Posts by b00mslang

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I FIND THIS TROUBLING . . . DISTURBING . . . PUZZLING . . .

by Terry in

i stumbled on to this on youtube.. i began watching it.

at first i thought it was funny.. then, something changed.

i began to realize two things.. first of all, there are 2 sides to this, and both sides have a point.. if law enforcement does not have a legal right to stop and question you .

I FIND THIS TROUBLING . . . DISTURBING . . . PUZZLING . . .

by Terry in

i stumbled on to this on youtube.. i began watching it.

at first i thought it was funny.. then, something changed.

i began to realize two things.. first of all, there are 2 sides to this, and both sides have a point.. if law enforcement does not have a legal right to stop and question you .

b00mslang

WTF? Seems that half of those "agents" had Hispanic accents.

So now this is what it's come down to? Foreign born Hispanics are going to ask American born Gringos for proof of citizenship?

Bizarro World!

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Plastic buckets in Paradise

by Sour Grapes in

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i remember one picture of a pretty little girl holding a plastic bucket in paradise next to a tame lion.. i asked my wife if there is going to be polution in paradise?

of course the answer is no!!!!!..

i asked her where did the plastic bucket come from?

b00mslang

The one I always enjoyed was this WT quote:

Doubtless the Almighty God will use some highly scientific means, whether including antimatter or not, to dispose of the surplus of decaying bodies in a speedy and sanitary way.

The Nations Shall Know That I Am Jehovah" -- How? (book, 1971) pp. 376-377

In this prophecy God warns that he will also use other natural forces that are at his disposal, possibly a rain of antimatter that has the property of annihilating any material thing that it meets.

Watchtower 1960 April 1 p.219 Part 35: "Your Will Be Done on Earth"

I was actually present during the study of the "Know Jehovah" book and recall my suprise at this speculation.

Now, let's ignore the fact that human remains are made up of many different elements (would we require say, "anti-calcium" or would we need an "anti-corpse" to anihilate each set of remains? Thus far, anti-helium is the most complex anti-atom detected.), the energy produced in a matter/antimatter reaction is roughly 100-times greater than the energy density of a typical fusion reaction.

If we are considering 7-billion sets of remains (in varying levels of decay) and we assume an average weight of say, 20 kilograms, we would wind up with a matter/antimatter reaction of of some 154-megatons X 2 (corpse mass + equivalent anti-corpse) or 31-gigatons of similar fusions reactions.

This would be quite dramatic.

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Craziest demon/magic/supernatural stories you heard when you were a JW

by EndofMysteries in

share yours, i'll start if off, i have a few i heard from the platform or from other jw's.

one from the platform, a witch was studying with jw's, and she had a relationship with demons/spirits.

when she was studying they turned on her and threatened her if she didn't stop.

b00mslang

Seems like the 60s and 70s had a lot of used Kevlar® dresses and undies floating around the Goodwills and Salvation Armies.

My cousin related a story that was related in the experiences at a SoCal Circuit Assembly, in the late 70s, about a family that came home from the meeting and sat down to watch some travelogue on PBS that had some fire-walkers and some native dancing. The story goes that during the dancing portion, a demon proceded to come out the the TV, dancing the same jig, and the room got so hot (after the family evacuated) that they couldn't touch the door handle. They called the BOE and a couple of elders dropped by and wrestled the offending TV away from the wall and, once unplugged, the demon dematerialized.

Perhaps the elders were wearing some of those Kevlar® duds from a previous, demonic experience?

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Jehovah hates universities but loves Michael Behe

by opusdei1972 in

jehovah wants his faithful witnesses for hating the university:.

university and college campuses are notorious for bad behaviordrug and alcohol abuse, immorality, cheating, hazing, and the list goes on.

what is the atmosphere in many of this worlds institutions of higher education?

b00mslang

Our former director of my company received his job, in part, due to his Phd (honorary) in Divinity.

At first, I thought this was going to be awesome and we were all waiting for him to cook some up. It is one of my favorite confections. Unfortunately, it turned out that he didn't know shyte about Divinity and none was forthcoming. Didn't know much about running a company either.

Perhaps the GB should look into giving out honorary degrees as well. I've known a lot of Elders and MS that would qualify for a Phd in Psychophantics.

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Circuit Assembly Summary

by piztjw in

i thought to give a more comprehensive summary, however this pretty well sums up the entire wasted day.. stand and sing.. prayer thanking the gb.. only jw's will survive "the end".. do more.

preach more.

indoctrinate your children more.

b00mslang

I agree with your assessment of this "New Light". However, we can readily recognize that it is unsupportable, Scripturally. Basically, they (the GB) just make it up as they go along.

It was, as you noted, supposed to return us to the conditions that existed prior to the "Fall". The current GB appears to be comprised of retards that wouldn't be able to pass muster as one of my staff aids. How are they expected to run a planet? Is the Holy Spirit going to miraculously imbue them with some intellect?

But there are new heavens and a new earth that we are awaiting according to his promise, and in these righteousness is to dwell.

I don't see anything in Scriptures, referencing the "new earth", that indicates that those dwelling on same will require "bird dogging" by the GB, or anyone else. The GB have painted a portrait of a future where we're told, by them, what to eat, where to live, what to do. They are styling themselves as future task-masters in a world where we're going to be directed in our vocations and all that we do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr3PciRTnik

If we attain this GB envisioned "new order" we could well find ourselves looking back fondly at what was left behind (just like the Israelites did after their exodus):

How fondly we remember the fish that we used to eat without cost in Egypt, also the cucumbers, the watermelons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic!

I can just imagine a future GB version of the Kama Sutra, it would be the World's Shortest Book (wouldn't get past the preface).

It's the carrot-and-the-stick. You are granted eternal life as a slave and mindless drone.

Oh Joy!

Of course the problem for the GB is that the cartoon they've drawn doesn't reflect the description recorded in The Scriptures. The WTS used to reference ancient Israel as the model. When the Israelites followed the law, they prospered:

All the drinking vessels of King Sol′o·mon were of gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Leb′a·non were of pure gold. There was nothing made of silver, for silver was considered as nothing in the days of Sol′o·mon.

"silver was considered as nothing".

This is a far-cry from the GB's eternal "worker's paradise".

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Circuit Assembly Summary

by piztjw in

i thought to give a more comprehensive summary, however this pretty well sums up the entire wasted day.. stand and sing.. prayer thanking the gb.. only jw's will survive "the end".. do more.

preach more.

indoctrinate your children more.

b00mslang

@ berrygerry,

That quote:

JW's have standards now as set out by the GB to praise God. It won't be any different in the "new world". There will always be standards of conduct, dress and grooming, and where and how to live passed on to the survivors forever through appointed men.

Really creeps me out. Can you imagine a "paradise" with a bunch of little fascists walking around, dictating every matter of personal taste?

When I was about 14, I was visiting my old congregation in Orange California (Orange East). Large bow-ties were in fashion, at the time, along with wide lapels (think Jim Lang's wardrobe from his stint hosting "The Dating Game"). I'm glad I haven't retained any photos of myself from that fashion epoch.

So, I'm wearing my wide lapels, platform sadle-oxfords, and big-bow-tie and the smartass kid of a dorky elder says; "bow-tie huh? Well, that's the fad". I wanted to smack him around a little.

Anyway, I digress. When I was young (sixties), paradise was described (at least in my understanding) as a place where we could approach Jehovah directly and we were on a somewhat level-playing-field. Since then, it has "progressed" in the literature into a place where elders and such that pass through the GT will be living as "Chieftains" and the resurrected worthies will be ruling as "Princes Among Men". The description of this future paradise has grown less and less appetizing with each retelling.

I have come to think of it as a sort of global North Korea with a bigger petting zoo.

While not a direct analogy, this future, totalitarian paradise reminds me of a Twilight Zone with the late Sebastian Cabot titled, "A Nice Place to Visit".

Synopsis:

When bad guy Henry Francis Valentine dies in a shootout with police, he wakes up in the next world where his every wish is granted forever, and ever. In this world, he has the nicest appartent/suite, picks out the nicest clothes, cars, etc. Gets all of the best babes, wins all games-of-chance. However, eventually he becomes bored with all of it going perfectly his way. He whines to Sebastian Cabot that it's no fun to win if he can't lose. So, Cabot says that he can arrange it so that he loses from time to time and he responds that this wouldn't be any good because he'd know that it was staged.

Finally:

Henry Francis 'Rocky' Valentine: If I gotta stay here another day, I'm gonna go nuts! Look, look. I don't belong in heaven - see? I wanna go to the other place.

Pip (Sebastian Cabot): Heaven? Whatever gave you the idea you were in Heaven, Mr. Valentine? This *is* the other place! [laughs malevolently as Valentine tries to get out of the room, to no avail]

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David and Abishag

by opusdei1972 in

1 king david was now very old, and no matter how many blankets covered him, he could not keep warm.2 so his advisers told him, let us find a young virgin to wait on you and look after you, my lord.

she will lie in your arms and keep you warm.

3 so they searched throughout the land of israel for a beautiful girl, and they found abishag from shunem and brought her to the king.4 the girl was very beautiful, and she looked after the king and took care of him.

b00mslang

They wanted him to live as long as possible. Think of it as an incentivisation. If he rolled over and saw someone that looked like, say, Lena Dunham, he'd puke and expire. Whereas someone of a more aesthetic, Jewish stock (e.g.: Alison Brie, Emmanuelle Chriqui, or Rachel Weisz, etc.) could extract a bit more enthusiasm from the old boy.

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