Posts by kurtbethel

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Reoccurring dream I have

by punkofnice in

.........although sometimes slight differences.. bear in mind i am in the uk and we don't go a bundle on therapy and i can't afford it anyway.. here is the dream manifest content as best i can recall.............. i am in a town or city.

i come across a shop which inside is more like an indoor market, sometimes a cavern.

it sells marvel comics.

kurtbethel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seduction_of_the_Innocent

Seduction of the Innocent is a book by German-American psychiatrist Fredric Wertham, published in 1954, that warned that comic books were a negative form of popular literature and a serious cause of juvenile delinquency. The book was taken seriously at the time, and was a minor bestseller that created alarm in parents and galvanized them to campaign for censorship. At the same time, a U.S. Congressional inquiry was launched into the comic book industry. Subsequent to the publication of Seduction of the Innocent, the Comics Code Authority was voluntarily established by publishers to self-censor their titles.

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What's the Watchtower's View of Dedicating Your Time To Charity? Food-bank, Helping Poor Get Benefits, Big Brother, ect..

by RottenRiley in

do you know of anyone who sucessfully dedicated time to charity without getting bad mouthed by witness elders?

we had a sister in creepside congregation who got a lot of lip when she was working for the food bank for free.

the jehovah's witnesses elders hinted, used the watchtower study to say "jehovah's people are ambassadors to satan's world and know the real solution is god's kingdom".

kurtbethel

Despite constant nattering on about being the "true religion", the Watchtower practices the exact opposite of it.

James 1:27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

James 2: 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

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Dylan Farrow on her abuse

by sammielee24 in

i recall when woody allen split and married his adopted daughter and this originally came out - dylan farrow put this out for everyone to see after allen won his latest award - some people have never believed her story - swife.

february 1, 2014, 3:04 pm.

an open letter from dylan farrowby dylan farrow frances silver dylan farrow.

kurtbethel

That family makes hillbillies seem rather respectable and upright.

Hillbilly

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Spiritual Food Disclaimer Clause

by AndersonsInfo in

jw
friends

in an email that came today, i received the following from a new "user" of the watchtower library 2010 cd that i felt inspired to share.

the "user" pointed out that listed under the "conditions of use" was this disclaimer: .

this cd is... "provided to you in 'as is' condition without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of performance, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

kurtbethel

They actually do have disclaimers all through their literature, if you know what you are looking at.

My favorite is how they tell you that you have a prospect of everlasting life if you follow their instructions. No promise, just a prospect.

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WTS soliciting donations in Southern California

by turtleturtle in

just talked to an older jw in my old hall.

he said there was a special 2 hour elder's meeting recently in southern california spanning many counties and areas.

apparently, due to the massive jw growth, the rbc or wt (he didn't know which one) will be announcing they they are asking each family to contribute $10/month toward new construction of kingdom halls in the southern california area.. .

kurtbethel

"Pledge" = "tithe"

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Billy's Comments You Won't Hear at the 01-26-2014 WT Study (Obey Jehovah's Shepherds))

by Billy the Ex-Bethelite in

fine.

holy spirit appointed overseers to shepherd?

6:1, 2; jude 22) are these not good reasons for being obedient to those who are taking the lead?read hebrews 13:17.. .

kurtbethel

I have raised livestock, including sheep and goats. Whenever I read this stuff about shepherds and flocks, I'm mindfull that the motivation isn't because the shepherd has a kind and loving heart. No, the sheep are an economic resource that the shepherd is managing to maximize production of meat and wool, and losing sheep to injury, illness, or the wolf instead of obtaining the wool and mutton is an economic loss.

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Any explanation from the WT as to why Adam and Eve did not have sex before they sinned? (and other Genesis stumpers)

by BU2B in

(disclaimer- i know this is all fairy tales but i like to pick genesis apart since many millions still take it literally and is the foundtion of jw doctrine.

without genesis being real, the whole thing collpses).

i was just reading through genesis yesterday, and it really hit me.

kurtbethel

kurtbethel: Is this for real. Are you saying this is a real conversation with

two JW's?

It's a real conversation. Incredible.

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1914 to 2014--Has Jesus been ruling for a 100 years?

by Londo111 in

dearest jw,.

likely you are reading this because you are wondering that very thing: did jesus become king in october 1914?

will october 2014 mark 100 years of kingdom rule?.

kurtbethel

Watchtower Jesus has done nothing discernable in the past century. It's as if he wasn't really in charge of anything. He's evidently a false christ, the Fapperchrist.

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Individual Governing Body Members

by lambsbottom in

after watching morris' rant, was thinking about how weak these religious men are.

think about it: they are scared to put any of their hardcore beliefs (e.g.

higher education is bad and dangerous, clothing standards, ect.

kurtbethel

It gets a lot clearer what the governing body claims when you break it out to one individual instead of a group.

Imagine finding a David Splane Ministry, and reading about Pastor Splane being the sole channeler of God's instructions, by way of dead departed anointed and invisible spirit beings, and that obedience to Pastor Splane gives you a prospect of eternal life in paradise on earth.

Sounds like just another religious nutter, doesn't it? And yet, that's what 8 men, hiding behind the construct of a 'governing body' are claiming about themselves.

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Petition to deport Bieber on White House website gets 100k signatures in 6 days

by adamah in

and the white house administration will be forced to deliver an official response:.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-deport-justin-bieber-petition-20140129,0,394182.story#axzz2roy3bgrj.

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kurtbethel

There's no need to deport him. SOP is to wait until he leaves, and then deny him entrance when he tries to return. That's routinely done for someone who has commited minor infractions. Problem solved.

http://www.independenttraveler.com/travel-tips/canada/canada-immigration-not-so-groovy