Posts by sabastious

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I Went to the KH on Saturday

by snowbird in

i needed to get a picture of my daughter all dressed up in her bridesmaid gown.. she looked lovely - tastefully made up and just radiant.. i stepped across the threshold and felt ... nothing.. i saw some people from back in the day who did not recognize me, or pretended they didn't.. that was just fine.. unless my daughter opts for a kh wedding, i'm done for good.. thanks to y'all for listening.. syl.

sabastious

Screw those windowless wastes of building materials.

-Sab

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JW Retirement...

by sabastious in

...doesn't exist.. if you are so old or sick that you can't physically go out in the field ministry then they have the 15 minutes a month provision.. but what about people who have been doing it for 50 years?

what if they are just tired and want to retire?

just a though that popped into my brain while reading a post here.. "wicked" worldly organizations have retirement plans because they want to honor the members that gave them decades of service.... -sab.

sabastious

...doesn't exist.

If you are SO old or sick that you can't physically go out in the Field Ministry then they have the 15 minutes a month provision.

But what about people who have been doing it for 50 years? What if they are just tired and want to retire? Just a though that popped into my brain while reading a post here.

"Wicked" worldly organizations have Retirement Plans because they want to honor the members that gave them decades of service...

-Sab

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What is the big plan for the Great Day?

by Dark Side in

i've been away from the borg for many years now.

the only information i have about new light/doctrine change/flip flops is from this board.

so i'm hoping you can help me with a couple of questions i've had since i was a kid.. does the wtbts have a plan for what the jws are supposed to do while the battle of armaggedon is being fought?.

sabastious

Just make sure you don't "long" for your posessions that are being destroyed or God will Insta-Spice you like he did with nameless Lot's wife.

-Sab

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The evidence AGAINST evolution.

by nicolaou in

not in the fossil record, geographical spread or d.n.a.

it's certainly not found in the perfect 'design' of our bodies or the planet we live on.

without appealing to the supernatural or 'sacred texts' where can solid evidence be found against darwinian evolution by natural selection?.

sabastious

PSacramento,

That link is about the most unconvincing evolution paper I have ever read. For instance:

The very first refutation:

1. Living things never come from non-living things

^ Evolution does not attemp to explain HOW it started, but rather WHAT happened. We can prove that things evolve we cannot prove how the matter got to the planet that started evolution, which is what this is trying to refute.

2. The missing links are still missing

^ This is non proof, not actual proof of anything

-Sab

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My JW Relatives Don't Call or Write...Is This Normal?

by Cold Steel in

they've been jws for years, but they've never once called, written or seemed to have wanted anything to do with us.

they weren't like this when they were still catholics.

are they told not to have anything to do with non-members, even family?

sabastious

They are taught to keep all non-witnesses at an arms length, that includes family.

-Sab

Perfect Imperfection

by sabastious in

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Perfect Imperfection by Sabastious

What if God created us to be imperfect? If there are any common themes in the universe they are death and imperfection.

God knows what it’s like to be “perfect.” If he never had a beginning nor and end then he transcends all that we call reality. Everything in our reality has a beginning and an end; he has neither.

Sun’s burn out, stars supernova and planets have no defense against comets that could crush them. Forrest fires ravage whole sections of the Earth’s surface. Ninety nine percent of all life is the history of the planet is lost to extinction. Virus pandemics can kill hundreds of millions of humans over a short time.

Yet, even with all of this potential destruction and devastation the dominant species of the planet continues to progress physically, technologically morally and spiritually. Why does this happen?

One explanation is that this is how prosperity comes to be. This is exactly the process in which existence works. One could call it the best way of existence, the way God made us: imperfect, flawed.

He is not flawed, he is perfect and it might be the very reason for our existence. Perfection is predictable and frankly boring, so God made us to balance the “perfect” world.

Just a thought process I have had ruminating for a few months now, wanted to get a baseline in writing.

-Sab

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Do you REALLY believe Ezekiel laid seige to a brick 390 days?

by Terry in

in ezekiel the 4th chapter one of the most ludicrous passages in the bible tells us god commanded his prophet ezekiel to lie on his left side in a mock seige against a.....brick!

for how long?

390 days!.

sabastious

I think the main point is why the hell did God need this to happen? It sounds very much like a whim or fleeting knee jerk idea. It's just plain nonsensical!

-Sab

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Women: The Weaker Vessel

by sabastious in

illustrate why a husband should treat his wife.

15 in this respect, an experienced married.

brother illustrated why a husband should.

sabastious

Illustrate why a husband should treat his wife
gently.
15 In this respect, an experienced married
brother illustrated why a husband should
treat his wife gently, as “a weaker vessel.”
“When you hold a precious and delicate
vase, you must not grasp it too firmly, or it
may crack. Even if repaired, the crack may remain
visible,” he said. “If a husband uses
words that are too strong with his wife, he
may hurt her. This might cause a lasting
crack in their relationship.”—Read 1 Peter 3:7.

From the study article for tomorrow.

This is such chauvinistic dribble. I expect any women out there with half a brain to see right through this crap!

Ther term "weaker" cannot be avoided here. It is a direct statement that women are weaker mentally than men... I mean seriously are we in the 7th century BC or something?

Maybe Ron Burgundy was right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEqgWrJ6Hf4

-Sab

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Questions to ask yourself about Jehovahs Witnesses

by sabastious in

questions to ask yourself about jehovahs witnesses.

why are the watchtower society leaders kept behind a curtain?

why cant the average witness name their leaders?

sabastious

Those answers are very unsatisfactory for me, but if they ring true for you then all power to you.

-Sab

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Questions to ask yourself about Jehovahs Witnesses

by sabastious in

questions to ask yourself about jehovahs witnesses.

why are the watchtower society leaders kept behind a curtain?

why cant the average witness name their leaders?

sabastious

For the JW who is happy with his faith and has verry little education, the questions above are easily answered and pose no problem whatsoever. Sadly that is the majority of JW

Any 'easy' answer to any of the above questions must be questioned itself.

-Sab