John Aquila

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  I left the troof behind in 2006. What have I missed?

  by Jehovah lol in

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  i'm up to date with what the wt taught in 2006 but have no idea what has changed since.. do tell..

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  You took the name Jehovah, so now it's call JW -dot- org
  
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  Predestination

  by whathehadas in

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  2. entertainment

  hey has anybody seen this movie yet?

  it's one of the craziest films i've seen in awhile.

  it's a combination of minority report, looper, and back to the future.

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  John Aquila

  I hope I don't die and wake up joining the WTS again and again and again.........
  
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  Damned if they do, Damned if they don't

  by FusionTheism in

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  2. friends

  i see an attitude among some people here which is not very helpful.

  i can understand it, but still, it's not constructive or helpful.. if you condemn the society for not changing, but then you also condemn them when they do change in a positive way, what incentive or motive does that provide for the people at the society to ever want to change for the better?.

  also, what does that attitude look like to current witnesses who are having doubts?.

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  What exactly is it that you WANT the Society to do?

  Just 1 thing!

  
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  Why BOGUS PREDICTIONS and CHANGEABLE TEACHINGS only strengthen JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  today's jw knows less about the history of the watchtower religion than ever before.. there is no need to know.

  only the present moment of new light has meaning.. there are too many enemies surrounding jw's to risk learning something faith-weakening.. such as facts.

  the watchtower religion (jehovah's witnesses) has been 'getting away with it' since 1874.. setting dates built on false chronology, pyramidology, slanted quotations about world events, and misrepresenting their own authority, (channel of jehovah) is a profitable enterprise for the watchtower org.. how do we know they 'get away with it'?.

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  John Aquila

  Great post Terry, thanks!

  But now---one hundred years after the failed 1914 prediction, when every ex-J-Dub with a YouTube account has pounded them senseless---they finally admit to a wee stench.

  If it wasn’t for YouTube, I would still be in that stinking, foul-smelling organization inhaling its wee stench. And it’s true that the WTS is still growing, but not like when I came in the early 70s, when growth was around 15-18% a year. Now it’s only 2%

  . So people can smell the stench and they just can’t stand it anymore. The only ones that continue to stay are the ones that have smelled it so much-(Sunk Cost fallacy) that they love the smell.

  
  

  
  
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  Can This Be True?

  by Hold Me-Thrill Me in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was very tired today, still am.

  age is getting to me.

  that video will be shown to millions of parents around the world.

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  While it is the plan to get every last cent from every child, things like this tend to be quickly forgotten by the sheeple

  I agree with Billy, the kids will remember the video for about 1 day and then life will get back to normal and their interest will shift to Jurassic World, the Ant Man, Minions, and all the other movies that will come out in the summer. And when they go to the movies, they will be thinking butter popcorn and not contributions at the Kingdom Hall. So I wouldn't get to worked up for it. Maybe what would help you more not to get so upset to stay away from the JW Broadcast and their videos and see something more uplifting.
  
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  If you can’t put two and two together------

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  if you cant put two and two together, (the bachelorette having sex before marriage and the fact that we are living in the last days) then youre just going to lose your life.

  period!.

  thats what i was told by two old jw ladies working the bus stop with their magazines.my question;.

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  Worrying about who has sex on a reality TV show,while peddling Everlasting Life..

  By 2 people who don`t have much longer to live.........??!!..

  Yea, I would say they were in their 80s!!
  
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  At the RC now part 2

  by All for show in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok... my other thread i cant respond.

  we went to shut up our family... but myhusband is seething and said his brain has shut off.. the stupid is amazing.. they are playing videos that are lame and pointless for the first symposium.. for the first symposium... they asked why the bible has no pictures.

  because it was before photography...jesus used word pictures!!

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  they asked why the bible has no pictures. Because it was before photography.

  That is just cracking me up!

  
  
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  If you can’t put two and two together------

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  if you cant put two and two together, (the bachelorette having sex before marriage and the fact that we are living in the last days) then youre just going to lose your life.

  period!.

  thats what i was told by two old jw ladies working the bus stop with their magazines.my question;.

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  If you can’t put two and two together, (the Bachelorette having sex before marriage and the fact that we are living in the last days) then you’re just going to lose your life. Period!

  That’s what I was told by two old JW ladies working the bus stop with their magazines.
  My question;

  How did they know the Bachelorette had sex? Do they watch the TV show? Heck I didn’t even know until I google it. LOL!

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3092122/I-m-not-ashamed-Bachelorette-Kaitlyn-Bristowe-fires-fans-left-shocked-revealed-sex-show.html
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  help catagorize my wife: I truely believe she suffers from cognitive dissonance and other things this stupid cult causes.

  by goingthruthemotions in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i find it hard sometimes to get a good idea has to how to communicate with my wife when it come to this stupid cult.. she is born in and stopped attending for many years and got baptized later in life.

  i truely believe she suffers from cognitive dissonance and other things this stupid cult causes.. here is a breakdown of what i gather to be where she is mentally.. * she calls the borg her faith.

  here are actions that she does that go against her thoughts:.

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  She is going through a mental and emotional battle. It's not the truth- yes it is- no it's not- yes it is!

  You're just going to have to be patient and try to help her along. It's not easy learning the Real Truth for some people. And since it involves deep seated emotions like, living forever in paradise earth, the answer to why there is suffering, an end to wickedness very soon, it makes it even more difficult to let go since no other religion teaches those things exactly like the WT does.
  
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  Crap Shoot

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  what would have happen if i was not home when jehovahs witnesses knocked on my door?.

  there was a group of us living in a small trailer in the mid 60s when and old pioneer brother knocked on our door and placed all kinds of books and magazines with us.

  all of us took it seriously and studied and started attending the kingdom hall.

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  I will say to anybody that thinks the religion is "good" because of a success story here and there, this is NO excuse for all the bad that we know is in this religion!

  Totally agree LongHairGal