Posts by Snotrag

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Which do you prefer?

by keyser soze in

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friends

when it comes to weather, would you rather have a wind chill below zero, or a heat index over 100?

it's the hottest week of the summer here.

i have to confess, i handle the cold much better than the heat.

Snotrag

Heat is better. That way I can sit in the shade with a beer and complain about the heat.

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3 Things You Should Know About Islam

by onemore in

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friends

....watch the video, what if we were to substitute the word islam (in the video) for watchtowerism.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcbptzalqfy.

Snotrag

What this video is saying is that the only thing to do is go to war against islam. How does that fit into the constitutioal right of free religeon in america? Is there a mosque near you?

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Favorite MOVIE SCENE - any genre - your pick!

by AWAKE&WATCHING in

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i realized i was hi-jacking another thread so i thought i would start my own topic.. one of my favorite movie scenes is the "to tip or not to tip" scene in reservoir dogs.

i don't care for all the blood in tarantino movies but he is, without a doubt, a genius.. .

Snotrag

The scene in "Aliens" when Sigourny Weaver steps out of the loader bay wearing the loader and yells at the monster.

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God's forced PLOT point (which just doesn't make sense!)

by Terry in

the bifurcation of christianity's dealing with the "plot" that drives god's "plan" is never more explicitly revealed as not logically reasoned out than when it comes to the "good" and the "evil" being judged.. what is the point in judging "evil" if god is going to simply call the same sinful, imperfect man "good" who confesses christ?.

it makes about as much sense as putting a zero on top of a zero and calling it 8.. justification is nothing more than calling evil "good" by reframing the context.

sin kills man.

Snotrag

Wat if the difference is that god has learned? Man is supposed to be like god. Man learns. Jesus came and taught love. This is a change in thought that has captured the mind of man. Is it not posssible that god has changed his position because he learned that dictatorial force does not work? The concept of love does away with your arguement. Man seeks peace when he feels love. This is new to mankind and he has not learned it yet. The promise of a better world is waiting for this concept to reach through the fog.

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Am I right to detect a merciless atmosphere?

by dgp in

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i remember that, when i was just beginning to read about jw's, i found jwfacts (great site) and read that being in the wt is bad because of the high control on people.

i would add a merciless environment where the rules can be bent, usually against you.

i would love to hear people's opinions on this..

Snotrag

That is a deep thought Terry. How do you contrast the love taught by Jesus?

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Head Count request, are you male or female? Lets count!

by asilentone in

at her recent thread, changeling was asking us if there are more men than women leaving the org.

lets find out.. .

i am a male.

Snotrag

male last time I looked

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Did you ever go through a period of obsession with all things WT related upon your awakening?

by miseryloveselders in

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when i was a firm believer that the wts was god's chosen organization, i didn't really research too much.

never gave much thought to other opinions.

if the insight book said so, than it was factual.

Snotrag

I jumped in with both feet to learn what the theolog was because I thought that I was being told the truth. I studied every WTS book I could find. After about a year I felt like it was not possible for me to be part of this thing. There were so many things that were supposed to be that were not that I was at a loss to understand. I became so thought obsessed that I would be mentally running this stuff through my head 24 hours a day. I cannot be perfect no matter what they say and no matter what i do it was not enough, yet Jesus says "my burden is light". The gifts of the spirit are supposed to be goodness kindness love and such yet the people were no different than any other group and in fact more like the taliban than anything else. At some point I just said I can't, I went to a meeting I think it was the memorial and I just could not go in. I turned around and went home.

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