Frenchie, I have always wanted to ask someone so bitter about religion (as you certainly seem to be) what they might imagine the world to be like if religion ceased to exist tomorrow? Hit me with your best shot.
Jesse
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What a waste of money!
by Undecided inwe went out to eat with my daughter and husband tonight and on the way back i counted the churches on the 16 mile streach of road home.
there were 18 churches that were on this one road.
can you imagine the money that goes to pay the preachers and buy the buildings?
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Stupidest thing a JW ever told you
by Nosferatu inwhat is the stupidest thing a jw ever told you?
we all know that they say a lot of stupid things, but what really topped the cake?.
for me, it was an elder telling me i was progressing really well when my meeting attendance was down and my field service hours were slipping.
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I remember a circuit overseer at a convention declaiming against science-fiction or fantasy oriented movies that would depict aliens and such, because to enjoy these forms of entertainment would encourage a disrespect for God's creative integrity. I don't know why I really was so incredulous to hear this since it was just one more step from villifying rationale and logic, i.e. independent thinking, as demonic inspiration, to the notion that the God-given human capacity for creativity and imagination is also evil.
Figlio di Dante
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Ghosts and Hades: Another Watchtower Deception
by metatron inwhat did the jews in jesus' day think about the soul and hades?.
if you read the watchtower, you might think that they dutifully followed jw teaching.
and had no idea about immortal souls or ghosts or punishment in hades.. .
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figliodidante
I brought this issue up with my mother some time ago with exactly the same line of logic... why would Jesus deliberately confuse his disciples by illustrating his teachings with superstitions? I was reminded how often they have recourse to "Jehovah" as the God of Love on this doctrine, while greedily withdrawing that same love when it comes to disgusting apostate dogs!
Jesse
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Time for JW's to make a name change, one of Rutherford few that are left
by run dont walk inconsidering the majority, if not all of rutherford's teachings are all but dead, the only two i can think of that are still strongly supported are........... 1) heavens doors closed in 1935 (which is probaly on it's way out the door as well).
2) changing the name from international bible students to jehovah's witnesses.. so to completely eliminate rutherford what would the jehovah's witnesses change their name to next ?????????.
this should be humourous !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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figliodidante
In the tradition of their current name, in which they erroneously accept a mistransliteration of the name of God given in the Masoretic text, I have a few suggestions based on the Tetragrammaton (YHWH), using methods no less legitimate than those used to arrive at "Jehovah's Witnesses":
Allabert's Witnesses -- Praise Allabert!
Jehovah Marvin Godleski's Witnesses-- If not a first name, why not the go for whole shabang?
ASS HOLES (see above post)-- I second that motion.
"YSAJKVOJVJBVSASBJF's Witnesses"-- this last one may be a little confusing, being that it is the product of slapping the limp carcass of a woodchuck repeatedly upon my keyboard.
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What is the best thing and worst thing about being a JW?
by micheal ini would say the best thing is when one has just started studying and coming to meetings for the first time they are treated like gold.
but things really start to detiroriate quickly from there.
the worst thing is the control.
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Best thing: JW's are blessed with the only true understanding the bible.
Worst thing: JW's are "blessed" with the only "true" understanding of the bible.