What I love about the Jews is that everything about them - ESPECIALLY their worship - is so profoundly human. Next to them the Witnesses seem like another species entirely... homo assimilatus...
Posts by agonus
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40Thoughts From A Jew
by shamus100 inhaving never really met or been friends with a jewish person, i must say that i was quite amused by his amusement of my little cult experience.
he is serving on a board to help fundraise for his synagogue, and i met many people there, including a lesbian sitting on the board.. gay people in a religion?
strange?.
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Borg cubes inbound!
by sd-7 inwell, as my suspicious side suspected, my wife has rather suddenly flipped the script on me.
she got confused after i explained reality to her, and by coincidence the elders are now going to do a shepherding call on us.
after having read my e-mail (see 'drawing disciples after myself?
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agonus
Yeah, it's OK for the WT to be dishonest in promoting its cause because "We have The Truth!" Ditto that for every instance of the WT doing the same thing they accuse other religions of (i.e. leg-humping the UN).
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How is magisterium different from Governing Body?????
by Terry inlet me introduce you to a term used in the roman catholic church you may not be familiar with: governing body.
in the roman catholic church the word "magisterium" refers to the teaching authority of the church.
this authority is understood to be embodied in the episcopacy, which is the aggregation of the current bishops of the church, led by the bishop of rome (the pope), who has authority over the bishops, individually and as a body, as well as over each and every catholic directly.
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agonus
Yep. The only real difference between Benedict and Ted is that Ben won't shun you if you question him.
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Thoughts From A Jew
by shamus100 inhaving never really met or been friends with a jewish person, i must say that i was quite amused by his amusement of my little cult experience.
he is serving on a board to help fundraise for his synagogue, and i met many people there, including a lesbian sitting on the board.. gay people in a religion?
strange?.
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agonus
"Practicing Jews are amused (And sometimes slightly offended) at the ignorance of the average Christian when it comes to ancient Judaism."
As comedian Lewis Black is so fond of saying, "Don't tell US what OUR book means. WE were the ones who wrote it."
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Thoughts From A Jew
by shamus100 inhaving never really met or been friends with a jewish person, i must say that i was quite amused by his amusement of my little cult experience.
he is serving on a board to help fundraise for his synagogue, and i met many people there, including a lesbian sitting on the board.. gay people in a religion?
strange?.
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agonus
The 3 therapists who have helped me the most in my life (including the wonderful gentleman who is currently helping me with the aftermath of the loss of my JW faith, including my failed marriage and child custody issues) happen to be Jews. Oh, and it just so happens that help from these fellows was arranged by my mom, a devout JW. The irony of this "coincidence" is totally lost on her.
Oy...
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Daniel Rodriguez's The Watchtower's Coming Crisis
by dgp ini'm reading "the watchtower's coming crisis", by daniel rodriguez.
rodriguez claims the watchtower will have a severe crisis in the years to come, as "the generation that wouldn't pass away" does pass away.
time is the wts worst enemy, he says.
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agonus
That's right, TOH. At that rate of growth amongst the anointed, the GB should be afraid... very afraid...
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I told my husband that I'm going to throw away my no blood card
by doublelife ini discussed my view with him and he understood the point i made but said that until he receives further instruction from the gb he will still refuse a transfusion.
i asked him if he would deny me a blood transfusion if i needed one and he said, "i don't know.
i went to lunch with my non-jw aunt and cousin and told them about the conversation.
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agonus
Liberty can indeed be intoxicating but the price you will likely pay will sober you up fast.
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The Watchtower Society: aka "The Dream Killers"
by JimmyPage indo you have talent as a musician?
how much better would it be if you focused on pioneering!.
are you artistic?
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agonus
Why would Jehovah want you to waste the talents He gave you to spend your life doing something you hate and most likely suck at anyway?
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JWs having Facebook Sex - Strongly warned to get off FB at CA yesterday
by shopaholic inso it appears that jws are letting their freaky side come out on fb for everyone to see.. there was talk on the ca yesterday strongly warning all true lovers of jehovah to delete their fb accounts.
the talk was solely about fb.
the speaker mentioned that jws are associating with people that would not associate with in real life, often using the excuse that the person is a relative.
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agonus
They're afraid of apostate contact/doubts, period. Sex is just a convenient cover.
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Mill Hill Disfellowshippings
by BorgHater ina few months ago there was a thread about a couple of elders at the mill hill bethel being disfellowshipped because they disagreed with some wt doctrine (i can't recall exactly what it was) and that several other betheliteswere under 'investigation'.
i haven't heard anything since, does anyone know anything more about this?.
borghater xx.
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agonus
"I pray the whole WT house of cards comes crashing down under Grace."
For a religion that's replaced the word "Grace" in the Bible with the unwieldy "Undeserved Kindness", don't count on it.
But, all things are possible with God...