http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ukz5m-yo4&feature=youtu.be.
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cedars.
" I heard splane give the talk and the numbers were different. He said it was 50 chickens."
So this chicken story is actually scripted into the DC talk outline -- institutionalized for use by all assigned speakers, and not just Tony the Turd's extemporaneous remark?" That's scary.
this was the first time in almost eight years i have had a conversation with a jw .
we were on vacation last week at my son and daughter in laws home .
one morning the doorbell rang and as i went to answer it my daughter in law said she thought it was witnesses .
I give the two Jws credit for their willingness to continue their conversation with you, once you explained your personal situation vis-a-vis the organization.
i just found this kind of funny and wanted to share them.
apparently there is even a flying spaghetti monster bible.. .
1. i'd really rather you didn't act like a sanctimonious holier-than-thou *** when describing my noodly goodness.
Billy, that's a spot-on observation ... a truly underappreciated post, I agree.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1ukz5m-yo4&feature=youtu.be.
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cedars.
So, 19 chickens died while they were away to the DC? Sounds like an actionable case of animal cruelty to me. Whatever happened to man's mandate for dominion over the lower animals?
anyone see that quote in the latest magazine?.
in full it says:.
"since the things are happening today that jesus told us about, we know that we are right at the very doorstep of the new world, the world to come.
Hey Irondork, there's attribution of the article to F. Franz? Interesting
some long years ago a circuit overseer told me that the area he was from had several former cos that had "left the road" as they call it and were just sitting on their laurels.
he said that they don't pioneer and some were irregular publishers.
a different co made a remark to the effect of "you think that servants or pioneers live a restricted life, cos are under the supervision of the service dept.
Even among those who "stay the course" while harboring misgivings, one wonders whether they regret how they've spent their lives and feel trapped by the folly of their youthful decisions.
charlie rissole had some weird ideas that were probably about par for the course in his day.. rutherford was a bullying propagandist.. knorr was a business man that spouted crap.. f franz was a crackpot theologian.. what of the gb today.
are they any different to previous cult leaders?.
yes, i can see they are self agrandising despots full of their own importance.
Rutherford was a conniving scoundrel, but also a spellbinding orator; Franz was an eccentric, wild-eyed screecher, but a writer with an extraordinary flair for imagery; neither of these two guys, nor Knorr, had an aversion to publicity or to cultivating a colorful public persona.
The current lot come across as a singularly unimpressive, reclusive, unremarkable collection of nonentities, intellectual lightweights; mediocrities.
seem familar?
child abuse cover-up by insular religious community enrages citizenry of lakewood, nj:.
http://www.app.com/article/20130616/njnews20/306160026/lakewood-orthodox.
A scary parallel to JW child abuse policies.
i have a question about the historical development of the doctrine currently held by the watchtower, specifically about jesus being michael.
i am not interested in a polemic about whether jesus is or is not michael, but rather in how this teaching evolved in the historical development of the watchtower movement.
for instance we know that at least as far back as november 1879, page 4, [reprints page 48] the watchtower was teaching a doctrine contrary to what it currently teaches:.
In fairness, and with no particular opinion on the merits of the JW claim, their position on the Michael/Jesus issue is not an unreasonable one, given the paucity of detail in the scriptures.
seem familar?
child abuse cover-up by insular religious community enrages citizenry of lakewood, nj:.
http://www.app.com/article/20130616/njnews20/306160026/lakewood-orthodox.
Seem familar? Child abuse cover-up by insular religious community enrages citizenry of Lakewood, NJ:
http://www.app.com/article/20130616/NJNEWS20/306160026/Lakewood-orthodox
