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What is the best debate you've ever read on this board...

by The Rebel in

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who won, and why?.

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what is truth - Pilate asked Jesus

by Ruby456 in

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i think pilate was being socratic when he asked jesus - what is truth?.

my question is to do with whether or not jesus was also being socratic when he said he had come to bear witness to the truth.

my idea is that both pilate and jesus were talking about a kind of ethics to live.

The Rebel

" WHAT IS TRUTH" re Pilate to Jesus.

What a brilliantt observation to that question " Ruby"

You assume in your question both were " talking about a kind of ethics to live by" so let's take your " two cultures" statement further. Jesus was a carpenter, Pilate lived in a clean, splendid palace, and had servants to clean. But both once had mummy to clean the diapers. One of these men a carpenter had become a " King" and this impressed Pilate who was born a " king"

So let's speculate. Maybe by Pilates question " What is truth?" he was asking " What makes a great man?" and Jesus reply " I have come to bear witness to the ( that ) truth" And Jesus answer which was a kind of insane rhetoric about self- reliance impressed Pilate...and he tried to " half heartedly" save Jesus, because he admired the man.

What I find interesting with Pilate, he obviously admired Jesus. I also believe, by raising the question if Pilate thought Jesus was anything more than a " man" he would have humbled himself and actually saved the " son of God". So my conclusion,Jesus never convinced Pilate he was anything other than a man, yet Pilates question was sincere.

The Rebel.

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So Microsoft made a laptop - Surface Pro 4 / Surface Book

by Simon in

microsoft definitely seem to be undergoing a revival and are coming out with some cool tech.

it's good to see them turning things around and keeping apple honest.. the holo-lens looks fantastic - much better than full vr headsets by providing augmented reality instead (imagine 3d minecraft projected on a table or aliens running round your living room to shoot at).. more practical though is the update to the surface tablet and the surprise release, the surface book laptop / tablet.

yeah, it's confusing - one is a tablet that becomes a laptop and the other is a laptop that becomes a tablet.. i promised our eldest a laptop for his high-school graduation and to use now he's starting university and took him to the apple store a few months ago but the macbooks i was leaning towards weren't available at the time.

The Rebel

Well I am a simple man. The truth is I always thought my IPad was a computer. Anyway the way I look at it is, I don't need to dress better, my 4 year old IPad gives me all I need.

funny thing was my 10 year old kid gave me 20 reasons why he needed a computer on his Xmas wish list ( I have bought him the computer he wanted, but he doesn't really need it) The Xmas present he will treasure is a leather bound paper blank with me finding the time most days,to fill the pages by telling him all the love he has given me, and how much he means to me.

The Rebel.

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The right to shun - wrong?

by Simon in

many people are understandably upset and angry at the notion that jws have the right to shun people.

it seems such an obvious "no brainer" cruel and inhuman thing to do - it must be wrong ... surely?.

of course we look at things from the perspective of those hurt and harmed by shunning.

The Rebel

Well said Punk.

Personal choice. No fear or intimidation, nor an immediate superior should make us shun another.

The Rebel.

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The right to shun - wrong?

by Simon in

many people are understandably upset and angry at the notion that jws have the right to shun people.

it seems such an obvious "no brainer" cruel and inhuman thing to do - it must be wrong ... surely?.

of course we look at things from the perspective of those hurt and harmed by shunning.

The Rebel

Interesting O.P.

My name is Rebel i am a .......?

I am sure we all have our.........that we would shun a person for?

The Rebel.

p.s I wish Viviane would shun my "new topics"

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Do you have J-dar?

by JWdaughter in

today at work i had an interesting set of co workers.

one was telling us about her side job selling sex toys(also a l&d nurse).

the other one, very beautiful, intelligent woman told us of her 2 kids.

The Rebel

JWDaughter," a beautiful intelligent woman, told us of her two kids from Jamaica......"

Many beautiful women are JWs, and they are the same as non beautiful Jws, safe within mother, Mothet is the belly- yes they are intelligent, but as soon as you suggest their faith is crap, you become the insect climbing up a stone.

The Rebel.

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Super JW Cart

by M*A*S*H in

i have a confession to make.

a strange urge is building in my brain... each time i see a jw literature cart on the street it builds.

it is becoming a stronger and stronger thought in my mind.

The Rebel

Off topic, but I once had a dream, that a thousand of them. Maybe more. Who can count them in a dream? but they came from whenever, and where ever they liked. That was a bad dream

The Rebel.

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Dear Mr Jackson

by The Rebel in

i live in a poor neighbourhood, but please could you come to my home and pray for my sick mum.

( simon aged 6) .

luke 4:38 .and jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of simon, now simons mother was suffering from a high fever.

The Rebel

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Punk, I appreciate your post, but the truth is I have seen no trace of these " Millions living will never die". Do you think it possible these people vanished in to thin air? Sometimes I think I have seen these millions. When I look up in to the sky against the sun, then I see tiny silver wings fluttered high up to the heavens, millions of them, maybe more. Who can count them? Are these the millions who Charles T Russell, the founder of this crap was talking about would never die before Armageddon?

Anyway his prediction is over 100 years late, and before the earthquake explodes I have smoked sausage and a bottle of wine to open.

The Rebel.

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Dear Mr Jackson

by The Rebel in

i live in a poor neighbourhood, but please could you come to my home and pray for my sick mum.

( simon aged 6) .

luke 4:38 .and jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of simon, now simons mother was suffering from a high fever.

The Rebel

Great post Punk, and you make great points. The really sad, pathetic thing though is most of the nine million don't even raise a shadow of doubt against the G.B.

Anyway on the positive, I believe of the 9 million at least two and a half million have that doubt in their ears. That is why I have changed my thinking on simply walking away. I really believe the " resistance" movement is doing its sabotage. I believe each post I make is heard by " enemy" friendly ears.

Any organisation that tells its members not to listern to foreign words has something to hide, and can't win. Our little posts are read, and we do talk, and Mr Jackson and his G.B members can't stop us talking. So who are we doing the talking on this site? We are made up of of Ex Jws from elders,and sisters to ministerial servants, and ex brothers, all united in helping you still in lurkers see that Mr Jackson is just a man, and that the JWs organistion is a cult.

My personal story is I once belonged to this small group of people, I too was one deceived.

The Rebel.

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Dear Mr Jackson

by The Rebel in

i live in a poor neighbourhood, but please could you come to my home and pray for my sick mum.

( simon aged 6) .

luke 4:38 .and jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of simon, now simons mother was suffering from a high fever.

The Rebel

I live in a poor neighbourhood, but please could you come to my home and pray for my sick mum.( Simon aged 6)

Luke 4:38 .And Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon, now Simons mother was suffering from a high fever. And did not Jesus mix with the drunks and the whores, and the hangers on? Did Jesus ever endorse we read books or magazines on how to be righteouse?

Mr Jackson and the rest of the G.B talk about God, and EVERYTHING, and over 9 million people are currently DEDICATED with their life's to these men's NONCENCE. ( INCREDIBLE) These believers are living in a FANTAZY land.

The Rebel