that's an 'ever so slightly' adapted quote from tophat on another thread; http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/12/108341/2880755/post.ashx#2880755.
i've been really dismissive of god/s, religion, faith and the abandoning of reason but when it comes to the 'argument from design', well you just have to give it a bit more .
respect?
...... a loony mad scientist who comes up with malaria and sleeping sickness etc etc etc etc etc...................... evolved whoops designed to torture and kill humans of all ages........... too small to even see for thousands of years until the microscope etc etc etc.................
.....assuming an intelligent designer, why don't you want to cut the bastards throat?
have you noticed the article of awake about toys?
after throwing records dvd tapes and son we must clean our houses of the toys particularly dolls can some one speaking a good english explain awake magazine dated june 2008 the article about "more than just toys".....http://www.jw.org/index.html?option=nbzr..they are mad please god forgive them..excuse my so poor english
Mommy mommy I'm having a nightmare again! The demons are in my dolls!
Don't worry we will burn them tomorrow.
But I don't want to burn them. It was just a nightmare I got from today's Witchtower!
You know the Witchtower magazine suggested that they might be demonised!
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
There, there dear. Never mind. Let's get Jah's protection by studying next week's Witchtower. It'a all about oral sex.
Mummy I think you need help...
Haven't children been through enough in this vicious cult? Oh, I forgot, the sick children also have to sacrifice their LIVES! Is there no end to what the evil old dwarfes in Brooklin will do to perpetuate their power cult?
it is a standard answer that i get from the few jw's that i speak with.. "the organization has it's flaws, but where else would we go to be among.
people who strive to do [jehovah's/god's] will?".
"i don't understand all the doctrine, nor take it as seriously as you do, but .
Not that I believe the Wholly Babble anyway, but, it's all a misquotation anyway. The apostles didn't ask WHERE would we go, but to WHOM shall we go? To me it's a moot point, all being drivel imho. But to a believer, the answer is to go to Jesus, NOT the Bait & Switchtower Society.
often times, at work, my mind will wander.
just the other day, out of the blue, i began to recall a trip my family took down south, to visit my mom's relatives.
i don't remember what instigated it, but my aunt, my dad, and my oldest brother got into a spirited debate about whether or not people would still have sex in the new order.. my dad, after rather awkwardly pointing out how much he enjoyed sex, said he didn't think it would be done away with completely, at least he hoped not.
In my area it was firmly taught that anyone single at the big A would never have sex for all eternity. But those who were married at the big A would have sex with their partner.
You can imagine how this drove everyone who was single to marry completely the wrong person as fast as possible just to secure the sex benefit before the big A struck, IMMINENTLY! Yadadada......... more lives totally fucked up.
The Witchtower and it's drones rely on you to make an emotional decision. They rely on you to make a decision without knowing all the facts. However, the very fact you are here shows your inner strength. You are stronger than you think. You are being emotionally blackmailed. I bet they hit you with crap about killing your daughter's future everlasting life. Ignore it. Lies are powerful only if you believe them.
You are in turmoil at the moment. Recognise that this only shows that you are not ready to make life changing decisions at this time, Take a breath, sit back, and tell yourself you need time. As much time as is necessary. Time for what? Time to research the WT. Here is a link I found extremely useful.
There are plenty of other sites with information. It will take you a long time to read and re-read all this stuff. That's ok. Don't let anyone rush you. Enjoy your life whilst you do your research. For what its worth, my opinion is listen to your hubby, sound like a good guy.
Don't worry. One day you will look back and laugh at all this.
Best wishes,
Ben
from my understanding--at least from my instruction from the wbts--humans were not permitted to eat meat by yahweh until after the flood.
if that is true, then why would abel offer tasty, delicious "fatty pieces" to yahweh?
how would abel even know how to cut up an animal for food and know which parts were the best for eating?.
...because the priest who compiled the various myths into the Genesis work knew that the sacrifices to Jah were actually consumed by the priesthood........ hence the edict saying you must give the best parts to the priest God. Yum!
have you noticed the article of awake about toys?
after throwing records dvd tapes and son we must clean our houses of the toys particularly dolls can some one speaking a good english explain awake magazine dated june 2008 the article about "more than just toys".....http://www.jw.org/index.html?option=nbzr..they are mad please god forgive them..excuse my so poor english
Hounder 1: Come in Tammy. Sit down and no, don’t cry, there is no need to be scared if you are innocent.
Tammy: Whh whh what do you mean? I want mommy….
Hounder 2: Silence! A woman and a girl will be silent! Or doesn’t your mother read the bible with you? Do not speak unless you are asked a question!
Tammy: Yyyyy yes, mommy reads the bible with me…
Hounder 2: The bible!! Alone!!!! Without WT literature??!!
Tammy: Mommy says it’s God’s word…
Hounder 2: This is worse than I thought, brother Hounder.
Hounder 1: Tammy, tell us about this doll you are playing with.
Tammy: This is Baby. She’s my baby. I take care of her.
Hounder 1: I see. Do you love her?
Tammy: Well, yes. I want to see mommy.
Hounder 1: You are only 6 years old Tammy. Do you think it is good or bad for a 6 year old to have a baby?
Tammy: But she is my baby.
Hounder 2: Answer the question child!
Tammy: w w w wwant mommy…
Hounder 1: There there. Do you think the dolls clothes are appropriate for the KH? Her dress does not go below the knees, do you see that?
Tammy: Y y yes?
Hounder 1: Well, then. Do you think Jehovah would want her dressed in this very bad way?
Tammy: No?
Hounder 1: Well done Tammy. Why don’t we undress the doll. That would be good wouldn’t it?
Tammy: Y y yes?
Hounder 1: Correct! Well done Tammy. Take her clothes off. That’s it. Well done. Now tell me Tammy. Your dress doesn’t go below the knees either…
… and you will know the tree by it’s fruits.
Ok I'll repeat one more time. The old light remains the old light but the new light is the old old light, the old old light is no longer the old old light but the new light whilst..... Oh just do what you're told!
i just got back from seeing the new movie release "expelled" which is a documentary exposing the militant culture of supression regarding intelligent design in the scientific community.
in a "million years", i never would have imagined that ben stein could get the author of "the god delusion", richard dawkins to speak favorably about i.d.
(intellignet design).
Eugenics has become a word that everyone must decry as false or be shouted down.
But the truth is that a form of eugenics has been practiced long before Darwin came along. Ancient peoples probably noticed that when close blood relatives had children they suffered deformities far more often than offspring from non-relatives. Of course they didn't understand about genes so they quite reasonably attributed the deformities to a divine curse or similar and made religious edicts preventing such mating. To this day most societies disapprove of brothers and sisters etc. having children.
Whilst evolution is primarily guided by natural selection, unnatural selection (say, dog breeders) can also force species to evolve along a different path than they otherwise might have done. This is as true of humans as it is of dogs. Don't get sentimental that we are biologically different. Just because monsters like Hitler went to the extremes of terrifying brutality does not make human eugenics automatically untrue or inherently evil. The ancient custom of preventing close relatives from mating is a mild mannered form of eugenics that benefits us all by preventing potentially dangerous recessive genes from becoming dominant (or preventing Thor's/Jehooby's curse if you prefer).
Preventing brother/sister matings is unnnatural, human guided selection at work - i.e. eugenics. Although you can mate with almost anyone in the world of the opposite sex you can't mate legally with everyone. This is controlled selective breeding, though of course in its mildest possible form.
And like most things (like the answers I no doubt will get), it can be taken to extremes.
in his talk "peace - can it last?
" nh knorr said that the league of nations would emerge after the war as the united nations.. it was fulfilment of the revelation, that the beast "was but is not, yet is about to ascend out of the abyss.
yet the earlier interpretation was that the beast came into existence when the court of international justice was founded at the hague in 1903 (?06?)..
This site covers this "prohecy" of Nathan H. Norr pretty well:
http://user.tninet.se/~oof408u/fkf/english/un.htm
I love this Bait & Switchtower "prediction" - are the Dubs still touting this as a fullfilled prophecy proving divine direction? I remember being impressed at the time - gullible twit that I was. Compare the date of the "prophecy" in 1942 and the date when the first members of the new League of nations signed up in......... 1940!
