LOL @ having a kid use "politician" as an insult. They really are in their own little world.
DanaBug
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Sunday Drama-"Young Ones-Be Discreet and Wise"
by CaptainSchmideo ini briefly touched on the drama in another post, but i felt i needed to share in greater detail this latest masterpiece.. .
this was the drama on sunday.
the story alternates between the story of joseph, son of jacob, and a witness kid (forgot his name;billy?
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Grand Theft Auto 5: Patterson Edition
by Mr. Falcon inrecently, i have heard several comments during the watchtower study regarding how today's ultra-violent entertainment might actually be "training and preparing people to butcher their own families when the great tribulation hits.
" this rather dystopian thought was also alluded to in several convention talks within the past year or so.. how do you feel about this?
while there is no doubt that explicitly violent media is abundantly available in this day and age, do you feel that this is a plausible conclusion to draw?
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DanaBug
What ultra-violent entertainment? I haven't been to a hanging or stoning in ages. I miss watching lions tear Christians to shreds and getting blood splattered on me. Christian blood is really hard to come by these days, too. I get funny looks at the blood mobile when I ask their prices.
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Jehovah's witness meetings are NOT BORING......
by punkofnice in...i was told but they usually were as i look back.. as a lad i'd sit and look to see who the lights would fall on.
i'd get an almond and see how long i could suck it before i chewed at it.
i'd imagine playing rock'n'roll on the congregation's piano.. how did you get through the meetings when you were bored?.
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DanaBug
or even wondering what it would be like to swing by a trapeze from the stadium ceiling.
I also did this during conventions. I would imagine myself up there in the catwalks finding a path without falling to my death. Or I'd scope out the spotlights and figure out where they'd be shining if they were on. Watched people exit the auditorium and timed how long it took them to get back. Also did the marking off for every mention of Jehovah, Jesus, anointed, other sheep, paradise, etc. Looked up dirty words in the Bible index. Read whatever magazines I had with me. When I was younger, my hands were dinosaurs and my lap and chair a landscape since I really loved the Land Before Time movie.
On the upside, we've all probably got a much longer attention span than other people who never experienced this.
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insidious infiltrate!
by chickpea ini dont know how many times i have thought i had purged my life.
of all the wts litter-ature, only to find that crap still taking up room.
in storage... .
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DanaBug
Vote for best post title!
When I moved/got kicked out, I took only my NWT with me which I threw in the garbage April last year. I wish I had thought to take my pioneer school book with me (what's that called again?). I think it'd be fascinating to see what my mindset was back then, all the little notes in the margins.
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What they DON'T tell you
by Black Man inhey everybody, i'm in the middle of an ongoing debate w/some jws and they are asserting that everyone knows what they're getting into when they are studying and getting baptized and that nobody forces anyone to become a jw and that you can leave anytime you want.
ok, we know that's not true.
how would you counter that argument?
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DanaBug
I have learned more about JW's and their beliefs and history in the two years looking at this site than in the 60+ years as a JW before.
For what it's worth I have also learned more about the Bible here than in all those years attending KH.
Me too! Amazing, ain't it? The best educated people on earth, my ass!
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What they DON'T tell you
by Black Man inhey everybody, i'm in the middle of an ongoing debate w/some jws and they are asserting that everyone knows what they're getting into when they are studying and getting baptized and that nobody forces anyone to become a jw and that you can leave anytime you want.
ok, we know that's not true.
how would you counter that argument?
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DanaBug
What I wasn't told:
Baptismal vows- never saw them beforehand, didn't even see them until visiting this site.
Jesus is not mediator for the great crowd, only the 144k
What Russell really taught about 1914 and where he got that date from
What they were teaching when they were selected as f&ds in 1919
I think the above should be required to study before baptism.
Mistranslations in the NWT
The full list of disfellowshipping offenses
That elders will not be removed if they confess to a sin they committed two to three years before their appointment, while a rank and file would probably be df'd for not confessing sooner
That at some point in the future, after baptism, I would rather die at Armageddon than spend another day at a meeting or in service or under their rule. Okay, can't use that one!
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Bible joke in the 7/15/11 WT (for nonChristians)
by SweetBabyCheezits inthe watchtower ?
july 15, 2011 (p17).
10 pauls warning about false stories is part of his first letter to timothy, a christian overseer who was charged with preserving the purity of the congregation and helping fellow believers to remain faithful.
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DanaBug
Hahahaha! All that work and he could have just took a torch to the fields himself. Nope, he wasn't too bright, poor Samson.
Is there another culture's story that's similar to this? Where does this stuff come from? I think some ganja was involved. "Dude! You know what would be awesome? Best way to make popcorn ever!"
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Socrates and Me
by Farkel insocrates is my hero and has been ever since i re-claimed my mind when i left the wt cult.
when i read the socrates dialogues which were compiled by plato, i found my purpose in my life.. the greek political cult killed socrates because he called them on their bullshit.
he was likely the most brilliant mind of his age (or any age), but they killed him for a very obvious reason: he didn't agree with the people in power and he was much smarter than the people in power.. he knew stuff that the people in power didn't want to hear.. i know stuff that the people in the wts don't want to hear.. socrates was an incredible genius.. i'm just a hack by comparison, but i may be just as dangerous as he, but in a smaller context.
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DanaBug
You can do both Farkel. The internet is a pretty powerful tool, maybe you can use it for the good you want to do while you're in Hawaii. Depends on what you have in mind though.
What's your favorite thing in Hawaii? I've never been.
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An absolute nightmare!
by MrFreeze ini had one of the most vivid nightmares that i can remember in a long time.
there i was driving with my family.
they are dressed in their sunday finest.
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DanaBug
I have dreams where I'm visiting somewhere on vacation and my family's there along with several old friends and they ignore me, or they doing something that's going to hurt them but they won't listen. Or I'm watching one of them do something horrible but no one else will believe me. They're mostly just frustrating; the whole I wish I could tell them what I know but they wouldn't even hear me if I could tell them.
I've never had a dream where I went back, or even about a meeting or convention. Interesting you were in flip flops. Why do you think that was? About like being nude, especially at a convention.
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Bible joke in the 7/15/11 WT (for nonChristians)
by SweetBabyCheezits inthe watchtower ?
july 15, 2011 (p17).
10 pauls warning about false stories is part of his first letter to timothy, a christian overseer who was charged with preserving the purity of the congregation and helping fellow believers to remain faithful.
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DanaBug
If the wt says something it is 100% true and from God.
Until it's not true anymore.
Their own writings have had as much "superstition and absurd tales of magic and sorcery presented as truth" as the Bible has. And I'm not even thinking of prophecy.