Posts by scratchme1010

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Editorial El Periodico, "The dark practices within Jehovah's Witnesses"

by sp74bb in

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enric hernàndez (@enric_hernandez), director of el periódico (www.periodico.es) has written an editorial this morning.

very interesting !!.

link to editorial in spanish.

What were Jesus's 'Miracles' supposed to prove?

by nicolaou in

the healings, feeding the five thousand, walking on water, resurrecting the dead.

none of it happened of course but let's take the bible literally and say that it did.. so?.

didn't magic practicing priests perform 'miracles' in a contest with aaron?

scratchme1010

How exactly are the miracles supposed to convince us that Jesus is the 'good guy'?

They don't. Both the bible and the WT interpretation of it are full of faulty logic like the ones you point. Not to mention that though it is proven that Jesus of Nazareth did in fact exist, there isn't any proof of any of that nonsense that the bible claims he did.

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"Explaining Your Beliefs About Homosexuality"

by wizzstick in

it's doing the rounds but i've not seen it before.. explaining your beliefs about homosexuality.

there are three pages.

here are my thoughts on each question on the pages:.

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So you can get an idea of how life is for a born in who's gay, like me.

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Things you'd never read in the Bible

by Tahoe in

mock the week is a british improvised, satirical celebrity panel show, like whose line is it anyway?

performers deliver answers on unexpected subjects on the spur of the moment.

i found it quite funny and thought i would pass it along.

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LOL!

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The Watchtower try to give a modern twist to the scriptures.

by StephaneLaliberte in

i was listening to the september broadcasting, where david splain talks about how jacob met with esau.

david splain: how did jacob react?

did he try to show how important and prominent he had become?

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Yawn.

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We were fooled by the. " Jehover" of the W.T.

by The Rebel in

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i think that's a fair comment.

but i am not convinced by the " god" outside the w.t so far, and i think that's also a fair comment.

if god exists why does he seem a complete liability to convincing the majority of decent people i know to associate with his one true religios organisation?

scratchme1010

I think that's a fair comment.

Not to all. I did not join the JWs. I had that organization shove down my throat since the day I was born. That was not something I chose to join. And so is the case of all those born in. We were not "fooled"; we were raised to believe that crap.

As for "god" outside the JWs, personally I can't care less one way or another. I decided that if there's such a wonderful god that loves me and has an important message, he should personally do the leg work and talk to me. That's not too much to ask. No 2000 year old books, no knocking on my door, no sending his son to die for me, no church, none of that --it that has caused more harm to humanity than good.

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E-Harmony Dilemma

by Iamallcool in

well, i messaged someone on e-harmony and she messaged me back.

i did like her at first and she likes me too.

we exchanged more than 10 messages till i find out yesterday that her best friend is a tarot card reader.

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...till I find out yesterday that her best friend is a tarot card reader...

And that's a deal breaker because...

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Apologizing to my non-JW friends

by pale.emperor in

yesterday i bumped into an old friend from my last workplace.

he's a gay man and we were good friends along with a woman from the same office.

although i was a jw at the time, i would go for the occasional after work drinks with them, blackpool funfair every year and the occasional cinema or theater.

scratchme1010

On behalf of the entire LGBT community, thank you.

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Any Others of the "Anointed"?

by Hernandez in

i was baptized in 1985, was a regular pioneer, ministerial servant, and on the way to becoming an elder when i left the witnesses in 1999. i also was one of those who claimed and (at the time ) believed i was one of the anointed.. i am wondering if there are any others here who also claimed they were of the anointed?

how did you come to that conclusion?

how do you feel about your claim now that you are out?.

scratchme1010

Thank you so much for sharing. This is very interesting. I know that it's quite a journey and a process for JWs who consider themselves not to be anointed, so I imagine that for you the process of leaving was a little steeper.

Anyway, you shared this:

I felt there was no other choice to make. It would be wrong to hope in a paradise earth, at least for me. I never excpected I would literally be punished by the Jehovah's Witnesses for believing the words of the Bible.

Could you elaborate a little more on this? I have a hard time understanding what makes some people believe that they are anointed. I know of many other JWs who feel and experience themselves all the things you did when started reading and studying the Bible, but they didn't feel like being one of the anointed. So my questions is, why the same bible study that many JWs have made you feel "chosen", where so many others, as fanatical as they become, still don't come to that conclusion?

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Tomorrow I am planning do my second JW stand up comedy sketch - Would love some feedback

by usualusername1 in

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my set.

i’m paul.

i was born in croydon.

scratchme1010

Love it. Please have your act recorded so we can watch it.