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  Fun with the July 15th WT illustration

  by undercover in

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  yes, friends, it's that time once more... when we clip some wt art to a post and try to find all the subliminal wt propaganda messages hidden in the illustration.

  (kinda like, "can you find the differences between these two drawings" for kids in the sunday comics).

  here's the illustration:.

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  Serious flashback of Goofus and Gallant from the old highlights kids magazine. haha
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  Laptop (?) being used in field service - July 15 WT

  by Gayle in

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  wt out on jw.org now,,shows front page laptop being used on field service call along with sign language.. will jws soon be bringing a laptop for all door to door presentations in the future?

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  Good, let's hope they start bringing a laptop. So much easier to direct them to apostate sites that way.
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  I love the Governing body - AND SO SHOULD YOU!

  by irondork in

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  for it is written:.

  daniel's prophesy, chap.17, p. 304, par.

  27. they were given outstanding insight into gods word, being empowered to rove about in it and, guided by holy spirit, to unlock age-old mysteries.

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  I'm more old school, I would prefer Cary Grant to Brad Pitt, but yeah, I could go for some Grant action haha.
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  This Year's Memorial the Shortest Ever

  by compound complex in

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  the memorial last thursday night was, to my recollection, the shortest i've ever attended.

  thirty-five minutes.

  it was truly a cliff notes version.

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  I got a report from someone who went, said no one sang. No one.
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  I love the Governing body - AND SO SHOULD YOU!

  by irondork in

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  for it is written:.

  daniel's prophesy, chap.17, p. 304, par.

  27. they were given outstanding insight into gods word, being empowered to rove about in it and, guided by holy spirit, to unlock age-old mysteries.

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  They have booted out Jesus. Recent JC committee, Elders explained how that tired old Jesus was "old light" and how Paul expanded on what Jesus taught and so Paul is "new light" They themselves are just "new light" on paul. They have booted out Jesus as mediator for the Rank and File and took his place as the mediator for the "christian congregation". They speak of themselves in the same sentences as "Jehovah, his son Jesus, and the faithful and discreet slave" All one breath. Several times in the literature they say to question them is to question Jehovah himself. Jesus is just a bit player.

  It is scary. Search the WT CD rom, for Matthew 24:45, it is the single most used scripture. They teach more about how you need to follow them, believe them, obey them, be in subjection to them, etc than anything else. It is scary how much control they have over the members. They are treated and viewed as Godly. How many JWs do you hear, "come back to Jehovah" or "why do you want to leave Jehovah?". That's the beauty of information control, they can make you think anything they want. It does seem to be building however, they do seem to be more bold about it. Some of the recent literature is "you must obey the F&DS to have Jehovah's approval", stuff like that.

  To them, these men and this organization IS God. They cannot separate the two. They see these men, and this organization as Jehovah.
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  Great authors.

  by LouBelle in

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  i have so many that range from shakespeare, eckhart tolle to wilbur smith and subjects that cover everything from fiction, fantasy, poetry to non fiction.. i started reading a series many years ago but never got around to completing it.

  i've come across it again and am thouroughly enjoying it.

  the author is terry pratchett and the series is discworld.

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  Too many favs to count. I guess Stephen King, he is the only author that I own everything they have ever written. He is the author that opened the big wide world of books to me. I read The Stand as a young teen. No idea who he was, or what it was about, but that was it. I didn't get struck by lightening and read everything by him, I could get my hands on. He has been my nightstand lover ever since. He really did open me up to the world of reading. I was a reader before, but he gave me rabies. I will read pretty much anything except westerns and romance.

  I would say, my all time favorite story is by Kurt Vonnegut. It's called Harrison Bergeron. I was always partial to that story, but even more so since waking up to the WT.
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  If you were an animal, what would you be and why?

  by tornapart in

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  stupid question i know.. lol.

  i'd be a cat because i'm lazy and independent and i love sleeping.

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  Dolphin, they have sex for fun not just procreation.
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  Special Day talk on Youtube

  by andys in

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  special day talk.

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  Timely...another JW buzz word. So the "is it later than you think" from the 60s not timely?

  Re: singing....someone who recently went to the memorial said NO ONE SANG. We must may not be able to hear them in this vid, but I do find it interesting you can't hear them. It just seems like more and more are going thru the motions.
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses any better/nicer/kinder/more loving/anything positive than members of any other religions or those not adhering to any religion?

  by bottleofwater in

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  Even the "nice ones" are under the WT rule. They cannot follow their own good conscience, they must follow the WT conscience. The WT conscience is cruel, teaches members to lie (theocratic warfare), to shun their own parents children, be judgmental, to hate, etc.

  Knowing what I know now, not only from research but my own personal experience of how I would lie to myself and other to protect this org. I can't trust a JW today. Do I hate them? NO I don't, I feel sorry for them, but I no longer trust them.
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  Memorial Experiences

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  hey, all who are or did attend the memorial..anything interesting happened?

  have you ever heard of anything peculiar happening at the memorial?.

  one of my friends gave me an experience where 4 out of the five elders partook of the emblems....daddy elder and his three son!!!

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  blond-moment

  The memorial I remember the most was with Brother D partook. Gasp! Shock! Horror! He was DF'd for apostatasy a short time later. "As he will should, how dare he"

  After reading Crisis of Conscience, I understood exactly what happened. (It was the early 80s) He was part of the conscience class. I swear that book filled in so many gaps in my life story. But that was the one I remember very well.