The Black Cat Analogy

by OnTheWayOut 121 Replies latest jw friends

  • elderelite
    elderelite

    Oh i know im right.... Im a gooooood drug dealer. I can tell when someone needs a fix. The more you say no no no easier it is to see you have stayed around to say "no" instead of leaving. Oh your hooked ;) stop fighting and enjoy it..... Give it to the pleasure.... No one on this board is loved or hated as much as you. The more some hate the more others love, and there you are in middle of it all.... Just soak it up :-)

  • Stealth
    Stealth

    "Last thing I remember, I was
    Running for the door
    I had to find the passage back
    To the place I was before
    "Relax, " said the night man,
    "We are programmed to receive.
    You can check-out any time you like,
    But you can never leave! "

  • elderelite
    elderelite

    Its ok.... Ill be right here waiting to dispense the next fix for you ;)

    And yea the negro cat thing was pretty funny :D

  • AGuest
    AGuest

    Now if the cat is being tricky and slipping away and being really quiet, it may not be found.

    Now why would a kitty be tricky? And cat's tend to be pretty quiet in the dark (well, if there's only one, which seems to be the case, here).

    But that’s because it avoided being found, and therefore wants no interaction with the human in the room.

    Why would it avoid being found... or want no interaction with the person in the room? I mean, the person's a good person and means the kitty no harm... right?

    Bad kitty.

    Why are we assuming that the kitty is bad? Maybe it just doesn't know the person in the room and is just doing what kitties doe when they don't know someone. I mean, most of the kitties I've come across WANT to be handled. Well, except maybe the feral kind.

    But the person leaves the room not knowing about the cat, and it changes nothing for them
    .

    True.

    To them, the cat simply never existed,

    To THEM, yes. Exact-a-mundo! Doesn't mean it didn't, though, does it? And so while that may be that person's "truth", doesn't mean it is THE truth. Yes?

    and maybe they don’t like cats anyway.

    And maybe Kitty picked up on that. With one of IT'S senses...

    No Biggie.

    MMmmmmm... don't be so sure. Depends on what's on the other side of the door the person went out of.

    Life moves on.

    For now. Maybe.

    Saw absolutely no point in responding to anything else. Except to say that while evolution might not have been the best example, the comparison was as to sight... and since science apparently uses a flashlight in its search for proof of that, as well, well, then...

    A slave of Christ,

    SA

  • elderelite
    elderelite

    Since also uses radios to translate negro speach into spanish and then into a lanuage older than hebrew. Or is it the reverse...? I got lost last time we talked about it...

  • AGuest
    AGuest
    the negro cat thing was pretty funny

    One favor to ask, though, if I may? Please refrain from calling my Lord by derogatory names... or even mentioning him at all (as it lends nothing to the discussion except to make you look... well, a bit "high school-ish", if you ask me). You don't have to like/believe in/accept/hear, etc., him, but it's disrespectful and calls upon me to "check" you... and I really don't want to do that, particularly here. I get your position, that you DON'T like/believe in/accept/hear him... or believe you ever will... any of those things... but, seriously...

    I don't mind talking "negro" or jive or whatever you wish with you, but I do take exception to that disrespect. I would never do that with regard to the god you're working for right now (although I will state, truthfully, that he doesn't exist and so put his name in quotes, but that's abou it. I give him the same respect I give "Jesus," "Allah", "Vishnu", "Molech," and so on. While I would absolutely engage a worshiper of ANY of these, I wouldn't denigrate the discussion by profaning (in their eyes). Thor... is still Thor, not Thoranamus or something like that.

    Just askin'...

    A slave of Christ,

    SA

  • AGuest
    AGuest

    I've absolutely no idea what you're meaning here... but thank you for the omission. Truly.

    A slave of Christ,

    SA

  • NewChapter
    NewChapter

    Now why would a kitty be tricky? And cat's tend to be pretty quiet in the dark (well, if there's only one, which seems to be the case, here).

    I have no idea. I am of a different nature than the cat, so I can’t read its mind. But if it wants to be found, it will make itself known. If it is being tricky, it doesn’t want to be found. Good enough.

    Why would it avoid being found... or want no interaction with the person in the room? I mean, the person's a good person and means the kitty no harm... right?

    Again, I have no clue WHY. I’ve never kicked a cat, but have known them to hide when I enter a home. In fact, cats are known for that. But other cats come out to meet me. I suppose the friendlier ones engage, and the more solitary ones that don’t want to be bothered or have anything to do with me, hide. It doesn't matter to me. I'm allergic.

    Why are we assuming that the kitty is bad? Maybe it just doesn't know the person in the room and is just doing what kitties doe when they don't know someone.

    I don’t know why the kitty would be bad. But if the kitty knew the person, then hiding from the person could mean something very different. It would mean the kitty did not want to be found by that person, and so hid the evidence.

    To THEM, yes. Exact-a-mundo! Doesn't mean it didn't, though, does it?

    And it doesn’t mean the cat is real either. It only means that people claim it is real. Best thing to do would be to turn on the lights and check it out. But if we are using the cat as an analogy to God, then that would prove it doesn’t reveal itself to all---and therefore does not really matter.

    MMmmmmm... don't be so sure. Depends on what's on the other side of the door the person went out of.

    Meaning? Are you suggesting that kitty has set a trap to punish those that didn’t find him because he hid from them and were unaware of the need to look? Bad Kitty!

  • AGuest
    AGuest

    So, okay, this was fun... and it was nice to be back in the 'hood for a 'sec... but my train is leaving. It's been real, take care, peace, etc.!

    A slave of Christ,

    SA

  • NewChapter
    NewChapter

    or even mentioning him at all

    I'm confused. Why can't EE mention your god? That's a strange thing to request.

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