Posts by SonoftheTrinity

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Road to Recovery

by vinman in

i am totally new to this.

i was raised as a jehovah's witness.

i made it my own at the age of 5. i was a "true believer ".

SonoftheTrinity

Witness my fury, have you considered the higher criticism rejected by the fundamentalists? Or even deism?

If Christ himself quoted "I have said ye are gods", and Christ is our King, is not the Kingdom of God among us even if there is no Almighty. Saying you are an atheist is like saying you are a vegan. Its a strong statement against the existence of God, without the humility of agnosticism.

I am a Rastaman and I love the terrible name of Jehovah, but being married to a Jehovah's Witness is frustrating. It leads me to say things like "Fire Burn the Watchtower with Lightning and Brimstone!"

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Crazy JW wields machete at New Orleans airport - shot - died because he refused blood on religious grounds

by Wild_Thing in

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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspect-machete-attack-new-orleans-airport-has-died-n327841.

SonoftheTrinity

Honestly this is symptomatic of Jehovah's Witnesses discouraging psychiatric care.

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Crazy JW wields machete at New Orleans airport - shot - died because he refused blood on religious grounds

by Wild_Thing in

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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspect-machete-attack-new-orleans-airport-has-died-n327841.

SonoftheTrinity

I should convince my kids to become psychiatrists, so that maybe all the crazies have someone to turn to besides an empty suit elder.

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I get so tired of people always bringing up "Black on Black" crime.

by booker-t in

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i am responding to a post by someone the other day about a black girl beaten by a mob of other black teens for "acting too white.

" the poster was trying to drive home the idea black people commit more crimes against themselves then white people do to them.

while it is true some black people do insult other black people who they believe are trying to fit in with caucasian people, white people, hispanics, asians, and other races do the same exact thing to people in their ethnic group as well.

SonoftheTrinity

Black on Black crime happens as does White on White crime. Black kids tend to beat up other black kids white kids tend to beat up other white kids. I think it would be a fun piece of satire for a Black guy to do various exposés about the White community, such as a white kids parents moving out of a beach community because the school was teaching the kids Valley/Surfer talk and not English, and then go to a Trailer park for an exposé on the epidemic of White on White crime.

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I'm bemused - Vladimir Putin as a Christian Warrior - Do Russians see him as a fighter for Jesus?

by fulltimestudent in

i accidentally came across this youtube video, "why the west fears putin.

" curious, i watched it.

you may find it interesting also.

SonoftheTrinity

I know about this monk. He's a self hating Jewish convert to Russian Orthdoxy and an embarrassment to a lot of Russian Orthodox People. He's also a racist. He tries to vilify the Jews but what he is really doing is giving Holy Orthodoxy a bad name. He believes in all the old blood libels even though he was born a Jew. If he were my kin I would most definitely throw him a funeral and sit shiva for him. One thing about Orthodox Christians is that they have a long and painful relationship with Islam, one that makes them cautious about disrespecting Islam, totally pro-palestinian due to the existence of Palestinian Orthodox Christians, but at the same time ready to fight a religious war against the Muslims if that is what it comes down to. There is a lot that we can learn as both Christians and neighbors of Muslims from the Orthodox.

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Mandatory voting in USA

by Sour Grapes in

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i am sure that president obama's saying today that mandatory voting in the usa would be a good thing is going to get the witnesses all excited as they look forward to being persecuted for not voting.

just another sign showing how deep we are into the times of the end and how close they are to burying billions of people who don't read the watchtower.. sour grapes .

SonoftheTrinity

If I were a ruler of some backwards little isolated Kingdom, I would give the JWs two choices...as a tax for being neutral and not loyal to the nation, I would make it their national duty to count the votes as their disloyalty and neutrality would actually be advantageous for such a responsibility. If they wouldn't agree to that, I would give them their own little vatican to which I would deport all of them, so that they wouldn't be polluted by our worldly influence, and my subjects wouldn't be annoyed by their door knocking. I would even give their ambassadors diplomatic immunity, as long as they stayed away from little kids.

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Drugs and Alcohol Ruin Your Life

by campaign of hate in

this point was raised in another thread vaguely, and wanted to try and expand on it.. the wt has said (and rightly so in my opinion) "that excessive use of drugs and alcohol can ruin your life".

in my eyes this is a fact.. this is where it starts to get a little suspicious, as they also say (or subtly hint at) "that if you leave the wt you will becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol and will ruin your life".. its almost like a self fulfilling prophecy.

as there are a lot who leave the borg and they do start drinking heavy or smoking, or taking drugs...or whatever.. the wt capitalizes on the fact that people want more freedom, and they subtly ingrain the thought that.

SonoftheTrinity

In states like California, I don't think marijuana is such a big issue because of the ease of obtaining a medical marijuana prescription. I think a dub would draw the line at edibles and using a vaporizer. I couldn't imagine any of them smoking if only for the aroma it leaves on someone. I've even heard rumors of some glaucoma suffering ghetto dubs growing. Its all very hush hush and when you live in a town that smells of dead roadkill skunks and marijuana which both smell like each other, snitching is a waste of time.

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Ever Think About This One? Another Bible Contradiction

by freemindfade in

8you must not make for yourself a carved image+ or a form* like anything that is in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.-deuteronomy 5:8. .

18 you are to make two cherubs of gold; you will make them of hammered work on the two ends of the cover.+ 19 make the cherubs on the two ends, one cherub on each end of the cover.

20 the cherubs are to spread out their two wings upward, overshadowing the cover with their wings,+ and they will face each other.

SonoftheTrinity

The reason for the contradiction is that Exodus was really written by Moses while Deuteronomy was rewritten during the Captivity under influence from the Zoroastrians. The Zoroastrians liked the Jews, and the Jews liked the Zoroastrians, which is why Cyrus is such a popular name and some scholars say that Cyrus was a gentile forerunner of Christ. Mormons have the most similarities with Zoroastrians, while Christadelphians, followed by Jehovah's Witnesses have the least.

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rumor out that governing body is going to adjust the loveing disfellowshiping arangment df yes shunning no.

by poopie in

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can anyone confirm they seem to be having disagreement writing dept and service dept some feel that df ok as long as you do not add wholesale across the board shunning regardless of the sin ..

SonoftheTrinity

They have been giving talks too recently for any new light to come out. They could quietly tell the elders what kind of congregational discipline is high and low priority just to keep the numbers up. They could relax disciplining those who still associate with the disfellowshipped and just still preach against it. Or simply put in more checks and balances to make sure it isn't a matter of elders power tripping, so that the corruption and hypocrisy doesn't stink as badly. Or they could make reinstatement a lot easier. Making reinstatement a lot easier they can come across as loving without actually comprimising. It won't help the heretics and independent thinkers. Didn't Christ say that you should forgive your brother Seventy times Seven times?

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Embrace Judeo-Christian culture and values! Is this politician serious?

by Gnostic Bishop in

embrace judeo-christian culture and values!

is this politician serious?.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=h2ed8a8rxey.

SonoftheTrinity

I think Christian Nationalism can be either incredibly Libertarian (Rastafarians), incredibly Liberal (Anglican Church), or incredibly Totalitarian (Kony, the Mormon Fundamentalists, Nueva Jerusalén.) Christian Nationalism isn't so bad as long as the different flavors of the Kool-Aid stay watered down. When it isn't watered down enough it might as well be poisoning the message of Christ. The Quietism of the Jehovah's Witnesses and other apolitical cults is more depressing than any because they have given up on making the world a better place.