Did not Jesus say , " just as it occurred in the days of Noah so it will also be in the days of the Son of man " ?
So if the account of Noah is crap , what does that say about Jesus statement.?
smiddy
so i'm reading the book "the atheist book of bible stories" and something just occurred to me.. noahs ark rested on the top of mount ararat.
how the hell did all the land animals, dinosaurs and other monsters get to ground level?
did noah and his family just push them off the mountain and hope for the best?
Did not Jesus say , " just as it occurred in the days of Noah so it will also be in the days of the Son of man " ?
So if the account of Noah is crap , what does that say about Jesus statement.?
smiddy
i dressed up in a hoodie, double layer so that the cameras at the kingdom hall couldn't recognize me.
i looked in the mirror up and down so i knew that the cameras, at least at the angle that i knew couldn't see my face.
i took this disassociation letter, stuck it in the envelope, labeled it, "(congregation's name...boe" by hand and sealed it.
Good for you Bro. , whatever makes you feel good .Hopefully someday you can do it for real .
It must be hard I admit if your partner is still controlled by this sect , hopefully one day she will see the light.
smiddy
we have done this before but we have a fair number of newbie's on this site and some are struggling with the question about other belief systems and non belief.
where are you now in your own mind?
here's a quiz http://www.selectsmart.com/nontheism/ that is pretty accurate, at least in my case as to where i am at this point in my life.
Apparently I`m an Objectivist 100%
smiddy
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2015/12/3/breaking-news-jehovahs-witnesses-put-brooklyn-heights-headquarters-sale.
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Human beings , being what they are , imperfect,
The amount of scandals that have surfaced from WT -HQ, in Brooklyn by there own admission in the 1980`s Watchtower , and what has surfaced since C.T.Russell`s day ,
Where is all this money from Real Estate sales going when they are still crying poor and putting there hand out for more contributions ? even suggesting children give up some of there allowance ? ice creams ? etc.
I have googled crimes committed by Jehovah`s Witnesses , and every crime under the sun has been committed by Elders down to the rank and file .
I wouldn`t be in the least surprised if in the future some big wigs in the organization get caught with there finger in the pie. so to speak,
With all the sale of properties they own outright going on you have to wonder , don`t you ?
smiddy
https://youtu.be/8ue3--fnsh8.
the portuguese channel tvi in portugal, broadcast this documentary in october 2015 about jehovah's witnesses.
child abuse, shunning, blood transfusions and many other topics were mentioned in this report.the documentary makers asked for a response from the leadership of jehovahs witnesses to the damaging statements made by survivors of child abuse and domestic violence.
I think it was an excellent coverage that dealt with many issues competently in such a short period of time .
Well done , kudos to the producer , and the participants.
It was up to date topical and covered the Australian Royal Commission Into Child Abuse By Institutions.
Thanks for posting the girl next door , I have shared it on twitter .
T.J.C. That`s good news , over 2 million viewers that get a birds eye view of the organization .
I have also sent an email as you suggest
smiddy
here is a great site in case anyone is interested in acquiring wt property in brooklyn heights.
https://www.watchtowerbrooklynrealestate.com/.
Is there anyway to get this site on twitter , u-tube , F.B , or whatever , just to give it the widest exposure to it we can ?
Why do they want to sell these properties with the potential value of millions of dollars with these sales now ,when Armageddon is so imminent , any day now ,and just around the corner ..Money is of no use in the new system after this world is destroyed , so what is the preoccupation with gaining all this money now ?
And above all , who handles this money ? Is there a paper trail to follow as to what happens all to the monies that goes through the W.T. organization ? Where does it end up ? and who is accountable ? for all these transactions ?
These are just some of the questions that need to be asked
smiddy
this person did a great job putting this together... i am disgusted with wt policies & them acting both judge & jurywatch "noonespecial - rapists - jw" on .
youtube.
https://youtu.be/lwufz7gyozm.
The governing Body of Jehovah`s Witnesses are all misogynist men , so what else do you expect ?, than they hold women in contempt , and class them as 2nd rate citizens to be seen and not be heard , whose place is in the kitchen and the bedroom , and more preferably in the bedroom.
smiddy
so what scriptures do you think will never make the cut?i will start off with one to warm you all up.. 1 corinthians 4:6 - do not go beyond the things that are written,.
I am an IDIOT , when i used John 1:1 Quoting the NWT Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures , I should have left out the indefinite article " a" it should have said ...".and the word was god "
Stupid me , I must be brainwashed
smiddy,
from a story in the jewish press:.
quote: "the city of david excavations of the jerusalem hebrew university on mount ophel, at the foot of the southern wall of the temple mount compound, have yielded a sensational discovery: a seal (bulla) with the name of king hezekiah (727-698 bce).".
"king hezekiahs bulla was discovered in a garbage heap that was dumped during or shortly after hezekiahs time, from a royal building that was used to store food.
I remember a W.T.article way back , that commented on the scripture " the stones would cry out" Luke 19:40 , and giving the explanation that Archaelology / Geology could be the reason for that scripture shedding more light on the Bible in this day and age.
That is of course only if the discoveries fit in with there interpretations of Bible scriptures .
Classic , overlapping generations .
smiddy
so what scriptures do you think will never make the cut?i will start off with one to warm you all up.. 1 corinthians 4:6 - do not go beyond the things that are written,.
John 1:1 From the Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the WTB&TS ," In the beginning the word was and the word was with God and the word was a God."
According to the word for word translation of the Christian Greek Sriptures by the W.T Society
smiddy