Posts by alanv

There was a really good programme on BBC 1 in England last night. It was called Inside the perfect predator. It was about the four greatest predators on the planet, namely the cheettah, a great white shark, a Nile crocodile and a peregrine falcon. It showed in slow motion and very close up what happened as they gave chase for a kill.

How anyone can think these ones will eat vegatation in a new order really must have a screw loose.

They spend their whole life tearing other creatures apart for a meal.

To be honest I felt sick just watching it but there is no way these creatures are ever going to eat leaves and apples.

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One year in jail for JW man who circumcised son at home

by behemot in

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one year in jail for metro vancouver man who circumcised son at homeby andrea woo, vancouver sunmarch 25, 2010comments (46)metro vancouver -- a metro vancouver man who circumcised his four-year-old son at home with a razor blade and blood coagulant meant for horses has been sentenced to one year in jail followed by two years probation.

in april 2007, the man, identified only as djw due to a publication ban, gave his son, dj, honey wine before placing him on garbage bags on the kitchen floor.

djw then cut away the boy's foreskin with a razor blade.. .

alanv

This really turned my stomach just thinking about him performing this.

And yet presumably this happened all the time in olden times, particularly with the Jews.

Surely there must have been problems then on a much grander scale.

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I got to apologize to a former Bible study

by JerkhovahsWitless in

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i spoke to someone who was my best friend almost 10 years ago when we were still kids (late teens and early 20s).

he wasn't a jw, but unfortunately got interested in it due to me.

i studied with him for a while and tried my hardest to pull him into the cult.

alanv

You need to remember that you were a victim as well. Your motive was good, because you believed you were doing the right thing.

My best friend got me into the organisation, but now 30 years later he is out and so am I. I don't feel anything but friendship with this guy, I am just so glad that he got out as well.

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new light over the next 5 years?

by dozy in

the next new light?.

ok a bit of idle speculation here feel free to add your own thoughts.. a few changes that the wts might make over the next 5 years and my odds:.

144,000 is symbolic odds 2/1.

alanv

I think we need to remember that they are still making money on the magazines. Many have suggested that since the donation arrangment came in they could be getting paid twice for the same magazine. Firstly when the witlless picks up the mags then secondly when it is placed on the door.

I can't see that combining them would save much money. They would still be spending time writing them, still using the same amount of ink and paper, and still delivering them. These costs stay the same.

Cleaely if you were to offer just a 32 page WT the donation would be smaller. Also when you are printing in the millions it makes the producing of one magazine a few cents (or pence in Britain) So big profit margin.

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There can be a paradise earth WITHOUT an earthly resurrection

by Mad Sweeney in

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i get tired of hearing the faulty reasoning that there has to be an earthly resurrection because the bible promises a paradise earth.. those are two completely different things.. the bible only mentions a heavenly resurrection and resurrection is never mentioned in conjunction with paradise earth.

"how then could there be a paradise earth if everyone goes to heaven?

the earth would be empty, dummy!".

alanv

The reasoning is of course Jehovah is to shortly destroy 99.9% of the human race so that would leave loads of room for an earthly resurrection.

If you look at it that way you can see where their false reasoning is coming from.

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HERE IS YOUR INVITATION

by iknowall558 in

jehovah's witnesses news, library, history, videos, talks, illustrationsinvitation for memorial day [hd]we would like to invite everyone for this very special occasion remembering jesus death also, he took a loaf, gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to them, saying: this means my body which is to be given in your behalf.

keep doing this in remembrance of me.

luke 22:19 ... when: march 30,2010 at 7pm where: kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses brgy .san anton san pablo city length:2:22

alanv

I can say very happily that I will not be going there this year on any other year. And I will encourage anyone else I know to avoid it like the plague.

It is simply a massive recruiting night to get new members.

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What is the main issue you have with this religion?

by Quillsky in

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for me there are many obvious issues, but the big one is......... the big daddy of the universe, the father of all this incredible creation, is not about to annihilate everybody who is not a member of this late 1800's american religion, jehovah's witnesses.. that's it for me.. what is your big issue?.

alanv

Their complete arrogance in demanding that they alone have the truth of the bible, and the fact that you have to agree with what ever they say, and if you don't, they will kick you out with the likelyhood your old friends and family will never speak to you again. So loving!!!

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Legal Department....

by on the rocks in

just curious to know how big is the legal department in brooklyn??

is it headed by a gb member...how much influence they have over the teachings of the society?.

alanv

The vast majority of work is done by non governing body members. There is certainly no need to have them in the legal department.

The vast amount of articles are written by non gov. body members, indeed many non teaching articles are written by women.

As I understand it a few of the members simply have to initial a teaching article to show that they agree with it.