Oooooo, I haven't even started reading this yet, but I'm droooling...!!!
This outta be GOOD!!!
Thanks, Blondie!!!
Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 12-04-2011 WT Study (RECREATION)
by blondie 42 Replies latest jw friends
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ziddina
[paragraph 1...] "For instance, Psalm 104:14, 15 states that Jehovah is causing "food to go forth from the earth, and wine that makes the heart of mortal man rejoice, to make the face shine with oil, and bread that sustains the very heart of mortal man." Indeed, Jehovah makes crops grow to yield grain, oil, and wine for our sustenance. ..."
Soooooooo, in line with previous "theocratic literature", JWs are to consider eating and drinking to be RECREATIONAL????
Whatever happened to SUSTENANCE????
Sheeeeeesh...
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ziddina
"...Viewing leisure time as part of that gift will move us to use it in away that will bring pleasure to the Giver. ...*
OOOOOH, that's LOW - and LOADED LANGUAGE!!!
They're going to burden JWs with GUILT, even while they're attempting to RELAX during the brief snatches of free time that they have...
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ziddina
"Though we may be willing to eat a variety of foods, we would not deliberately consume food that is rotten. ..."
Ooooh, goody...
First the internet search engines find "poisonous" mushrooms; now JWs are being told that they're being given "food that is rotten"...
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ziddina
"...though we may be open to a variety of forms of wholesome entertainment, we would not pursue leisure activities that are life-threatening, violent, or morally rotten. ..."
Okay, a quick show of hands, out there...
How many of you ex-Jehovah's Witnesses participate in bank robberies, illegal drug sales, muggings, terrorist acts, or other acts of destruction and mayhem, as your "leisure" activities????
No one?? None???
Day-yamm, I'm disappointed in the lot of youse...
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ziddina
[paragraph 6] "...This includes entertainment that features sadism, demonism, homosexuality, pornography, or violence or that glorifies other vile, immoral practices. ..."
Y'know, I think I can accurately and unequivocably state that one would NEVER find such things in a public school's chess club, sewing club, rockhounds' club or glee club...
Yet membership in such innocuous clubs was/is heavily discouraged by the Watchtower Corporation... The same ones who used a spiritist to translate their bible!!!
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you - the Watchtower Corporation's hypocrisy!!
Zid
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ziddina
"...Hence, when you consider whether you should choose a certain individual as a close friend or not, it would be wise to keep Jesus' statement in mind. Ask yourself such questions as: ‘Does this individual demonstrate in words and deeds that he is obeying the commands of Jehovah and Jesus? [aka the Governing Body...] Does he have the same Bible-based values and morals that I have? Will being in his company encourage me to put the Kingdom first in my life and to be a loyal servant of Jehovah?'..."
Ooooooh, goody...
"Marking", by any other name, still smells as foul....
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ziddina
"It's amazing how they know the names of the coaches, the teams, the players, their status in the league, etc, but can't remember how old their children are, when their wedding anniversary is, not even the names of the 12 apostles. ..." Blondie
Ah, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!
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outsider
One of the greatest challenges and stressors I faced growing up was school. I was sent to a public school, surrounded by a bunch of people who were going to die because they were evil. Imagine an 11 year old child being the only person on campus who was chosen to know the truth. An 11 year old child who knew much much more than all the adults who were entrusted by his parents to teach him.
What possibly can be the result of protraying all the educators and other students as pagans who deserve to die, yet as a student, you are expected to outperform the other children and be a good representation for Jehovah's people? What kind of person will that child grow up to be? Or better yer, what kind of person will that child grow up to be if he does not have a family who is part of the "in" group at the Kngdom hall? What will happen to that young man if he does not hold enough favor with the local elders and ministerial servants and therefore not offered a job with other "ins"? What will he do when he is faced with the harsh reality that most adults have to live and work in the pagan world and it's demonic influences?
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ziddina
Well, Hello, Outsider!!
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