lepermessiah
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What do you think of the GB's new tactics?
by lepermessiah inhere is what i am getting at with that subject title:.
this sunday's wt study article really hit home for me what many have been talking about on the forum.. when i was growing up, there was a big deal made about the identity of each gb member - people would wax poetically about working with them at bethel, meeting them at a convention, etc.it wasn't unusual for them to be frequently named in articles, pictured in books, and somewhat glorified.. the president of the wtbs was practically on par with christ - he was viewed as practically a deity.. i had friends who could not only name the 12 apostles, but could rattle off the names of the gb members!
now, it seems like the tactic has changed, starting with the reduction of the presidents' role of a few years ago - place massive emphasis on the gb itself as a unit, but keep the profile of the members lower.
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Funny how my family acts when it comes to ALCOHOL
by Butterflyleia85 inso yesterday my fiance (nonjw) and i went to my mom's for dinner and invited my sister's husband and her as well.
it was a nice visit but i couldn't help but notice a watchtower that had in bold letters alcohol on her coffee table.
i didn't make a comment but just chucked in my head as i recall my mom's "drinking" (as far as problem i'm not sure) but as dinner begin my mom offered beer which then i realize now her thinking, she is leading to the idea of moderation and that watchtower is there as her reminder to keep it in moderation.. then we were getting on the subject of age.
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The new "Generation" Understand and Idiocracy
by lepermessiah ini think i have have a new clarification on this new generation teaching.. in the movie idiocracy, the main character is cryrogenically frozen and awakens 500 years in the future.. since he is still relatively "young", he could be considered to be of the same "generation" of the people from the future.. the movie also shows a world where dysgenic pressure has resulted in a uniformly stupid human society devoid of individual responsibility or consequences: so, they would easily buy the "generations" teaching.. i think the wtbs is telling us two things - that we will soon be able to successful freeze people and that they will eventually be proven right.. just like the movie, the slogans and speech of the future will be dumbed down.. "millions now living may never die" will become "many of you mf'ers won't die" and etc........ i can feel it now.....its all very clear..
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Will the watchtower or awake print this experience ?
by wobble inthis heart warming news story was in yesterdays guardian newspaper :.
" mohammad asadujjaman's mother may not have schooled him in the quickest routes through the mean streets of the big apple or the best ways to negotiate with its famously plain-speaking inhabitants.. but she does appear to have imbued the 28-year-old new york taxi driver with an even greater gift: incorruptible honesty.. on finding that an italian tourist had left a handbag containing more than $21,000 (13,000) in cash - not to mention jewellery worth thousands more - on his backseat on christmas eve, the bangladesh-born cabbie knew exactly what to do.. he rummaged through the bag until he found an address in long island.
then he rang a friend with a car and embarked on a 50-mile trip in the hope of handing over his find to someone who knew his fare, 72-year-old felicia lettieri from pompeii.
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email fwd from my mom: utter BS..bet the sheeple eat this crap up and MY REACTION
by SnakesInTheTower ini received this crap from my jw mom today.
i hope it doesn't "encourage" you to go back .
you see, when i left, i immediately felt the relief of not being burned all the time by all of the gossip that occurs within the congregations, circuits, etc.
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Have you been practicing the new Songs?
by lepermessiah inthe other day, i finally got to hear one of the new "kingdom songs" .
it was hillarious when first, no one knew the song and mumbled their way through it, and then second, when the speaker reminded the congregation that they have been encouraged to practice learning the new songs at home!
lol!!!!
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The term Generation X
by lepermessiah injust another log on the "generation" fire....... i was researching the term "generation x" and its basically agreed upon that it is a term used for the group born between 1961 to 1981.. the generation before that in the usa, called the "baby boomers" was slightly shorter.. what is interesting is that gen x is also referred to in the usa as the 13th generation - counting back to the founding of the country in the 1770's.. so, again...... why is the wt telling us that a generation can span for decade after decade, crossing centuries???????.
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"the watchtower - confusing the hell out of you since 1877!
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Were There Any JW Doctrines Or Beliefs That You Found Confusing?
by minimus inmost witnesses never could explain exactly who the "faithful slave" was (according to the society's explanation).
the resurection of the sodomites was another bewildering thing.
were they or weren't they going to be resurrected?
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More Pat Robertson...
by lepermessiah inis there a bigger @$$hole on the planet than this guy?.
here come the spin doctors...... dr. robertson never stated that the earthquake was gods wrath, the statement read.
if you watch the entire video segment, dr. robertsons compassion for the people of haiti is clear.
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Observation on 'new light' on this generation
by isaacaustin inobservation:.
understand jesus words about "this generation"?.
he evidently meant that the lives of the anointed.