Posts by PokerPlayerPhil

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Did Ray Franz ever address his thoughts on atheism?

by JWINQUESTION in

does anybody know if ray franz ever addressed his thoughts on atheism?

from what i've read, he was a diligent reader of the bible.

if anybody has any info and sources about this, it is highly appreciated.

PokerPlayerPhil

Ray's key goals from both his books were "We are only human!", "don't fall for argumentation and manipulation used by people trying to become the lords over you. Ray was not a atheist, he was a Christian trying to travel down that road every single one of is doing now. Ray did not like how the Governing Body and members in the Organization were very good controlling their brothers off baseless Scriptures.

In the last chapter in ISOCF it deals with "Where do we go from here", he tell's you he does not have all the answers, it's your responsibility to find out what is truth. Don't look to human beings because they don't have a good past record, a large failure rate. The owner of the website who use to post here knew Ray because he sold a lot of his books, what site was it? H2O or something about breaking through Mind Control, can't remember his name, do you, was it Randy? Randy would know!

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"The Friendly Atheist" 16 Ways To Greet Jehovah's Witnesses "May 3, 2015" Article

by PokerPlayerPhil in

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/.

below the story about the attack on the "draw the prophet" cartoon is a brand new video done by "the friendly atheist" on pathos, "16 ways to greet jehovah's witnesses", sleep well!.

he want's comments on how to do a better job on his project and your points of view, knock yourselves out!.

PokerPlayerPhil

I thought some of their replies to answering JWs while bugging them at home was funny! One guy said "Hey, I have my wife here and she's allowed me to have another girl here. Can you witness my sex so I can tell my friends I had a threesome?

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CO says "WE ARE NOW AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE THE GREAT TRIBULATION!"

by nowwhat? in

40-50 years after saying "armegeddon is right around the corner" we are now making progress!!!.

gotta have a sense of humor to deal with this stuff..

PokerPlayerPhil

Basically they don't care how wrong their religion is as long as it makes them happy? I knew only a few Witnesses who were actually happy, the rest thought the people or congregation was not very nice.

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Do JWs Try To Convert Believers Of Islam?

by minimus in

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or do they regard them as they do ultra conservative jews and not waste their time with them, since as a people, they willfully abandoned jesus christ?

PokerPlayerPhil

I know one lady who was working on one person in our area and we have a Mosque! They were afraid to preach out of fear they could get killed or upset them in the Prophet's faith.

Did you see the News about those idiots in Texas who were drawing a cartoon of the Prophet and the terrorist got shot to death yesterday was it? Why must they push around a hot button topic, Late Night Radio Talk Show said "If this was cartoonist drawing Jesus Christ they would have burned down the building in Texas", he's wrong on that issue but it does not allow those insulting Islam to cause troubles we do not need!

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"What every atheist should say to God...if Judgment Day actually happens"!

by James Mixon in

interesting read.

i wouldn't recommend you believers to read it.

i don't think i. would have the balls to tell god that.

PokerPlayerPhil

Was it Dr. Dawkins or Bertrand Russell who said "Why did you make it so hard for me to believe in You!" I am a Theist working my way around this World and have the utmost respect for all the gut-wrenching evils you endured. I watched cancer eat four of my brothers and sisters and father (five people), my outlook is quite fearful on-top of my early JW Teachings "Your going to be fed to all the birds in the Heavens!" I wish I had a answer that provided some solace to each and everyone one of you but I don't, I can't lie to myself and disrespect you because life is pretty dam confusing my friends!

There is nothing like watching all the people who were close to you get eaten by cancer over a two year period, I prayed only to hear nothing back, same as other friends here who prayed when their loved ones died of some terrible death, lost a child or experienced the shameful evil that's totally preventable by mankind and the other evil God could stop (Great Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Katrina, ect..) I feel your pain because death hit my family when I was eight. I too watched while Cancer turned big strong people in to corpse of their former self, one family member was so happy I had figured out this was a Cult and all the pain he suffered from brain cancer backed off as I read him scriptures and prayed with him because my JW Family told him he was not going to receive a Resurrection. I wrote to one of the JW Apologist asking for help, he was too busy because his life was in total turmoil, everyone suffers dear friends! That's when I made it my goal to one day play Poker in Las Vegas by starting hitting little tournaments around my area. I will play in Vegas with the Pros, have my crazy brother from the after-life laughing at me trying to handle the pros!

The author has a right to be morally outraged, thank you for a nice perspective, I thought he was more respectful than many writers on this topic!

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"The Friendly Atheist" 16 Ways To Greet Jehovah's Witnesses "May 3, 2015" Article

by PokerPlayerPhil in

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/.

below the story about the attack on the "draw the prophet" cartoon is a brand new video done by "the friendly atheist" on pathos, "16 ways to greet jehovah's witnesses", sleep well!.

he want's comments on how to do a better job on his project and your points of view, knock yourselves out!.

PokerPlayerPhil

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"The Friendly Atheist" 16 Ways To Greet Jehovah's Witnesses "May 3, 2015" Article

by PokerPlayerPhil in

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/.

below the story about the attack on the "draw the prophet" cartoon is a brand new video done by "the friendly atheist" on pathos, "16 ways to greet jehovah's witnesses", sleep well!.

he want's comments on how to do a better job on his project and your points of view, knock yourselves out!.

PokerPlayerPhil

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"The Friendly Atheist" 16 Ways To Greet Jehovah's Witnesses "May 3, 2015" Article

by PokerPlayerPhil in

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/.

below the story about the attack on the "draw the prophet" cartoon is a brand new video done by "the friendly atheist" on pathos, "16 ways to greet jehovah's witnesses", sleep well!.

he want's comments on how to do a better job on his project and your points of view, knock yourselves out!.

PokerPlayerPhil

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/

Below the story about the attack on the "Draw the Prophet" cartoon is a brand new video done by "the friendly atheist" on Pathos, "16 ways to greet Jehovah's Witnesses", sleep well!

He want's comments on how to do a better job on his project and your points of view, knock yourselves out!

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/05/03/16-ways-to-greet-jehovahs-witnesses/#disqus_thread

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12 signs you are a modern day Pharisee

by Zoos in

i was reading through this list and was struck by how accurately it describes the watchtower royalty class.

not exactly a professional doing the writing but i think he captures it pretty well.. http://frankpowell.me/12-signs-you-are-modern-day-pharisee.

for those who cannot access the link:.

PokerPlayerPhil

Good stuff, problem is Pharisees only see the straw in their sisters eyes and miss the plank sticking out of theirs. Their spiritual surgeons working in total blindness, imagine a heart surgeon trying to operate on you with a plank sticking out of his eyes, now you have the Pharisee and his Spiritual Surgical Center!

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CO says "WE ARE NOW AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE THE GREAT TRIBULATION!"

by nowwhat? in

40-50 years after saying "armegeddon is right around the corner" we are now making progress!!!.

gotta have a sense of humor to deal with this stuff..

PokerPlayerPhil

Kaik many of even the most faithful are begining to contradict the circuit-overseers behind their back because they don't believe the "End is just around the corner". I was talking with a few Witnesses who are in the late Sixties, they were saying they could never retire because they don't have enough money and did not put enough money in the Social Security program here because they did lots of work under-the-table by evading taxes.

They complain how this System does not have the generous benefits for those on the Public Dole like Denmark and Sweden do, the government housing, the government food allowance for the poor and the $30,000 poverty checks some of the Nordic Countries have for people who did not have any savings. The Watchtower could smuggle all the JWs in to those countries and hold out until the End comes, sounds like a good deal!

Ray Franz Jr. and his story about the Asian woman who refused to have her leg fixed because "1975 would usher in God's Kingdom" should have woken up more people than it did. These liars always say "Its so good God did not bring the End back than because many of you would not be alive, he would have zapped you all!" I tire of their lies and how many lives they ruin by making smart people work jobs best suited for people with no brain power, just a thought.