Posts by cappytan

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Is anything holy?

by Half banana in

is anything holy?.

i would maintain that holiness can only come from the attitude of people ascribing something as holy.

holiness never comes from the "holy" object, spirit or humans described as being holy..

cappytan

I tell you what -- Watchtower doctrine sure is holey.

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May KM Highlight 1/Cong baptized

by Gayle in

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friends

at 2014 conventions (regional?

) 14,039 baptized.

outstanding for 13,871 congs!

cappytan

JW response when rate of growth is high: "Jeehooobippityboppityboo is blessing the work!"

JW response when rate of growth is low: "Well, Jesus did say the road to life was narrow and cramped and that few would choose it."

See, folks? No matter what the evidence is, there's no way to show JW's that all they are is just another religion. They have this little mental condition called Confirmation Bias.

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ABC's report on child abuse

by Joyzabel in

nice job!

cappytan

He's a member in good standing? With a beard like that?

Bravo ABC. Every dub watching this will at least see the beard and realize Kendrick is a liar if he's claiming to be in good standing.

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Is anything holy?

by Half banana in

is anything holy?.

i would maintain that holiness can only come from the attitude of people ascribing something as holy.

holiness never comes from the "holy" object, spirit or humans described as being holy..

reading a report of an elder in a friends cong has been hiding and spying on the pioneers who seem to have a practise of dumping the cart and finding a local coffee shop, i've noticed that they do this in my local high street as well but this week they seemed to be all huddled around the cart, they've clearly been warned, a vast percentage of the time i see they seem to be more interested in fiddling with their mobile phones and gossiping, is just seems these carts are a means for the pioneers to turn in "easy time" i wonder what sort of figures show how much literature is being taken by the public?

i bet its very minimal.

naturally the gb would say they are a phenomenal success , we clearly know they are not.

cappytan

I have manned a cart.

I'm not technically inactive, irregular or ex-jw, either. I'm only mentally out. I'm actually considered in good standing so far as the elders know.

Yes, you place a crap load of literature. People take stuff for free all the time.

But I have yet to have a meaningful conversation with people. 99.9% of the time it's along the lines of, "What religion are you?" "Oh, you're the ones that can't drink coffee or alcohol." "Oh, I thought you were mormon." "Ok, thank you, goodbye."

When I found people at home in the door-to-door ministry, the conversation was usually more meaningful.

The cart system is lazy witnessing that only real function is inflating distribution numbers and hours spent in the ministry.

I will say that now that I realize that the "truth" is all bullsh!t, I'd rather man a cart than go door-to-door any day.

Perhaps that's why insidetheKH likes cart witnessing so much too, although I doubt he'd admit it.

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A couple questions for atheists on Suffering

by little_Socrates in

who told you that the world should be free from suffering?.

do you find any value in suffering?.

do you think it is possible to experience all the beauty and goodness and pleasure the world offers without also experiencing the bad?

cappytan

Suffering is a part of life, but it is also subjective.

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Feeling indifferent

by campaign of hate in

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right now, at this point in my life, i feel like i should be angry, sad, upset, annoyed, whatever emotion that most of you guys here feel or have felt.. but the overwhelming feeling i get, and i have got since waking up, is indifference.. i think that this might be my subconscious coping mechanism.

when i go to the meetings or take part in any other wt related activity, i don't care.

i just really couldn't care less.. i mean, i do care, but i think it's more a fascination now about the whole thing.

cappytan

campaign of hate: I'm on a similar eastern path, at the moment. Exploring Buddhism and seeing where it leads.

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Feeling indifferent

by campaign of hate in

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friends

right now, at this point in my life, i feel like i should be angry, sad, upset, annoyed, whatever emotion that most of you guys here feel or have felt.. but the overwhelming feeling i get, and i have got since waking up, is indifference.. i think that this might be my subconscious coping mechanism.

when i go to the meetings or take part in any other wt related activity, i don't care.

i just really couldn't care less.. i mean, i do care, but i think it's more a fascination now about the whole thing.

cappytan

Totally normal.

I'm totally indifferent towards cult activities since waking up.

But it doesn't feel like depression anymore. It feels more like enlightenment. I feel like an outsider looking in, now.

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Jehovahs Witness Shunning & the Crusades

by freemindfade in

while discussing being mistreated by my own jw family last night with my wife, i wanted to try to make her think critically about what shunning really is, and at its root what how beneficial it is.

earlier in the day i sent her non-apostate scholarly article on religious shunning being tantamount to psychological torture.

and most witnesses don't think into much about why they do things, its more of a "this is the way we do it, don't over think it" process.

cappytan

freemindfade: If you don't mind my asking, how is your wife reacting lately? Is she steadily becoming more accepting of your beliefs? Is it getting worse? better? about the same?

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New WT property for A/V production

by respectful_observer in

so the wts just bought yet another corporate building in upstate ny.

this time it's a building to house a/v production a few minutes from patterson.

why they just don't build what they need on property they already own, i don't know.. http://www.loopnet.com/listing/17829130/39-mt-ebo-road-south-brewster-ny/.

cappytan

wifibandit: If I recall correctly, they also had domestic pitchers of beer for like 10 bucks.

That place had pretty good wings, actually.