Posts by stuckinarut2

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Prof Bunsen / G Jackson?? See the similarities? It's the Muppet Show!

by stuckinarut2 in

perhaps someone can assist here?.

while watching the may 2017 broadcast, it struck us how similar g jackson looks (while sitting and wearing his waist coat) to the muppets character prof bunsen!!!!.

perhaps someone with better computer skills can upload the pics side by side?.

Prof Bunsen / G Jackson?? See the similarities? It's the Muppet Show!

by stuckinarut2 in

perhaps someone can assist here?.

while watching the may 2017 broadcast, it struck us how similar g jackson looks (while sitting and wearing his waist coat) to the muppets character prof bunsen!!!!.

perhaps someone with better computer skills can upload the pics side by side?.

stuckinarut2

Perhaps someone can assist here?

While watching the May 2017 broadcast, it struck us how similar G Jackson looks (while sitting and wearing his waist coat) to the Muppets character Prof Bunsen!!!!

Perhaps someone with better computer skills can upload the pics side by side?

Google images shows a pic of Prof Bunsen in fact there is a great one of him in a waist coat. Then find a G Jackson screen shot from the May 2017 broadcast...

Cheers!

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2017 Convention Video Remember The Wife Of Lot

by pale.emperor in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0qpoelk2r4.

the dad in this is a total douche.

i dont know if the videos have become more judgemental and culty in the year since i left - or maybe im just noticing it more?.

stuckinarut2

Oh, and it seems that the society has forgotten to make the rest of the movies in the "Lot" series!?

You know, the one about how he offers his two virgin daughters to be pack raped by a mob of men outside their building.

Or that part about how after his wife gets killed (or can I say 'a-salted') , he has incestuous sexual relations with both of his girls and fathers children with them.

Oh and how after all of that, he is held up as a model of faith - a friend of God, and one who should be respected.....

Yep, I don't seem to be able to find those videos......

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2017 Convention Video Remember The Wife Of Lot

by pale.emperor in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0qpoelk2r4.

the dad in this is a total douche.

i dont know if the videos have become more judgemental and culty in the year since i left - or maybe im just noticing it more?.

stuckinarut2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAuVrdVkXc8

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compensation for the abused.

by zeb in

'jehovah's witness (1 per cent) did not attend but will be involved in round two of negotiations — one-on-one meetings with the minister's department.

on the abuse compensation scheme reported on the abc.

so they will go into the ministers office with their slickest new lawyers and hope to bullshit the minsters staff.

Just because something is old, does not mean it is "Special" or "Sacred" or "Valuable"

by stuckinarut2 in

a thought occurred to me that simply because something is old does not make it valuable or worthy of sacred reverence.. the bible is held up as sacred just because it is "old" and apparently preserved.. but, that does not make sense.

if in thousands of years someone finds a notebook of my scribbles or sketches that i threw away, that doesn't elevate them to "valuable status" simply because they survived.

they were thrown away because they were worthless.. or if an archaeologist finds an ancient broken bit of pottery that was used for garbage disposal, it doesn't change its status from what it once was - a garbage bin.. i guess what i am trying to ask is, why is it that we as humans give value to writings just because they are old?.

stuckinarut2

Great replies!

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Just because something is old, does not mean it is "Special" or "Sacred" or "Valuable"

by stuckinarut2 in

a thought occurred to me that simply because something is old does not make it valuable or worthy of sacred reverence.. the bible is held up as sacred just because it is "old" and apparently preserved.. but, that does not make sense.

if in thousands of years someone finds a notebook of my scribbles or sketches that i threw away, that doesn't elevate them to "valuable status" simply because they survived.

they were thrown away because they were worthless.. or if an archaeologist finds an ancient broken bit of pottery that was used for garbage disposal, it doesn't change its status from what it once was - a garbage bin.. i guess what i am trying to ask is, why is it that we as humans give value to writings just because they are old?.

stuckinarut2

A thought occurred to me that simply because something is old does not make it valuable or worthy of sacred reverence.

The bible is held up as sacred just because it is "old" and apparently preserved.

But, that does not make sense. If in thousands of years someone finds a notebook of my scribbles or sketches that I threw away, that doesn't elevate them to "valuable status" simply because they survived. They were thrown away because they were worthless.

Or if an archaeologist finds an ancient broken bit of pottery that was used for garbage disposal, it doesn't change its status from what it once was - a garbage bin.

I guess what I am trying to ask is, why is it that we as humans give value to writings just because they are old?

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Please tell me: what is a relationship with the "person" Jehovah like?

by Maryo in

does anyone out there know of any jws that have talked about what their personal relationship with jehovah was like?

for example, hearing his voice, a certain feeling?

an intellectual understanding?

stuckinarut2

A one-way conversation is not healthy.

If we spoke with a "friend" who never spoke back, we would call that an unbalanced relationship....

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Another manipulation of scripture in Baptism talk at the 2017 RC

by NikL in

i've been looking over the talk outlines for the 201t convention and i came across this in the baptism talk.

go on the offensive against paralyzing fear (7 min.

)[read 1 peter 3:6, and focus on the expression “continue doing goodand do not give in to fear”].

stuckinarut2

How have they made that stretch like that? Amazing...

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Please tell me: what is a relationship with the "person" Jehovah like?

by Maryo in

does anyone out there know of any jws that have talked about what their personal relationship with jehovah was like?

for example, hearing his voice, a certain feeling?

an intellectual understanding?

stuckinarut2

Usually speaking with imaginary people results in people requiring psychological treatment in a facility....