Posts by James Brown

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Is this a discussion forum or a debating forum , which is it ?
by smiddy in
1. jw
2. friends
do you get confused sometimes whether this site is a discussion forum or a debating forum ?.

just asking.

whats your thoughts.. smiddy.
James Brown

The only faith that is uncontested and encouraged here is atheism.
Having said that, 'It is what it is.
I enjoy it
The kingdom hall breeds atheist.

If you post about any other faith than atheism, your feet will be held to the fire
and you will be demanded to prove evidence above and beyond what is required to be of
the atheist faith.. Get ready the atheist will be coming out in a minute foaming at the moth
saying we are not a faith, we are not a belief, we are the truth.

Who does that remind you of.

What believers, and that is a big all encompassing word, call evidence or reasons to believe
atheist call circular reasoning.
And what atheist call evidence or reasons not to believe believers call circular reasoning.

With those rules of play, the truth will always be elusive.

And I figure that is just the way it is.
If there is a God that is the way he made it.
And if there is no God that is the way it is.
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If you're bothered by god murdering innocent children, you must have a "critical heart"
by OneEyedJoe in
1. watchtower
2. bible
this week's book study contains this gem:.

the way in which the bible is written serves to test what is in our heart.

hebrews 4:12 says: the word [or, message] of god is alive and exerts power and is sharper than any two-edged sword and pierces even to the dividing of soul and spirit .
James Brown

Ecclesiastes says with Wisdom comes sorrow.
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Islam is a religion of Peace
by Coded Logic in
1. social
2. current
warning: poes law may apply.

i just wanted to take a moment and remind everyone that all muslims are good people.

"real" muslims would never kill in the name of their religion .
James Brown

I think Islam and the Republican party,
will cause a lot of havoc in the United States.
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Do you believe what the Bible teaches? If "yes", why? If "no", why?
by Tenacious in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
if you do believe in the bible's message, do you believe society has gotten better, worse, or has remained the same?.

if you don't believe in the bible's message, do you believe society has gotten better, worse, or has remained the same?.

on a personal note, there are many things that i can't help but notice that coincide with what the apostle paul wrote to timothy in his second letter chapter 3 regarding tough times:.
James Brown

I will say it is hard to disprove the Bible.
The bible is the anvil that has worn out many hammers.
Having said that.
It might take one a life time to figure out what the bible says.
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Good Netflix shows to watch
by Simon in
1. social
2. entertainment
in the long winter nights you need some good tv shows to watch while you wait for the eternity between seasons of game of thrones.. we've watched marco polo (pretty good) and have just started watching orange is the new black which is not at all what i imagined (didn't know it was funny!).

house of cards is on the list too as we've heard good things about that.. anyone have any others that are worth seeing?.
James Brown

Longmire is good.
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Will the evolutionists save us from the coming catastrophe?
by abiather in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the earth's magnetic field is in a weakening stage right now.

data collected this summer by a european space agency (esa) satellite suggests the field is weakening 10 times faster than scientists originally thought.

if the magnetic field weakens enough, then the earth could be hit with dangerous amounts of solar radiation and cosmic rays .....
James Brown

Good post.
It will be like an airplane joke on this forum.
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Emblem Takers Mentally Unstable?
by Cold Steel in
1. watchtower
2. bible
onthewayout wrote: of course, for quite awhile (and probably still), congregations have been viewing any relatively young (maybe under 50 or even 60) partakers as mentally unstable and watchtower ignores such people anyway and says they must listen to the elders.

is this correct?

ever since the emblem-takers were given emeritus status as members of the faithful and discreet slave, have they been relegated to standard membership?
James Brown

In my hall the ones who took the emblems were bat shxt crazy.

One even accidently shot himself in the chest with a gun.

And drove around in a car that had yhwh written all over it and

he had yhwh signs in front of his house.
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Did you know about the organ transplant ban when you were a believer?
by Apognophos in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
back when i was learning ttatt, i was shocked to read on jwfacts about the organ transplant ban from 1967 to 1980. this was a large piece of evidence for me that the society could not be god's organization.

growing up as an earnest witness, and living near the headquarters, i knew a lot of the organization's embarrassing history, and it didn't faze me, but i'd never heard of this ban before, and it shocked me.

it's gotten me wondering why no one i know ever talks about it, when it must have affected many witnesses during that time (or were they getting transplants on the sly?
James Brown

I knew about it. The organ transplant deal.

Back before the 80's there was no internet and not much communication.

I don't think transplants were as popular as they are today, just because I lived in

a small world and got my news and info from limited sources. The daily newspaer and Time magazine.

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When I was a witness, the JW's were against everything including life itself.

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Then in the early 80's a sickly friend had a kidney transplant and he got better.

I wondered how could that be?

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I remember when you couldn't have organ transplants.

And you could not eat Milky way, 3 Muskateers bars and snickers bars, any Mars candy bars

Because the society said they had blood in them.

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I remember when the United Nations was bad sort of like the Devil or the Harlot riding

Babylon the great and then I find out the Society was a member.

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Looking back I see the society was double minded about many things hiding behind the excuse

that the light was getting brighter and brighter.

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I don't think there light is getting brighter and brighter. I think they were staring into a

strobe light and it was confusing them.

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Like one of the early witness presidents said religion was a snare and a racket.

That must be why he got into it, to snare and rackateer innocent gullible people.

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When people are in the middle of the forest they can not see the forest for the trees.

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I have a friend who is a scientologist and we have talked about it.

I told him how L.Ron Hubard said a person could make a milllion dollars if he started a religion.

My Scientology friend does not get it.

But he did say he had to stop going to scientology whatever where ever they go because he did not have enough money.

He was saving up.
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What products have you bought that exceed your expectations?
by skeeter1 in
1. jw
2. experiences
well?.
James Brown

I bought 2 Sears and Roebuck rubber lawn hoses in 1981 and I am still using them every day in Florida.

They came with a life time warranty.
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If Your JW Parent Died Would YOU Go To The Kingdom Hall For The Talk?
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i would like your thoughts, please..
James Brown

My father never was a witness and my mother has been out for 20 years.

I have been to the hall for several weddings.

I stopped going to meetings in 83 but was never disfellowshiped.

People still talk to me.