Posts by Gladring

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Does God Care About Animals? gA Dec 2011

by Gladring in

according to the article in the dec 2011 awake although.

man was eventually permitted to use them for.

food and other practical purposes, god never.

Gladring

Also, I notice at the end of the article they pump the Isaiah 11 bit about a child playing with a cobra and the wolf lying down with the lamb.

I thought they gave this up as a symbolic passage years ago?

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Does God Care About Animals? gA Dec 2011

by Gladring in

according to the article in the dec 2011 awake although.

man was eventually permitted to use them for.

food and other practical purposes, god never.

Gladring

I'm not so concerned with the cruelty of nature.

I guess what interests me in this is that it seems that the article states something that by their own translation of the bible seems to be a flat out lie.

Check out Joshua 11:6 and 11:9 from the NWT

6 At this Jehovah said to Joshua: “Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow about this time I am abandoning all of them slain to Israel. Their horses you will hamstring, and their chariots you will burn in the fire.”
9 After that Joshua did to them just as Jehovah had said to him: their horses he hamstrung, and their chariots he burned in the fire.

In verse 6 God orders Joshua to hamstring the horses. That's cruel - checkmate.

The awake states that God "never sanctioned cruel treatment" of animals.

It may seem to be only a small issue in the overall scheme of things, but it's a flat out lie.

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Does God Care About Animals? gA Dec 2011

by Gladring in

according to the article in the dec 2011 awake although.

man was eventually permitted to use them for.

food and other practical purposes, god never.

Gladring

According to the article in the Dec 2011 Awake

Although

man was eventually permitted to use them for

food and other practical purposes, God never

sanctioned cruel treatment of them.

Are they serious?

Killed them in the flood, in the 10 plagues, all of the animals in Jericho. ... I really can't be botthered going on with the list.

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"Mentally Diseased" are confirmed as offensive words of hate crime. Help needed, please.

by Amelia Ashton in

my youngest is studying law.

browsing through one of her books i came across a chapter freedom of association.

it covers the well known categories, colour, race, religion, sexuality etc.

Gladring

Great work. Will be interesting to see the fallout from this.

My concern here is that the words "mentally diseased" are quoted from the bible. It seems that you can say what you like if it's quoted from the good book. That's how church groups get away with billboards telling athiests they are going to hell. They don't say it themselves, they quote the bit of the bible that says it. Then it's a religious expression.

Whilst I would like to see this be successful, I can't help think that if the Westboro Baptist Church gets away with its campaigns then this might be protected speech too.

I'll watch with interest. Good luck!

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Watchtower Still Has 2 NGO's

by sizemik in

but for the benefit of new ones and browsers .

from a link in the following site .

hope the links work for those interested.

Gladring

They have alot more than two. When I last looked I think I counted 7.

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My story .....no friends after leaving the Cult and lost wife?

by Witness 007 in

i realized today that i have no friends at all...it's me and my wife and two dogs and three goldfish, thats it's....i'm not too bothered by it but my wife wants to go back just for the friends.....i have de-programed her out of the "matrix" and she now thinks for herself, but she still feels like she needs a spritual side and friends.

i have people at work but we don't hang out.

i've become a a loner.

Gladring

What I found, was that my energy and efforts ebbed and flowed. For a few weeks, I would be full of enthusiasm and really follow up on acquaintances - you know, actually calling or meeting up with people, not just saying you will. Then I'd run out of steam. But I noticed that in the slack times, some of the efforts I'd made in the past started paying off. In other words, it might take months to see the reward - but keep making/taking the opportunities and eventually some will pay off.

Other things that worked - our young child gave my wife an excuse to join a toddler group, and she met other mums that way. Not all of them clicked, but she still keeps in touch with some. Night classes - same thing, you might make one friend out of it that'll stick.

Just keep trying.

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My story .....no friends after leaving the Cult and lost wife?

by Witness 007 in

i realized today that i have no friends at all...it's me and my wife and two dogs and three goldfish, thats it's....i'm not too bothered by it but my wife wants to go back just for the friends.....i have de-programed her out of the "matrix" and she now thinks for herself, but she still feels like she needs a spritual side and friends.

i have people at work but we don't hang out.

i've become a a loner.

Gladring

It does suck to find yourself with no friends (and for me, very poor social skills). Very lonely place at times.

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My story .....no friends after leaving the Cult and lost wife?

by Witness 007 in

i realized today that i have no friends at all...it's me and my wife and two dogs and three goldfish, thats it's....i'm not too bothered by it but my wife wants to go back just for the friends.....i have de-programed her out of the "matrix" and she now thinks for herself, but she still feels like she needs a spritual side and friends.

i have people at work but we don't hang out.

i've become a a loner.

Gladring

I'd go with Billzfan.

It took a good two years after leaving to make friends for me. While in the borg, I had got into the habit of saying no to any social activities. Once I broke that habit I started taking opportunities to make friends when they come along. I still suffer shyness, but I just grabbed some opportunities. Some people will be assholes, some you'll have nothing in common with. But in time you will find a few friends who you click with.

Be patient. Most people at our stage in life have their social networks made, it takes time to break into them. Are you into music? That got me out and making friends - what hobbies do you have that you can share?

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My story .....no friends after leaving the Cult and lost wife?

by Witness 007 in

i realized today that i have no friends at all...it's me and my wife and two dogs and three goldfish, thats it's....i'm not too bothered by it but my wife wants to go back just for the friends.....i have de-programed her out of the "matrix" and she now thinks for herself, but she still feels like she needs a spritual side and friends.

i have people at work but we don't hang out.

i've become a a loner.

Gladring

Are you out in the sticks, or are you near a town?

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My story .....no friends after leaving the Cult and lost wife?

by Witness 007 in

i realized today that i have no friends at all...it's me and my wife and two dogs and three goldfish, thats it's....i'm not too bothered by it but my wife wants to go back just for the friends.....i have de-programed her out of the "matrix" and she now thinks for herself, but she still feels like she needs a spritual side and friends.

i have people at work but we don't hang out.

i've become a a loner.

Gladring

Hang in there! The Spaghedeity will provide!