is thinking that because he or she has not been bested at the door that this is a point in his or her favor that they have the "truth".
what this thinking fails to take into account is that people are self-motivated and unless there is some compelling psychological payoff or some monetary payoff in making the sort of investment required to "defeat" the witness argument,(which rarely involves the whole) that they will rarely be engaged except by the few who haven't the mental acumen to understand what constitutes a worthwhile investment.. .
the jw leaves with unwarranted satisfaction on these occasions imagining that this encounter is one more implicit vote in favor of "the truth".
The other big mistake is that they listen to the interpretations of the scripture by the WBTS instead of really trying to get a grip of what the scripture is saying...
I.E. "new light", all of the scriptures that are used to describe fulfilled prophecy in the revelation book
im just gonna do a recount of what types of people we will find in hell:.
women with respect for themselves, natural scientists, atheists, agnostics, buddhists, hindus, everyone from the center to the far left of the political spectrum, homosexuals, sexually liberated people.. and what types of people we will find in heaven:.
sexually restrictive, far right, wife abusing christians.. i would pick hell any day.
I choose becoming a ghost and haunting people.
i'm looking all over and i can't find my old book.
i need to check one of the pictures - specifically jesus nailed to the stake..
I'm looking all over and I can't find my old book. I need to check one of the pictures - specifically Jesus nailed to the stake.
i want to slap this hypocritical priest in the face.. .
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phad7hunjfk.
I think the kids are lucky they don't have to go to Catholic School.
it's amazing what you notice when you go through the bible again with a changed worldview.
this week's watchtower-assigned bible reading is the opening chapters of 1 samuel.
this little gem just jumped off the page at me:.
watchtower 15th march 1953 page 191.. ''there is no reason to think that they [demons] cannot possess persons today.. this is not to say that all those mentally sick are so possessed, for they are not.. mentally sick persons, however, in their weakened state, may present more vulnerable targets for their assaults and invasions.. some show evidence of demon possession, whereas others show evidences of merely mental sickness or nervous breakdown.
'' (emphasis mine).
i for one would not want to work with people with mental illness or depression just in case they were possessed by some of those pesky spirits.. .
discoveringlife -
They say 1 in 4 Americans has a dehibiliating disorder that will effect them GREATLY throughout their lives. 1 in 100 are skitzophrenic. 1 in 160 are autistic. Can you imagine how these people were treated in bible times?
We think of depression and we have empathy for those who are afflicted yet one of the 7 deadly sins is "sloth"... Hmmmm..... I bet depression looks a lot like sloth.
My point is the WBTS is just trying to be consistent with the bible which is completely outdated no matter how much they say it isn't.
Having said that... they ARE bastards and you should do everything you can to bring the organization down! Rage against that machine!
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100313/ap_on_re_eu/eu_church_abuse.
what do you think, would it ever get to the point where the pope would be forced to step down, if enough evidence linking him to mistakes in handling the cases comes to light?.
According to Dan Brown... that's impossible.
Wait a second... we're allowed to buy stock? Can we also gamble? I saw this really neat idea in a movie called Back to the Future 2.
i see over and over so many times jws and x-jws alike complaining about wt's lack of charity work.
it almost seems to imply that wt would be an ok religion if only they opened a soup kitchen or had some charity pet project.. do you really think that a food bank would reconcile all of the sins of that organization?.
would you be more inclined to accept wt teachings if only they would do something to help "needy people"?.
lipstick on a pig?
Spend as much time in College as possible. Stay away from all organized religions (even if there is a right one you're too stupid to know which one is right). There is no such thing as failure, only feedback. The rumors about Tequila are true be cautious.
