Hey Comforter,if you make a print out of your first post on this thread,and eat it..In a few hour`s you can blow it out your ass..LOL...OUTLAW
Monthly Complaint
by comforter 64 Replies latest jw friends
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AlanF
Comfortless said:
: I am not bound to show that criticisms here are lies because that was not what I complained about in my intro post. You want specifics? Look at the main page of this board and you will find plenty of evidence, if you want to see it, that you people (ex jw) are fixated on negativity.
LOL! What did I tell you?: You got away from my religion because you could not live up to the moral life that it and the Bible requires.
Oh? Do tell us in what way I could not live up to the moral life that your foolish religion requires. Try to be specific. I give you permission to make full disclosure.
Of course, you can't, and so if you don't outright ignore this request, all we'll see from you are more excuses about why you can't answer the questions.
Plenty of people on this board know why I quit: I could no longer stomach the lies that the Watchtower organization has been telling on all fronts.
: By the way, what is your current religious status, AF?
Agnostic bordering on atheist.
: Since you have already provided the answer,
Did I? Where?
: I will not bother to reply. Mr know it all.
What a surprise!
: You better make sure you are not inadvertently directing someone to stand in front of a train. God's day of wrath is coming and you better be on the right side when it comes. Are you? Else you bout to git hit by train too.
If there turns out to be a God after all, I guess I'll just have to take my licks if some are a comin'. I figure that if some God shows up, I'll have the advantage over dishonest self-deceivers like you, because I've spent a great deal of effort trying to figure things out for myself rather than blindly accepting all manner of dog shit that comes oozing out of Brooklyn. I figure that this God ought to be smart enough and understanding enough of us little mites to know that. On the other hand, if God is the sort of idiot-savant that you JWs make him out to be, then I want no more part of him than I do of the JWs. Either way, there's nothing I can do about it. Que sera, sera. All I can do is continue trying to be intellectually honest and a decent, moral person -- something you JWs give lip service to but are as ignorant of as a snail is to the beauty of the night sky.
AlanF
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NeonMadman
Comforter says:
I have perused this board for more than two years. That is why comforter is so disgusted with it. Satan is an angel of light. So you might do a little good here and there. But the net effect of your efforts in this place is zero. Satan has many ways to turn people away from Jehovah. This board is proof. I have seen the comfort you provide in this place. "Oh, don't worry little Jenny. It is ok to commit fornication or smoke cancer sticks. Those mean WT people have been so unfair to you. Come here and have a hug, you poor baby." Comfort, schomfort! I call what you guys do, the inappropriate enablement of perverse behavior.
But it might be said also:
I have perused the Watchtower Society for more than thirty years. That is why I am so disgusted with it. Satan is an angel of light. So you JW's might do a little good here and there. But the net effect of your efforts in this world is zero. Satan has many ways to turn people away from Jehovah. The Watchtower's record is proof. I have seen the comfort you provide in your Kingdom Halls. "Oh, don't worry Brother Elder. It is ok to molest children. Those mean apostate people have been so unfair to you by exposing your perversion. Come here and have a hug, you poor baby. And keep going out in service, calling at the doors where there are more children to molest." Comfort, schomfort! I call what you JW's do, the inappropriate enablement of perverse behavior.
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dustrabbit
Neon: Yeah, that's telling the Comforter.
So, Comforter, what do you have to say now? Fill in the blanks, baby.
the dustrabbit
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comforter
Writer
???What I believe is that the Bible is a book of writings that directs us toward a relationship with God. However, I also use "reason" when reading the Bible and realize that men wrote it. Yea, yea, the "Bible is inspired by God" (2 Tim 3:16). But even a man wrote that verse, and it does not say that everything written in the Bible is how God feels - for example the suppression of women.???
I refuse to be distracted from the real issue. That is God's day of wrath and what the Bible says about it. The jws take the Bible seriously. The Bible says God's will avenge all wrongdoing and jws believe this promise. You seem to read the Bible with a pick and choose attitude. If a teaching taste good to your palate, you keep it. But otherwise you chuck it. Homey don't play dat.
???*** Rbi8 1 Timothy 2:8-12 *** 9 Likewise I desire the women to adorn themselves in well-arranged dress, with modesty and soundness of mind, not with styles of hair braiding and gold or pearls or very expensive garb, 10 but in the way that befits women professing to reverence God, namely, through good works.
11 Let a woman learn in silence with full submissiveness. 12I do not permit a woman to teach, or to exercise authority over a man, but to be in silence.
If you see the Bible as a divine product, then these are Gods restrictions on the behavior and roles of women. Indeed if your religion, which continues to prohibit women from holding position, believes that this is how God feels about the matter, then wouldnt he also feel strongly about little girls and women with braided hair, gold jewelry, etc.? Explain why it is that verse 11 & 12 must be adhered to, yet not verse 9.???
The verse must be read in its historical context and compared with what other scriptures say. If you do a little research, you will find that back in first century Asia Minor, women often tried to exaggerate their beauty by braiding their hair in extravagant ways and wearing excessive jewelry for the bling bling effect. Early Christians thought this way of life was wrong and jws do too. We apply 1 Timothy 2.
???Comforter, I bet you can't even tell me how the Bible came to be in its form. Can you? And, if you can, then please explain the irony of how it came to be in its form with your belief about religious leaders.???
I know how people think the Bible came to be in its present form. Most usually point to Rome but that is a bunch of garbage'. Rome thinks the Apocrypha is canonical. They are wrong.
Comforter
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D8TA
Comforter=Hilda-Mysti-Non-Etc.-Schizo-Multiple I.D.'s poster. Ho-Hum.
D8TA
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comforter
Spice
???1- Do you beleive in the Bible and if so try to follow its practices????
Yes and yes.
???2 - If you answered yes to question #1...why do you judge us..as in the Bible it says that judgement is for God alone. Do not judge others lest you be judged. So why do you judge us????
Jesus' words must be read in context. I am not judging you. But recall that Jesus said you will know false prophets by their fruits. I am not being a judge but a fruit inspector.
s-l-m
Comforter
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comforter
AF
I am not going to discuss your moral ineptitude in this place. Don't take that as a sign that I have no evidence concerning your illicit conduct. I just refuse to stoop to your level. You know what I am talking about and so does God. I can also say that you are not honest either. For example, have you ever emailed Witnesses and told them that you are a faithful jw when you were not? Please answer truthfully.
Another problem of yours is that you are trying to find God on your own, with your so-called superior intellect. Life does not work that way. You are on earth and God is in heaven. Don't get too big for ya britches.
The truth is that you would not be happy in any religion. The religious life requires one to submit to a higher authority than one's own thoughts. There is no perfect religion like you are looking for. Were you not a Bible Student at one time? What happened to that? Sounds like you are just bouncing around trying to find meaning. Now you agnostic going on atheist.
And know that bad company spoils useful habits. Read Romans 1:20 and leave the atheists alone.
A bit of advice from Comforter
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Mommie Dark
Methinks the comforter needs a large dose of Midol for its monthly complaint. And perhaps some Milk of Magnesia as it seems constipated with Watchtower feces build-up.
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Dawn
1 Timothy: This letter was written directly to one Church in existence at that time - not all of them. If you do some historical research you will find that there was a problem in this particular Church with some of the Women leading the others astray. In Jewish tradition during the first century Women were not allowed to be educated - they did not learn to read nor were they taught about the Scriptures as the men were. So when Paul said to "Let a woman learn in silence" he was actually opening up a new world to them that was not allowed before - it was a freedom they did not have under the Jewish tradition - to be educated. Since they were just learning he was also advising that they should not be teaching and in a power of position - they did not have enough knowledge yet to balance their views/opinions.
The Bible as we know it was Canonized about 300 A.D. by a group of Catholic Bishops. Prior to this there was some disagreement over what scriptures were inspired and what ones were not (for example - the Gospel of Thomas). The Bishops met and decided what gospels and scriptures were inspired from God and put them in the Order we have them today - now our common Bible.
Comforter - there are a number of individuals here with varying degrees of faith and different religious beliefs. I, myself, am a Christian and have given my life to the Lord. I came here first to tell my story and to read others - to find out that I was not alone. I have stayed in the hope of helping others. Ultimately, I hope to lead some of those that have had their faith destroyed back to the Lord. And those that do not believe, Athiests, Agnostics, Paganist, etc I also listen to their points of view - if I were to completely ignore all arguments against Christianity and not research them for an answer (to myself or to others) - then I am no better than the Pharisees of Jesus' day that refused to listen to another opinion - I am no better than an Osterige that sticks his head in the sand to ignore what is around him. I believe that the Truth can withstand any amount of questioning. Each individual is on a spiritual Journey of some sort - their Journey is a personal one and is between them and their Creator. I am merely a "fellow slave" and as such have no right to judge another's path. We are all sinners in one way or another.
Rom 14:4 Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Master is able to make him stand.
I could spend all my time with fellow Christians - refusing to associate with people of other faiths, etc. But what good am I to the Lord? A Christian is supposed to be the "salt of the earth" (spices to make it better - spices to make it last) - the lamp to others.
Mat 5:15 Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a bushel, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.
If you think that this forum is not uplifting - then shine your light and encourage others. It's easy to sit back and say "you do this" and "they say that" - but what are you doing to help? If you are a true Christian - then be "salt to the earth".
And to all my fellow posters here - You have definately been "salt to the earth" to me in helping me through the guilt that I felt and pointing me towards research materials that have helped me to break free. Thank you!