Posts by Spectre

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Is Reading/Writing about Mythologies bad?

by Messhy in

as the topic title says, is reading/writing about mythologies bad?

i read alot of mythologies and enjoy it.

should i stop?.

Spectre

Vidiot- I haven't seen Exodus yet. Eventually I will. I did see the Noah one with Russell Crowe. I wasn't crazy about that one.

I did really like The DaVinci Code. The other book about Mary Magdalene, Holy Blood Holy Grail is really good. Like I said, I only like them for the archetype and the story possibilities.

Bill Moyers has a great book interviewing several people about the meanings of Old Testament stories. I can't remember the name right now, I have it at home somewhere at home amongst stacks of books....

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Is Reading/Writing about Mythologies bad?

by Messhy in

as the topic title says, is reading/writing about mythologies bad?

i read alot of mythologies and enjoy it.

should i stop?.

Spectre

I love me my myths! I have most everything that Joseph Campbell has written about them and a bunch of other books on the subject. If you haven't seen the dvd of him being interviewed by Bill Moyers, I highly recommend that you do.

I've sort or "taken back" the bible as I now only see it as nothing but Jewish mythology and appreciate it in that sense.

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Why don't we have dominion over the animals?

by Coded Logic in

a devout christian had his buttocks mauled by a lion after challenging the big cat to a duel in order to prove the “lord’s power over animals”.. alec ndiwane, who has been described as a “prophet” in african media, was on safari at the kruger national park in south africa when he confronted the pride.. determined to prove to fellow tourists that god would save him, ndiwane is said to have gone into a trance and started speaking in tongues before opening his car door and charging at the lions.. but the lions were quick off the mark and bit him viciously on the backside as he clambered into the vehicle.. a warden managed to scare the big cats off by firing a gun in the air.. “i do not know what came over me,” ndiwane told ghanaweb.. “i thought the lord wanted to use me to show his power over animals.

is it not we were given dominion over all creatures of the earth?” he added.. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6994224/devout-christian-has-buttocks-mauled-by-lions-after-challenging-big-cats-to-a-duel-to-prove-the-lords-power-over-animals.html?cmp=spklr-_-editorial-_-twitter-_-thesunnewspaper-_-20160311-_-news-_-394160343-_-imageandlink.

Spectre

Trying to pull off the old Daniel in the lions pit chestnut, eh?

Here's a story that would have made it into the bible if it happened 3000 years ago:

http://tabooya.com/2015/10/19/three-lions-save-little-girl-from-kidnapping-and-rape-by-chasing-off-her-captors/

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A faded JW about to see the Circuit overseer

by pleaseresearch in

so my mum who is in and really is finding it hard that i have left and faded.

shes asked me if i want to the the circuit overseer next week.. i have never met him and this is more my mum wanting me to get my problems i have with the organisation out.

but should i share everything i've learnt or what?.

Spectre

I couldn't care less what happens to me anymore, since I've been out for 20 years now, so if it was me I'd meet with them for entertainment purposes.

I'd say: The year is 2016. It's over a hundred years since 1914. How is the JW religion anything but a dead religion? Do you really believe that overlapping generation crap?

But that's just me.

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A step in the right direction: Denmark banning circumcision as a cruel, barbaric and archaic ritual not fit for modern civilised lands

by Gilbeath Haaraloth in

as you may know, this makes me very happy.

ban on religious circumcision.

relate to a ban in all probability will not stop the millennium old core tradition in many parts of islam and especially judaism.

Spectre

Doubtfully Yours- Yes, female circumcision involves cutting out the clitoris.

SonoftheTrinity- A rich hot Persian Jewish lady asks you to cut off your right hand. Are you going to do that as well?

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Fleecing the Flock

by Coded Logic in

at the last assembly i attended in 2005 the cost was $11,000 per day in yuba city (just over two hours away from our circuit).

this always seemed a bit high for a facility that was built on donated land and whose construction loan had been paid off for 20 years.. i just looked up the cost to rent the redding civic center, which is just as nice if not nicer and a whole lot closer for our circuit, and it only costs $2,500 a day plus $250 for consumables (parking included).

if it would save the brother's and sister's $8,250 a day and they could have the assembly locally why wouldn't they do it?.

Spectre

I don't know what they do now but here in Ukiah back in the early 90s, sometimes we made the 2 hour trek over to Yuba City and sometimes they would rent the local fair grounds. Always a relief to drive the 5 minutes to an assembly instead of all the way over there.

You know what's more a relief? never worrying about ever going to an assembly again.

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Got my memorial invite yesterday...

by OneEyedJoe in

i wasn't sure how this would be handled since the elders haven't harassed me as much as a lot of others have gotten, plus we live a ways outside of the territory so i figured there was a shot they'd leave me alone since it's inconvenient.

guess not.

two elders showed up unannounced toward the end of their recruiting shift.

Spectre

Since JWs are legends in their own minds and are coming from a place of ultimate authority, I think they think all they need to do for "encouragement" is say, "I know I'd sure love to see you there." In their minds there is never a reason to leave so the problem is you and so to them, "you know in your heart it's The Truth(tm)" so I think they get lazy when trying to encourage former members.

My aunt and uncle stopped by to see me a couple years ago and after an hour visit he said, "you know, Armageddon is still coming anytime now." Because he said that I know they counted their time for the whole hour.

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Cart Handlers told never to ask for money, directly or indirectly?

by blondie in

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friends

when the new system from door to door started, jws were told to request money for the worldwide work...but at the carts nothing ever?

anything in writing even boe letters

Spectre

Blondie- You threw me off when you mentioned "the new system" and then went into something other than a paradise earth.

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Did you get " Counseled " about the Music you Listened to While you were a JW ?

by flipper in

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from the time i was a small boy - i loved rock n' roll music.

beatles, rolling stones, led zeppelin, hendrix.

i started getting slighted for the music i listened to as i lay in my bedroom listening on headphones to led zeppelin's song " black dog " at age 14 with my elder dad looking suspiciously at me as i'm rocking out .

Spectre

I made a facebook post a couple years ago that went something like: Thank god for websites like Song meanings .com so I can finally know what KISS's Rock And Roll All Night is about.

I deleted it after someone didn't get the joke and explained that is was probably about groupies.

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X-Men Apocalypse & Yahweh

by smiddy in

i have watched the trailer for this movie , and the bad guy in this makes the statement something like this, when asked who are you ?

his reply , i have been called many names over time , and yahweh was one of them .. will jw.org ban the jdubs from seeing it ?

being not suitable for a christian ?

Spectre

Smiddy- You're thinking of the DC Captain Marvel/Shazam. DC sued the creators of Captain Marvel saying he was too much a copy of Superman. They won but eventually bought the character.

They didn't do anything with the character for so long that Marvel Comics eventually came out with their Captain Marvel who was an alien Kree warrior.

Getting back to the X-Men, pretty much all super-heroes are banned by the JWs. Someone told my mom once when I was a kid buying them that the "uncanny" that's in the title, The Uncanny X-Men is a demon word. One of my favorites was Daredevil and they used the logic, "There's the word devil right there in the title!"