i just picked up a few from mark jones as follows:.
i see is that the vast majority of jws don't seem to understand what their religion actually teaches.. the more controversial or embarrassing doctrine - although still official doctrine that has never been rescinded - is just not talked about anymore in the magazines.
there are dinosaurs living on venus.https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/2fowhx/dinosaurs_on_venus/.
Carla - the air baths were in Rutherford's time. I wouldn't actually call this a teaching. Teachings were in their books and The Watchtower, these crazy suggestions came in from the rank and file and appeared regularly in the Golden Age and Consolation. BTW for those who might find this ironic, that dinosaur speculation was in the April 1st magazine.
i just picked up a few from mark jones as follows:.
i see is that the vast majority of jws don't seem to understand what their religion actually teaches.. the more controversial or embarrassing doctrine - although still official doctrine that has never been rescinded - is just not talked about anymore in the magazines.
there are dinosaurs living on venus.https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/2fowhx/dinosaurs_on_venus/.
I have collected many of these over the years, but I think you would all tire of them very quickly if I put many more up.
i just picked up a few from mark jones as follows:.
i see is that the vast majority of jws don't seem to understand what their religion actually teaches.. the more controversial or embarrassing doctrine - although still official doctrine that has never been rescinded - is just not talked about anymore in the magazines.
there are dinosaurs living on venus.https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/2fowhx/dinosaurs_on_venus/.
I would hardly call that reference to dinosaurs living on Venus a "teaching", and I agree with MrRoboto that just because something hasn't been rescinded doesn't make it a current teaching. But as MrRoboto also says, there certainly has been a lot of bat-shit-crazy stuff published in Watchtower literature over the years. And some on this forum still appear to believe some of it..
on may 20, 2020, boris johnson's private secretary sent out an e-mail to 100 staff asking them to enjoy the sunshine in the downing street garden, adding they could bring their own bottle.. at the time the uk was under a harsh covid lockdown - people could meet up with up to six members of their own household, and only with one person from another household, socially-distanced of course.
the prime minister attended this party for 25 minutes but his excuse yesterday at pmqs was that he thought it was a work event.
as excuses go, this one is right up there with 'the dog ate my homework', lol.. boris johnson must resign - if you force harsh rules on people but break those same rules yourself, it's surely game over.. his private secretary should go, too..
Why should he be allowed to resign? While he was partying, others were being handed fines for thousands of pounds for similar gatherings. He should be sacked and then fined 10k for each violation.
after a conversation with hubby l started thinking about silly lyrics in songs , of which there are many .bang a gong by marc bolan is pretty daft , although apparently his lyrics are deep .
do you have any favourite daft lyrics?
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The Riddle by Nik Kershaw (minus the chorus)
I got two strong arms
Blessings of Babylon
Time to carry on and try
For sins and false alarms
So to America the brave
Wise men save
I got plans for us
Nights in the scullery
And days instead of me
I only know what to discuss
Oh, for anything but light
Wise men fighting over you
It's not me you see
Pieces of valentine
And just a song of mine
To keep from burning history
Seasons of gasoline and gold
Wise men fold
I got time to kill
Sly looks in corridors
Without a plan of yours
A blackbird sings on bluebird hill
Thanks to the calling of the wild
Wise men's child
we know there are a few on this forum who think they are, but consider this for a while.
if you are god, you are omniscient, therefore you have nothing to learn.
nothing to research, investigate or explore as there is nothing you don’t already know.
If the Hindu answer to infinity is running around in circles, it makes just about as much sense as anything else. I wonder though, if we all forget after each aeon, how does anyone know about it?
And if you were to wipe your own memory to escape the boredom, you create a paradox similar to that inherent in the WT’s explanation of why God permits wickedness. If you wipe your memory then there are things you no longer know. You are therefore not omniscient. You are therefore not God.
we know there are a few on this forum who think they are, but consider this for a while.
if you are god, you are omniscient, therefore you have nothing to learn.
nothing to research, investigate or explore as there is nothing you don’t already know.
We know there are a few on this forum who think they are, but consider this for a while. If you are God, you are omniscient, therefore you have nothing to learn. Nothing to research, investigate or explore as there is nothing you don’t already know. No point exercising your skills against the ultimate chess master in the universe because you already know every possible move and outcome.
You are also omnipotent, so nothing you can’t do, nothing challenges you. You can build a universe as easily as clicking your fingers (or whatever you have for fingers).
You are also infinite. You had no beginning and will have no end. Before you created your first companion (Jesus if you like) you had already existed an infinite number of years all on your own. We’re not talking about zillions of years here, but a period infinitely longer than that. Zillions to the power zillions to the power zillions of millennia is still not even a nano-second when laid alongside infinity. Endless time with no one to talk to, no one to associate with, no sycophants to bow down before, no one to tell you how great you are, and of course, no one to slaughter.
How do you fill an infinite number of years being all knowing, all powerful and all alone? And when you do create someone, unless you create them equally omniscient, you will be infinitely cleverer than them. So Einstein with imbeciles for peers will be nothing compared to you and your peers. And if you’ve already lived an infinity of years without company, why start?
so picture this, you are suddenly withdrawing troops after 2 decades in a country and, well, its all gone to shit.. how do you ensure that your vulnerable citizens and allies can get out when the airport is surrounded and no one can get through?.
option 1: it's a trick question surely?
you don't get yourself into this mess in the first place - you withdraw the citizens first, not last, duh!.
are you pleased that Biden went through with Trump's initial plan?
Apart from leaving Afghanistan, I don't know what Trump's plan was, but I doubt it was the mess Biden has created. I'm no fan of Trump, but I don't think he would have made such a colossal mess of it like Biden has. Some of what he has done this past few months beggers belief.
Am I glad the US is pulling out of Afghanistan? In an ideal world no, I would have preferred Afghanistan in a stable, democratic state before the US/NATO coalition did that. But as that wasn't the plan when they went in, and as that would take a lot longer than 20 years to achieve, pulling out is no surprise. I feel very sorry for the average Afghan, they were obviously expecting Western support for the long haul, and I'm sorry they have lost that.
so picture this, you are suddenly withdrawing troops after 2 decades in a country and, well, its all gone to shit.. how do you ensure that your vulnerable citizens and allies can get out when the airport is surrounded and no one can get through?.
option 1: it's a trick question surely?
you don't get yourself into this mess in the first place - you withdraw the citizens first, not last, duh!.
you don't get to do the propagandizing bit twice.
The only bit I mentioned twice was the corruption in the Afghan nation building process. Sure Biden has mismanaged this mess all on his own, but it was still Trump who started negotiations with the Taliban, and pointing it out is not propagandizing. But I guess to a sensitive Trump worshipper, anything that doesn't paint Trump as the saviour sent by God to save America has to be deleted. As for propagandizing multiple times, well, you're a fine one to talk.
so picture this, you are suddenly withdrawing troops after 2 decades in a country and, well, its all gone to shit.. how do you ensure that your vulnerable citizens and allies can get out when the airport is surrounded and no one can get through?.
option 1: it's a trick question surely?
you don't get yourself into this mess in the first place - you withdraw the citizens first, not last, duh!.
Yep, you've have to be a complete dumb-ass to enter into negotiations with the Taliban and trust them to abide by anything.
Truth is, all US Administrations from Bush to Biden have been dismal failures in Afghanistan for the simple reason they have not addressed the fundamental reason the Afghan Army proved so useless – corruption! While senior military figures were pocketing millions from ghost soldiers, real soldiers were going unpaid. And the response from US/NATO??? Throw more money at it.
