN in JW CULT

by DannyHaszard in

big slam on watchtower good experience to use for child custody court to refute that jw kids are 'normal'.

for his entire youth into his early adulthood, quarry was a member of the jehovah's witnesses, growing up in the christian denomination where life focused on school, bible study and home chores.

there was no time for socializing or doing most things that most american teenagers do.

hybridous

Our brotherhood does NOT teach that

You forget who you're talking to....Your 'brotherhood', indeed, taught us that. We were there, heard it ourselves....

Will you defend God by using lies?

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Will the JW's become mainstream?

by Save My Soul in

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it seems over the years, the organization has done 360's on several topics.

do you think they will ever go mainstream with their beliefs.

for example, college is good, blood is a conscience decision (without punishment), ect....... .

hybridous

Some good comments here....

I see it this way: if they do, they lose. If they don't, they lose. Perhaps more slowly and painfully, but with the same result.

As has been said: this cult was nothing more than an apocalypse expectation group, was not supposed to be around this long, and has resorted to dysfunction in order to sustain itself.

They seem to be clamping down, becoming more totalitarian, but this is ultimately shortsighted as modern JWs do what they want when out of sight of church elders and 'Goody-Goodies'. So who remains when it becomes even more oppressive? Just the hardcore believers, and just how much money do these people have to keep things running for the Tower?

This harsh fact of dimished cashflow might serve as impetus for more moderate (liberal) voices in the leadership to be seriously heard. As much as this cult prides themselves on being something special, their empire runs on DOLLARS, like everything else. Threaten those DOLLARS, and watch this nasty cult morph into something none of us could recognize, because their survival demands it.

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Disgusting comment re: education from Tacoma 2007 District Convention

by Justitia Themis in

this is from saturday afternoon program.

the speaker first starts with what he called the "alphabet soup" of degrees....a.a., b.a., m.a., ph.d., etc.

; he said they were nothing more than "sheepskins on the wall.

hybridous

Whatever. This crap is becoming largely ignored by more and more JWs. They nod in agreement with the speaked at the assembly, but where the rubber meets the road of life, Junior's ass is going to be in college, studying something, by God...

Because at the end of the day, some JWs aren't going to see their children suffer thru the same mistakes. And until the WT makes getting a Bachelor's degree a DFing offense...Junior's going to college. It is happening as we speak.

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E-watchman says Ray Franz is 'animalistic' LOL!

by yaddayadda in

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in a critique of 'captives of a concept', robert king accuses anyone who can't get past all of the watchtower society's 'obstacles' as animalistic and lacking spirituality, including don cameron and ray franz.

it's mindblowing how this bloke can consistently call the watchtower leaders liars, blind, false prophets, dishing up vomitous things, etc, yet continue to preach that they are still a 'faithful steward' uniquely appointed by christ.

so, while it is true that jehovahs witnesses have not come to know the judgment of jehovah, cameron is similarly captive to a concept; and hence, ignorant of jehovahs judgment.

hybridous

I've always felt the E-Watchman is invaluable as a stepping stone for helping people leave the WT religion, who can't do otherwise in one decisive move.