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  Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

  by UnshackleTheChains in

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  i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

  you can't write this stuff.

  right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

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  Well I can’t remember where I read it now. Or if I saw him mention wealthy family in one of his talks. I guess if it was general knowledge then others would have mentioned it. I was hoping my mentioning it again would prompt someone to supply the details.

  But not all wealthy or privileged people avoided Vietnam: John McCain and John Kerry for example.

  In his life story Morris described himself as “patriotic” which I thought was an interesting choice of word even at this remove.

  https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/w20150515/remembering-first-love-for-jehovah/
  
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  Who is The Lord?

  by JW Answers in

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  the jehovah's witnesses believe that only the father is lord god, however by searching the scriptures we can identify that there are more than one person in the godhead, and the lord jesus as well as the holy spirit are lord.. for those who are interested in learning, feel free to watch this new video..

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  Well I would tend to oppose the Trinity on the grounds that it is contrary to scripture. I wouldn’t argue that it is wrong because it is “mysterious” or it doesn’t make sense in human terms. Because I believe there are things about God (or reality) that don’t make sense in human terms, and are mysterious. Such as how can God exist in himself, and what does that mean, and why does God allow suffering? I don’t know of a rational answer to these questions, but I don’t rule out the possibility that there is an answer which is beyond our grasp. Because why should everything about the universe be comprehensible to the human mind? Other than we would wish it to be. Which ironically in other contexts rationists would dismiss as merely wishful thinking.
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  Who is The Lord?

  by JW Answers in

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  the jehovah's witnesses believe that only the father is lord god, however by searching the scriptures we can identify that there are more than one person in the godhead, and the lord jesus as well as the holy spirit are lord.. for those who are interested in learning, feel free to watch this new video..

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  If you declare “mystery” out of order then you rule out a lot of religion by default, since many religions teach that the human mind can not grasp the divine or the infinite.

  And if you say “I won’t accept mystery as an answer” then you have said nothing more than simply “I don’t believe in religion”. Which is fair enough, but it doesn’t amount to an argument that will convince anyone who does not already agree with you.

  It seems to me the basic disagreement is over the two positions:

  1. The true nature of reality is something the human mind cannot grasp.

  2. The human mind is capable of grasping the true nature of reality.

  I am not aware of any way of settling the issue in favour of one or the other. I tend to hope that 2 is generally true, but I also happen to think that it implies the existence of God. If God does not exist then it seems safer to assume that 1 is true. So we have a paradox at the heart of human knowledge.
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  Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

  you can't write this stuff.

  right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

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  slimboyfat

  No one seems to be discussing that Morris reputedly comes from an extremely wealthy family (tobacco merchants, talking billions of dollars) and has alluded to this on occasion. As I understand it the bethel vow of poverty restricts income but doesn’t necessarily renounce wealth. So isn’t it possible that Morris is a multi millionaire?
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  Who is The Lord?

  by JW Answers in

  1. watchtower
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  the jehovah's witnesses believe that only the father is lord god, however by searching the scriptures we can identify that there are more than one person in the godhead, and the lord jesus as well as the holy spirit are lord.. for those who are interested in learning, feel free to watch this new video..

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  slimboyfat

  Why is calling it a mystery unacceptable? Apart from you simply declaring it unacceptable.
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  Who is The Lord?

  by JW Answers in

  1. watchtower
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  the jehovah's witnesses believe that only the father is lord god, however by searching the scriptures we can identify that there are more than one person in the godhead, and the lord jesus as well as the holy spirit are lord.. for those who are interested in learning, feel free to watch this new video..

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  If Jesus is the same Lord as God, then how come Jesus as Lord is distinguished from Yahweh in Acts 2:34?

  The New Testament teaches that Jesus is Lord/Master because he is the Messiah who God raised from the dead.

  Whereas God is called Lord/Yahweh because that is his unique name.
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  Jw.org news about new assignment

  by Gorbatchov in

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  just read this interesting news at jw.org.

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  slimboyfat

  Bad Gorby! Bad!

  Personally I'm a bit frightened of this strange new world where things can be so easily faked. How long until virtually any text, image, audio or video can be faked to a level that is indistinguishable from the real thing? And then how will we be able to trust anything in the world?

  When any piece of evidence can be faked to be indistinguishable from the real thing, how can journalists do their work, or lawyers, or judges, or historians, or anyone else? How will society function?

  The more I think about it the more I think this could be a real threat to life and civilisation as we know it.
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  Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

  you can't write this stuff.

  right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

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  With the information we have, is there any rational reason (other than wishful thinking and cognitive bias) to assume he's buying all those bottles for personal consumption?

  Nothing that proves it’s for personal use, but some reasons for thinking it’s more likely than not. Such as the way he talked about the subject of alcohol when approached.

  Plus, in the wider context, the fact that he is a war veteran who witnessed carnage in Vietnam. He has clearly been affected by these experiences, judging by his public comments, so heavy alcohol consumption would be consistent with that. It doesn’t prove anything, but it would make sense.

  While it’s fair to recognise there are other possibilities, it seems reasonable to conclude the alcohol was likely for person use, or at least for consumption with a few others including his wife. What we do with that conclusion is another matter. How often does he buy that amount? Is that a problem or not? I don’t know. I follow the indications of others who know more about alcohol consumption than I do.
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  Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

  you can't write this stuff.

  right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

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  It’s interesting he says he’s been to Scotland a number of times. I don’t remember him ever being in Scotland. There’s no branch to visit in Scotland, so it would be a convention, if anything. I wonder if these were working trips or leisure.

  I am curious how AM would have reacted if it had been an adoring JW who recognised him and engaged in conversation. Would there have been any embarrassment or not, I wonder? Or if a JW had challenged him about being stumbled by his purchase, I wonder how he would have handled that.

  And I wonder if he knows about the video by now. Some at bethel have probably already seen it. Would they pass it on?

  It might lead to the GB going out in public less often, or dare I say it, even more of a bunker mentality.

  It does look like a flasher trench coat. He looks dodgy more than anything else, even if nothing technically wrong. It makes you wonder what a private investigator would turn up if a wealthy ex-JW chose to track the GB for a while, out of curiosity.
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  Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

  by UnshackleTheChains in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

  you can't write this stuff.

  right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

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  slimboyfat

  The Governing Body 1.0 lived into their 90s. I don’t think 2.0 will last so long if this is indicative of their lifestyle.