Posts by Tantalon

Waton, you certainly like the elephants in the room, trouble is with JW land there is a whole frickin herd of the buggers! :) Think I will have a whiskey cos it's that time of day here, might even toast Tony, bottoms up.

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Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

by UnshackleTheChains in

i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

you can't write this stuff.

right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

Tantalon

Well I am enjoying this much more than the political discussions that have been going on lately. Governing body stuff ups much more entertaining, for me anyhow. I doubt that it will wake many unfortunately but a lot of fun for apostates!.

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Holy Spirit - Present or Gone in the Congregations?

by BourneIdentity in

i was doing some reminiscing and remember the days back in the late 80s and early 90s where i truly could say the meetings were so encouraging and that i felt the holy spirit present and operating on all of us.

today when i attend, there is nothing of the sort.

is it because jehovah has withheld it?

Tantalon

I was born in (1958) and I never felt anything except confused, lonely and frightened. Later on very angry.

No offense to those who believe but the evidence tells me they never were under Holy Spirit, there is no such entity/force.

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Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

by UnshackleTheChains in

i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

you can't write this stuff.

right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

Tantalon

No problem with Tony or anyone else having a drink or two.Problem is the same one as GB pinky rings, tie pins and Rolexs etc. To take a vow of poverty, ask people to donate their spare jewelery, deceased estates and ice-cream money to the world wide "work" and then drop a grand on booze seems a tad hypocritical to me.

Very poor judgment or doesn't give a shit? Don't know. Probably both.

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Fear Of Demons:

by Englishman in

jw
friends

there was a time when jw's wouldn't buy anything that wasn't brand spanking new.

it might be a way for the demons to enter your home!.

this is from the wt, dec 15, 1966:.

Tantalon

I remember how real the threat of demon possession seemed when I was an early teen awaiting Armageddon. Still I offered myself to Satan if I could get laid before the big A came as I wasn't sure I would survive anyway! But 1975 came without either event happening,I was glad for one and sad for the other.

The only bad dreams I had were due to the WT indoctrination not spirits and stopped when I finally realized TTATT.

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Britain's Sharia Courts Look Strangely Familiar

by Sea Breeze in

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up to 85 of these sharia law courts operate in britain.

creepy!.

Tantalon

Interesting to see, if you follow the link, that at least they have a woman on the council which is more than you can say for the high control religion that we are all familiar with!

Quite worrying though, there is concern here in Australia about the same thing but it doesn't seem to have a whole lot of public comment at the moment. We are generally an apathetic bunch down under and until it pokes us in the eye not much will happen.

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Has anyone had a cataract affect eye lens replaced with an artificial lens?

by fulltimestudent in

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friends

i have a cataract in one eye, and am scheduled for an operation sometime ()when my turn comes up).

i'm told the artificial replacement lens will be multifocal.

i'm hoping that my sight will go back to near normal.

Tantalon

Yes I have had one done, very straight forward and interesting,my eye with the original lens sees in a yellow spectrum and the new one sees in blue spectrum.The effect initially is quite remarkable.I amuse myself by trying to work out what colours are by closing one eye and then the other; I am easily amused. I still require reading glasses but my long distance vision is A1. I do however now suffer from a slightly dry eye in the one with the artificial lens and have to apply lubricant from time to time.

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May 2019 Watchtower doubles down on the "Two Witness Rule" !

by stuckinarut2 in

this is simply disturbing and infuriating!.

the may 2019 wt has defiantly and arrogantly been released by the gb, and it is full of their disgusting excuses for not complying with authorities!.

(i have seen and read all the articles, but cant work out how to upload a link here - perhaps someone can assist?).

Tantalon

'So when they learn of an allegation, elders immediately seek direction on how they can comply with laws about reporting it.'

Gee that's hard, pick up the phone and call the cops. How much direction do these numbskulls need?