What is it with arguably the two most famous JW/ex-JW celebs being named Prince and Michael and both characters being of dubious sexuality and race?
Posts by agonus
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43What's the latest status on ol' Brother Prince Rogers Nelson?
by NoRegrets ini was last affiliated with a minneapolis area congregation a few years back.
we saw prince and the larry graham entourage at a sunday meeting once and at many assemblies and conventions.
i know he was affiliated with a congregation in a city named chanhassen at one time.
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Is There A Nice Way To Say, 'It's Dying?'?
by metatron ini got into one of those extended conversations with relatives i haven't spoken to in ages.
it was full of things unsaid and careful avoidance of saying too much about the organization.
lots of nice social hypocrisy, so nobody gets upset in the fairy-tale world of watchtower-ism.. is there any discreet, tactful, inoffensive way to tell them, "the organization is dying"?
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agonus
The Organization is losing its relevance in a technologically and culturally progressive society.
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Russian court finds Jehovah's Witness guilty of inciting hatred. 3.11.2011
by Hairyhegoat insome interesting news for you all..headline title: russian jehovah's witness found guilty of inciting hatred 03 november 2011 a russian court ruling which found a jehovah's witness guilty of inciting hatred and enmity against other religious groups for distributing literature, is an attack on freedom of expression and religion, amnesty international said today.aleksandr kalistratov was sentenced to 100 hours of community service by a court in the altai republic on thursday, for handing out jehovah's witness brochures which allegedly incited hatred against the catholic church.the city court in gorno-altaisk had.... .
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amnesty international - thursday, november 3rd 2011headline title: russian jehovah's witness found guilty of inciting hatred 03 november 2011 a russian court ruling which found a jehovah's witness guilty of inciting hatred and enmity against other religious groups for distributing literature, is an attack on freedom of expression and religion, amnesty international said today.aleksandr kalistratov was sentenced to 100 hours of community service by a court in the altai republic on thursday, for handing out jehovah's witness brochures which allegedly incited hatred against the catholic church.the city court in gorno-altaisk had.... .
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agonus
Wait, didn't the WT recently praise one of the Russian courts in its "Shun the Mentally Diseased Apostates" issue for ruling that they DON'T break up families?
If so, um... whoops. Is it too late to print a retraction?
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Even what they printed a couple of months ago is old because Jehovah is moving so fast! From last nights letter on Gilead.
by life is to short inthe gilead letter was read last night at the meeting, i had to listen in as they have reinstated my phone line, whatever.. so anywho the service overseer gave the part and he said that jehovah's organization is moving so fast that even what they have printed just a few months ago is now old and they just received a letter from the fs that was to be read tonight from the fs!.
the way he read it, he made it very exciting and like jehovah's chosen religion is moving so fast that it can hardly keep up and the letter was just proof.
the way this elder read the letter it made it sound like the married couples school is going to be so wonderful that it would suppress gilead in wonderfulness.. the elder doing the part then went on and on about how our educational programs are so much, much better than anything out in satan's world.
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agonus
Whoops, IE.
You know, it's funny... I learned more in 2 weeks of self-guided Bible study than I did in over a decade in "Jehovah's Organization"...
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Even what they printed a couple of months ago is old because Jehovah is moving so fast! From last nights letter on Gilead.
by life is to short inthe gilead letter was read last night at the meeting, i had to listen in as they have reinstated my phone line, whatever.. so anywho the service overseer gave the part and he said that jehovah's organization is moving so fast that even what they have printed just a few months ago is now old and they just received a letter from the fs that was to be read tonight from the fs!.
the way he read it, he made it very exciting and like jehovah's chosen religion is moving so fast that it can hardly keep up and the letter was just proof.
the way this elder read the letter it made it sound like the married couples school is going to be so wonderful that it would suppress gilead in wonderfulness.. the elder doing the part then went on and on about how our educational programs are so much, much better than anything out in satan's world.
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Partaker Number To Be Eliminated?
by LostGeneration inthe recent wt that has been discussed quite a bit here offers up this quote:.
"we thus have no way of knowing the exact number of anointed ones on earth; nor do we need to know.
the governing body does not keep a list of all partakers, for it does not maintain a global network of anointed ones.
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agonus
Also, James, the more JWs that partake, the more the R&F will start waking up to just why the GB's apostanoia is so out of control as their intricate weavework of deception continues to unravel. They're afraid... very afraid... of the "new anointed" - and they oughtta be! Christ came to upset religious applecarts, especially ones full of rotten apples. Can an uprising be far off?
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Partaker Number To Be Eliminated?
by LostGeneration inthe recent wt that has been discussed quite a bit here offers up this quote:.
"we thus have no way of knowing the exact number of anointed ones on earth; nor do we need to know.
the governing body does not keep a list of all partakers, for it does not maintain a global network of anointed ones.
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agonus
James Woods, you're my hero. I may just partake next Memorial... who knows. Been contemplating it for about 4 years now.
DOC - well, keep in mind, the WT itself acknowledged that Dubs are generally not "readers of large books". Hence the dumb-dumb-dumbering down of the literature.
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Watchtower Tenets and the Bed of Procrustes
by JWStruggle ini recently published an article on my blog about the mythical villian procrustes (pronounced: proh-kruhs-teez) and how he and the wt have something in common.
notice the assertion made regarding 1 corinthians 1:10 in this magazine quote:.
now if anyone comes into the congregation to try to upset adherence to that true word of god and causes stumbling or a division in the congregation, it is necessary to avoid that one.
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agonus
Good Lord, even unofficial JW sites intended to SUPPORT the brotherhood with difficult issues of faith (rather than the WT canard of "tearing down the brotherhood") are considered "apostate"?
Jeez, why does the WT think that some JWs feel the necessity to start sites like this? Could it be that they're not offering that support themselves - outside of the usual "see no apostasy, hear no apostasy, speak no apostasy"? Criminy!
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Who really is the "faithful and discreet slave."
by EmptyInside ini've been assuming it was the governing body.
i remember in pioneer school,well,that was 20 years ago, the faithful slave was annointed,but so were the domestics.
it was the annointed "feeding" the annointed spritually.
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agonus
Apparently WT lawyers recently admitted in Australian court that the F&DS is, quite literally, nobody. Rather than a person or group of people, it's a "theological construct".
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Watchtower STUDY EDITION - Vehicle for Vitriol and REALLY crazy statements?
by punkofnice inis it me or do i notice that all the weird and hateful cultish statements are now appearing in the 'study edition' washtowels?.
anointed are nuts - august 15, 2011 watchtower (the study edition) pg 22 qfr: memorial partakers.
this is the number.
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agonus
Mentally diseased or not, Paul disagreed with the "Governing Body" of his day, and Jehovah used him to write part of His Word, no?