Posts by jp1692

FUJ: Yeah, too bad the US didn't have another Øbama as POsTUS. He could go bow to Kimmie offer an apology and everything would be unicorns and rainbows.

Perfect example of B&W thinking, as if there were only the two options. And since the one that you presented, FUJ, is clearly ridiculous, then Trump's antagonistic tweets MUST be the correct response, right?

No!

This is exactly the problem: the failure to search for and find other options.

114

Breaking News - NK Missile Overflies Japan

by cofty in

story breaking on reuters here.... kim jong-un seems determined to start a war.

nk is a national cult of personality.

hating the rest of the world is the first tenet of faith..

jp1692

I see the local members of the Cult of Trump have been quick about disliking any negative comments about their leader.

That didn't take long.

So predictable, but kind of proving our point.

114

Breaking News - NK Missile Overflies Japan

by cofty in

story breaking on reuters here.... kim jong-un seems determined to start a war.

nk is a national cult of personality.

hating the rest of the world is the first tenet of faith..

jp1692

And unfortunately Trump is exactly the wrong person to de-escalate the situation.

Two narcissistic "child-kings" with the emotional maturity and restraint of ill-behaved 12 year old boys.

34

How to disorder a JW (family) chat

by Gorbatchov in

jw
friends

we all know the moment that a nice family chat is moving to the propaganda game.. sister in law saying that jw.org is the highest ranked website, cousing saying that the new hq is energy neutral, aunt stating that jw have the best education.... what can we say on these moments?.

that br splane just likes these new light ideas?.

that a jw.org video stated that jw use the name jehovah because people recognize this name?.

jp1692

Just change the subject to something neutral. Keep doing it until you find something, anything, they can talk about non-JW related.

35

Last Week's Watchtower had something that made people start questioning things?

by silentbuddha in

i just got a call from a friend who said that something in last weeks watchtower caused a number of people in various congregations to start questioning things, and several long time elders left.

i am totally out of the loop but i do read things here and i heard of no such thing.. something to the effect that jw's and governing boobies are not inspired or something along those lines?.

jp1692

I just took a quick look and couldn't find anything in the study article for last week that touched on that. Maybe I missed it.

But there was something along those lines in the February 2017 WT:

"The Governing Body is neither inspired nor infallible. Therefore, it can err in doctrinal matters or in organizational direction." - Watchtower, February 2017, page 26, paragraph 12

But that was "studied" back in the week of April 24-30, 2017.

8

Is this Ancient Babylonian Trig System more accurate than the early Greek system?

by fulltimestudent in

jw
friends

scientists at the university of nsw have been investigating an ancient clay tablet, known as plimpton 322, from the time of hammurabi (circa 1800 bce), whose laws may have been the model for the laws attributed to moses.. their conclusions are interesting.

if you want to quickly see what its about, check outs this video by the unsw,.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9-zpgp1aje.

jp1692

Very cool!

I have shared this with my maths and physics students as well as with my colleagues.

41

JWs MUST Accept The Watchtower Teachings EVEN When They Are Wrong!

by minimus in

jw
friends

isn't it unbelievable that a jehovah's witness must accept whatever the organization says or they can be disfellowshipped??

unless they tell you that their understanding has changed, you cannot believe anything unless they say it's ok. .

many years ago i questioned them about their ridiculous view that whenever the word "heart" was mentioned, it was a literal blood filled organ.

jp1692

Hecce, they SAY things like this all the time, but it is clearly NOT WHAT THEY ENFORCE.