Everybody refers to the black book as the bible, not the Warwick apostles .Silver book refered to holy scripture. Renamed father- Jehovah ,Jesus - Michael , FDS as themselves , ect ect. There is not enough room on my computer to have a comprehensive list.
Posts by Chook
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33What are some things JWs re-name to make themselves different than Christians?
by NikL injws re-name things so they seem like they are different than other religions.
(of course we know they are different but that's another story).
i was just thinking about those things where they are like most everyone else in christendom but the re-name it to seem different.. for example god forbid they have a church, it's a "kingdom hall".. they don't have pastors and deacons they have "elders" and "ministerial servants".. they don't have tithing but they will have family heads fill out a paper saying how much they can contribute on a monthly basis (not sure if there is a name for that...unless it's tithing.
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What food are you grateful for?
by punkofnice ini'll start: stilton cheese.. (it was a toss up between that and sweet pickled beetroot).. thank you folks..
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Chook
Imagine a CO asking that question ,spiritual steak would be the unified response.
on a serious note the inch and half thick scotch fillet steak medium rare, it's interesting its the food humans weren't meant to eat. Second place is Italian food cooked by my beautiful Italian wife. I asked a person only last week what would be their last meal on death row if they had a choice, his response was pussy. He was serious , then I got thinking the GB lastest guideline book for elders on page 98 put eating pus... in same category as bestiality.
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Pharaoh tries to kill all male babies - later Moses orders the very same thing!
by George One Time inso many things that i just discoved about the bible.. .
so from the book my book of bible stories, we all know how little moses was saved from a cruel pharaoh.
of course the king of egypt was afraid that those cute little babies would endanger his empire eventually.
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Chook
The spoil of wars for the Jews was kill ALL male and females except young virgin girls ISIS has same policy.
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Another family needlessly torn apart
by Visitor1984 ini'm feeling very angry tonight as i watched my mother in law end her relationship with my husband, her son, tonight.
we were happily inactive, enjoying a distant but decent relationship with my in laws until they saw some christmas decorations and everything changed.
i spent two hours getting drilled on whether my husband and i celebrate holidays, to be told that my laws won't socialize with us anymore.
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Chook
The mother in law is truly misguided, she is actually doing you a favour so your husband doesn't have to hear the cult policy. It's not easy but only look forward there is a reason front windscreen on a car is 50 times bigger than the rear view mirror. Your life will certainly have an accident if the focus is behind. The tearing apart of families is a JW legacy. This forum is good therapy and the variety of advice let's you make informed decisions. JW have flat earth syndrome, most on here see this religion now from outer space , we KNOW the shape of earth.
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Was/Is Religion Useful Even if it isn't True?
by cofty inin his book "the righteous mind" jonathan haidt proposes that religion served - and continues to serve an important role in bringing about cohesion within non-kin groups.. to put it very briefly haidt advocates a form of group selection but only insofar as it applies to humans.
our unique brains have made it possible for us to cooperate in groups in ways that are impossible for all non-human species.
despite their intelligence you will never see two chimps helping each other to carry the same log or one chimp pulling down a branch while the other removes the fruit.. his description is that humans are 90% chimp and 10% bee.
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Chook
All religions have common denominators, priest class don't work at the expense of the fold. All religions have a money collection method. They all have an after life story , the better the story the more money.
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"would you drink a glass of water if it had just a tiny bit of poison in it?"
by stuckinarut2 inno doubt we have all heard that well used "illustration" in public talks etc over the years:.
"if you were handed a glass of water that looked pure, but were told it has just a tiny drop of poison in it, would you drink it?".
the society has used that illustration at length to say we should avoid all influences of every part of the world.. but, as we know, the society has had a track record of errors, false ideas and doctrines.
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Chook
We've all drank the koolaid and survived. It's just a bad after taste and the JW drink machine has more flavours.
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Chook
What causes them ?
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Are you mental diseased?? Take test if you are not sure..
by James Mixon inthis is a list of a few signs of the disorder...after identifying the disorder you wonder who the hell they a talking about.. 1)dissociative identity disorder 2)borderline personality 3)insanity (the anointed) 4)delusion (hello) 5)intellectual disability (what) 6)adjustment disorder 7) paranoid personality(ok who are we talking about here) 8) confusion 9) histrionic disorder 10)factitious disorder...there are more but i wonder if these fool researched mental diseased.
most jw suffer from histrionic disorder..."constant attention seeking, emotional overreaction and suggestibility"....
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Chook
It would be a better survey to ask a self appraisal rated 1-10 , 10 being craziest. All humans judge craziness on their own experience of what is normal
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What is the basis for advising “Don’t pursue higher studies”?
by venus intwo elders who visited my friend last week encouraged her not to pursue higher studies.
it seems they are dishing out the same old stuff: “the end is imminent, and this is the time to do more in the service; hence don’t waste your resources on higher studies.”.
i wonder whether there was some official communiqué (something that is sent out recently like letter to the elders, or kingdom ministry article …).
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Chook
Kimmy of North Korea uses same techniques, its tried and proven. That's why the death of JWs can be agonising, when the old brothers who thought they would never have children grow old , have no housing, no outside support, they are stuck between a rock and a hard place. It's sad.
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Jehovah's Witnesses and Jimmy Swaggart
by Lady Lee ina website i had not seen before tells the story and provides the scans of the court case.
http://www.bibletopics.com/biblestudy/84.htm .
more of the scans are on page 2 so click the link at the bottom of the page.
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Chook
In life it's always the money, all best investigations follow ten money .