Socrateswannabe
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Was that the annual meeting or did I view thte QVC channel instead?
by Socrateswannabe ini have just started watching the 2015 annual meeting on jw broadcasting and if the first hour of the program is any indicator, i may not be able to finish it.
the rollout of the new midweek meeting by the two gb helpers was just too much.
replete with headphone mics and witty repartee, these guys were very apple-esque, or at least that was what they intended, i think.
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Salon.com article about Scientology
by Socrateswannabe inmuch has been discussed here about the similarities between jws and scientology.
when i read this article on salon.com, it brought home to me the methodology that all cults, including jws, use to indoctrinate believers.. http://www.salon.com/2015/04/17/secrets_of_the_scientologists_why_people_do_horrible_things_for_belief/.
its only after years of training, after they have told the church every private fact about themselves, that scientologists hear about xenu and humankinds alien origins.
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Jehovah and FDS lack an understanding of basic human psychology
by Socrateswannabe ini wonder if jehovah and the faithful slave lack an understanding of basic human psychology.
i think its pretty common to succumb to things that you are being constantly warned against.
your thinking is, if they want so much to keep this from me, its probably something that is very good, and i should try it.
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Blood collection agency's novel approach to JWs and blood donation
by Marvin Shilmer intoday i added an article to my blog advertising a novel approach taken by a major blood collection agency that potentially taps a previously unthinkable source for blood product donation.. my article is titled american blood centers' approach to jehovah's witnesses donating blood.. we can only wonder how bethel fields calls steered from this source.
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Are all GB Born-ins?
by Socrateswannabe inare all present gb members "born-ins"?
surely they are, right, and probably all gb members have been for decades?
just wondering..
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YPA Video vs. World's Deadliest Snake
by Socrateswannabe inalright so the title of this post doesn't seem to make any sense, but give me a paragraph or two and i will try to pull these disparate subjects together.. for those still "in", this week we studied the interviews portion of the "young people ask-what will i do with my life" video.
the comments by these young people are predictable.
they extol the value of prayer, daily bible reading, personal study, meeting attendance, field service, and reaching out for other privileges.
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Watchtower Society vs. General Motors
by Socrateswannabe inwhat is the difference between the watchtower society and general motors?
even with its recent coverup of a deadly defect in the ignition system of one of its car models, gm may be more ethical and its leaders more scrupulous than the watchtower--at they lease they are no worse.
i don't see any difference in how the society is run than a major corporation anyway.
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The connection between dinosaurs and preaching
by Socrateswannabe ini was reading this thread from six years ago by m.j.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/118608/1/were-dinosaurs-part-of-a-pre-adamic-paradise.
it's a great topic and well worth a read.
the existence of dinosaurs has long vexed the wts, i believe.
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New Light Minefield
by Socrateswannabe inin case any of the rest of you are "stuck in" like me and are following the tms bible-reading schedule, this week is a killer.
as i read matt.
25 i realized that almost everything in that chapter has undergone revision after revision in my lifetime, not the least of which are the "generation" understanding and the gb=fds thingy.
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From Colloquialisms to Creative Cursing
by Socrateswannabe ini love colloquialisms and creative cursing.
i present to you a "top ten" list of sayings that i remember from my upbringing in texas.
please share your favorites from your "neck of the woods"!