Posts by jp1692

Not sure if that comment was directed at me or not, but just to set the record straight: I don’t identify with any one political party in the United States. If I did—and I don’t—the closest match to my particular philosophical and political views is the Libertarian party, but I don’t agree with all of their platform either. I am truly an independent thinker.

By the way, I’m a scientist by trade, specifically a chemist and a physicist.

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Remind re: The "Cult" Label

by Simon in

if you accuse people of being stuck in jw mindset or "cult-like" mentality simply because someone has a different view of politics than you, you'll be deleted.. it's insulting and a lazy substitute for having any real argument for a proper debate.. what next ... "you smell" ?.

jp1692

Cofty: Six years ago another poster suggested calling "Cofty's Law".

Actually, it was at least nine years ago in this thread by forum member, NewChapter:

Godwin's Law of JWN---Need help naming it!

At that time, I (when posting as 00DAD) suggested calling it Cofty’s Corallary because I thought it was more euphonious, but alas it never caught on!

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California to ban sales of fossil fuel cars in 15 years

by mickbobcat in

this will never work but liberals are too stupid to know it.

first off all you have to do is cross the border and buy a car.

if they will not let you license it in the state then many will license it out of state.

jp1692

“There is nothing on the horizon that replaces fossil fuel.”

When we were captives of the JW cult it was understandable that so many of us were ignorant and uneducated given the cult’s position on education, but to remain so after leaving the cult is both foolish and suggests that they still control our lives.

Seriously, leave the cult—not just physically, but also mentally—and learn to think and distinguish scientific facts from ignorant and foolish nonsense.

An uninformed statement such as the one I quoted above can easily be disproved in about 90 seconds.

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The Trump/Biden Debate Is On Today

by minimus in

jw
friends

this could be epic.

stay tuned!.

jp1692

I’ll be watching it for sure! 👍

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You Know You're A Jehovah's Witness When...

by pale.emperor in

you know you're a jehovah's witness when.... being offered a scholarship to a good university is considered a bad thing.. when you see a house you like you claim it for after your god kills the owner.. you recieve spiritual guidence from a bus driver and a window washer.. you're engaged to a person you only met 3 months ago.. your widowed mother is marrying a man she met at the convention who she's known for 2 weeks.. there's jehovah's witnesses meeting in your house on a saturday morning to talk about going out knocking on doors on a saturday morning.. a lie in on a weekend happens about twice a year.. you dont talk to your own parents/children because they have a different opinion about a magazine.. you're not quite sure what you're supposed to believe anymore.. when someone criticizes your a magazine you feel like you're being attacked.. your 3yo son owns a suit.. if you're not married by the age of 30 you're considered to be gay or something wrong with you.. (for girls) if you havent married the first or second person you've dated you're considered promiscuous or something wrong with you.. you get your scientific knowledge from a magazine written by people who've never been to college and have never actually read the source they claim to be citing.. you get excited if there's a storm or natural disaster.. you get excited when there's a terrorist attack.. you get excited when there's a pandemic.. your version of tinder is the lunch break at a convention.. your girlfriend dresses like her grandmother.. your grandparents, despite being in the same religion as you, died believing totally a different belief system..

jp1692

So true! 🤣

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Pic of old woman having no food but donating to Watchtower

by Darkknight757 in

i hope you are all doing ok and healing from the cult.

i’m looking for an image of the old woman donating to watchtower but also in the same pic looking in her fridge and having little to eat.

i need it for a video for youtube.

jp1692

The hypocrites who run this cult make the Pharisees look like amateurs!

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Steal in Iran and Get Your Fingers Chopped Off!

by minimus in

jw
friends

three teens were convicted of stealing and the punishment is cut off their fingers.

some past punishments were finger and foot removal.

pretty barbaric but i bet they don’t have too many looters there..

jp1692

SB: Can we stop quoting M.L.K. as if his word is somehow law...

The only “law” referenced in the MLK quote I posted is the cruel and barbaric Mosaic Law from the Torah. And the part of the quote I highlighted was actually MLK riffing on a phrase usually attributed to Mohandas Gandhi.

I’m curious to hear why you are bothered by King’s explanation of Gandhi’s pithy commentary on the absurdity of this particular part of the Mosaic Law?

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That escalated quickly... (Quote from today's Zoom public talk)

by Jofi_Wofo in

jw
friends

the speaker at my wife's meeting: "a discouraging word can lead to inactivity, apostasy and death.".

i mean, what the...??????

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jp1692

More fear-mongering!

Let’s review: It’s a cult!