Posts by humbled

edit: Oddly it was your remark on a different thread that reminded me of this clip : you asked was it Barbour or Russell and who originated some point of chronology?

The film, sheriff Fields: “Well, l started kicking her first.”

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Misogynist? You‘ll like this. Man hater? You’ll like this. Or maybe you just love W.C.Fields humor.

by humbled in

https://youtu.be/we_2uqcc_k4.

what more can l say?.

humbled

https://youtu.be/wE_2uqCc_K4

What more can l say?

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Hospitality - How not to.....March 2018 study article.

by punkofnice in

what do you make of this part of the march 2018 watchtower study edition?.

2 among other things, peter urged his brothers: “be hospitable to one another.” (1 pet.

4:9) the word “hospitality” in greek literally means “fondness for, or kindness to, strangers.” note, however, that peter urged his christian brothers and sisters to be hospitable “to one another,” to those whom they already knew and associated with.

humbled

Right punky,

First: l am not Christian. But the piece you have there from the Watchtower study is so against what I understood when I first read the Gospels l want/need to say:

Lukes gospel reads (paraphrase)when you have a feast don’t ask your friends family and rich neighbors to come. Because they’ll just reward you by asking you back over to feast at their place. Instead ask the crippled lame, blind and the poor people who can’t pay you back. You’ll get your reward in the judgment of the righteous.

But on the other hand the gospel doesn’t tell us we be twisted about having a good time with friends. Or anyone else for that matter.

Jesus cooked fish on the seashore for his disciples. Once he said” let’s go to a quiet place and relax”. One that especially resonated was when he was eating at Mary, Larry and Martha’s Place with his friends/disciples. Martha complains to Jesus that Mary was hanging out with the fellas instead of choring in the kitchen . Jesus said not to worry about fixing up so much stuff - the least is enough-choose that and come join us. And Jesus ate with Zacheus the taxman- a social pariah.

But the Watchtower fetishizes who you eat and hang out with. In fact WT spent a lot of time un-doing anything generous in Jesus’ teachings. Even the JW memorial of Jesus’ death is a ritual of exclusion: The JW “Last Supper“celebrates the invisible savior by emphasizing that no one gets to share in his annual supper.

It is weird.

Everyone gets all dressed up on that special Moon to get hammered with scriptures reminding them that 144,000 got a ticket but most don’t. Then a few guys with the best suits are the waiters who take the special bread and wine around the room. Only those most lost in the cult eat or drink so it is mostly the unworthies who pass the holy meal down the rows to the other unworthies. The Memorial effectively emphases that Jesus- for reasons they cannot fathom— will not share his food with them.

Fucking pathetic.

It became the emptiest time of the JW year for me. Christmas ran a close second.

But we all know the ultimate JW rejection of hospitality —the one that goes all year , year after year. Shunning for the greater glory glory of god and the benefit of the sinner.

Jesus wept.

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murders at school

by zeb in

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at a school in santa fe in the us.

many people killed and wounded.

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humbled

I know, zeb. Like you, nearly speechless for the relentless tragedy.

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Escaping the Watchtower episode one with Jason Droboth

by Christian Gutierrez in

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki5pg4fjugi.

hi guys!

we are so happy to share with you the interesting story of former jehovah's witnesses member jason droboth.

humbled

I watched it all. Jason represents every good thing that ~~you~~ a JW would hope to hear from a really fine Jehovah‘s witness youth. He did everything just right. And his parents did everything just right. He had a very pleasant childhood. The problem arose because he had questions.

He looked for answers because he wanted to be better at ministry.

O my god! the paranoia when he eventually looked in literature outside the WT.

Deceptively undramatic, this story and it’s conclusion reveals the sure death you suffer- to your family or else to yourself-if you discover the ttatt.

Great job all around. Hi quality presentation.

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Posters You Miss

by minimus in

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anyone that you miss from this site, dead or alive??.

i miss farkel, blondie and a host of others!.

humbled

Snowbird was reincarnated as Tara n Seals

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There Is No Road in the Desert

by compound complex in

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friends

there is no road in the desert, yet you chance upon my friendless camp.. was it stars that led you to me or two yearning hearts become conjoined?.

i envision a most lovely you, but you're just a dream of what i once knew.. remote i remain in my desert abode while stars and your spirit sail on by..

humbled

Not to derail your thread— but every desert needs an oasis

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Weird, weird. Newest internet debate, Laurel or yanny?

by James Mixon in

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i heard laurel and the wife heard yanny.

maybe someone can post the spoken word..

humbled

I'm not sure if Yanny is even a word. ——-Fred Franztone

it is now

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There Is No Road in the Desert

by compound complex in

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friends

there is no road in the desert, yet you chance upon my friendless camp.. was it stars that led you to me or two yearning hearts become conjoined?.

i envision a most lovely you, but you're just a dream of what i once knew.. remote i remain in my desert abode while stars and your spirit sail on by..

humbled

https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2017/apr/28/killer-whales-monterey-bay-humpback-attack-video

Goodnight, Coco.

Take a break from the desert. In spite of the unfortunate title of this video it’s actually lovely lovely music and motion in a vast sea.

It’s lovely to think that creatures swim about the earth and have such hearts filled with pity for the helpless. It was a great end to my day. I hope you enjoy it.