Posts by JeffT

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Your thoughts on the Libertarian party

by James Mixon in

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friends

i really like what governors w.weld and g. johnson bring to the table.. not familiar with the libertarian party and will do some investigation,.

but any thoughts on this party..

JeffT

Mostly great ideas. the problem is selling those ideas to the people who benefit from big government, the majority. Not a chance they can win so you have to choose from the lesser of two evils. If social issues are your main concern, then vote for a moderate Democrat, if fiscal issues are your main concern, then vote for a moderate Republican. If principle is the diving force, then waste your vote for the Libertarian candidate. It's lonely being a Libertarian.

Sorry, this is the kind of thinking that created the current political mess in this country. Sometimes you have to think outside the box. For a long time two parties dominated national politics. Then some people with a new idea formed a third party, and refused to listen to those that they would never get anywhere. They succeeded in getting a guy named Abraham Lincoln elected president.

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LivingSocial SurvivalKit: For 1 or 2? And that is the question!

by oppostate in

just following the "worst-district-convention-ever" there's a lot of frightened jw's worriedly and eagerly excited about the "great tribulationnnnn-tam-tam-tammmmm" starting.

it's the talk of the town in jw land.. today, my wife is off to the sunday meeting and an after-spiritual-banquet-get-together for the speaker.

i'm staying home for this one.

JeffT

You can get everything you need for a lot less at regular stores. A couple of gallon jugs of water, survival blankets, camp stove with fuel and dried food. Probably for less than one of their kits.

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It's official - the G.B. has replaced the Holy Spirit!

by The Searcher in

the watchtower november 2016, page 16, par.

"some may feel that they can interpret the bible on their own.

however, jesus has appointed the ‘faithful slave’ to be the only* channel for dispensing spiritual food.

JeffT

Several years ago I wrote an article "Is the Governing Body Committing Blasphemy?" Last spring a put it on my blog. Looks like I may have to update it.

http://pathologicallyintellectual.blogspot.com/2016/05/is-governing-body-committing-blasphemy.html

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PREZ JOKES

by SolidSender in

here's some bumper stickers recently spotted:.

honk!

if you had sex with the president.

JeffT

In the 1770's there were three million of us and our leaders were luminaries: Washington, Jefferson, John and Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock; there were also some brilliant people that are not as well known today, Gouverneur Morris and Rufus King come to mind.

Today there are 375.000,000 of us and look what we get. It's a joke, but sad not funny. Edited to add: Bernie Sanders is the first democrat in years to make me think of voting that direction. I'm seriously considering voting for Jill Stein.

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Jehovah loves "even rounded numbers" or could this be a way to disprove the inspiration of the Bible?

by notjustyet in

while i am not able to recall them all at this time, i remember so many instances that when a number was quoted in the bible, especially large numbers, they were all "rounded up" to the nearest hundred or thousand.

for instance the angel killed 185,000 syrians, not 184,879. sampson killed a thousand men with the jawbone of an ass, not 961. and on and on on the even rounded numbers.

i would guess that it could be agues that these numbers were correct but is that realistic?

JeffT

I'm an accountant. We work in rounded numbers all the time. It's also a common practice in all sorts of historical writing. I don't think the Bible accounts are meant to taken as precise.

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What novels have you been reading recently? Recommend any?

by LoveUniHateExams in

i've always been a bit of a reader - but only reading about topics i find interesting, e.g.

natural history, dinosaurs, etc.. recently i've started to select, buy and read novels.. this year i've bought and read frankenstein (mary shelly), dracula (bram stoker), the hound of the baskervilles (a. conan doyle), 'salem's lot (stephen king), jurassic park (michael crichton) and the firm (john grisham).. i have an inclination towards horrors and thrillers.. what fiction have you been reading?.

could you recommend anything?.

JeffT

I recently read "The Hunger Games." Good book, although I have not gotten to the sequels yet. Recently reread Kings "Apt Pupil" and "The Shawshank Redemption." Both good, although I almost like the movie of Shawshank better than the book. That doesn't happen often.

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Elders harassing me

by raven in

hi everyone, it has been a while since i've last updated!

(refer to my previous posts for the full story) here is a quick re-cap: 2 months ago my mother found out that i am living with my boyfriend, she told me i was discovered by an "anonymous" tipper who turned me in for "living in sin".. first of all, that is nearly impossible, the congregation i was in is 100's of miles away from where i currently live.. no one would have ever known i was living with my boyfriend unless i told them, which i never did, i cut off all communication with that congregation in part of my attempted fade which was blown into pieces and discovered.. anyways, my mom tells me if i don't go to the elders and confess like a good little sheep, then she is obligated to tell them.. ( don't see why, i don't even live under her roof ) well i never went to them because why should i?

so they met with my mother and she told them i live with my boyfriend... let me remind you, this was two months ago.. i was told i was going to be df'd and that was that.

JeffT

I have never been happier since out of the org

Tell them this. Tell them you do not recognize their authority over you and won't respond to them in the future. End with a note that you'll sue them for slander if they DF you. I'm guessing they'll just leave you alone rather than open up that can of worms.

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Dreading the news this week

by Coded Logic in

tens of thousands of protesters are expected to show up in cleveland this week for the republican national convention.

muslim groups.

mexican groups.

JeffT

I can't think of the last time we had is such a politically and culturally charged event where people with diametrically opposed views are going to be in direct contact with each other

Chicago 1968. The events there probably cemented Nixon's election.

much less armed with guns.

Kent State, 1970. The whole country is lucky that the students weren't armed and the Guard only killed four people.

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Blondie's Highlights of the 7-17-2016 WT Study (Personal Decision)

by blondie in

blondie’s highlights from the july 17, 2016 wt study (2016) (how do you make personal decisions?.

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/.

excellent general website: www.jwfacts.com .

JeffT

In plain English: The Bible does not give specific commands about many situations. It is therefore up to the GB, CO's and local elders to make them up. Do as you are told.

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i'm leaving this site forever

by stan livedeath in

as the title says--i'm out of here for good.. the site is full of atheists, communists, 7th day adventists, creationists, believers, deceivers, receivers, football supporters,.

dodgy types, cantleave---and assorted wankers.. so no place for me--because i'm none of the above so dont fit in.

so--this is goodbye forever my friends--its been almost average knowing you.

JeffT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGcHNnI2mh4