so this week's midweek meeting video about stumbling others has lett spouting and gurning rubbish again.. if you can't take the whole 9 minutes go from 5:50 to get the context and 6:45 for the "beard" mention.. https://youtu.be/ezv1ici5cwo.
oh, well - at least they shoot themselves in the foot with this doublespeak.
single.
This article is from 2014 but it gives an interesting perspective nonetheless.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/opinion/sunday/why-ceos-are-growing-beards.html
Will beards soon be sprouting on the faces of the Governing Body a.k.a. the C.E.O'S of Jehovah's Organization?
i met a wonderful man on match.com several months ago.
on our first date, there was amazing chemistry and we ended up having sex.
it was not planned, it just happened.
"Is he interested?"
In sex: YES
In you as a person: NO
Just the opinion of a 62 year old man who has had his share of dealing with 'life's ups and downs'.
The extent of Jehovah's Witnesses charitable giving:
A Watchtower Magazine in one hand..........
And a shit sandwich in the other hand.
when i was a young man growing up in the religion, i would try to defend whatever the understanding of a doctrine was.
i won a lot of arguments based on the idea that i knew better than anyone i was talking to and defended myself admirably.
(lol)....eventually, i realized i was in a cult but for many years i was a believer and i had faith that the gb knew more that i could understand..
I was essentially a 'born in' since my mother got baptized when I was just a baby. But I was 'hobbled' from the start as far as believing in and accepting Jehovah's Witness doctrine. I read these two books at around 5 to 7 years old and determined then that the theology didn't make one bit of sense.
it struck me that the society has created a culture of lazy jw parenting.. rather than parents being there to guide and direct and help their children through all stages of life, the gb / society has become the "go-too" for everything.. if the child has an issue, there is a wt article for that.. does the child need help with something else?
ah, there is a caleb and sophia cartoon for that.. what about that other topic?
ah, there is a book for that.. so rather than being present parents, the average jw parent simply outsources their parenting to the organization!
The laziness of JW parents....................:
Sparky: 'Mum, where do babies come from?'
Mum: 'You know.'
Sparky: 'No I don't. That's why I'm asking'.
Mum: 'Shut up!'
Sparky: 'I just want to know.'
Mum: SMACK
The same routine was repeated over and over again on all manner of subjects until I reached adulthood. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
tuesday, february 27. let the elders who preside in a fine way be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard in speaking and teaching.—1 tim.
5:17.. those related to us in the faith certainly merit honor and respect.
this is especially true of the elders who are taking the lead.
Here you go, Carla.
So since the "Faithful Slave" a.k.a. known as the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses was supposedly chosen in 1919, why do we not read in any of the publications about the Governing Body of Bible Students that must have existed from 1919 to 1931?
freud came up with the idea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/anal_retentiveness.
i would like to sight some examples of a anal retentiveness of the biblical deity.. the garden of eden and the death penalty for eating a fruit, which by the way was passed on to all future offspring requiring an anal retentive jehovah to provide a suitable sacrifice of his only begotten son to correct the situation and thus make it possible for forgiveness from the big guy and remove the death curse.. working on a saturday= death penalty.
mandatory blue thread and fringes on all israelite garments.. death penalty for touching the ark of the covenant to prevent it from tipping over.. exclusive devotion only to be given to him, bowing to other gods/idols forbidden.. grows hot with anger and becomes violently enraged killing off all kinds of human and animal life with a flood when humans not living the way he feels is right.. threatening to tread on mankind like a mighty man crushing grapes under his feet when pissed off.. loss of self control when pissed off over insignificant trifles.
Actually, he is probably more likely to be Anal Expulsive..........He spreads his shit all over the place.
some doubt about the bible completely, some partially.
what if the bible turns out to be a product of humans, nothing divine.
would you still believe in a creator?.
"Religion: 1. Boundless conceit concealed as utmost modesty. 2. Justification for regulating one's own behavior and coercing others to regulate theirs. 3. An inexhaustible mine of meaning for the mentally lazy." - Thomas S. Szasz M.D.
this just breaks my heart.
one of my favorite actors.
i wonder why he went back.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgxx7knkwzc.
What a sad,sad day for Homey D. Clown!
