Posts by John Aquila

Do we really spend our lives finding meaning only in the brute facts of what happened before, and in nothing else?
Think about the things that matter to us: our families, friends, work, hobbies, religion, philosophy, country, novels, poetry, music, good food, and good drink. Do we really think that the brute facts about the past are the only things that matter?

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May’s ‘study WT’ admits having taught “far-fetched” ideas

by wheelwithinwheel in

not on the front page, not in the study articles, but carefully camouflaged in the questions from readers on page 18 (watchtower march 15, 2015).

you can bet most jws wont even read it..

there is no apology...just the usual excuses..

John Aquila

Type = (Matthew 24:45) . . .“Who really is the faithful and discreet slave . . .
Antitypes = Governing Body

Sooooo?

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questions

by DanielC in

i've been dating a jw girl for about 4 years and we've recently had a lot of issues with the fact that her family doesn't like that i'm not a jw.

i've been looking into the religion and am interested in it.

but is it wrong to join just so i don't lose her?

John Aquila

Daniel, have you had the opportunity to date other girls? There is nothing wrong with comparing before you sign the contract.

Group Photos of Sexy Girls (102 pics)

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Anyone Know what happened to the Video that's brought down many JWs to Ex-JW land?

by PokerPlayerPhil in

i've been looking for a video done by someone who shows the warning by jesus saying "if anyone comes to you and say's "the appointed time is near" you are to run from them!

two people who left the watchtower said this has been one of the most powerful videos to get inside the heads of really smart elders and witnesses that don't come the regular way.. the gist of the video is the watchtower wrote a book called "the appointed time is near" and this goes against everything jesus christ warned people.

the problem with the watchtower's followers is they need "omens", "portents", "signs" to keep their followers following along their path lead by that dried up old carrot (the end) or (the appointed time).

John Aquila

Finkelstein

One really doesn't have to see a video but read the bible with careful attention.

Those are great references for an average person or someone who has learn TTATT, but JWs are not average persons. The WT has been dumbing down its members for years and it would be a rare event to be able to get one JW to sit down and go over those references.

The WT has deliberately reduce the intellectual level of education, reasoning ability, and critical thinking of its members.

They not only demonize education, but also any other source of information that might make them aware of truth.

In order for them to listen and learn, a person needs to appeal to them as if appealing to someone with little education or intelligence. For them it may involve over-simplification of an idea. (Think Caleb and Sophia) That’s the stuff that gets their attention.

So a 5 minute video might help them more than reasoning with some of the information that we are familiar.

Give them too much or information that is too deep, and they will start fidgeting like little kids and run like scared rabbits.

Image result for scared rabbit pic

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607 article on JW website

by Pubsinger in

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2011736.

i've not bothered to read anything on this for years as i addressed it personally years ago.

but in this official article they appear to be focusing all their argument on the '70 years' part of the debate.

John Aquila

Come on JW's WAKE UP !

I don't want to, leave me alone!

Image result for turning alarm off in sleep pic

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why did man go from living 900 years to 90?

by sowhatnow in

i cant recall the scripture, where it says than only a few men will he live to be 80 years or so, can anyone recall that?.

so then im wondering, if it is a fact that men lived long years 900 in some cases, for what reason would god limit our lifespan if our time is so short compared to his?.

how on earth does man go from living 8 and 9 hundred years down to 80 to 100 ?.

John Aquila

Terry

There were no NUMBERS in Hebrew, Greek, or Latin. . . only LETTERS of the alphabet.

Those letters did 'double-duty' being used as symbols for quantity also.

That should clue all of us today about how lame civilization was--not even creating separate figures for purposes of arithmetic.

However, as you may well imagine, there were many digressions into confusion.

LOL, that explains a lot.

Imagine Noah counting all the different species of animals.

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why did man go from living 900 years to 90?

by sowhatnow in

i cant recall the scripture, where it says than only a few men will he live to be 80 years or so, can anyone recall that?.

so then im wondering, if it is a fact that men lived long years 900 in some cases, for what reason would god limit our lifespan if our time is so short compared to his?.

how on earth does man go from living 8 and 9 hundred years down to 80 to 100 ?.

John Aquila

Either the original writer or the copyists of the Genesis account, for some reason undisclosed, (Not good at math, the slave girl accidentally spilled wine on the copies when the wife came home unexpectedly, or some other reason) caused the writer of Genesis to add an an extra digit. 96 + 9 = 969

(Genesis 5:27) So all the days of Methu′selah amounted to 969 years and he died.

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The elders came to talk about my facebook comment

by cookiemaster in

so, not long ago i've told you guys how one of my only two jw friends saw my comment against the borg and called me about it.

well, the little fraker also called the elders to tell on me.

i know i've been a huge idiot for posting a comment about jw's on facebook, but nonetheless i did it and what's happened, happened.. two idiot elders came all the way from the nearest congo, 30 miles away to talk to me about it.

John Aquila

Back in 2007 the elders I knew after I exited the cult in 2003- drove 80 miles - from over an hour and a half away to come interrogate me one month before my marriage about committing alleged " circumstancial fornication " with my fiancé. And I had not attended a meeting in 4 years !

80 miles after 4 years, I have no words for that. It's just crazy. Non-jws would not believe stuff like this happens in the WT Org.

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Satan is more dangerous then pedophile - Assembly Part

by thedepressedsoul in

i am sitting at the recent assembly, bored out of my mind (have you ever heard anyone call these things fun?

) and the next speaker walks out on stage.

he starts off with an illustration.

John Aquila

stuckinarut

James Mixon and John Aquila....how many of these sisters did you guys have that said that??

It seems like a really messed up comment that only a seriously mental person would say.

But you guys had several say it?

What part of the world was that?

I’m right smack in the border of Texas U.S.A and Mexico. I’ve counted eleven in a ten year period that I can remember. We have a lot of people that cross the border illegally and Mexico is a dangerous place with all kinds of dangerous people. Anything you can think of, we would get in the Kingdom Hall.

Messed up persons? You bet. Elders that were involved with Drug lords running to the U.S. Women who were former professional prostitutes, transgender individuals, etc. But sorry to say, the KHs are growing like crazy. We are talking Spanish congregations