Posts by Coded Logic

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New requirement to become an Elder or Ministerial Servant!

by hardtobeme in

jw
friends

it has been a few months since i hear this from an elder.

he said that the c/o told them this new requirement.. "men that wanna be an elder or ministerial servant has to go out to field service on sundays.

if there is an elder or ministerial servant that is not going out to field service on sunday can lose the priviledge".

Coded Logic

My Brother in Laws' - half sisters' - yoga intructors' - on again off again baby sitters' - future ex-husband said that he heard this too! So it's deffinately gotta be true

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Millions now Living Will Never Die

by skin in

this is the title of a watchtower book published 95 years ago in 1920 by j f rutherford.

it still gets an occasional mention at meetings about how it was a turning point in the history of the watchtower.

but how many witnessess today can answer this question.who are these millions of people alive in 1920 that would never die?

We would like to inform you that we have, ad hoc, retroactively changed the meaning of Millions Now Living Will Never Die. When we said "never die" we didn't really mean a physical death but, rather, we meant that sincere ones would be preserved spiritually alive. The preaching work of the last 100 years has been truly momentous and has "saved" millions from destruction. Thus, the words of Rutherford have now been fulfilled, by ever changing definitions, and we can continue to have confidence in our old new light.

WTBTS spin department,

GB

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Dammit Jim, I'm a psychopath not an all loving God!

by Coded Logic in

when did you discover that the god of bible - and the loving god that you had worshiped your entire life - were not the same?

how did it affect you?.

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Coded Logic

"We Klingons believe that death is an experience best shared."

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Dammit Jim, I'm a psychopath not an all loving God!

by Coded Logic in

when did you discover that the god of bible - and the loving god that you had worshiped your entire life - were not the same?

how did it affect you?.

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Coded Logic

When did you discover that the God of Bible - and the loving God that you had worshiped your entire life - were not the same? How did it affect you?

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online placement

by berrygerry in

i just opened a pdf of a wt.. would someone like to count a placement?.

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Coded Logic

ROTFL!!! OMG, that's halarious!

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God is not genocidal

by mistified in

so at the meeting a few weeks ago the speaker was having a talk about inactive people and then he went on about how people think the god of the old testament was cruel and genocidal.

he then said that god and did not commit genocide because everything he did was for a reason.

i was shocked at how stupid that saying was.

Coded Logic

Genocidal maniac! Deuteronomy 7

" When the LORD your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and stronger than you, 2 and when the LORD your God delivers them before you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. . . But the LORD your God will deliver them before you, and will throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed."

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Suggestion: Don't Accept Everyone's Opinion Here

by minimus in

jw
friends

everyone has an opinion on things.

oftentimes, we ask for help or want the view of the board in a matter.

but just remember, the comments are simply personal views.

Coded Logic

Informed Opinion: A postion based upon an understanding of the neccissary facts and a careful consideration of the principles at hand. Relying on evidence instead of limited personal experience.

Opionated: Conceitedly assertive and dogmatic in one's opinions. Relying on personal preceptions rather than facts.

The two are not the same.

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"It's the intent that counts and not the result."

by donny in

"it's the intent that counts not the result.".

i have been out of the jw organization for some 22 years now and i sometimes get a reminding jolt out the hoops that some will jump through to make their religion make sense to them.

the first line in this post is what a jw on the street here in salinas told me on saturday when trying to justify the society's history of false prophecies.

Coded Logic

What about the "intent" of the Catholic church? What about the "intent" of Budhist or Hindus or Muslims?

Good intentions are not an indicator of truth or worthieness to a cause or claim. Intentions are only as good as the information upon which they are based. And intentions based upon bad information can lead to disasterous effect.

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WHAT TOMO III ACTUALLY SAID!!

by DATA-DOG in

first off, i am so happy that " tomo iii" is catching.

i dont know who said it first, but it's awesome.. i want to see him at a rc and say, " yo!!

tomo!!

Coded Logic

Why doesn't God do his own damn work and warn people himself. He's the one whos blood guilty.

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It's true - Religion rots your brain!

by Coded Logic in

the more religious a person is, the more likely they are to suffer from hippocampal atrophy.

i guess a lifetime of cognitive dissonance can really take its toll.. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3adoi%2f10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0017006#pone-0017006-t002.

(early symptoms of hippocampal atrophy can include difficulty recalling the recent past and disorientation.

Coded Logic

The more religious a person is, the more likely they are to suffer from Hippocampal Atrophy. I guess a lifetime of cognitive dissonance can really take its toll.

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0017006#pone-0017006-t002

( Early symptoms of hippocampal atrophy can include difficulty recalling the recent past and disorientation. It may also be marked by a difficulty in performing spacial navigation, which generally equates to a tendency to get lost, even in familiar environments.)