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  A "My Book of Bible Stories" tale that I've always hated

  by JimmyPage in

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  i've always hated story #53: "jepthah's promise".

  i always felt sorry for the daughter who had to spend the rest of her days at the tabernacle because her father made a numb-nuts promise to god.

  who did he think he was, making promises for other people?

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  Why, if she was killed, would this case merit special commemoration?

  I would think that being killed would more likely result in special commemoration than just being sent to a nunnery. If it was just that, then why not have four days a year for all the nuns?

  BTW, I missed one point in the above thread - IIRC, didn't the WT somehow hint that the father knew that it would likely be the daughter who would come out and greet him? I remember them saying that it probably was a conscious decision on his part to pick his favorite daughter.

  Didn't they also try to make a link from this to parents who "give up" their kids to go to Bethel or Pioneer?

  Pretty sicko notions all of it, IMHO.
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  A "My Book of Bible Stories" tale that I've always hated

  by JimmyPage in

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  2. friends

  i've always hated story #53: "jepthah's promise".

  i always felt sorry for the daughter who had to spend the rest of her days at the tabernacle because her father made a numb-nuts promise to god.

  who did he think he was, making promises for other people?

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  Well, Sylvia - I share your thought that actually killing her would have been pretty horrible. But - two points:

  1) there are plenty of other pretty horrible things in the bible that are clearly spelled out...like bears coming to kill kids because they dared to laugh at a weird old man who was a judge/prophet.

  2) even the WT version of making her a nun-temple-virgin is pretty horrible in it's own right.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses & their cynical lust for negativity

  by jambon1 in

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  for me this is one of the most hideous things about the jw's.. it's like they are willing on the next world disaster.

  they are gleeful if anyone that they know comes into some sort of trouble if they are not following 'bible standards'.

  they simply aren't interested in anything good.

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  You are not describing the dubs that I know, or my experiences within the Borg..

  I would have to agree, but remember that I left around 1981...what I saw was a sort of robotic, manic "JOY". Everything was "WONDERFUL" - they never even considered that they were joyful over natural disasters, wars, food shortages, and positively JUBILENT that their god was going to come soon and destroy the world - including even little kids - if they were not JWs.

  I never - ever - once heard a loyal JW reflect for one second on the human impact of such a global train wreck.
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  A "My Book of Bible Stories" tale that I've always hated

  by JimmyPage in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've always hated story #53: "jepthah's promise".

  i always felt sorry for the daughter who had to spend the rest of her days at the tabernacle because her father made a numb-nuts promise to god.

  who did he think he was, making promises for other people?

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  I guess the literal sacrifice would morally be no worse than what happened to the "daughters of men who were good looking" that the demons raped before the flood.

  The good looking daughters and their offspring got drowned, but the demons apparantly just floated back up into the cosmos without much punishment if any at all.

  Or the offer to the fags of Sodom & Gomorrah - take my daughters and do to them as you will...
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  Do Not Say: "The Society Teaches"!

  by compound complex in

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  wt 1998 - 3/15 p.19 .... .

  "in order to avoid misunderstandings, jehovahs witnesses try to be careful about how they express themselves.

  instead of saying, "the society teaches," many witnesses prefer to use such expressions as, "the bible says" or, "i understand the bible to teach.

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  Thanks for clearing THAT up, Blondie. Clear as mud to me now!

  Amazing to realize that they are still holding onto vestiges of this crap which was written by a man who thought that he and he alone was the faithful and discreet slave.
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  Supreme Court Blood Case - WTS LOSES

  by skeeter1 in

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  http://scc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/2009/2009scc30/2009scc30.html.

  supreme court of canada.

  wts loses!.

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  I read an article in MSNews which held the opinion that the recent case of the boy with Lymphoma whose mother was refusing chemo therapy (some kind of "native American" new age stuff) may have profound legal results for more mainstream religions such as the Jehovah's Witnesses who have traditionally rejected certain mainstream medical procedures.

  Part of that court's decision to make the kid take the treatment was that the kid had been sort of brainwashed into his disbelief in doctors...he was about 13, homeschooled, and could not even read!!!

  Hate to say it, but most 13 year old witnesses are equally brainwashed, and have probably not read anything other than WTS junk.
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  Federal Marshals Ad about JW pedophile in Hemmings Motor News...

  by JWoods in

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  as i have only been back for a few days, don't know if this has been commented on:.

  in (iirc) the may issue of hemmings motor news, there is a full page color ad from the dept of justice (federal marshals office) seeking help in finding an ex-jw child molester.

  hemmings is an ad magazine for antique and special interest cars.. he is said to be quiet, neat, unassuming, a jw or exjw, and was thought to be working as a mechanic or restoration expert for vintage cars.. the ad seeks help from people in the car community to bring this creep to justice.. sorry, i cannot recall the name of the guy & we think we have already tossed that back issue...just wondered if anybody else saw this.. james.

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  That is most likely the one...name sounds a little familiar. The ad said that he was suspected of having hoarded up at least $100,000 and might be using an assumed name.

  Was this the same guy that they kicked out of the Kingdom Farm a while back after he was caught propositioning kids over the internet?

  Edit: YES - thanks. This is definately the guy. So, I guess it was not the famous Kingdom Farm guy but rather just another. That federal marshals site does not mention him being a JW, but the ad I saw in Hemmings sure did - which is why I remembered it.
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  Federal Marshals Ad about JW pedophile in Hemmings Motor News...

  by JWoods in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  as i have only been back for a few days, don't know if this has been commented on:.

  in (iirc) the may issue of hemmings motor news, there is a full page color ad from the dept of justice (federal marshals office) seeking help in finding an ex-jw child molester.

  hemmings is an ad magazine for antique and special interest cars.. he is said to be quiet, neat, unassuming, a jw or exjw, and was thought to be working as a mechanic or restoration expert for vintage cars.. the ad seeks help from people in the car community to bring this creep to justice.. sorry, i cannot recall the name of the guy & we think we have already tossed that back issue...just wondered if anybody else saw this.. james.

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  JWoods

  As I have only been back for a few days, don't know if this has been commented on:

  In (IIRC) the May issue of Hemmings Motor News, there is a full page color ad from the Dept of Justice (Federal Marshals office) seeking help in finding an ex-JW child molester. Hemmings is an ad magazine for antique and special interest cars.

  He is said to be quiet, neat, unassuming, a JW or exJW, and was thought to be working as a mechanic or restoration expert for vintage cars.

  The ad seeks help from people in the car community to bring this creep to justice.

  Sorry, I cannot recall the name of the guy & we think we have already tossed that back issue...just wondered if anybody else saw this.

  James
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  Do Not Say: "The Society Teaches"!

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  wt 1998 - 3/15 p.19 .... .

  "in order to avoid misunderstandings, jehovahs witnesses try to be careful about how they express themselves.

  instead of saying, "the society teaches," many witnesses prefer to use such expressions as, "the bible says" or, "i understand the bible to teach.

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  JWoods

  No no that was 1914, wait no it was 1894, hm 1925?

  Mrs Jonesunderstands why we do not say "The Society Teaches" -
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  Do Not Say: "The Society Teaches"!

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  wt 1998 - 3/15 p.19 .... .

  "in order to avoid misunderstandings, jehovahs witnesses try to be careful about how they express themselves.

  instead of saying, "the society teaches," many witnesses prefer to use such expressions as, "the bible says" or, "i understand the bible to teach.

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  JWoods

  Truth is quite the challenge with the God of Lies still ruling over the earth in general in opposition to the God of Truth. The air is thick with lies these lies; but soo, not anymore.

  Wait, wait - here we thought we were told that Jesus was ruling since 1918?