the door was knocked very quietly, (the bell ignored) .
two ladies stood there both clutching bibles, a youngish one, early thirties, and an old dear, in her seventies i would guess.. the young one started "we have been asking your neighbours today if they feel there is anywhere to go for reliable guidance ?".
" but pointing to her silver sword i said " but not there though !".
"Well it was nice to hear your opinions", I didn't let that go ! I said " Everything I have told you is facts, not opinions, if you find out that something I have said to you is not factual, write it on a piece of paper and put it through my door if I am not in "
I liked that Phizzy you got the last word in and it was a clincher.
I would give you an A for presentation an A for keeping your cool and a AAA for closing the discussion with a clincher.
the current public edition of the watchtower - 2018 issue 1 - is entirely on one theme - is the bible relevant today.
about half of the magazine is on 3 articles on how the bible can be practical.
they are "avoid problems" "resolve difficulties" and "cope successfully".
You guys are on to something here but I`m afraid we have all missed the obvious ! As saltheart-Ff points out
ARC
Yes this is clearly a reference to the Arc reactor which powers the Iron Man suit
Or Is it ?
More importantly it could be a message by a fifth column agent ( mole) referring to none other
than
the Australian Royal Commission into child sexual abuse by institutions. { A R C }
so i have started down the path of trying to understand evolution, and to get the linear lies that the jws planted in my head out of it.
i bought an audiobook called "evolution: what the fossils say and why it matters" by donald prothero.
i heard it recommended on an atheist podcast that i listened to.
what is it about non-creationism which many find so appealing? What is their heart-of-hearts motivation? Is it for the same reason that many (or should one say MANY?) xJws are turned off by the thought that there may really be a Creator and a Heavenly Family?
My objection to an Almighty God Jehovah /Jesus Christ /Angels /Satan etc. is :
1. The Bible and what it contains.And what it does not contain.
2.Imperfect human beings are the ones who defined what was the word of God ,God had no say in it he was completely silent about it.
3.God by all accounts in the Bible had no problem communicating with humans by means of visions ,angels ,dreams ,prophets ,etc.and their was no doubt that it was God communicating with them.
4.No such claim can be made by any Christian religion today it is all down to the religions interpretation of the scriptures they want you to believe in.An interpretation of the Bible by imperfect human beings who have an agenda of their own .God has no say in it .
And all of these reasons no doubt fit any other religious belief of Christendom.
5. Having said all of that , forget the Bible and all of that ,I am not averse to the possibility that their are other life forms in the universe that may or may not have had involvement in the spread of life forms on this planet .
6.That is to say if #5 were true {and I`m not saying it is } it does not mean they are or have been in any way involved in how events turn out here on earth.Nor are they involved in any way with what happens to humans on a day to day basis .
7. It could be said that if a more advanced civilization in the universe sowed the seeds of life for this planet and left it to sort itself out then I suppose you could call it from our viewpoint a God ?
But it certainly is not is the Christian or Jewish or Muslim book of faith or any other religious book of faith produced by imperfect humans.
since leaving the borg i jumped both feet first into classes i've always wanted to do but was never "allowed" to.
two of which are life drawing and photography.
i've been studying for almost two years now and have seen more nude men and women in our classes than i care to remember.. today in the photography studio i was working in with three others (two women, one man) we were told we had a new person modelling for us.
I will second that Queequeg and a full screen please.
https://gizmodo.com/new-whistleblower-site-faithleaks-releases-confidential-1821799936.
I remember a brother back in the 60`s Marcus Osbourne ? who used to conduct a book study in Melbourne Aust.
who used to refer to Mene Mene Tekel Parsins in the book we were "studying" back then as ,
Minnie ,Minnie ,tickles the parson
I wonder if he is still a JW ,I think I did see him on a quick build in S.E.Qld some years ago now.
https://gizmodo.com/new-whistleblower-site-faithleaks-releases-confidential-1821799936.
I only wish the Australian Royal Commission has or had these letters/e-mails communications between the WTB&TS and the Congregations in question .
And they should be forwarded to all of the Country`s in the world that are investigating Child Sexual Abuse in the Jehovah`s Witness organization .
Thanks for posting this.
i hope hollywood helps make her the democratic nominee.
she sounds like she’s testing out the waters.
good luck ms. winfrey.
It never ceases to amaze me that in the western world at any rate you don`t need any qualifications of any sort to become the leader of a government or a Nation.
In the USA for example the only qualification you need to get elected is to have loads and I mean loads of money so you actually buy yourself votes into the presidency ?
Other nations in the west are no better in electing leaders who have no set qualifications in running a Country or Nation.
If I want to be a Doctor ,Engineer , Motor Mechanic , Plumber or brain Surgeon ,I need to do years of study and qualify by passing exams to see if I`m the right person for the job I have applied for .
Not so with politicians who have potentially far more damaging consequences because of their lack of qualifications or suitability to govern or for their actions and decisions they make that can affect so many under their rule.
Their should be some form of criteria that they have to pass before they can even be considered as a Political candidate.
i understand that cults and religious groups will always exist.
but why do jehovah’s witnesses continue as a religion that people will join?.
Some would join for answers to their problems, be they substance abuse, loneliness, boredom, some may join because of what JW's seem to have- instant answers to everything with their paradise and destruction of the wicked.
I think OTWO has hit the nail on the head ,also as he has said family members even kids.
made a visit to warwick recently.
i’ll try to get some pics posted..
The kingdom Interlinear Of the Christian Greek Scriptures printed by the WTB&TS a word for word translation of the Greek Text does not contain the Tetragrammaton of the Hebrew text or its Greek equivalent in the KI .
Why not ? because it has no place their.
The Tetragrammaton is four Hebrew characters translated in English as JHVH in the 13th Century more correctly in this century as YHWH
The Christian Greek Scriptures that the WT Society base their NWT on and verified by the Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the WT does not contain the Hebrew Tetragrammaton or even its equivalent in the Greek language .
So their is no basis for using the name Jehovah /Yahweh at all in the Christian Greek scriptures./New Testament.
For the WT to put that name in the marginal references /text of the NWT of the Christian Greek Scriptures is an addition that clearly should not be their .
are you watching dr phil with the df wife and still in husband?.
The more people who see this show the more people will be turned off about JW`s and that`s a good thing.
Certainly the live audience were well aware of what a cult the JW religion is.They were shown in a bad light not so much by what Dr.Phill said although he did make some excellent points , but by the ex JW and her husband the current JW.
He would have to be DF after going on Dr Phil and putting the JW`s in such a bad light to not only the people of the USA but also to all of the other nations around the world that receive Dr.Phil episodes.
I think we owe a debt of gratitude to these two for showing the world what the religion of Jehovah`s Witnesses are really all about.
