Posts by notjustyet

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So the straw that broke the camel(my wifes' back)

by sosoconfused in

so after our incident today i let some time pass so as not to kill the mood and bring up all the annoying watchtower stuff.

however i said, "babe seriously, i know you were upset about the other issue but you seem to just never want to even think about borg stuff again!

i am glad - don't get me wrong - but so i can reall understand please tell me what was it that made youjust wash your hands clean so fast?".

notjustyet

I had basically the same experience.

She was "stronger" in the TRUTH that I was and she seemed to just take it and roll with it whereas I am still wondering how she was able to give

it up so easily.

It was a little slow going at first but then after reading Captives of a Concept it seemed to cut em off at the knees, as it were.

I still try to get her to look into other things that would help bolster her decision to leave so that she will be stronger if anything ever came up

that would shake her currrent beliefs, you know, cobwebs and trip wires still potentially active in her mind. Cannot get her to see the benefit of doing this,

Getting her to continue to research is even harder and more frustrating than the original approach on getting her to see TTATT.

Frustrating to say the least.

NJY

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NEW video on Youtube MUST SEE! the elder's meeting is ridiculous!

by Newly Enlightened in

brother of the hawk, newly enlightened & gojira, recorded an elder's meeting on 5/7/03.

both does a great job of defending me and making the elders look foolish!.

thank you raypublisher/jj and jwstruggle for the awesome job you did on it.. follow up story was not recorded but we will post it here hopefully over the weekend.. enjoy, it's pretty hilarious how they try to control us and come after me on a work of fiction!.

notjustyet

Yes, but does into acount all the times you have watched it?

NJY

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I'm so glad the anointed were 'demoted'.

by a watcher in

now they can mingle inconspicuously with the 'other sheep' without being 'made an example of' (for better or worse)..

notjustyet

That was David Splane, I believe is his name.

If this happened in a REAL government, we would call it a

Coup d'état

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBt9yTNdpg8

NJY AKA Scummydross on JehovahsWitnessRecovery.com

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The TOPIC which may never be discussed!

by Terry in

question: how does the leadership of jehovah's witnesses instruct its members to prepare for the eventual elder care of its members?.

answer: it pretends it will never happen!.

is this responsible leadership or some kind of cognitive dissonant malfeasance?.

notjustyet

" In effect, the rank and file were told to jump into the ocean and swim out as far as their strength could carry them and

a miraculous rescue ship would appear!

When no such ship arrived the leaders insisted nobody should have listened to them in the first place!

Swimming was demanded but drowning was optional."

Great thought!!

They said the rescue ship was more "probable than possible" in keeping with the WTBTS attempt at apology for 1975 debacle.

The WTBTS tried to blame the 1975 fervor on the Jw Rank and File. Really? If the WTBRS knew that the R&F were sharing these wrong beliefs amongst themselves then why did they not use the DC CA magazines to shut down this erroneous thinking?

NJY

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Subtle wording in today's study article (3/15/13 WT)

by leaving_quietly in

w13 3/15 p. 28 par.

"first, we must proclaim that name to others, recognizing that only those who 'call on the name of jehovah will be saved.

' (rom.

notjustyet

Hellooo? What about the part where they actually changed the scripture to make their edit correct, grammatically.

NJY

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Subtle wording in today's study article (3/15/13 WT)

by leaving_quietly in

w13 3/15 p. 28 par.

"first, we must proclaim that name to others, recognizing that only those who 'call on the name of jehovah will be saved.

' (rom.

notjustyet

"First, we must proclaim that name to others, recognizing that only those who 'call on the name of Jehovah will be saved.' (Rom. 10:13)"

(Emphasis mine)

Rom 10:13 says: "For “everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved.”" (Emphasis mine)

Looks like they had to change the scripture to make their edit work out. See where they changed the word "calls" to "call"?

This was because a ",.....recognizing those who "calls" (with an S) on the name of Jehovah will not be saved" does not flow gramatically now does it.

NJY

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Just had a thought when reading Data Dogs topic..

by The Quiet One in

..according to the wt, adam and eve were created to live forever on earth right from the start.

two things i just thought of.. 1) one of the reasons that they were banished from the garden was so that they couldn't eat from 'the tree of life' , which would allow them to live forever.. so doesn't that mean that they were created with bodies that were going to deteriorate and die?

or would the magic fruit make them invulnerable even to gods power to destroy them?

notjustyet

I had the same thought in the past.

If things are eventually back to the way Jehovah wanted it either it was lacking a 144,000 government back then in the garden of Eden or it has one that it does not need in the future.

NJY

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12 Things the Watchtower does to stop JW's from using Critical Thinking Skills

by God_Delusion in

hi guys,.

have you ever wondered how the watchtower bible and tract society keep all the jehovah's witnesses in line?.

it's a simple concept really.

notjustyet

Marked

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JW Grammar is...

by jw07 in

jw
friends

*we are all from different cultural and educational backgrounds, we all experience different circumstances in life, and i don't mean to offend anyone on this forum in any way.*.

with that said here are my observations, and i want to know what you have observed.. in my experience i have noticed a trend: zealous witnessestend to exhibit the worst grammar when compared to non-witnesses!.

i want you to think back, or check it out for yourself if you haven't noticed it.. on social networks: compare comments on anything by jws (especially the uber-zealous ones) with those of your atheist or other religiously affiliated friends.

notjustyet

There is a youtube video series that a user named Mikeatheist has where he allowed 2 elders to conduct numerous bible studies with him.

On one of the studies an elders commented about being virile in his days preJW and said, (paraphrasing now)

"When I was younger, I would hit that Pu$$y every chance I would get,.. chuckle chuckle chuckle"

Here is the lead in video, there are many and I don't remember which one it was in, but they are all worth the watch.

NJY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2QcOH5ftyA

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Cherrypicking scriptures to suit your own silly ideas!

by punkofnice in

cherrypicking individual verses out of context from scripture to fit our own theorums.. i randomly used 3 scriptures and stitched them together watchtower(r) style for a joke and to prove a point.. nb.

this is under the jokes section so don't take it seriously .

matthew 23:23 then jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:2 the teachers of the law and the pharisees sit in moses seat.. evidently this is a very old seat and probably needs a new cushion by now.

notjustyet

If you had to cherry pick a scripture that would support cherry picking scriptures, what would it be? I'm sure the JWs have one for that also.

NJY