CARTS and CHARTS are what jw's are now about! CARTS to advertise their brand of religion and CHARTS to convince them that "overlapping" is what jesus meant!
just saying!
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/thefreethinker/2019/09/in-virginia-american-atheists-upstage-jehovahs-witnesses/.
according to american atheists, their organisation had received multiple complaints that the jws were proselytising outside various government facilities.. said aa’s virginia state director larry mendoza:.
we would rather that government property be free of religious speech altogether.
CARTS and CHARTS are what jw's are now about! CARTS to advertise their brand of religion and CHARTS to convince them that "overlapping" is what jesus meant!
just saying!
just wondering hate to give the devil his due.
Thanks vienne for the English definition lesson. Sorry I struck such a nerve by referring to old CT as a charlatan. No he didn't sell 'snake oil' (just miracle wheat) he didn't sell other worthless goods (just lots of books that contained false and worthless information). His connection to pyramidology well here's a google search definition:
Pyramidology (or pyramidism) refers to various religious or pseudoscientific speculations regarding pyramids, most often the Giza pyramid complex and the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.
He resorted to quackery with his pyramid sh*t----but you're right--he wasn't a charlatan!
just saying!
what are you resolved to do if under ban?.
i wonder how many people were thinking about how that would be a great excuse to leave!
finally, a good out, you were just too afraid of the persecution.
About persecution!
Now that I think about it, I feel like I was persecuted as a child when my mother made me go to meetings!
just saying!
for nearly two years i have not seen any jehovah's witnesses going door to door in my neighborhood.
that was not the case when my wife and i first moved here (north central oregon).
in fact, our neighborhood was visited at least once every 4 to 5 months - even in the coldest winter months.
Couple of weeks ago I drove by the KH that I used to attend. It's located on what I'd call a semi residential street. There are both English and Spanish congregations using the hall.
4 older jw's were sitting in the shade of the trees along side 2 'witnessing' carts. 2 by the Spanish and 2 by the English! As we drove by I looked at my pimi wife and just said, WOW!
just saying!
just wondering hate to give the devil his due.
I've read some really good comments here about CT not being a charlatan! So just maybe he didn't start out as a charlatan, BUT he sure did embrace that role as he saw his followers increase and his delusional view of the bible gain a measure of acceptance.
just saying!
hi i’m getting disfellowshipped on thursday and was wondering what advice those that have left have for me.
i’m not sure if i still believe or not.
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Enjoy your freedom for at least a little while. Do a little research without the wt colored glasses and then decide if you truly believe. Me thinks you won't return to the wt organization.
just saying!
just wondering hate to give the devil his due.
vienne
You refer to CT as a "true believer". OMG the world if full of "true believers"! Charlatans can also be "true believers". I'm very familiar with old CT and his life. I'm 73 and a 3rd gen jw. My grand ma knew him and loved him. My mom knew of him and loved him. I grew up loving him because I didn't know about all the falsehood and delusional stuff CT "truly believed"! Religious people love their 'spiritual' leaders. That's why they fall for their bullsh*t!
Never read about old CT making an apology for any of his imaginary "end of the world" predictions that he believed in!
just saying!
just wondering hate to give the devil his due.
just wondering hate to give the devil his due.
Can't say for sure, but like most charlatans, he probably borrowed bits and pieces from other charlatans and formulated enough bs together to make his religion different enough to be called a different religion! If you twist, spin, use symbolic, figurative, ambiguous language and interpretations, you can convince a lot of people who want to be convinced!
just saying!
does this silly bible story make any sense after you take off your rose-colored glasses?.
moses comes down from the mountain with two freshly made tablets of stone written with the finger of god.
one commandment on the stone tablet reads '' you must not kill/murder.
I always like the bible "story" about the time when the Israelites were in a fierce battle and whenever Moses raised his arms the Israelites started winning, (i.e. slaughtering the enemy) but when he let his arms down, the enemy would start winning the battle, (i.e. slaughtering the Israelites). Poor Moses got so tired of flapping his arms that 2 men came to him and held his arms up for him and of course, the Israelites won the battle.
Moses was the "Wizard of the Holy Land".
just saying!