Posts by sd-7

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Here's what I learned at our DC.....

by sir82 in

jw
friends

when people say "armageddon may come, but not in my lifetime", that is a "satanic inspired error".. how do you overcome it?.

why, looking a it that way, adam's rebellion was less than a week ago!

jesus was here on earth just the day before yesterday!

sd-7

In the last talk, the speaker was attempting to use his "we really care about" tone of voice. He was addressing his remarks directly to the "young ones" in the audience. "Just give the truth a chance!" he implored.

Ah, memories. Who doesn't remember that tone of voice in the final talk? After we've finished stripping you down to the bone, here we are to reassure you.

Everyone under the age of 21 I saw looked bored out of their minds. If I listened carefully I could hear the eye-rolls. "Come on, this is the last talk, just finish already, I've only got one more chance to get Sister Hottie's phone number......" they were thinking.

Yeah, by that time, most of them are out cold or seriously fighting sleep. Also, Sister Hottie is probably not worth it. She's a lot meaner than she looks at meetings. You have no f---ing idea...

--sd-7

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Here's what I learned at our DC.....

by sir82 in

jw
friends

when people say "armageddon may come, but not in my lifetime", that is a "satanic inspired error".. how do you overcome it?.

why, looking a it that way, adam's rebellion was less than a week ago!

jesus was here on earth just the day before yesterday!

sd-7

So you are full of pride if you don't listen to someone who refers to themself as a glorious ones. I think the "glorious ones" might have a little problem with pride.

It must be very confusing sometimes. Are they a 'composite slave', or 'glorious ones', or what? The guys who frequently remind you that they are the future rulers of the earth are accusing you of having a pride problem...

--sd-7

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From Slate.com: Blood transfusions

by pixel in

just to share.

how i treat patients who refuse blood transfusions.

sd-7

They are "old school dubs" though

I couldn't help being reminded of a store that sells car stuff in my area. It's called "House of Dubs". I always get a smile out of that, figuring that if the GB ever embraced 'thug life', they'd change the name of the Kingdom Hall to 'House of Dubs'...

But I digress. So true--you want to save their lives, and they see it as an insult, or an attempt to get you to 'compromise your integrity'. All because that's how the WT sets it up in their thinking. There's no way to look at it objectively--any opposing viewpoint is somehow 'soft-pedaling Bible standards' like the JW curse-word known as 'Christendom' does...

--sd-7

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Do JW's even read the Watchtower?

by zound in

jw
friends

i know i rarely if ever read the magazines that i used to promote and place with householders (besides the watchtower study).

hypocritical no?.

sd-7

A surprising number of JWs don't read the Watchtower. To me this is baffling, because if you have the truth, how can you not bother to read it? If this is so life-saving and vital to share with others, why aren't you reading it yourself?

It shows, at least for me, when I was on my way out of the JWs and brought up things that were repeatedly mentioned in literature. Like in the Revelation book, the anointed being referred to as "the John class". My mom, who was an adult at the time we first studied this and was presumably in attendance for the other times the book was studied, seemed to have no idea what I was talking about. You know how many times the term "John class" was used in that book?? You would have to have not read it at all to miss it.

Even in my own experience, personally, after we studied it at the meeting, it was pretty much erased from memory. For the most part, I usually didn't want to go back and reread those articles after we studied them (though I did save a handful of them that were 'encouraging' in my fight against my sexual desires. I still lost, though...).

It makes you wonder how much they really know about this religion at all, from its teachings to its history to its leadership. If you're not reading the literature, it would have to be a very basic knowledge at best, unless you're just mostly reading the Bible by itself (tsk! tsk! sss! You're not going native on us, are you? Independent Bible reading? We better watch you. Your talk just got reassigned until we're sure your doubts are gone...).

--sd-7

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From Slate.com: Blood transfusions

by pixel in

just to share.

how i treat patients who refuse blood transfusions.

sd-7

I posted a comment on there. Interesting article.

--sd-7

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Anyone who's seen 'Man of Steel', can we talk about SPOILER-related stuff?

by sd-7 in

if the title of the thread wasn't enough, spoiler alert.. spoiler alert.. .

okay...so...that said, i haven't seen the movie, which would be a paradox except that i read the novelization.

so...how'd you feel about the way it ended?

sd-7

Of course, the more I think about Superman killing Zod, the more I accept it as part of doing what needed to be done. I'm hopeful that maybe even in this series (and I assume there'll be sequels) that Superman will be haunted by that decision. I mean, really, Zod had it coming by that point. Obviously even this iteration of Superman doesn't kill indiscriminately. If he did, he would've led with that and arguably saved a lot more people... My understanding is that Superman usually pulls his punches, otherwise...

Wow, sounds like I've got some graphic novels to catch up on. I read mostly Batman stuff, so I'd like to read some classic Superman stories sometime, too. If I ever have money for it, that is...

But even with my significant disagreements with certain plot points, at least from the novel, I felt a sense of a really satisfying story that comes at you from interesting angles. Of course, reading the novel is different--usually movies suffer from 'the novel effect' as I like to call it, when I read the novelization before I see the movie. I always expect the cast to deliver lines a certain way, and they rarely ever do. Or the dialogue is different in a way that doesn't seem to make sense to me.

I mean, I don't really want to give up 'S'--I mean 'hope'. I'll give it a chance. I think the second film should be much better. Hopefully.

Also, I'm pleased to see this thread still going. Thanks for your thoughts!

--sd-7

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Anyone who's seen 'Man of Steel', can we talk about SPOILER-related stuff?

by sd-7 in

if the title of the thread wasn't enough, spoiler alert.. spoiler alert.. .

okay...so...that said, i haven't seen the movie, which would be a paradox except that i read the novelization.

so...how'd you feel about the way it ended?

sd-7

"Superman and Batman" Public Enemies

Now THAT is one of my favorite comic series ever. That was back when I was reading comics regularly. I like the animated movie they did, but the comics had so many more characters in it. I always dreamed they'd make that into a movie one day, but not a 75-minute movie like what it actually turned out to be...

I did watch the 'Superman Unbound' movie recently. I wasn't all that thrilled with it, but it was okay. I'll have to watch it again, I suppose. I think my favorite of the animated movies they're doing these days (as far as Superman goes, at least) is definitely 'Superman Vs. the Elite'. Although...'Superman Doomsday', and...'Superman/Batman Apocalypse' were pretty good movies, too. (I had to go back and reread the 'Superman/Batman Apocalypse' issues after that movie--man did they make Wonder Woman and Supergirl look hot!)

Ah...now this is a fun topic. I'm glad I started it.

--sd-7

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Anyone who's seen 'Man of Steel', can we talk about SPOILER-related stuff?

by sd-7 in

if the title of the thread wasn't enough, spoiler alert.. spoiler alert.. .

okay...so...that said, i haven't seen the movie, which would be a paradox except that i read the novelization.

so...how'd you feel about the way it ended?

sd-7

I don't remember them showing the family surviving and I was waiting to see the camera pan back to them having survived, but... my son says that the camera did pan back, and I must have missed it. So now I am confused, lol. Perhaps someone else can weigh in on that.

Oh. (sigh) Well that's a relief. It would've been kinda stupid and pointless if Zod had killed that family anyway. I mean, then again, if you didn't want to kill Zod after all the other people he surely killed during the whole terraforming of Metropolis stuff...well, what would be the point of doing it now, really?

--sd-7

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Anyone who's seen 'Man of Steel', can we talk about SPOILER-related stuff?

by sd-7 in

if the title of the thread wasn't enough, spoiler alert.. spoiler alert.. .

okay...so...that said, i haven't seen the movie, which would be a paradox except that i read the novelization.

so...how'd you feel about the way it ended?

sd-7

The entire history and technology of Planet Kryptom is stored in Superman's D.N.A. of all Kryton, human beings are learning their supposed junk dna is not junk, it all has a purpose!

I wondered if maybe Brainiac was connected to that part of the plot. I do still think it's a good story, but the ending is kind of my main issue with it. I'm willing to forgive most everything else. I actually liked the suit, personally. I mean, red underwear is nice and all, but...why not try something different after 75 years, eh?

--sd-7

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Rich people don't create jobs

by slimboyfat in

just when i was thinking i don't like ted talks, this is an excellent take on job creation and wealth distribution.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckcvf8e7v1g.

sd-7

Why should poor workers pay a tax rate of 35% on their labour for example, while rich people only pay 15% on their capital gains?

Mitt Romney explained that capital gains are already taxed at corporate level, so to tax them at 35% on a personal level is to tax them twice. Not sure how that would be fair taxation. Not that I think Mitt Romney has a bit of sense, but he probably did have a point there.

--sd-7