Posts by jonahstourguide

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Are the G.B.members really good business people ?

by smiddy3 in

jw
friends

if i was an author of a book i think i would be over the moon if i was guaranteed a sale of around 5 million or more books for my work.. the jehovah`s witnesses have over 8 million members plus relatives that are fringe dwellers who come to the memorial once a year ,.

so what a gold mine they have been sitting on as a publishing house .. why didn`t they keep publishing books for the faithful ,they could have even upped the price , and the faithful would have paid especially in prosperous country`s in the west.. they could have milked this venture for years to come as the faithful would have bought anything they would have published .. and their prophets (profits) would have soared ,literally and figuratively for many more years to come ..

jonahstourguide

Ditto smiddy3..

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Question for PIMOS but all welcome

by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara in

so once pimo how do you deal with going to the meetings, ministry, social getotgethers, conventions assemblies?.

for one you know it is all off key,.

two your 2 hours or more so just wasted (not counting the time getting ready,travelling etc).

jonahstourguide

To the OP

For people that are guided by conscience it is difficult, even more so if it's the jw style of minimalist self worth conscience. For people that can shut down their conscience it becomes easier in time. The analogy that Snare wrote is right on the money. I have over the years been involved in clandestine activities and know how to shut down the conscience to achieve an end. In fact some (worldly bikie and gang types) have said at times "Have you no conscience?" Once you master that aspect there is no danger to any perceived mental health as you see yourself as being on a 'mission' and nothing ,,, nothing else matters. A means to an end, I suppose. Suffice to say I am no longer involved in those activities. My mistake was returning to the religion, yes, to give it a second shot!! Huge mistake,,,, However, now, as a PIMO I'm on a 'mission' to release the friends I have made from the cult. So I'm using a past learned behaviour in this case. I think it's working as I'm using so much of the valuable information on this site and my own research and they are seeing the double speak but are heavily invested. Beautiful people trapped in a concept/cult.To answer OP question, you can fake it if there is an important reason,,,, and my firefox browser provides a brilliant distraction.

FWIW

jtg

P.S. not a servant nor a microphone handler so there is nothing to lose, so to speak.

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Library now cleared out

by UnshackleTheChains in

well, it looks like the axe has finally fallen on our kh library.

during a deep clean of the local kh, a brother suddenly informed everyone 'whikst cleaning' that all the old books including bound volumes of the watchtower etc was to be chucked in the skip.. from what i heard, some were taken aback by this and quite annoyed that no announcement was made; that no one was given the choice of taking some of these books home to keep.

i mean the entire collection of studies in the scriptures and others that go back an entire century.

jonahstourguide

At the kh that I attend, here in Melbourne Oz, there is in fact a sign stating that "no items are to be taken out from the library"

jtg

P.S. I was assigned in 2014 to collect and itemise all literature so we could have a current and comprehensive library by the school overseer. I went to great lengths to collect and collate a comprehensive array of publications including 'millions now living'. Eighteen months ago most of it was trashed and only a skeleton remains that i guessed will also be trashed.

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Cambridge professor just went full retard ...

by LoveUniHateExams in

ever heard of david runciman?.

he's a professor of politics at the university of cambridge, no less.. he's also a complete retard, for want of a better word.

according to prof. runciman, six year old children should get the vote, so as to counteract britain's aging population.

jonahstourguide

That means jw children should get baptized at six..... ha ha the gb will love this.

jtg

32

Do you know who wrote ...

by vienne in

do you know who wrote the 1959 watchtower book jehovah's witnesses in the divine purpose?

anyone?.

jonahstourguide

Thank you all for the clarifications.

jtg

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Do you know who wrote ...

by vienne in

do you know who wrote the 1959 watchtower book jehovah's witnesses in the divine purpose?

anyone?.

jonahstourguide

I seem to recall it was J A Macmillan but he wasn't a jw

jtg.

32

Do you know who wrote ...

by vienne in

do you know who wrote the 1959 watchtower book jehovah's witnesses in the divine purpose?

anyone?.

jonahstourguide

Was it some dude called Macmillan ? my mother had that book.

jtg

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Congratulations to the W. T.

by joey jojo in

i think congratulations are long overdue to the wt for the excellent job they do of keeping members dumbed-down and feeling safe inside the cocoon of a hive mind.

they tell us that the best education program in the world is reading the wt publications but here is a conversation i had with my uber elder buddy yesterday that may prove otherwise.

we were talking about the october broadcast and the question of whether gods name should be included or not, when i made an offhand comment about the compiling of the new testament and the canonisation of its books.

jonahstourguide

Great Observation JJ

I learnt so much about the bible as we know it in the last four years that I continue to add, ad nauseum, "best violin ever"

jtg

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Australian Prime minister apology for child abuse.

by zeb in

https://www.abc.net.au/news/newschannel/.

jonahstourguide

Hi all.

I did watch it to completion and cannot wait for the transcript as I thought that the pm said with regard to those not party to the redress scheme,,,, "we won't let you off the hook". I stand to be corrected. I agree with Listener, the pm's speech was hollow. In my view Shorten was much more pointed and even though I recall him from union days etc (and didn't like him as I saw him as a 'climber' which he has proven to be)) I felt he had more force in his delivery....... Lets see if the words of both or either prove to be of substance or cheap. btw, I immediately pointed out to pimi and pimo friends to read and listen carefully and understand the dismal failure of many institutions including jws regarding this travesty.

jtg

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Bro. Geoff in September 2018 Broadcast vs Serena Williams

by NeedToKnow in

the september broadcast opens up with a story of 80 yr old brother geoff who gave up been in a band all them years ago.

fast forward to 2018 and we have a world renown tennis player and jw as far as we’re told.. so where some are encouraged to leave the world and it’s futile pursuits of fame and fortune, others are not.

or even punished for their behaviour on court or for been photographed with their country’s flag where others have been executed for refusing to salute flags.

jonahstourguide

Too true Smiddy3,,, Alex Rance,,,, show pony and wanker in daily life. With anger management issues in the sports arena. Yeah, I met him at a Bollywood event in Carlton,,thought he was strange.. He also used to saunter around the Melton Assembly hall waiting for the adulation.

I think he is over it now as my friends haven't mentioned him since he got sanctioned by the AFL for his loss of temper on the field and faking for free kicks .

jtg