Posts by DarioKehl

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Martha My Dear...

by MoneurMallard in

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friends

i wonder what it was like to be around when noah's ark landed.

to be there when shem said to his son, "go pork your sister" (in order to repopulate the species)..... i'm paraphrasing of course, i'm not really sure if shem's son's sister was named martha or not.. the degree of incest alone is enough to turn away any logical rational person from the bible.

of course it had to have begun long before noah's time, even when adam and eve were conceiving, there must have been lots of sexual perversions taking place.... this is of course all lunacy, as the human race began with several distinct chromosomes and species emanating from several different gene pools at different intervals.

DarioKehl

You need AT LEAST 47 different couples for a species to have enough genetic diversity to continue. Below that number, no species has ever avoided extinction. How anyone can follow an organization that stubbornly insists the flood account is a literal account that happened exactly as described in the scriptures--globally--is beyond me. That proved to me the GB/WBTS is a horrible, horrible control group and I began my silent path down Apostacy Blvd.

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JWs Summed Up in One Sentence! Contribute Please!

by DarioKehl in

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friends

"we can't smoke pot with him... he's disfellowshipped!".

please keep 'em coming!

i wanna see more.

DarioKehl

"I'm cool with sex, drugs and parties but I don't f*ck with demonized sh*t!"

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Question, Mormon temples.

by jam in

the mormon temples will build five temples in cities.

worlwide.

the church, with it,s 14.1 million members.

DarioKehl

RE: Irreligiosophy podcast...

I am astonished at how similar LDS and JWs are. Especially since we adopted "Family Bible Study" nights and LDS has always had "Family Home Evening." They use terms like "wordly," "heavy petting," "disfellowshipping" and "one true religion."

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Question, Mormon temples.

by jam in

the mormon temples will build five temples in cities.

worlwide.

the church, with it,s 14.1 million members.

DarioKehl

You cannot enter a mormon temple unless you've had your "endowment" and that ceremony is usually a Mormon's first exposure to it. You get your patriarchal blessing, do the cleansing and vail ceremony where you learn your "spiritual name" and a special handshake. A lotta masonic-like ritual. It is a goal for all super-mormons to have a "temple wedding." That's like, an ultimate badge of honor. Any non-mormon relatives or mormons who have not received endowments yet are not allowed inside for the temple wedding ceremony.

Temples are regional, like circuit assemblies for JWs. Their local congregations are in buildings called Wards. I believe they have zones instead of circuits, bishops instead of "annointed" or "GB" and "general conference" instead of conventions. If you'd like more info on Mormons, there's an excellent atheist podcast put up by 2 ex mormons from Utah called "Irreligiosophy." If you enjoy sophomoric humor and profanity, it's a great show! But they're also very well researched and I've learnd a TON about LDS! (and yes, they have 2 shows, episodes 41 and 44 about JWs).

Check it out!

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JWs Summed Up in One Sentence! Contribute Please!

by DarioKehl in

jw
friends

"we can't smoke pot with him... he's disfellowshipped!".

please keep 'em coming!

i wanna see more.

DarioKehl

I'll go first:

"We can't smoke pot with him... he's disfellowshipped!"

PLEASE KEEP 'EM COMING! I wanna see more. Be creative and witty. ONLY RULE: ONE SENTENCE!

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Thank goodness I won't live forever in Paradise.....

by african GB Member in

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friends

.....i don't think it'd be cool at all.

imagine living in a dc style environment forever!

having to obey the gb.. thanx but no thanx, i'd rather be killed forever at armageddon by the most loving god jehovah..

DarioKehl

JWs' idea of paradise sounds like my idea of hell. So glad neither exist!

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I told the baptist church pastor that I'm gay!

by TimothyT in

his reaction wasnt as liberal as i hoped it would be.

he said that we needed to discuss it.

however, gone are the days where im putting myself in the firing line and not sticking up for myself.

DarioKehl

Tim,

I respect your decisions but I really don't understand why you would have chosen the baptists! They are among the strictest Christian sects. Methodists are generally very forgiving but for an openly gay person, you may find the unitarian/universalist group the most suitable. Of course, my 2 cents would be to snuggle up with your BF and read Richard Dawkins The God Delusion together. Free yourselves from the inappropriate guilt! The churches are just going to keep piling it on! "GET OUT OF HER!" Good luck...

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The meaning of blood in Lev 17

by BookOfRoses in

i have a question about what was allowed/disallowed about eating blood in old testament israel.

not necessarily how jw see it, but how it is explained in general, although this question came to my mind after discussion with a jw, mainly based on leviticus 17.. .

(contemporary english version).

DarioKehl

JWs explain it this way: "If alcohol were forbidden, would you inject it into your veins?" Oh yes, they even have a picture with this ridiculous analogy in a recent publication! Only a non sequitor fallacy could link an OT dietary requirement to a modern day medical proceedure!!! Unbelievable.

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