Posts by stuckinarut2

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Vegan paradise

by coalize in

if in the wts earthly-paradise fantasy, the wolf won't eat no more the lamb and they will be the best friends, will human continue to kill lambs to eat?.

the earthly paradise is vegan?.

That One Defining Moment That Changed Your Life.

by new boy in

it seems that many times in life there is a moment or an action that changes your whole world.

it could be just a look that someone gives you.. many times it can be something rather small.

something hardly noticeable by anyone but you.

stuckinarut2

The day I allowed myself to simply ask "but WHY?" .....

It was almost like a 2 year old who keeps asking questions...I simply asked questions in my mind about all the things I was told were facts all my life...

Then, the house of cards just comes crashing down....

A great quote helped "Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored"

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That One Defining Moment That Changed Your Life.

by new boy in

it seems that many times in life there is a moment or an action that changes your whole world.

it could be just a look that someone gives you.. many times it can be something rather small.

something hardly noticeable by anyone but you.

stuckinarut2

The day I saw that an appointment in Bethel was carried out after an expensive bottle of scotch was given as a gift to a branch committee member!

Yes, seriously.....bribery gets you a LONG way in bethel....

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The Simpsons and Back to the Future 2 are better at making predictions than the watchtower corporation.

by hoser in

jw
friends

i'll leave this open for you guys to fill in the blanks.

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stuckinarut2

Ok ok...I'll bite.

So, based on the idea that the paradise will consist of a vegan diet, the Simpsons well prophesied: "You don't win friends with salad!, you dont win friends with salad!"

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Vegan paradise

by coalize in

if in the wts earthly-paradise fantasy, the wolf won't eat no more the lamb and they will be the best friends, will human continue to kill lambs to eat?.

the earthly paradise is vegan?.

stuckinarut2

Haha! You beat me to it Diogenesister!!

"Keep spending most our lives dreamin' of our vegan paradise"🍌🍉🍎🎶🎶🎶

Very cool!

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"Just around the corner." The dumbest song that I have ever heard..

by DATA-DOG in

i'm at my quasi-thanksgiving dinner with relatives.

i hear a haunting sound from another room.

"is that a children's song?

The very fact that they have the elderly couple in the final scene proves that the older ones are getting frustrated at the delays..... This seems like a deliberate attempt to keep them hanging on.....

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WTBTS' corrupt translation - to elevate elders!

by The Searcher in

the wt march 2017, p.11, par.

13 quotes ephesians 4:8 as saying, "the bible refers to them as 'gifts in men.

however, the org's own kingdom interlinear translation (and every other bible translation) gives a truthful translation of the verse: .

stuckinarut2

I can still distinctly remember an elder who thought he was my mentor, saying to me "as gifts in men, we have the assignment to represent God in the congregations!"

Yep, that self-glorifying attitude reminded me of Jesus words "they will have their reward in full"

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WTBTS' corrupt translation - to elevate elders!

by The Searcher in

the wt march 2017, p.11, par.

13 quotes ephesians 4:8 as saying, "the bible refers to them as 'gifts in men.

however, the org's own kingdom interlinear translation (and every other bible translation) gives a truthful translation of the verse: .

stuckinarut2

Great pick up Searcher!

What a difference one word makes!

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"Just around the corner." The dumbest song that I have ever heard..

by DATA-DOG in

i'm at my quasi-thanksgiving dinner with relatives.

i hear a haunting sound from another room.

"is that a children's song?

stuckinarut2

Are you freaking kidding me??

Is this for real??

Oh wow.....wow......

But, it's not a cult right?

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The physical effects of Cognitive Dissonance

by stuckinarut2 in

most of us here have gone through, or are going through the various stages "cognitive dissonance".. this is a term used to describe a situation where our minds, and hearts just know that something is "not quite right", and therefore we find ourselves in a muddle trying to reconcile the things we know with the things we are hearing or being told.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cognitive_dissonance.

so just wondering, how many of you found yourselves (or still find yourselves) becoming phyiscally ill in some way during the time of fading?.

i know that when i look back, for several years even before i was awake to the many issues and facts about the society, i would feel ill at assemblies or conventions.

stuckinarut2

I was just thinking too, that many witnesses feel guilty, because the society keeps telling them "that God's people are the happiest on earth" etc. And yet, so many witnesses feel stressed or anxious all the time.

So they then feel GUILTY because they are SUPPOSED to be so "happy", yet don't feel so...

That must play havoc with the ones with low self esteem...