Posts by Sea Breeze

The funny thing is that the tract was loosely folded and crumpled, like she was going to stuff it a crack somewhere; but decided at the last second to interrupt me with it. It was unrecognizable as a WT tract to most I'm sure.

If someone was to watch the scene from the security video camera, I'm sure that it would appear as if a white-haired elderly woman was trying to force me to take a piece of trash. It was a strange experience.

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Persecuted for God's Name or Social Retards?

by Sea Breeze in

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i was on my cell phone this morning while pumping gas.

i was having an intense conversation trying to resolve a potential business logistics problem that could affect a lot of people.

time was of the essence.

Sea Breeze

I was on my cell phone this morning while pumping gas. I was having an intense conversation trying to resolve a potential business logistics problem that could affect a lot of people. Time was of the essence.

This 60 something JW woman came up and literally shoved a tract at me. I ignored her because of the intensity of the phone conversation. Then, she just kept thrusting the tract at me trying to distract me. I was thinking, "This woman has a lot of nerve". I finally waved her off and she left.

It reminded me how back in the Rutherford days, pushy JW's would stick their foot in the door to prevent people from dismissing them. When some ended up tarred and feathered, or just plain got their butt kicked, they were then paraded as victims suffering for Jehovah.

The reality of course was that they were just social retards. What a crazy religion I was born into.

Whats your opinion? Do JW's invite persecution through their own acts of buffoonery? How so?

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Worlds Longest Wood Carving

by Sea Breeze in

i always liked wood carvings.... but never seen anything like this!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raluai_el0g .

Sea Breeze

I always liked wood carvings.... But never seen anything like this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rALUAi_el0g

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The Art of Gratefulness

by Sea Breeze in

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what are you grateful for?.

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I have suffered from PTSD since my teen years because:

1. Of all the fear mongering of the WT

2. False Armageddon prophecies of the WT

3. Shunning by my family of origin for not keeping my mouth shut and not worshipping their dungy Idol.

I am grateful that I have been 100% alcohol free for 5 months now and can finally face the reality of it all with a small group of other men.

I am grateful for a new puppy I got for my 12 year old son the other day. I had a very special dog when I was about his age. She was purposefully poisoned by a mean neighbor and she literally convulsed and died in my arms. She was a very pretty mix-breed of Collie, Sheherd & either Chow or Terrier. Totally red with a spash of white on the chest. Smart as a whip.

This new puppy is about a 98% match in looks and personality. Really wonderfully weird how close they are. A college girl found her lost and took her in. The dad ended up with her because the daughter couldn't keep her where she lived. She is 5 months old. I am very grateful that after 40 years, it is almost like "Foxy" has come home.

My son named her "Roxy".

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The Art of Gratefulness

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what are you grateful for?.

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What are you grateful for?

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Poop 💩 Patrol Map in San Francisco To Help People Avoid Poop On The Streets

by minimus in

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what a shame that the streets of san francisco has turned into a s hole.

i wonder why this is happening.

any ideas?

Sea Breeze

Kinda makes those wearing sandals in SF rare these days, endangered feces.

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Slavery - ancient

by joey jojo in

i have been listening to podcasts by dan carlin and his excellent series on persia and the spartans, called king of kings.. its a refreshing way to hear unbiased accounts of history, untainted by religious beliefs.. a part of the podcast dealt with the jews but it put into perspective their place in world history and events.

pretty much just another tribe- sometimes rebellious, allowed to exist under the rule of a major power, allowed to worship their own gods exactly like the other tribes around them.. another part that caught my interest was the account of slavery and it made me think about the way wt and other christian religions have tried to reconcile the idea that it was ok in those days for jews to own slaves because they had laws to protect the slaves.. the podcast made me realise a lot of apologists of slavery obviously forget how a person becomes a slave in the first place.

apologists like wt say it was ok because it was part of the economy and the way life was, which totally skips over the important part.. after a war, when most of the men were killed or wounded on the battlefield by the winning side, whoever was left, men, women and preferably young virgins, were taken back to the homeland of the victors and sold at the slave markets.

Sea Breeze

In the Ancient Near East a lot of slaves sought the arrangement for relief out of poverty. In modern times we have a hard time conceiving this because in most countries, even the poorest among us can usually find a way to eat.

If you had debt and no friends, relatives or money, the most basic commodity you could barter with was your labor to avoid starvation and death.

There were also a wide variety of relationships in the ANE that we characterize under the term slavery.

This is a pretty even-handed discussion on the subject: Does God condone slavery in the Bible?

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Poop 💩 Patrol Map in San Francisco To Help People Avoid Poop On The Streets

by minimus in

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what a shame that the streets of san francisco has turned into a s hole.

i wonder why this is happening.

any ideas?

Sea Breeze

The Watchtower has now made cart placements easier than ever in San Francisco.

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Jehovah provides guidance in the publications and in programs from the faithful slave!

by stumbledbyothers in

this past weeks watchtower study, reminds us that jehovah provides guidance in the publications and in programs from faithful slave!

now you hear from the platform that god has given us jw broadcasting and jw.org.

lets see: thought wt says they have no special connection to god, nor special knowledge, they get no extra holy spirit, gods thoughts higher than mans???

Sea Breeze

Jehovah provides that guidance in the Bible and in publications * and through programs produced by “the faithful and discreet slave.” (Matt. 24:45-47) We must do our part by humbly acknowledging that we need help, by studying the material Jehovah supplies

So even though the bible commands just the opposite, the WT can nevertheless assure you that Jehovah speaks through:

A. Our Publications

B. Our Programs

C. Our Study Materials

In other words.... Trust Us

Those that actually take the bible's advice, keep themselves and their families from being suckers.

Psalms 118:8 - [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

Micah 7:5 - Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide:

Jeremiah 17:5 - Thus saith the LORD; Cursed is the man that trusts in man,

Psalms 118:8-9 - [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. (Read More...)

Galatians 6:3 - For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

Ephesians 2:8 - For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:

Proverbs 3:5-6 - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. (Read More...)

John 15:4 - Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me, ...I am the vine.... without me you can do nothing.