Posts by cha ching

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A farce elder here

by His Excellency in

just to share a little about me:.

i was recently appointed an elder, about 6 months ago now, and that is exactly two years after my awakenning, but funny that the appointment came also about 2 years after i had completely lost all faith in god and had been leading a full time anti-jw life .

makes you wonder the role of the holy spirit in the entire nomination or appointment process.. .

cha ching

Good idea DJS!! haha! If we only could get the virus to spread...

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The Apostasy Within

by Ultimate Axiom in

in the latest watchtower (july 15, 2014, page 14, paragraph 10) it says; today, jehovahs people are not often confronted with apostasy within the congregation.

still, when exposed to unscriptural teachings, regardless of the source, we must decisively reject them.. so, not often, but occasionally jws are exposed to apostasy within the congregation, and they are instructed to decisively reject it.

as we all know, the vast majority of the apostasy they are exposed to comes from the governing body.. i am meeting up soon with an old friend from the 1970s who i havent seen for decades, who is still an active jw, and who would really like to hear what i think about things.

cha ching

This type of 'reasoning' (done by the Watchtower!) is what is so brain numbing!

The examples given througout this thread show the WT's contradictory, misleading, wily, manipulative character.

The reason the WT has so many quotes about "Prophets," Prophets, inspired, holy spirit, God's Channel of Communication (and so many other nuances) IS so that they can 'quote mine' and deceive more easily.

Once you see 'behind the curtain,' the evil of the WT is apparent.

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What a wonderful age in which to live

by fulltimestudent in

jw
friends

when i was young ( quite a while ago now) an old lady lived near us.

sadly for her, she had had surgery to remove her whole nose and what was fitted with a very obvious prosthetic nose, a nose that was instant fascination for small boys, who would often jeer at her.

i called her to mind and the difficulty she likely faced whenever she went out when i read this report.. scientists grow cartilage to reconstruct nose.

cha ching

amAAAAzing!

thx to the people who never give up!

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The Apostasy Within

by Ultimate Axiom in

in the latest watchtower (july 15, 2014, page 14, paragraph 10) it says; today, jehovahs people are not often confronted with apostasy within the congregation.

still, when exposed to unscriptural teachings, regardless of the source, we must decisively reject them.. so, not often, but occasionally jws are exposed to apostasy within the congregation, and they are instructed to decisively reject it.

as we all know, the vast majority of the apostasy they are exposed to comes from the governing body.. i am meeting up soon with an old friend from the 1970s who i havent seen for decades, who is still an active jw, and who would really like to hear what i think about things.

cha ching

Good research you two! (Make Lemonade, Was Blind)

Maybe we should just print out those quotes and carry them around...

Never mind..... The WT would just use one of their brain-fry mind tricks...

http://youtu.be/DIzAaY2Jm-s?t=3m13s

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OH NO!! The latest clip for kids on JW.ORG so very wrong!

by stuckinarut2 in

so the latest clip on jw.org for kids is so wrong!.

it is about the "victory song".

lets all sing songs about how vengeful and destructive "our loving god" can be...along with cartoonish pictures...... all rejoice at the death of the evil people who used their "god-given free will", then got punished for doing so!.

cha ching

Outlaw! Hilaaaaaaarious!!!

I posted here, just so I could get an avatar!

Cha Ching!

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My 45 Minute Conversation With JWs Today

by cofty in

as i was saying before the watchtower literature trolley has arrived in my little town.... my wife and i were in town this afternoon and i saw one of my former elder colleagues standing beside the trolley talking to a young man and reading to him from one of their books.

ray was one my least favourite people - he was everything that is bad about jw elders.

i went up to them and interrupted and told the man that this is a cult recruitment campaign.

cha ching

Very Good, Cofty!

I liked your link to the previous post, and Witness My Fury's idea:

"Make a sandwich board (freestanding type) with It's a cult! and www.jwfacts.com on it in big letters and stand it right next to the JW.org cart. Stand within rescuing distance of it as the JWs will try and remove it within 30 seconds.... Prepare for the ensuing confrontation of wills LOL."

And this says it all: "Ray was one my least favourite people - he was everything that is bad about JW elders" We know exactly what you mean...

One day, my hubby and I will be 'at the trolly' with our jw.fact stickers, or clapboards or..... something! haha! They can't escape!

Cha Ching!

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Reverse Witnessing - Will NEVER work!

by MissConfused in

its been a while since i spoke up.

after a lot of 'tactful' questioning, i have come under the conclusion that witnessing ttatt with dubs will never work.

there is nothing called reasoning with them.

cha ching

TMS: very interesting.. "After all that was carefully explained, repeated several times, several different ways, he said: "Just remember, Jehovah sees all this."

I have heard the same kind of "cookie cutter" responses/ phrases from different witnesses also. Things that are deep within them..

That being said, what made you start doubting? or got you out? (My husband was an elder for 10's of years also, we are both out, along with our children)

NY44: I am an 'independent thinker' (haha!) and we just left in 2012? +/- So, maybe, just maybe, there may be some left to reach? maybe they are new? (But, usually you can tell who 'thinks or doesn't think'... that is the question)

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Anyone going to the memorial this year?

by Pyramid God in

jw
friends

i was invited by my parents, and even though i have nothing but contempt for this religion, things have been good in our relationship so i was considering going just to appease them.

anyone else?.