Posts by schnell

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Halloween, Day of the Dead, the Flood, yada yada yada

by schnell in

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my local public radio station today had a piece about dia de los muertos, and after all this time, i was surprised to learn that this day was actually moved to november by the spanish from september.

so much for all that "halloween/all saints/day of the dead celebrates the flood!

" nonsense.

schnell

Few things surprise me about that crazy guy anymore lol

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Halloween, Day of the Dead, the Flood, yada yada yada

by schnell in

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friends

my local public radio station today had a piece about dia de los muertos, and after all this time, i was surprised to learn that this day was actually moved to november by the spanish from september.

so much for all that "halloween/all saints/day of the dead celebrates the flood!

" nonsense.

schnell

My local public radio station today had a piece about Dia de Los Muertos, and after all this time, I was surprised to learn that this day was actually moved to November by the Spanish from September.

So much for all that "Halloween/All Saints/Day of the Dead celebrates the Flood!" nonsense.

I also have had genuinely fun conversations with coworkers and customers about Halloween. My wife, it should be noted, recently said that if there's any holiday she would celebrate, it's Halloween. Because it's fun!

Then the radio program shifted to a couple of paranormal investigators and then an author who wrote a book about werewolves in Wisconsin. I readily place myself in the skeptic category. There's plenty we don't know, but I'm not about to allow the Bible or the Watchtower fill the gaps.

Certainly nothing in these paranormal stories coincides with an evil organization of demons that know the time is short. Not one bit of it. And the vast majority of it is merely psychological. People are primed and ready to believe this stuff. And then there's stuff about EMF from old electronics, sleep apnea, sleep paralysis, etc.

So meh. Have fun and be safe everybody.

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Pyramid Schemes

by schnell in

several years ago, i was introduced to a "wonderful" company called fortune hi tech marketing by a brother and his wife.

they had been introduced by a former sheriff who claims he had researched the company and found no leins or judgments, and that former sheriff had been brought in by a pastor.

you can read what happened with fhtm on wikipedia if you so desire.. this whole new idea of multilevel marketing had my brain reeling, though, and soon enough, i actually signed up with none other than prepaid legal.

schnell

I think the biggest scammer of all Jw kingdumb was the real estate no money down books and tapes by Dave Del Dotto. He was on TV infomercials in the 80.s and 90,s, till he got taken down by the FTC for making false claims . Today he sells wine from his vineyard in Napa valley. Google his name and read up on his scams as a JW.

Wow... Just wow. Considering a certain friend of mine, I may be only a couple degrees away from that guy for all I know. Maybe, maybe not.

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Pyramid Schemes

by schnell in

several years ago, i was introduced to a "wonderful" company called fortune hi tech marketing by a brother and his wife.

they had been introduced by a former sheriff who claims he had researched the company and found no leins or judgments, and that former sheriff had been brought in by a pastor.

you can read what happened with fhtm on wikipedia if you so desire.. this whole new idea of multilevel marketing had my brain reeling, though, and soon enough, i actually signed up with none other than prepaid legal.

schnell

@cyberjesus, technically, that is the difference between MLM and a pyramid. In practice, recruitment always trumps selling the crappy product that nobody wants.

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So the Elders want to get together, and I kinda want to.

by Darkknight757 in

so the wife and i were uninvited to another jw get together which we didn't want to go to anyways.

finally we find out that something on my facebook account is getting some people's in my old halls undies in a bunch.

so i was thinking of meeting with them to at least clear my wife's name and give them some much needed hell.

schnell

Wish you well! I feel the same.

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"Faithful slave" can you READ the Bible - let alone EXPLAIN it?

by The Searcher in

an org myth debunked - by the book they claim to have a better understanding of, than other religions.wt14 11/15 p. 30 - who are the two witnesses mentioned in revelation chapter 11?.

"......the account refers to god’s anointed ones who took the lead during a difficult time of testing.. so in the fulfillment of revelation chapter 11, the anointed brothers who took the lead at the time of the establishment of god’s kingdom in heaven in 1914 preached "in sackcloth" for three and a half years.

at the end of their preaching in sackcloth, these anointed ones were symbolically killed when they were thrown into prison for a comparatively shorter period of time, a symbolic three and a half days.

schnell

I don't know, does the UN really want to dig up the garage in a mansion in San Diego?

Their interpretation of the nonsensical Revelation is naturally nonsensical.

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The Prophets v. "Jehovah's Organization"

by Ding in

according to the wt, who lead "jehovah's organization" on earth in ot times?.

the kings of israel?

the priests?.

schnell

I always liked how God acted through the Assyrians and Babylonians etc. to bring his judgment.

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Why Is it the Girls who Hang in There?

by snugglebunny in

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having seen many, many people leave the org over the years, i have to say that, when it comes to married couples, it's almost always the man who makes the first move to leave.

conversely, when it comes to being converted into the witnesses, more often than not it's the wife who joins up first.

although that wasn't the case with my own parents, my father became converted and my mother followed very reluctantly..

schnell

And they're smeared if they leave or go to university or if they find love outside the congregation. I admit, I've looked down on women and teen girls who did just this, and I can't believe I thought it was right.

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2013 NWT - Conveniently Circular

by theunbeliever in

this is my first post.

as i am currently disfellowshipped, i have no one else to discuss these things with.

even if i was actively associated with the dubs, i suppose i'd still have no one else to discuss this with.

schnell

If you do a Google image search for Babylonian world view you can see what the "Cosmos" looked like to people at the time the bible was being written. The earth is a flat disk with a solid hemisphere of the Firmament above it. Above the firmament and below the earth are the waters of chaos.
Read any scripture that describes the world and you'll find that it fits perfectly into this picture.
The flood makes a whole lot more sense too.

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i really hate all these "what if" posts

by nowwhat? in

all these hypothetical questions about the organization's demise or what if god did this or that don't do anyone any good.

personal experiences.

info and insight about your congregation, circuit, area and the watchtower itself is what we need.

schnell

Sorry you really hate that. :p

Insight and info about my congregation, circuit, and area is that there is no growth, to the extent that they're willing to compromise standards to get an assembly with at least one baptism. Outrageously so. Field service is perfunctory, routine, watered down, and utterly meaningless. The null or negative reactions at the door actually thrill some of the more hard core of the flock, because they think that means the end is coming closer.