Posts by Muddy Waters

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Canada may get a new government today

by Simon in

the us elections suck up all the attention (and it's not even at the candidate selection stage!

) but canada actually has a national election today.. first results are starting to come in and so far it's all liberal party.. i think it's time harper and the conservatives got the boot.

last premiere from the bush era.

Muddy Waters

This is all so interesting to me yet clear as mud. I have had my head buried in the sand for so long as an indoctrinated JW-drone, that I never read anything about politics or community or world issues.... such an idiot. I was totally and thoroughly "politically neutral."

Now, I want to know! I want to learn and find out things and know about these vital and important things, things which affect our country and impact our lives.

It it will take me awhile, but finally I can "listen and learn" and not bury my head in the sand or walk out of a room any more whenever anybody starts speaking about politics.

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2015-2016-More BOEs just arrived!

by Atlantis in

these boes just arrived!.

.. re: global assistance arrangement for the 2016 service year .

http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/xnlm2ba.

Muddy Waters

This is great! Thank you!

... thought this was "interesting" from the Kingdom Hall Information letter (especially Point #9)! Sounds eerily familiar.... ("Gotta problem? Never mind going through official channels, call the Branch FIRST!!)

8. Safety law. The Health and Safety at Work (etc.) Act, 1974, does not apply to Kingdom Halls. Volunteers are not paid for any work done on the property, and no legal relationship is in- tended between volunteers and the trustees of the congregation. However, good safety practices should still be observed, and we view legal requirements as our minimum standard where they are relevant to our operations.

9. There is no need to display any safety posters such as the Health and Safety Law poster, nor is there any need to report injuries to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) or prepare a health and safety policy. In the event of an accident, the branch office should be informed by means of an Incident Report (TO-5). You must display a “No Smoking” sign in the required format at the entrance.

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after 2 years, getting the courage to read COC. but is is still really relevant?

by nowwhat? in

if so why?

Muddy Waters

I believe it is very relevant! The book exposes how the GB evolved, changed, came to their spiritual "insights" and conlusions; it exposes blatant hypocrisy, inconsistencies, abuses of power, guessing at scriptural meanings, backstabbing, power struggles, doctrinal problems.... I make it sound a bit boring perhaps, but it is an honest and painful documentary...

I agree with the above poster who said that if you are still afraid, you are still under their control.... But don't let that stop you! :) When I began reading the book, I was terrified and afraid too..... For many of us, it helped open our eyes and cement the view that the leaders of the organization were nothing more than arrogant, bumbling men trying to control other people's lives.

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Has anyone noticed how in the October JW Broadcast, Losch encourages good works towards ALL people?

by Tenacious in

i can't help but notice how this past year alone has seen the gb start to turn more towards the teachings of the christ instead of peddling their falsities.. study articles have talked in length about the fine works of christ.

assemblies have been dedicated to speaking about christ.

and this month's broadcast is about doing good to others copying the example christ left for us.. what's more shocking is that losch actually says kids should speak, share, and even give food and clothing to non-believers!!

Muddy Waters

Alive! & Sparrowdown, so true! The WTS has always looked down on material giving and traditional understanding of works of charity, as it supposedly produces "rice Christians". They promoted their literature as being the highest form of helping people, using the principal about "feeding a man a fish for a day vs. teaching him how to fish."

Above all, we were to use our time and energies in the all-important preaching work in this time of the end..... Helping orphans and widows and feeding people if they are hungry, etc., was all to be done in a SPIRITUAL (thus, invisible?) sense.....

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NO.1 2016 Watchtower - up online

by Gayle in

jw
friends

why be honest?.

Muddy Waters

Is that the issue of the WT with a HAND REACHING TOWARD A WALLET...?? Haha, I find the symbolism to be so hilarious. A hand reaching towards a wallet. Nothing relevant there, eh? I wonder what would make the GB think of such a thing as that.... lol

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Watchtowers million dollar scam

by GeddyLee in

back in the late eighties i was on the committee to build our cities new double kingdom hall so that all five halls would be under one roof.

we needed to come up with five hundred thousand dollars to complete the new hall, so we had a kingdom hall fund drive where the local brothers would raise the needed funds.

after two years we had collected the half million dollars, and guess where that money went????????

Muddy Waters

I stumbled across this older, and very interesting thread! You just have to ask, "Where the heck is all the money going???"

What the heck have they done with it all.... ???

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My Mother Died Two Weeks Ago

by Perry in

jw
friends

none of my jehovah's witness relatives called to tell me or my family.

just found out this morning.

Muddy Waters

I lost my mom recently, only 4 months ago, and am so sorry to hear this.

Unbelievable how cold and truly thoughtless they are, I cannot imagine the full tumult of feelings & emotions that you must be going through.

Just... Breathe... I had a social worker at my mom's nursing home tell me that when emotions or thoughts become too intense, take at least 3 slow, deep breaths in and out... repeat as necessary... It is supposed to help reset something in your brain she said, and I have found it somewhat helpful. Other times I just need to scream and cry and feel the pain. Be gentle with yourself.

We are here.

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2015. Annual meeting

by obarac in

any news?

Muddy Waters

I love this!! Thank you for for posting this photo -- and thanks to Orphan Crow here, I love examining the Society's pictures now --

Look at the wee thumbnail photo of the Watchtower magazine about honesty -- A HAND REACHING TOWARD A WALLET -- hahahahahaha! Nothing "relevant" there, eh? Hahaha

And what a stupid photo at the top -- showing two people, probably missionaries, talking to the man with the heavily-loaded oxen-drawn cart. The two sisters are totally clueless about Bulls. One stands right behind the TAIL of one of them, and the other very close to the bull's horns. And also standing so close to such a heavy cart, with the man controlling the two oxen with such flimsy, thin looking rope.

( kinda like how the WT's own chariot is heavily loaded, ready to whack you in the face with a shitty tail or gouge you with its horns, or liable to go out of control at any moment! - while the pubs draw close and stand so close to it, unaware of any danger....)

.... And for those who like to look for satanic images in WT pictures, haha, see how the ox's horns dominate the perspective, rising up from the bottom of the photo.... (just throwing that out there. Ya never know.... ;)

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Oct. 1/15 Daytext is soooo Ironic - all about making sacrifices to serve at Bethel & assist in building work!!

by Muddy Waters in

thursday, october 1, 2015.

"in willingness i will sacrifice to you."ps.

certain sacrifices are fundamental for all true christians and are essential to our cultivating and maintaining a good relationship with jehovah.

Muddy Waters

I wonder if the Bethel families read this day text yesterday before they received their letters to leave.....

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Oct. 1/15 Daytext is soooo Ironic - all about making sacrifices to serve at Bethel & assist in building work!!

by Muddy Waters in

thursday, october 1, 2015.

"in willingness i will sacrifice to you."ps.

certain sacrifices are fundamental for all true christians and are essential to our cultivating and maintaining a good relationship with jehovah.

Muddy Waters

You know what else makes me mad when I read their crap now -- is how it's all about them and keeping your focus on them -- they talk about building "spiritual qualities" and "maintaining a good relationship with Jehovah" by reading their stupid literature, studying their stupid literature, making comments at meetings about and from their stupid literature, and then trying to get total strangers to read their stupid literature too! It's all about following their program -- a treadmill of meetings, field service, study, blech!!

NOTHING about good deeds, charity toward others, being kind and helpful... Or spending your time with family & friends, or doing volunteer work that has practical value. Just slog along on their treadmill, with everybody supposed to be doing the same thing, no matter that we are all different .... and even their stupid Bible texts say that "not all of you should become teachers," etc., and that different body parts all have different functions....

Bah.