there have been a number of threads touching on this before, leolaia for one, back in the day when we had many an erudite poster, showed the pagan origins of many things, including the passover , and by extension, the jw " memorial".. what prompted my thought on this was a conversation i had the other day with a young lady, never a jw, who said the jw stance on birthday celebrations, was groundless and cruel.. i thought later that jw's do a " pick and mix " as usual, as they do with so many other things, on what they condemn as "pagan" and what they accept and practice.. the institution of marriage itself is pagan, marriages were performed long before the bible was written, and long before the nation of israel was formed.
yet jw's perform marriages, use the veil, and the ring, all pagan.
the names of the days of the week, the months of the year, all pagan.. i guess you guys can think of many more things ?
The days of the week named after gods.
The months of the year too
I seem to remember reading somewhere that at one time, the Society even proposed to change the names of the Months of the year because the names of the months have pagan origins.
One of the months was supposed to be named "Jehovah", but can't remember the other names they proposed. Can't remember where I read this either.
system of things comes to mind.
what does that mean to anyone not a jw?.
how long have you been in the truth?
Just off the top of my head
Persecution
Great Tribulation
inculcate
Sexual Immorality
many of us have watched the gb #4 update.
most of us jumped for joy when they basically said that there will be no meeting in person for a long time to come.. one aspect we overlooked was how hard they hit home the "love of neighbor".
how this "love" is what makes a true christian and as a result our love for our neighbors will motivate us to stay at home.. well now they released a letter that is instructing all kh's to view this video during their local needs part.
I thought it was easier with the zoom meetings. You show your face for the first two minutes and then shut down the video and go and cut the grass
Agree , except the cutting the grass part..
In my case, is going elsewhere in the house where you are just in earshot of the meeting and having a nice adult beverage or two.
https://youtu.be/2nacvosx8n0.
good to see the caring brothers help establish depth of guilt..
Yes, don't confess anything to the elders or to a PIMI. Same results!
https://youtu.be/2nacvosx8n0.
good to see the caring brothers help establish depth of guilt..
The lesson here is NEVER take or discuss ANY of your problems or issues to 3 unqualified know-nothing asswipes who, in reality, create more problems than they CLAIM to solve.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say CAN and WILL be used AGAINST YOU in a Judicial Committee....
https://youtu.be/2nacvosx8n0.
good to see the caring brothers help establish depth of guilt..
So, Lucy gets pregnant and it's all her fault because she's a wicked city woman? She Vamped him....
we have to get rid of these racist relics.
i propose that we destroy all these bottles of syrups and burn every pancake box !
we need to get rid of anything that reminds us of anything negative concerning slavery.. in boston they decapitated the head of christopher columbus and got rid of his statue.
aybe Aunt Jemima will be white. I dunno.
Min ...
Perhaps a native-American transvestite with one leg.
Then they can check off more of the boxes when filling out the Employment Equal Opportunity forms to be politically correct.
Rub: You forgot to add Lesbian......
it just seems rather odd to me that supposedly a million people had tickets or wanted tickets and yet the upper deck of the arena was half empty (or less) and they cancelled the outdoor overflow thing.
just a bit strange based from what was reported the day before.. i wonder if it was no-shows or being overly optimistic..
If you read a recent tweet by AOC, she explains and says how proud she was of all those tic toc teens reserving all those tickets that were never intended to be used.
we have to get rid of these racist relics.
i propose that we destroy all these bottles of syrups and burn every pancake box !
we need to get rid of anything that reminds us of anything negative concerning slavery.. in boston they decapitated the head of christopher columbus and got rid of his statue.
Movies and radio shows from the 1920s through the 1950’s/1960’s often portrayed African-American women as maids or domestic help. For example a popular radio personality in the 1940s was a maid called Beulah. ( Somebody bawl for Beulah) and was actually voiced by a skinny white guy ( google Marlin Hurt). But the accents and inflections were the same as the ads posted above.
Funny, the way the Happy Days ad is written is how most kids spell when they text today.
we have to get rid of these racist relics.
i propose that we destroy all these bottles of syrups and burn every pancake box !
we need to get rid of anything that reminds us of anything negative concerning slavery.. in boston they decapitated the head of christopher columbus and got rid of his statue.
Cream of Wheat is also being targeted. I guess having a professional chef from Chicago named Frank L White since the 1920's be the face of the product for almost 100 years is now racist.
It's unfortunate that there are some people who are just looking for things to be offended by instead of actually being offended. It helps no one.
