so this week dubbies read that the mean bad philistines were punished by the desert god for having his ark.
the desert god punished them with (drum roll please)....... hemroids and rats.
yep.
Just like the benevolent loving father figure everyone wants to believe he is. *puke* Stories like this from the Bible and the Koran create dangerous ideas and thinking in people. Worshipping someone who would have asshole actions entitles you as a listen, obey and be blessed type to be the same way... or better as voltaire said it:
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire
hi everyone, this may be the stupidest post ever.
i am stumped for an answer and would love to hear your opinions, though.
every week or two for the last couple of years, i have a dream--or at least that's what i'm calling it--that consists of me waking up or thinking that i've waked up, and seeing the ceiling of my darkened bedroom filled with algebraic equations.
so i was laying on my bed and i saw on a box a little orange hard cover book.
the bible gods word or man's.
it has my name in it and the release date when i got it at a convention when i was 10 (1989).
So I was laying on my bed and I saw on a box a little orange hard cover book. The bible gods word or man's. It has my name in it and the release date when I got it at a convention when I was 10 (1989).
I studied the book probably when I was 14 which led up to my eventual baptism. Out of curiosity I picked it up and flipped through it. Looking at just one chapter I noticed they actually included some great criticism about the OT. still not much. And the answer to the criticism?... "it's speculative and tentative" what the hell! How did I ever buy this crap. Part of me wants to go through this book and respond to each chapter with real damming evidence that isn't subject to "speculation". Their are volumes on info on how the bible is a crock and they devote a few paragraphs in one chapter to one critic of the OT. Idiotic.
Anyone interested in a project like this? I would love the shred this book with evidence not stupidity like they use.
if the witnesses have the truth and have been going to meetings for many years and every week they learn how to be effective in the ministry and learn about the bible on sundays and every week have a family worship night, why are they afraid to talk to anyone who doesn't agree with them or question their beliefs?
if they have the truth then nothing can refute it.
the truth is the truth.
It's like I told my wife. God and Jesus continued speaking with Satan. Also Satan for sometime was allowed around the angels. Thomas Doubted. Peter denied. Whole first century congregations had different ideas. The stupid modern day idea of not talking to someone who disagrees from an "in" status to out isn't even in their BS book
Further more. If you say don't talk to critics who once were believers. You have something to hide. Now I imagine a witness rebutted to that would be "eve and satan. She was deceived!" Ok. Then 1. why did god allow the greatest "apostate" to talk to her in the first place. And 2. Why didn't he say don't speak to the talking snake instead of don't eat from the tree? God didn't protect or warn eve about "apostasy". In the end the truth should have nothing to hide. Jw.org has plenty to hide.
if the witnesses have the truth and have been going to meetings for many years and every week they learn how to be effective in the ministry and learn about the bible on sundays and every week have a family worship night, why are they afraid to talk to anyone who doesn't agree with them or question their beliefs?
if they have the truth then nothing can refute it.
the truth is the truth.
Same thing I have always said, the truth should stand on its own whatever it is, it shouldn't be a house of cards that can be threatened by the slightest breeze.
There is a saying I love:
A lie has many variations, the truth none. - African Proverb
trey bundy, of center for investigative reporting (cir) writes a reply to lett's recent address, where lett claims these reports on child sex abuse are "apostate-driven lies and dishonesties".. http://www.revealnews.org/article/jehovahs-witness-leader-says-child-sex-abuse-claims-are-lies/.
on the right hand side of this report is a picture of candace, with a title, "listen to the segment"... by clicking on that site, you can hear a radio broadcast, by delaney hall, that includes more details regarding the case.
very interesting..... trey bundy's original report: http://www.revealnews.org/article/jehovahs-witnesses-use-1st-amendment-to-hide-child-sex-abuse-claims/.
not as good as I hoped, but thiis has Lett speaking in the video
so i had about had enough of reading jw's excuses online about wt child abuse and the candace conti nightline abc video about her case.
this is a really deep burning topic to me as i'm sure it is to many of you.
so today the gloves came off.
I agree wholeheartedly with outlaw
"Those WBT$ Literature carts may not be as good an Idea as the WBT$ thinks..
JW`s aren`t just at a door anymore..Now they`re out in public,with an audience.."
Its one thing to piss people off in the morning and get the door slammed in your face, but inviting criticism to walk up to you is going to expose witnesses to more TTATT than surfing the internet
trey bundy, of center for investigative reporting (cir) writes a reply to lett's recent address, where lett claims these reports on child sex abuse are "apostate-driven lies and dishonesties".. http://www.revealnews.org/article/jehovahs-witness-leader-says-child-sex-abuse-claims-are-lies/.
on the right hand side of this report is a picture of candace, with a title, "listen to the segment"... by clicking on that site, you can hear a radio broadcast, by delaney hall, that includes more details regarding the case.
very interesting..... trey bundy's original report: http://www.revealnews.org/article/jehovahs-witnesses-use-1st-amendment-to-hide-child-sex-abuse-claims/.
A group called Advocates for Awareness of Watchtower Abuses (named for the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ parent corporation, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society) produced a mashup of Lett’s video cut together with Reveal’s recent television segment on the PBS NewsHour.
Has anyone seen this mashup? I would like to see that.
this is a must watch video.
it brought tears of laughter!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx-akomec3q.
this is a must watch video.
it brought tears of laughter!.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx-akomec3q.
Brainwashing at it worst
