Posts by TallTexan

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Jesus condemns the wt

by Satanus in

jws always throw the challenge that no other religions preach door to door.

however, they forget what jesus said about feeding and clothing poor people.

many churches give away food, clothes, fridges, stoves, vouchers.

TallTexan

Good point Satanus. It always killed me how the JWs condemned the Salvation Army, a religion that gives to the poor, yet these same JWs had no qualms about buying cheap suits from the SA. Hypocrits....

Lol...I've always said the same thing. They will not support (in fact, it is a df'ing offense to support ) the Salvation Army or the Red Cross, but I'll betcha that JW's in New Orleans would have gladly accepted support or supplies from them. How is that right? Good post Satanus. The JW's twist the 'do good towards all, but especially those in the faith" as they twist all scriptures. For one thing, they forget all about the 'do good to all' part. Aside from preach, they would rarely lift a finger towards those 'not of the faith', regardless of their need. And I know from personal experience after personal experience that they will rarely lift a finger to help those IN the faith unless they can count time for it somehow. What a crock - but remember, they are 'known by their love for one another'....how I want to puke every time I hear those words....

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My last meeting

by PoppyR in

jw
friends

so last night we had the last book study at our house, next week all the congregations change around and i asked for it to be moved.

so i sat in on it, and afterwards we had a bit of a 'party'.

felt quite emotional really, although i haven't answered for a long time i put my hand up to read a scripture just so i could mark the last time i did this.

TallTexan

Excellent that you got away. Take a deep breath, and don't look back (remember Lot's wife....lol).

The elder taking the group, (who I dearly love) said it was discipline and the person had to learn,

I always understood that it was supposed to 'keep the congregation clean'. ;-) Yet this is truly how many witnesses feel. Show me one place in the Bible that supports this. Of course, we know the whole DF'ing thing is un-scriptural, but even by their own standards and beliefs, it is not supposed to be 'discipline' - even though that's exactly what it turns out to be.......

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Apostates and Slacker Dubs Commit the Unforgivable Sin

by gumby in

if your not too rusty with dub teachings, you remember that to commit the unforgivable sin, you had to deny the holy spirits begetting you.

it would be like one of the annointed purposely saying................ "i don't want to worship jehovah anymore nor have any part of him or his son inspite of the fact he annointed me".. in christendom, it is likewise a denial of the spirit when you know it's for real.

!...one day freddy franz got so pissed at apostates and slacker dubs, he decided he was gonna write a watchtower article and kick some major ass!

TallTexan

There will be hundreds of thousands of window cleaners as well!

There is no doubt the 'New Order' will be clean - lots of janitors and lots of clean windows....lol....

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Russell/Barbour connection

by SWALKER in

a family member is searching for the original book "the three worlds" and sent me the following info:.

three worlds, or, plan of redemption, and, the harvest of this world.. .

published by nelson h. barbour and charles taze russell.

TallTexan

Russell knew Tiki Barber???? <sorry, little NFL humor there>

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My problem w/ evolution vs. creationism

by TallTexan in

i personally don't care what anyone else believes.

i believe that there is a creator that created the heavens and earth.

i believe that it occurred over a period much longer than 7 literal days.. here's my problem.

TallTexan

That is a wrong assertion; if you look into your history books you'll see very few cases when majority of people had right view of things. In dark ages majority believed inquisition was necessary to root out witches, majority believed earth was flat, etc. It was always minority of people who had special knowledge of anything more advanced not majority.

That is a good point, however, the views that most people had to begin with were propagated by scientists of their day. Science is wrong as often as it's right. I can point to dozens of instances where the 'brilliant' thinkers of the day, who were right on some things, were just as wrong on others

Let's keep this going...this is fun.....

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My problem w/ evolution vs. creationism

by TallTexan in

i personally don't care what anyone else believes.

i believe that there is a creator that created the heavens and earth.

i believe that it occurred over a period much longer than 7 literal days.. here's my problem.

TallTexan

how many americans do believe in UFO's? How many american's believe that Elvis is still alive? etc.

Don't make me roll over your country with an Abrams tank.......

Dude, that statement is so ludicrous I won't even bother to reply.....

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My problem w/ evolution vs. creationism

by TallTexan in

i personally don't care what anyone else believes.

i believe that there is a creator that created the heavens and earth.

i believe that it occurred over a period much longer than 7 literal days.. here's my problem.

TallTexan

I would imagine that at least 83% (or more) of Americans (or Australian, or Brits or Germans or ...) haven't got a Fu$ken clue about maths either. And most of them can live quite comfortably without it. Does that means it shouldn't be taught in schools either???!!!???

Please refer to my previous post. Math is a proven science. Just because someone can't do math doesn't mean they don't believe in it. Of course it should be taught. With a little dedication, most people can learn to do math. Evolution is a theory at best, a flawed theory, that has not been proven.

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My problem w/ evolution vs. creationism

by TallTexan in

i personally don't care what anyone else believes.

i believe that there is a creator that created the heavens and earth.

i believe that it occurred over a period much longer than 7 literal days.. here's my problem.

TallTexan

It is a proven and observable fact.

Really? Guess I have failed to see any species, nor pictures of any species, nor drawings of any species in mid-evolutionary cycle. How is it proven? How is it observable?

It is an issue because it threatens the belief system of fundamentalist Christians.

Exactly. I don't want my child taught evolution the same as an atheist doesn't want their child taught creationism or taught in a 'god-oriented' environment. Yet, they have that right, but I don't, even though my beliefs are in the majority. Why are my rights not as important?

Evolution is taught as proven science when it is anything but that....

You can continue to assert that, but it is still untrue.

Really? Prove it unequivocably and maybe I'll believe it.

Actually you live in a republic with a constitution and a bill of rights. So things do have to be fair. The tyranny of the majority is no more acceptable in the US than in the Middle East.

I don't consider giving equal time to something that 80% of the population believes to be true could in any realm be constituted as 'tyranny'.....

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Apostates and Slacker Dubs Commit the Unforgivable Sin

by gumby in

if your not too rusty with dub teachings, you remember that to commit the unforgivable sin, you had to deny the holy spirits begetting you.

it would be like one of the annointed purposely saying................ "i don't want to worship jehovah anymore nor have any part of him or his son inspite of the fact he annointed me".. in christendom, it is likewise a denial of the spirit when you know it's for real.

!...one day freddy franz got so pissed at apostates and slacker dubs, he decided he was gonna write a watchtower article and kick some major ass!

TallTexan

Doncha just luv how ol' Freddy liked to dress up like Jehovah and put on that old gray wig and gray glue-on beard and wear that big white robe then type up these nutty articles like this one

I nearly wet my pants laughing at that.....

I remember when that article came out. From that point on, any time I did anything wrong, I was afraid I had committed the unforgivable sin. If I remember correctly, the gist of the article was that if you continued in unrepentent sin, then you were in effect denying God's spirit. See, I can remember that 24 years later, so it must have REALLY made an impact.

And they say they're not a cult...tsk, tsk, tsk.....<head shaking>

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My problem w/ evolution vs. creationism

by TallTexan in

i personally don't care what anyone else believes.

i believe that there is a creator that created the heavens and earth.

i believe that it occurred over a period much longer than 7 literal days.. here's my problem.

TallTexan

As in your example there is not a single reason for them to believe that the sky is blue, but still they do...

Again, you are acting as if the teaching of evolution is the OBVIOUSLY clear choice, that it is proven fact with NO dissention. It is not....If it were proven beyond a reasonable doubt, then a) 80% of the country wouldn't still believe in something other than evolution, b) teaching it in schools would not be an issue. Evolution is taught as proven science when it is anything but that....

The have lessons in theology or something like that on schools? Is that not the time.

Uh...no. God, theology, etc cannot be mentioned in public schools. You can swear in school, but you can't say "God" or pray.

Ans why only the chirtian view. Should Americans not be forced to be educated in the koran, the teachings of bouddha etc?

Ummm...perhaps because this is a vastly predominently Christian nation....so no, they shouldn't be forced to. This is what cracks me up...things DON'T HAVE TO BE FAIR! This is a democracy - majority rules!