Posts by Londo111

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In the yearbooks, why 'lands' not 'countries'?

by LoveUniHateExams in

why does watchtower say that the 'world-wide preaching work' occurs in x amount of lands, not countries?

well, i have a theory.

hear me out.

JW's Should Be Banned!

by mr_doubtful in

i'm all for religious freedoms.

i am not for a religious organization demanding freedoms from the government that they in turn take away from their own members.

why should the organization get religious freedom when they take that very thing away from it's members?.

Londo111

It is emotional blackmail. It is coercion. Not freedom.

And it is not a practice that comes from a group of like minded individuals who had this idea and come together. This decision emanates and is enforced from the top down.

JWs don't have the right to associate with those judicial committees have been announced disfellowshipped or disassociated and remain JWs.

Of course, as I've said, I'm against any sort of ban.

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My Old Kingdom Hall being merged with TWO other congregations!

by pale.emperor in

this can only be a good sign.. my old congregation in liverpool has had a lot of money in it's bank account for years.

for a long, long time (almost 8 years) they've been looking for land to build a new hall.

the one they're in now is literally falling to bits.

Londo111

I can help but ask again and again, "Where is all the money going?"

The Watchtower answer: to build Kingdom Halls in other places.

Of course, there is zero transparency. I remember a few months ago the LDC video where they said they were "pulling back the curtain" for a bit. Why have a curtain at all? Why not list all the Kingdom Halls being built in every nation of earth on the website?

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JW's Should Be Banned!

by mr_doubtful in

i'm all for religious freedoms.

i am not for a religious organization demanding freedoms from the government that they in turn take away from their own members.

why should the organization get religious freedom when they take that very thing away from it's members?.

Londo111

To be truly free to leave, one would be able to leave without institutional shunning. That is what exists in most denominations.

If a JW does not shun the leavetaker, then they are dealt with by the elders, and can find themselves on the outside and shunned as well. This is not freedom.

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"Forced" study with an Elder - The first question i will pose, help appreciated.

by CitizenofEarth in

hello folks.

as some of you might know my dad couldnt keep quiet about my view of the world, so i have been "forced" to study with an elder.

otherwise i would be dragged to questioning, which is to much pressure for a young inexperienced person like me.

Londo111

Then as has been mentioned: since you've been dip it is especially important to guard your tongue. Keep researching, do the bare minimum you have to, make friends with non-JWs, prepare for college and being able to support yourself afterward. Then you will be in a position to move on.

Never forget the convention last year where the girl was disfellowshipped and her father kicked her out. Watchtower is sending an implied instruction.

When I woke up, I examined the theology on this topic and others, and it does not add up.

Maybe this would be of use to you on the subject of the Great Crowd and "Other Sheep".

https://youtu.be/3qpVCF_q8RM?list=PLyNx0oM_bmgCUR4GVPmqsYwTx7AzrmMek

Of course, if you check my channel, you'll see there are other topics like 607, 1914, Door to Door where things fall apart on examination as well.

Of course, like I said it is best to keep it to yourself for now.

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"Forced" study with an Elder - The first question i will pose, help appreciated.

by CitizenofEarth in

hello folks.

as some of you might know my dad couldnt keep quiet about my view of the world, so i have been "forced" to study with an elder.

otherwise i would be dragged to questioning, which is to much pressure for a young inexperienced person like me.

Londo111

Have you been dipped?

That definitely would change the consequences of asking questions.

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JW's Should Be Banned!

by mr_doubtful in

i'm all for religious freedoms.

i am not for a religious organization demanding freedoms from the government that they in turn take away from their own members.

why should the organization get religious freedom when they take that very thing away from it's members?.

Londo111

Perhaps growth may stagnate in Russia, but what about growth everywhere else?

Think about how much 9/11 had people flocking back in. This could have a similar effect.

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Is time moving faster?

by Fisherman in

jw
friends

do you get the feeling that time is moving faster?

what do you think?.

Londo111

It is a natural phenomena: the older we get, the faster time subjectively goes for us. I remember when I was a kid an hour seemed like a long time. Now whole weeks can go by in the blink of an eye.

Time is also relative depending of the frame of reference. A beam of light emitted from a star 13 billion years ago traveling 13 billion lightyears experiences no passage of time or space between emission and absorption. 13 billion years is not even a moment for something traveling at the speed of light.

Nobody has really been able to effectively answer the question: what is time?

It seems beyond human understanding.

Learning to mindfully dwell in awareness of the present moment, rather than the past, or the future, is a challenge, but on the occasion I’m able to helps eliminate stress and anxiety.

“The present moment is the only moment available to us and it is the door to all other moments.”

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JW's Should Be Banned!

by mr_doubtful in

i'm all for religious freedoms.

i am not for a religious organization demanding freedoms from the government that they in turn take away from their own members.

why should the organization get religious freedom when they take that very thing away from it's members?.

Londo111

Banning is counterproductive for cults. It feeds into the persecution complex. Those under cult indoctrination will dig in further.

Russia's banning of JWs is a win/win for Watchtower. They get to play the Persecution Card which validates the belief system. It also feeds into the whole "the end is so close" and attack by the "king of the north" hype, which also ends up being validating. JWs in all other parts of the world, who might've been on the verge of waking up and freeing themselves, will be scared back into "mother's arms".

Removing tax exemption and/or financial penalties targeted at the organization are the best stick. The answer is not penalizing individual JWs, who become victim twiceover, both of an authoritarian religion and an authoritarian government.

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Your Most Embarrassing Door Knocking Experiences

by pale.emperor in

if there's one thing we can look back on and laugh and tell our kids it's the fact that knocking on strangers doors at inopportune times results in some funny or embarrassing experiences.

i'd be interested in hearing some of yours.

here's some of mine to get the ball rolling:.

Londo111

Every dang time I was doorknocking was embarrassing.