Posts by Simon

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Why did Jehovah Kill all the animals in the flood? What purpose did it serve??

by pistolpete in

some of my jw family that is waking up posed that question to my jw family that is still hanging on to jw belief.. the stepbrother that posed that question told me;.

"in all these years of being a jw, i actually never gave it much thought as to why jehovah had to kill millions of innocent animals that had nothing to do with mankind becoming evil.".

i keep picturing in my mind, all the baby puppies and kitties that were destroyed by jehovah.

Simon

where did humans get the so-called compassion for these animals

We've become more civilized and caring over time. We've evolved and grown.

We've out-grown the superstitious stories about psychotic gods

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Reminder re: Spammers

by Simon in

just a reminder about spammers.. please ignore them!.

they are idiots, we have a real "gay-for-j" zealot right now who hasn't got the message that they are not wanted and no one is interested in their bible-fantasy gibberish.

there's a certain irony that their own site is covered in "don't spam" rules but they think it's acceptable to do it to others.

If I delete a spammer who has been sending DMs, it may show you have a waiting message even though that message has been deleted. I will run a script to update that at some point, just ignore it for now - you are not missing any message (apart from the spam that is!)

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Reminder re: Spammers

by Simon in

just a reminder about spammers.. please ignore them!.

they are idiots, we have a real "gay-for-j" zealot right now who hasn't got the message that they are not wanted and no one is interested in their bible-fantasy gibberish.

there's a certain irony that their own site is covered in "don't spam" rules but they think it's acceptable to do it to others.

Simon

Just a reminder about spammers.

PLEASE IGNORE THEM!

They are idiots, we have a real "gay-for-J" zealot right now who hasn't got the message that they are not wanted and no one is interested in their bible-fantasy gibberish. There's a certain irony that their own site is covered in "don't spam" rules but they think it's acceptable to do it to others. But no one could ever accuse religious spammers of not being complete hypocritical jerks - they are probably up to their 30th account now if not more.

These are whack-a-doodle people, looking for an audience and an outlet for their insane ramblings. If you start replying to them, or even worse, taking the messages they have sent to you directly and posting them publicly then you are amplifying what they do and doing their work for them - you become part of the problem.

So please ignore them - their content is easily and quickly removed.

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Why did Jehovah Kill all the animals in the flood? What purpose did it serve??

by pistolpete in

some of my jw family that is waking up posed that question to my jw family that is still hanging on to jw belief.. the stepbrother that posed that question told me;.

"in all these years of being a jw, i actually never gave it much thought as to why jehovah had to kill millions of innocent animals that had nothing to do with mankind becoming evil.".

i keep picturing in my mind, all the baby puppies and kitties that were destroyed by jehovah.

Simon

The purpose is to show gods "might"

The reality is it demonstrates the backward nature of the writers, just as many other parts of the bible do. They treat animals with little compassion, same as they treat women - all property, chattel to do with as you please.

Backward culture, backward beliefs.

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Woke Oscars cringe

by LoveUniHateExams in

actors' acceptance speeches have often been a little dodgy - viewers don't care what political or social views actors may have, we typically appreciate actors acting well.. this year's oscars awards ceremony seems to be going above and beyond, however.. here's frances mcdormand's acceptance speech, in which she dedicates her victory to 'our wolf' and then howls like a bitch, lol.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-_be0awgwk.

Simon

Are people in this forum really ok with this sort of tone? 2021 and calling people ‘blacks’ and complaining about people of colour being on screen?

It's a revolving door of terms so honestly, I don't give a shit about getting it right because whatever term you use will be deemed "offensive", even when it's the one that was demanded the week before.

We want to be called black ... black is now offensive

We want to be called colored ... colored is now offensive

We want to be called people of color .... people of color is now offensive

We want to be called black <- you are here

I refuse to call people "African American" as it's simply lacking when it comes to communicating - there are lots of white African Americans after all so what is it meant to mean? Oh right ... "black".

We have words for things, they are basic and understood. White, black, how can one be offensive and one not?

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Do you still talk to the dubs?

by Iamallcool in

jw
friends

just wondering!

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Simon

They only come round here maybe once every 2 - 3 years, but when they do I like to ask them difficult questions that I know they'll struggle to answer (but with a smile, not in a nasty way).

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Narrowly focused, sometimes illiterate

by vienne in

three of my sisters - there are five of us - were baptized as witnesses.

one of them has gone from reading voraciously to only reading her textbooks and watchtower publications.

this does not seem to be unusual among witnesses.

Simon

I think the opposite is likely true, JWs probably have better than average literacy skills - any group that promotes reading of anything is going to develop better skills.

It doesn't mean everyone is outstanding, there will always be people starting from a low base with a poor education, but I think they will tend to be better off than non JWs in average.

It's one of the forgotten benefits of being raised a JW, practicing reading a lots.

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Systemic Racism: What’s Your View? Is it As Pervasive As Some Suggest?

by minimus in

jw
friends

the president of the united states says we have to do something about this.

many politicians and people agree that we are all affected by the scourge of systemic racism.

what’s your view of this?

Simon

Perhaps the baby was used to females or didn’t like men or was racist?

Did it make "OK" symbols with it's hands? That's always the giveaway.

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Disassociated for smoking at 15 years old then later after years of shinning befriended again.

by TjHunt in

after my 4 and 6 year old sisters and i (5) were molested and covered up by elders, at 15 i'm disassociated for smoking.

then years later after attending a passover with family members, i'm not suddenly disassociated anymore and attempted befriending begins.

wow.

Simon

You're willing to risk being wrong about something so serious just so you can score internet points against a stranger?

Like I said - sad.

One thing to remember: even if someone is making a story up (and I see no reason to suppose this is), there can often be people reading who have similar stories and can relate to them, so you're also talking to them to.

Show a bit of damn compassion FFS.

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Disassociated for smoking at 15 years old then later after years of shinning befriended again.

by TjHunt in

after my 4 and 6 year old sisters and i (5) were molested and covered up by elders, at 15 i'm disassociated for smoking.

then years later after attending a passover with family members, i'm not suddenly disassociated anymore and attempted befriending begins.

wow.

Simon

Vienne, what a sad person you are to pick up on one word and make so much of it, while ignoring the essence of the story.