"in god's view, men and women are equal.
but even people who fly airplanes realize you can't fly an airplanes by committee there has to be a pilot and a co-pilot.
a woman is a co-worker, a complement, the bible refers to her as."-gj.
Eve was created as a complement of Adam. More correctly rendered a complete-ment (not a compliment) of Adam...this implies that Eve was already complete, but Adam was not. There is no mention of Adam's being a complement (or complete-ing) of Eve, nor that Eve needed complete-ing.
Just extrapolating the thought.....my 2c.
i have seen some ask on this site how the active jw's are handling what is happening in australia.
here is my little experience from last night........ my parents were baptized in the late 30's as children and have never faltered in their determination to survive the great tribulation and live forever in paradise (even though they actively associate with all their df'ed kids).
my father is still actively serving as an elder and my mother has always been by his side.
oz branch coordinator terrence o'brien opined a number of times at about 1:00:00 until about 1:15:00 of his testimony, that a dub does not need to da, they can become "inactive.".
i sent our beloved angus stewart my personal experience, as well as observations about official borg teachings.
(he replied in short order.).
katie kitten has produced three youtube videos in which she explains and gives commentary on the royal commission.
she has some great comments on the proceedings.. days 1 to 4:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya9ts_eorh4.
hey, you kids, sit here on my lap,your little ass, i'm surely gonna tap.god loves you, and i do too.how about i give you some of god's goo?is this a crime?
i think not!it's not in the bible - believe it or not!faithful and discreet - well, ain't that sweet?god wants you to please my meat.and you keep quiet, for god is love.he's watching you, from high up above.satan hates us, the faithful slave.so don't be sayin' that we misbehave.god's foes are sayin' that we are lying.yeah, those dudes will soon be dying.some say governing body, others, governing bawdy.we could care less, if we're nice or naughty.we'll never get caught; never be exposed.about our naughty bits, between head and toes.it will all roll off us, like water off a duck.holy crap, oz royal commission!
(with credit to leo greenlees and ewart chitty).
Reading this really creeped me out....mostly because it is all too likely true.
Maybe we will eventually know.
here is a quick breakdown of our conversation (by text message).
me: "have you read about the royal commission?
the org has been covering up child abuse.
hahaha...if Jehovah cared a rip, he would not have to "fix" anything. He would have prevented it from ever happening to start with. How does one fix a broken life anyway?
Oh yeah, "Leave it in Jehovah's hands"....hahaha, those hands either broke it or allowed it to be broken in the first place....why should he give a flying mouses pootootie if anything ever gets 'fixed'.....?
recently, several threads have had some debate about logic, evidence, critical thinking and skepticism.
i wanted to write a post discussing those things, hopefully to clarify what those things are, why they are important and how to use those tools.
first, logic, at its core, is simply a method for how to reason validly, how to draw conclusions based on a premise.
i actually started clapping at that point, as his honour explained to the wt type creep sycophantic slithery lawyer that........" i understand that we all have issues to face in life and .....that is a part of life...........however it has become obvious that this man ....is in such a position to assist with this investigation.....".
it boils down to the fact that stewart outright accused the latest witness of misleading the royal commission and this lead to some document searches which led his honour to conclude that they had been protecting mr jackson.
this was a warm and fluffy moment folks.................brilliant stuff!!!!!
If you wish to send a note to Stewart I believe the correct email address is:
It was previously noted in this thread but, the Australia ".au" was left missing. I think it fitting we should bombard him and the whole commission with our deepest appreciation and long term commitment to follow the hearing made public to the end.
i am now a jedi, so trust me on this.. .
why dis-associate, you are just playing by the wts rules?
how can you dis-associate anyway, you never thought you were baptised as a watchtower society member, you thought your dedication was to god, so why formally disassociate from something you did not formally join?
since becoming atheist i have been paying more attention to world events and issues.
this is giving me some worry's when i see what's going on.
as a jw i could just dismiss stuff saying "armageddon is coming, jehovah will look after us" etc etc now of course i can't do that.
I have not become an atheist yet, but am certainly well on my way to being agnostic. Either way, having no hope for the future is more realistic and much less disconcerting for me, than having hope in a lie...which, once you realize it, is having no hope at all. What ever will be, will be. Local saying where I live: "If can, can. If no can, no can".
A positive outlook on life over rides dreadful expectations. Don't worry, be happy....be responsible, but be happy!
