Posts by Witness 007

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I think I was off the day they taught ...

by Simon in

does anyone else have those things that everyone else seems to know ... except you?

it's like you were off the day it was taught in school and you don't know that you don't know about it.

but everyone else does.. i have a couple .... first, days of the month.

Witness 007

I know everyones phone number except mine!!!

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NEW LIGHT!!

by kairos in

**overlapping donations**.

yes.. that's a thing.

not new, of course.i just felt like shouting it from the housetop.. ( don't forget the worldwide work, friends... ).

Witness 007

I would like to put the governing body "over my lap" and give them a damn good spanking!

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The Exodus confirmed..

by Crazyguy in

for those of you that don't research this stuff i will give a little back story.

we all know about the moses exodus, but history and archeology didn't seem to confirm this event.

the only exodus out of egypt ever recorded was that of a group of asiatic tribes that had taken over egypt for a bit over 100 years called the hyksos and the followers of the pharaoh akhenaten who perpetuated a monotheistic idea of worshiping only one deity the aten.

Witness 007

Regardless of where the story came from all evidence tells us that israel came from the cannanites and never left the area. They became the dominant tribe and Jerusalem was never as big as the bible said. There is no evidence of a huge lavish temple etc. Old testament was written in the 6th century bce.

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Notice that Satan in the bible never existed in the old testament

by Witness 007 in

he appears as a snake in genesis not as satan.

all the way to job no satan is mentioned.

satan and devil mean "resister" and can be apllied to other people.

Witness 007

He appears as a snake in Genesis not as Satan. All the way to Job no Satan is mentioned. Satan and Devil mean "resister" and can be apllied to other people. Job was written like a shakespear play and is a very odd book. Only in the new testament is he often mentioned. How did this evolve??

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Changing meanings of words: "Brother" and "Sister".

by Open mind in

ever notice how most jws use the titles "brother" and "sister"?

in my experience, 99% of the time it was not a term of endearment.

it was actually a term of formality very much like "mister", "mrs.", "miss" or "ms.".

Witness 007

Good point. There is no love in that term.

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Is ANYONE in charge a real ordained minister? College degrees? Seminary? A real Theological degree?

by WireRider in

and i don't mean that stupid made up shit russell just invented only a 100 yrs ago.

he never passed the 7th grade and declared that the world was too stupid to understand the bible without him.. who do you follow and pore money into the watchtower?.

Witness 007

Yes but he was a pyramid expert...the measurements related to the end of the world in 1918!

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Paradise sharks will eat seaweed and lions will eat pineapples...What ?? Dinosaurs ate patatoes!!!

by Witness 007 in

yes my friends if you went to "witness college" you would know dinosaurs before "eden" ate tomatoes.

and in paradise snakes will give tender kisses to your ankles!!

what would david attenborough animal expert think of this nonsense.

Witness 007

The serpent shows Eve the tree of knowledge....just then a T-rex bites Eve in half. Adam invents beer and lives forever in paradise.👍

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If I've been testy lately, here's why.

by cappytan in

jw
friends

my parents are visiting for not-thanksgiving.

dad started bringing up spiritual stuff and i almost screwed up my fade.. it's so hard to have a genuine discussion about the issues in the organization when you have become an atheist.

it feels icky and disgusting to have to pretend and nod your head at such platitudes as "you just need to have faith"..."trust in jehovah"..."jehovah will correct it"..."remember ray franz?