i recently had a jw "friend" (the last non-relative one that has any contact with me at all - and it is only electronic) post a typically cultish statement as a comment on my fb page.
there is no good way to respond without going all logical apostate on him.
i know the dubism is idiotic enough on its own to discredit itself and him, but i am still fighting the urge to respond and clearly show how ridiculous the statement was.
wasblind - I would have explained to him that the Red Cross takes small amounts of blood from multiple volunteers (of same blood group) that way when Mr. Falcon's drug deal goes bad and he get shot 47 times and loses 3 litres of blood, they might be able to save him by replacing the blood from the blood BANK.
Lucky for him, Sonny always kept his Advanced Medical Directive on him.
*** w80 11/15 p. 23 par.
4 jehovah of armies to the rescue!
the fact that today we do not have a vast water canopy suspended high up in space and all around our globe and thus blocking direct sunlight, moonlight and starlight is because jehovah saw what was going on down here upon his terrestrial footstool and took action.
windows of heaven were opened." -Genesis 7:11.
Could this be referring to the "water canopy"?
*** w80 11/15 p. 23 par.
4 jehovah of armies to the rescue!
the fact that today we do not have a vast water canopy suspended high up in space and all around our globe and thus blocking direct sunlight, moonlight and starlight is because jehovah saw what was going on down here upon his terrestrial footstool and took action.
I remember bringing this up to my brother once and he said Jehovah put it there temporarily to help spread the garden worldwide (greenhouse effect) and then he probably planned on gradually diminishing it.
I love the ideas that JWs come up with when they speculate about things like this. Just making things up. The hell with what the Bible actually says... I say that this or that is going to occur! Isn't that relying on human philosophy instead of God's Word? So human philosophy is okay in some circumstances but it is apostate thinking in other situations. Whatever.
*** w80 11/15 p. 23 par.
4 jehovah of armies to the rescue!
the fact that today we do not have a vast water canopy suspended high up in space and all around our globe and thus blocking direct sunlight, moonlight and starlight is because jehovah saw what was going on down here upon his terrestrial footstool and took action.
It's cool Morbidz, good research. That's the general feeling I got from those scripture, regardless of which translation is used. There isn't really and tangible, clear mention of any sort of "canopy". Part of the problem I have is that this is "adding to the Scriptures" something that is forbidden.
For example, let's just play Devil's advocate here for a moment and assume that the Flood did indeed happen. If you believe that God performs miracles and such then why can't God make it miracously just rain a deluge? Throughout the Bible he made it rain fire, split the earth open and other destructive acts, so why couldn't he just make it rain? The bible says that he made it rain 40 days and 40 nights. Don't say nuthin' bout no canopy.
To me, the idea that a canopy of water existed around the earth would mean that rain was never meant to be and that it came about as a means to kill mankind. Rain was invented to kill mankind. Marinate on that.
i recently had a jw "friend" (the last non-relative one that has any contact with me at all - and it is only electronic) post a typically cultish statement as a comment on my fb page.
there is no good way to respond without going all logical apostate on him.
i know the dubism is idiotic enough on its own to discredit itself and him, but i am still fighting the urge to respond and clearly show how ridiculous the statement was.
hahaha Nomad.
Few things in life are as pathetic as when JWs use Facebook to try to make declarations of their nut-job "faith". I remember looking at this one guy's status updates (he was a FB friend of someone else).
his posts were so damn corny.
"Well, just got in from a great morning of field service! I'm off to mow the lawn at the Kingdom Hall!"
"Wow, had a demonstration at the Circuit Assembly! What a blessing from Jah!"
"Pizza party for the kids at the hall and then off to a quick-build project!"
And after every post all his corny JW friends would be all clicking "like" and commenting about "spiritual blessings yada yada". Look, pal, if the earth will one day be filled with such people, then count Mr. Falcon OUT.
i made a comment on my fb page expressing my disgust about this blog http://networkedblogs.com/fa1le.
this is the response i got from an old jw "friend".
thank whatever gods may be that i don't think like this.. .
Jehovah's Witnesses have been actively promoting Bible education in Japan for nearly 100 years.
Yup, and several JWs were even miracously atom-bombed out of prison during WWII!!!!!!!!
i must say publishingcult spent a lot of time producing this video about the six screens march 12, 2011 conference call.
the call lasted approximately five hours and many people called in and we discussed a number of topics.
for reasons we will not bring up,the nude picture that appeared in the 1927 watchtower publication "creation" and which we brought up on this conference call deeply disturbed puplishingcult.
hahaha awesome
Koolaid-man = Bill O'reilly
PublishingCult = Michael Moore
Mr. Falcon = Peter North
i recently had a jw "friend" (the last non-relative one that has any contact with me at all - and it is only electronic) post a typically cultish statement as a comment on my fb page.
there is no good way to respond without going all logical apostate on him.
i know the dubism is idiotic enough on its own to discredit itself and him, but i am still fighting the urge to respond and clearly show how ridiculous the statement was.
Sweeney, all the time. ALL the time. Usually my mother or some other ultra-conservative JW relative will spout something that makes me sick to my stomach. But it's not the ignorance that they spout that is unsettling, it's the determination to defend that belief no matter what; to refuse to even listen to a single shred of credible evidence that I find so alarming. The WT Society does an excellent job of installing defense mechanisms in the minds of their drones.
I would just simply ignore this comment. Remove it from your FB wall, even. I am embarressed when I look back on how smug and confident I was in every little statement the WTBS made. NOBODY was going to discredit my beloved Watchtower magazine. Then I woke up and realized just how little I know about anything.
*** w80 11/15 p. 23 par.
4 jehovah of armies to the rescue!
the fact that today we do not have a vast water canopy suspended high up in space and all around our globe and thus blocking direct sunlight, moonlight and starlight is because jehovah saw what was going on down here upon his terrestrial footstool and took action.
strymeckirules - interesting point, although I personally don't believe that Peter was referring to a water canopy, but I'm no bible scholar or expert. However, perhaps I'm wrong. In that case, does this mean that Peter believed in the water canopy doctrine?
TotallyADD - This really shook my "faith". Most JWs simply don't pay any attention to this infamous WT doctrine, for whatever reason. But just because you ignore something, doesn't make it go away. It is hypocritical for JWs to attack Trinitarians for "twisting the scriptures" when they teach a belief in a water canopy that isn't even mentioned in the Bible (unless I'm wrong about 2 Peter 3: 1-7).
im new to your site so ill present myself.
its been 15 years since i escaped the borg.
i was in a unhappy marriage.
Welcome. Sorry you have to endure such a bad family situation. I dream of a day when the whole disfellowshipping arrangement is abolished. It is a sin against everything Jesus Christ taught (whether you believe in him or not).
P. S. You were great in Dune.
