1967 Wierdest Yearbook experience EVER! Witness silences talking snake!!

by Witness 007 26 Replies latest watchtower scandals

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  Witness 007

  Yearbook 1967 p.105 "A large crowd was following a man who had a talking serpent...the serpent gave greetings and spoke in foreign tongues {college educated no doubt he he}...a brother passing by went into the house, as soon as he entered the room the serpent stopped talking. The man cried out:"A Magican has entered the room!...the Brother asked the man: "Is that a serpent or a Demon that has spoken to you?....not one serpent has spoken except in the garden of Eden"...seeing that the serpent remained silent the man left the house...he later was anxious to get some literature..."

  How did this stupid experience get passed the Bethel Bullcrap detector????
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  the-illuminator81

  I guess spiritist mediums are reliable after all, if their testimony is good enough for a yearbook it is good enough for me.
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  Finally-Free

  Here's the original version of the experience before watchtower editors got ahold of it:

  "A large crowd was following a ventriloquist and his pet anaconda to watch their performance.The serpent appeared to give greetings and spoke in foreign tongues. A brother™ passing by went into the house, as soon as he entered the room the serpent stopped talking. The man cried out:"A tasty morsal has entered the room!...the Brother asked the man: "Is that a serpent or a Demon that has spoken to you?....not one serpent has spoken except in the garden of Eden". Now, it was getting close to lunchtime and the anaconda was getting a little hungry, so it coiled around the brother™, squeezed the life out of him, and swallowed him whole. The man, seeing that the brother™ had with him many watchtower and awake magazines that he would, for obvious reasons no longer need, took them to line his new chicken coop."

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  steve2

  To think that in 1967 we JWs would have be so inspired to read that sort of experience. I love Finally-Frees unedited "version".

  Now I beleive that any religion that literally believes in a talking snake - whether it be in the Garden of Eden or the 20th Century world - is utterly nuts. By my estimation, that means most of the world's Big religions are nuts: Judaism, Islam and Cnristianity all believe in a talking snake.
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  Leolaia

  How is that any more weird than a talking snake in a garden with magic fruit, conversing with a woman fashioned out of a man's rib?
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  james_woods

  I have said it before - but the JWs really have to be one of the most superstitious of all established religions.

  They probably even out-superstition Haitian Voodoo.
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  Leolaia

  Now I beleive that any religion that literally believes in a talking snake - whether it be in the Garden of Eden or the 20th Century world - is utterly nuts.

  You're just jealous you don't understand Parseltongue.

  So if Eve was a Parselmouth......what does that mean for the rest of humanity??
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  Leolaia

  james_woods....What are you talking about? JWs aren't superstitious at all....they are the virtual opposite of superstition.

  *** w58 5/15 p. 307 par. 8 Does Superstition or Knowledge Govern You? ***

  There is only one way to be free of the harmful superstitions and credulity, and that is by gaining accurate knowledge from Jehovah God.

  *** w84 11/15 p. 20 par. 18 Cleansed and Zealous for Fine Works ***
  
  We are not the victims of superstition.

  *** w87 11/1 p. 7 True Religion Dispels Fear — How? ***

  Just as the tropical morning sun evaporates the heavy dew of the rain forest, the light of Bible truth dispels all superstitious fear.

  *** w95 7/1 p. 8 Why Search for Truth? ***
  
  Knowing the truth sets us free from lies, delusions, and superstitions.
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  james_woods

  Leolaia, for one thing, I had to give the hour public talk back in the late 60s on the horrible dangers of demonic possession.

  It included an enthusiastic description of ecto-plasm and ghostly demonic sex molestation (which affected only female JWs, naturally). Instructions were given on how to identify and destroy (by burning) suspect physical objects which could be harboring demons. About the only thing missing was a warning about the Smurfs - I guess that came along later, after I had left the JWs.

  It was everybody's favorite hour talk - so creepy, so interesting.

  As a side point - what really bothered me at the time was the notion that demonic activity could be so common if Jesus was truly ruling from heaven since 1914. You never saw Jesus or the angels make a peep, but demons were said to be everywhere.
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  White Dove

  Oh, you mean those who don't speak Parseltongue?

  Why, they are muggles, of course!

  I, for one, am NOT a muggle.

  Blessed be <(:)