Posts by Nathan Natas

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Why I like the Mormons and why they are so much nicer then the JWs.

by new boy in

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i never really knew any until recently.

as a witness we all thought they were weird.

but the two faiths are a lot alike, except the mormons are really so much nicer than the jws!.

Nathan Natas

I have to agree with JustFine. I have worked for an LDS bishop and I have worked with members of his family and members of his congregation. All were honest and dependable guys.

I do think the LDS has a much better view of the family and higher education than the WTB&TS will ever have.

A funny story - I was in upper NYS for a few weeks and one of my LDS co-workers was also there for a different purpose. Our weekends were full of "nothing-to-do," so I made a proposal: we would drive over to Hill Cumorah in Manchester, New York IF he would come to the midnight showing of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" with me when we got back from Hill Cumorah. He agreed. I saw Hill Cumorah through the eyes of a sociologist, and I got to enjoy seeing my friend deal with the "risque" elements of TRHPS and the audience participation therein. He survived undamaged, though I am sure he doubted he would. We remained friends until our jobs took us in different directions.

Anyone who wants some insight into the LDS would benefit by reading "Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith" by Jon Krakauer (2004) and watch the video "THE LOST BOOK OF ABRAHAM - investigating a remarkable Mormon claim" for FREE at http://www.bookofabraham.info/.

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i cant wait for the new system

by stan livedeath in

Nathan Natas

but... I'm a DUDE, Dude!

Isn't it odd how the JW paradise is an eternal free-lunch counter in which they never again have to lift a finger for anything because Jah-El, our of gratitude for a few years of their PURE WORSHIP, will feed these dub-tubeworms to time indefinite.

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Powerball Jackpot up to 1.3 Billion Dollars. Do you think the governing body bought any tickets?

by My Name is of No Consequence in

what if the governing body members bought a ticket or somehow obtained one.

then the unthinkable happens...they won!

how would they be able to hide that?

Nathan Natas

I would expect that, guided by Jah's Magic Spirit and Whiz-Dumb, they would buy 2.6 billion tickets.

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shunning is bad

by Sabin in

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friends

so i had a phone conversation last night, i'm not proud of myself but that is how the cookie crumbles.

started off all well & good then up came the arc which i was informed was all propaganda & the oct 2012 polices i got from the internet are apostate & not true.

so i lost the plot, completely lost it, & let out everything i was feeling.

Nathan Natas

Frankenstein's monster: "Rrrrr! Fire G O O D!"

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The book of Ruth... destroys the bible

by HowTheBibleWasCreated in

lets pretend two things:.

1. god (yhwh) exists.

2. the bible is his word.. now we follow genesis to judges ok... judges resets at chaper 17-21 but for the purposes od this posts lets ignore that.... ruth we are told lives in the time of the judges... ok no problem/ until the end.

Nathan Natas

This is why they started putting erasers on pointy sticks...

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I predicted a lottery number from a pattern, is the lottery NOT random or is random held to a universal force?

by EndofMysteries in

i've studied and observed several lottery patterns.

this one is now gone so nothing lost by revealing it.

i had a certain history search and noticed that almost each week the past few months a list of numbers not used recently were being used 1 per week.

Nathan Natas

SaintBertholdt said, "...Lottery numbers are True Random Numbers..."

I'm not convinced. If they were TRUE random numbers, wouldn't it be possible to have the winning number come out as "1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1," or some other absurd result?

Such a result is not possible because when a number comes up, it is removed from the set of remaining possible winning numbers.

I think that lottery numbers are high-order pseudo-random numbers.

What sayest thou, Frere Bertholdt?

- S'ain't Justanysaint

PS - I'm not a mathematician, so you may teach me something.

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I'm ready to get my first Powerball ticket -- NOT!

by FatFreek 2005 in

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friends

it's up to some 800 zillion dollars now and hasn't suckered me in yet.

i've been out of watchtower for some 38 years now and i suppose the lottery is one of their nonoze.

i have nothing morally wrong against it or anyone who enjoys doing it.

Nathan Natas

pepperheart complained, "it really bugs me that they give such stupid amounts of money out in one large prize and that is why i dont take part just think how many prizes there would be at $50,000 for a win."

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you DO NOT KNOW that so far 18,315,365 people have won money from their powerball ticket.

Every time a Powerball ticket is bought, a massive 50% goes towards prizes (20% into the jackpot pool, the other 30% towards other prizes). The remaining 50% goes to the state where the ticket was bought to cover operating costs, retailer costs and of course good causes.

Of course, not all of those were BIG winners, but I think that 18 million prizes might be enough to satisfy you.

See? The truth does set one free, doesn't it?

Wish me luck, I'm hoping for my third superball win next week!

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"Apostates " how honest are we?

by closed in

as i mentioned in another post i used to serve as an elder for 2 decades.

i was involved in a number of jc.

some i dealt with are good friends now.

Nathan Natas

The funny thing about your opening post, Closed, is that you give the impression that YOU (as a JW elder) WERE ENTITLED to be treated "truthfully".

Whatever gave you that idea?

Are you not familiar with the doctrine of "Theocratic Warfare"? Some people are NOT ENTITLED to "The Trooth," you know.

As an elder, you were a yes-man for, and an official of, an Organization founded by a liar and perpetuated for the benefit of liars.

...and despite you claim to be leaving the WTB&TS (BEHOLD! A Divine Mystery! In, yet not in!), you seem to remain fixated on how you are supposed to be treated.

Get an enema, you're still full of shit, it seems.

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What is your relationship with ALCOHOL?

by nicolaou in

here in the uk new drinking guidelines have been issued which suggest "no more than 14 units a week - equivalent to six pints of beer or seven glasses of wine.".

another piece of the advice which is getting a lot of attention is that "if people drink, it should be moderately over three or more days and that some days should be alcohol-free.".

already people are making cries of "nanny state!

Nathan Natas

I seldom drink. I've never been drunk.

Maybe THAT'S why I'm such a bastard.

I'm thinking of trying auto-trepanation, I've got a Bosch 1/2 hp hammer drill.

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I'm ready to get my first Powerball ticket -- NOT!

by FatFreek 2005 in

jw
friends

it's up to some 800 zillion dollars now and hasn't suckered me in yet.

i've been out of watchtower for some 38 years now and i suppose the lottery is one of their nonoze.

i have nothing morally wrong against it or anyone who enjoys doing it.

Nathan Natas

Putting your money into lottery tickets is foolish IFF* you are subsisting on a paycheck-to-paycheck or welfare payment-to-welfare-payment basis, but if you're in a better situation and the base of your hierarchy-of-needs is covered AND the money you're spending is your own**, what's the harm of taking a chance on winning HALF A BILLION DOLLARS?

Yes, the odds that YOU will win if you buy a ticket may be miniscule, but if you do not buy a ticket, the certainty that YOU WILL NOT WIN is 100%.

* It's in the dictionary, look it up. If you don't own a dictionary, call me "rood" or "harch".

** I realize that these conditions rule out half the people on this forum, but I'm talking to the other half.