Posts by Rocketman123

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Need help...Resurrection JW beliefs from the 50'6 and 60's.

by Snoozy in

was talking with a gal that is most likely going back to the religion after 20 or 30 years.

we got into a discussion about having babies after "armageddon ".

she was talking about being normal ( she is practically bedridden but only in her 50's.

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Pretty hard to argue with a wanting delusion

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Why is there a large cat in this picture?

by slimboyfat in

i wonder if anyone can explain this.

ezekiel 34:25 says .

and i will make a covenant of peace with them, and i will rid the land of vicious wild beasts, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forests.. the land is said to be rid of vicious wild beasts, so why does the watchtower picture in the new pure worship book show a large predatory cat on the tree in this picture?

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Black panthers are warm cuddly creatures

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Afghanistan-Kabul falls to Taliban - U.S. Embassy staff evacuated by helicopter

by fulltimestudent in

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in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.

more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.

will the taliban behave differently this time ?

Rocketman123

Thanks fulltimestudent

The question remains did the US really accept and foreknow this was the way how things would were going to transpire ?

Intelligence ?

Where was Nato ?

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Afghanistan-Kabul falls to Taliban - U.S. Embassy staff evacuated by helicopter

by fulltimestudent in

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friends

in a scene reminiscent of the fall of saigon, the usa embassy staff have been evacuated by helicopter.. for a third time in asia ( a fourth, if you count usa supported chiang kai shek's defeat in mainland china) usa supported forces have been defeated.

more than 1 trillion dollars wasted and a huge deathtoll (both sides) afghanistan is back to where it started,.

will the taliban behave differently this time ?

Rocketman123

I'd like to know where and what happened to the Afghan government military force , there haven't been much fighting by this force ?

Did they put on their civilian cloths and leave the country ?

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“Well at least he doesn’t make mean tweets”

by minimus in

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i asked a tennis friend this morning what he thought about what’s going on in afghanistan and he said it was terrible.

he was a military man and identifies as a middle of the road republican.

he supported most of trump’s policies but voted for biden because he couldn’t take trump’s mean tweets.

Rocketman123

I'd like to know where and what happened to the Afghan government military force , there haven't been much fighting by this force ?

Did they put on their civilian cloths and leave the country ?

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Splane's "Apostate" talk transcript

by FFGhost in

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for any who can't (like me) muster the masochism necessary to sit through an 18-or-so hour commentary on a 30 minute talk from a certain famous/infamous commentator, here is a link to a transcript from splane's saturday afternoon "apostate" talk:.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/ot7z2e/splanes_apostate_rant_transcription/.

there are many topics worthy of consideration, but this particular section really stood out to me:.

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And some who aren’t really apostates can cause just as much trouble as the apostates do by their negative talk and criticism. - David Splane

If someone criticizes or makes negative talk about the activity or established rules of conduct made by the organization isn't that theoretically being an apostate ?

Well at least that's what I thought .

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Splane's "Apostate" talk transcript

by FFGhost in

jw
friends

for any who can't (like me) muster the masochism necessary to sit through an 18-or-so hour commentary on a 30 minute talk from a certain famous/infamous commentator, here is a link to a transcript from splane's saturday afternoon "apostate" talk:.

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/ot7z2e/splanes_apostate_rant_transcription/.

there are many topics worthy of consideration, but this particular section really stood out to me:.

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Sit on your hands and leave the matter in His, and He's liable to go Old Testament on your ass.

Good point Vidiot

Sadly I don't see any major changes handed out to congregations about how to handle possible situations of child sexual abuse.

Maybe in Australia now that the government has implemented certain rules regarding religious organizations.

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Don't take my booze!

by David.L.Henson in

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a direct confirmation that judge joseph rutherford, 2nd president of the watchtower organization, had a weak spot for good whisky, can be found in the following hilarious watch tower article.. the u.s. congress had passed the spirit prohibition law, and the judge was absolutely furious that these "servants of satan" tried to take his booze away.. the watch tower, which according to fred franz had jehovah as editor during these days, directly stated that christians could not "participate in" such a prohibition.

in other words, they had to smuggle and drink booze to be loyal to god.

the jws are unfortunately a much more boring sect these days.. the watchtower, november 1, 1924prohibition.

Rocketman123

How come drinking hard liquor is not seen as violation of destroying the flesh (health) like cigarettes ?

I guess the answer to that is listed in my previous post ?

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The King of the North and the South, who are they now?

by Anony Mous in

i know several wit-lesses that to date are researching these topics.. however i haven't heard much from any publications recently about it, i think the latest refresh was ~10 years ago.

since then the power of the us has severely diminished (or at least the rhetorics about it has), russia is a small potato in modern era, the eu is a cowardly dog in the eyes of everyone and we have the rise of china which is as far as military might is concerned, a paper tiger.. we also have the rise of islam, especially since the end of the nato nation-building effort in afghanistan which is now in power in most of the middle east and africa, as well as regions of asia and growing strong in europe.. does anyone have noooo light about these developments.

is islam the king of the south?

Rocketman123

The WTS's expressed doctrine of the king of the North against the king of the South is one many compelling propagations of ignorance this organization produced.

The WTS wants to keep people on edge or fear that Armageddon is just around the corner and it does so intentionally to instill power and control over the flock of followers.

These proclamations also helped in attracting attention to the literature the WTS published.

Millions now living will be fooled and conned .

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Don’t Trust the Courts! Splane’s Latest Anti-Apostate Talk

by StephaneLaliberte in

david splane’s talk “put up a hard fight for the faith” was that last talk presented on the saturday of the annual convention.

this talk was to largely address apostates and restated ideas and arguments often presented before.

however, this year, watchtower is spending more time in disqualifying negative findings originating from secular courts and here is the segment of interest here: .

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They lost those court cases because it was proven that the JWs involved were intentionally trying cover up these serious crimes for the sake of the organization's public image.

Likewise so did the Catholics, they too had to pay out huge sums to victims and some of their perpetrators went to jail.