Diogenesister

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  Are Jehovah’s Winesses “Fundamentalists” and “Fanatics”?

  by EdenOne in

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  recently ive posted on fb a meme where a two pairs of hands held open a bible and the quram side by side.

  then i wrote on it:.

  (faith + fundamentalism) x (hate + propaganda) = legitimation of intolerance and violence.

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  Edens definition a strong sense of the importance of maintaining ingroup and outgroup distinctions, leading to an emphasis on purity and the desire to return to a previous ideal from which it is believed that members have begun to stray. Rejection of diversity of opinion as applied to these established "fundamentals" and their accepted interpretation within the group is often the result of this tendency.”

  Eden I think the definitions speak for themselves - excellent points. As many of us have reiterated, the witnesses wait for their god to commit the atrocity and yet they cannot see how vile that is.

  Good to hear from you.

  
  
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  New Light: Don't hold hands during prayers

  by RR in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  from the watchtower november 15 study edition.. 19 when we are being represented in public prayer, we need to display reverential "fear of god.

  " (1 pet 2:17) there may be a proper time and place for some actions that would be inappropriate at a christian meeting.

  (eccl 3:1) for instance, suppose someone sought to have all in a group link arms or hold hands during prayer.

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  hmmm.....so they are not bothered about all the publicity around a swag of paedophiles in the congregations but they don't want mum & dad holding hands to stumble the (non existant)newbies.....

  sOund reasonings from the House of Watchtower Pharasees again...
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  Caleb prepares for the New System.

  by LogCon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  dad: my son, you look like you are writing down something very important.

  are you studying the watchtower?.

  caleb: no, im just writing down some numbers and names in this notebook.. dad: what numbers and names, my son?.

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  Best spoof I've read for ages....get those mass graves dug caleb...maybe you should watch some nazi video's to see how it's done kiddo!
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  Comment during the WT

  by OneFingerSalute in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so ofs got to comment again this morning and thought the comment might bring a smile to someone.the second half question on par.

  15 was, "we cannot actually see jesus, sohow can we look intently at him?".

  ofs commented, "of course, we cannot literally see jesus as peter did.

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  No. You should have said "Guardians OF the Doctrine"
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  I'm a cynical, sarcastic and curmudgeonly old bastard most of the time.

  by nicolaou in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  but as i move into my early 50's i find i'm more and more comfortable in my thick, leathery hide.. please get it into your thick skull's that i don't insult or make snarky comments with the intent of hurting anyone's feelings.

  that being said, if your precious feelings are hurt it's probably your fault for being a prissy, over sensitive drama queen who can't defend his argument.. i do actually love you all, it's just that most of the time you spineless pussies really get on my nerves!.

  good god i feel better for that!

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  yes but I can still see the #sadness in your eyes..

  oh sorry I got you mixed up with the cat..
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  Too Funny Prank

  by berrygerry in

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  from a redditor - would have died to have been there.

  https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/3sukbu/our_congregation_happens_to_have_a_networked/.

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  demonzz!

  Wicked lyrics!!
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  Galillee, heartland of paganism in Palestine

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my thread title is somewhat tongue in cheek, because we all know that galilee is where jesus family lived and where he started his ministry.. but, the little village of nazareth, where father joseph started his carpentery business and his sons continued the business, was only about 6km from sepphoris.

  its conjectured by some that the family business was not very prosperous, being dependent on rural work when, joseph started it.

  nazareth was a typical rural village, houses constructed from mud and brick, with maybe a few constructed from stone.

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  Wonderful post, doggy grandad.

  It occurs to me more & more that Christianity is Hellenic Judaism. Conservative fundy christians like the JW make the greeks the bogey men of the Biblical middle east but without the Hellenic influence on Judaism via gnosticism Christianity would not exist imho.
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  Which bible character do you hate the most?

  by Bonsai in

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  2. beliefs

  the more i think about it, the more i feel an extreme dislike for the apostle paul.

  he was on par with hitler in his treatment of the jews before he "saw the light".

  he replaced jesus teachings of love and mercy with a more legalistic, pharisaical concept of devotion to god.. any evil person can come to believe in god and worship him if the scales were literally and miraculously removed from his eyes.

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  Other than that Kaik's list is spot on
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  Which bible character do you hate the most?

  by Bonsai in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the more i think about it, the more i feel an extreme dislike for the apostle paul.

  he was on par with hitler in his treatment of the jews before he "saw the light".

  he replaced jesus teachings of love and mercy with a more legalistic, pharisaical concept of devotion to god.. any evil person can come to believe in god and worship him if the scales were literally and miraculously removed from his eyes.

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  Which bible character do I hate the most as of 13/11/2015 ~ why Ishmael of course!!!

  ....grumble...Arabs...Islam....damn haggar...sasafrasin...
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  Over-protective parent?

  by GrownMidget in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was something like 20-21 and there was this young sister, maybe 16 who i happened to like back in the day ... uh oh ...we met in the summer convention because i made the first move while she was playing board games with her friend.

  we kept in touch via skype and text messages because lived kinda far from each other.

  eventually her mother heard of the stuff and said to her daughter that the chatting must stop.... well, when two people have a little crush on one another, it sure doesn't.

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  Just out of interest most of the youngsters I know are sexually active for the first time between 14 and 17. Quite a few of my friends daughters went on the pill at 14 or 15, with parental consent sensibly BEFORE first contact.

  They are all, to a women, childless unmarried in their mid twenties ex university graduates in professional jobs very very balanced with good relationships with their parents and either happily single or in good relationships. We messed up repressed religious older generation had kids too young, messed up going to college because of it, have lots of issues including drink bad relationships etc and very poor or non existent relationships with our parents. No contest who are the most balanced and happy generation.