Posts by Sanchy

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Financially Are You Doing Better Than A Couple of Years Ago?

by minimus in

jw
friends

we hear how the economy is much healthier now.

are you better off than you were before, or the same or worse?

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Baptisms exceeding 300K last year – a possible reason

by Viva la Vida in

two facts to consider: 1) most baptisms take place during assemblies and conventions; 2) the theocratic year goes from september to august.

my theory: the borg changed the calendar of conventions and assemblies so to concentrate the baptisms in a single theocratic year.

if some conventions used to take place in july/august, for the 2018 series they moved them to september.

The reason for the spike is a combination of various articles in 2018 encouraging "young ones" to take the plunge along with the chain of international assemblies that took place within 2019. What better time to do it.

I bet we'll see a big dip in the baptism numbers this year.

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Why do Americans have to pay so much for College???

by RubaDub in

jw
friends

i know there is a huge college/university lobby here in the us that lives off of students paying, in some cases, enormous amounts of money just to attend.. putting politics aside, if that is possible, (and i am not a bernie sanders guy by any means), but how can we pay for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, elementary school, junior high, high school, and then throw a huge debt to someone who wants to continue learning?

can't the us (public and state universities) afford four more years for young people to get on a career path without having to, in some cases, take out a mortgage/loan more than the cost of some homes?

then, (and nothing against immigrants, i am married to one), but then the us has to "import" students from other countries to fill the needs that we should be supplying here.

Sanchy

Having the taxpayer pay for other's college tuition would not necessarily make them less expensive.

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Only One Destiny for All Christians

by cofty in

the following is an extract from an article i wrote when i left the watchtower 25 years ago.

it may be helpful in reasoning with a jw about the anointed/great crowd distinction.. --------------------------------.

to divide people into those with a heavenly hope and those with an earthly one is not a biblical concept.

Sanchy

KingJehu1: A Shit is decay, it even produces maggots when left for days , Jesus was raised incorruptible . 1Cor 15:42. No way he would still have such decaying tendency

Jesus's bodily functions after his supposed resurrection are not mentioned at all within the Bible. Therefore any claim for as to whether he continued to perform the completely natural and in your sole opinion "corruptible" act of expelling bodily waste, is completely based on your own personal assumptions.

Sorry for derailing your thread with this silly subject Cofty. This will be my last reply on the matter.

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Pure language

by Highpriest in

i have heard from a reliable source that the witchpower libel and crap society with it's governing body stands unified by a 5 year plan to introduce what they call "pure language".the rank and file have accepted saying there is room for improvement in our language:in the first year, "s" will be used instead of the soft "c".

sertainly obedient servants of god's people will reseive this news with joy.

also the hard "c" will be replaced with "k".

Sanchy

Good stuff

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Only One Destiny for All Christians

by cofty in

the following is an extract from an article i wrote when i left the watchtower 25 years ago.

it may be helpful in reasoning with a jw about the anointed/great crowd distinction.. --------------------------------.

to divide people into those with a heavenly hope and those with an earthly one is not a biblical concept.

Sanchy

KingJehu1

None of your reasoning above explains or proves in any way whatsoever that the supposedly resurrected Jesus didn't take a shit.

This idea remains your eisegetical assumption. Thx for the chuckle by the way. Hilarious subject.

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Only One Destiny for All Christians

by cofty in

the following is an extract from an article i wrote when i left the watchtower 25 years ago.

it may be helpful in reasoning with a jw about the anointed/great crowd distinction.. --------------------------------.

to divide people into those with a heavenly hope and those with an earthly one is not a biblical concept.

Sanchy

KingJehu: The ressurected Jesus need not defecate when he collects fish from his disciples cos he wasn't human.

This idea of Jesus not shidding after his supposed resurrection is strictly your assumption.

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Jordan Peterson - Messiah or Poseur?

by cofty in

a jp video came up on my youtube feed last week - he was on a panel in front of a huge audience and some poor disturbed guy ran on stage and started crying and wailing to peterson that he needed his help.

it was agonising to watch.. what was even more disturbing was the comments section.

i do not exaggerate when i say that dozens of people were extolling peterson's wisdom as if jesus had come again.

Sanchy

I thoroughly enjoyed his book 12 Rules for Life

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'Evolution' definition can include 'origin of life'

by hooberus in

the popular berkeley evolution site (while responding to the misconception that evolution is just "a theory about the origin of life" does state:.

"evolutionary theory does encompass ideas and evidence regarding life's origins (e.g., whether or not it happened near a deep-sea vent, which organic molecules came first, etc.

), but this is not the central focus of evolutionary theory.

Sanchy

Classic case of arguing semantics

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Unpopular Opinion on Convention Protests

by Jehalapeno in

i think it's really sad that people that wasted countless hours preaching for a cult are deciding to waste more hours on that same cult after leaving it.. get a hobby.

enjoy life.. "the best revenge is a life well-lived.

" - some person said this..

Sanchy

From personal experience I can say that back when I was in, the few times I ran into apostates protesting at conventions only reinforced my indoctrinated belief that they were insane, full of hate, miserable, and lost.

Having said that, I've heard that there are indeed some out there that have reached wokeness thanks to the shenanigans of the disruptive/activists.

So, to each their own.