Posts by THE GLADIATOR

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Angels are all male?

by sabastious in

genesis 6: 1, 2 - 1 when human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of god saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose.. so angels are only attracted to female humans.. anyone else find this extremely telling?.

-sab.

THE GLADIATOR

A person is identified as male or female by their sexual organs. Their sexual preference has nothing to do with what sex they are. Such organs are part of the physical reproduction process. The sex urge is natures way of ensuring that we keep on keeping on and produce lots of little worshipers to keep The great spirit in the sky happy.

Now I have never actually met a 'spirit person,' much less an angel, but for such creatures to be male or female they would have to have sexual organs. In which case they they would have to be physical and would not be spirit creatures. This amazing truth, that you will not find in your bible, has been brought to you by Gladiator!

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Has there, or are there any normal pro-WT members on this forum? As in mentally stable, anybody?

by miseryloveselders in

jw
friends

first off, forgive me if i'm guilty of being judgemental.

i got my own fair share of mental problems.

it goes without saying that a bunch of us on this forum are misfits and freaks.

THE GLADIATOR

The average rank and file Jehovah’s witnesses are sincere people, who have in many cases been attracted to the movement by a genuine desire to understand the Bible and serve God as best they can. They are often very kind people who have become unwittingly involved.

Their distant and sometimes hostile attitude towards those outside the movement is a result of what the Society term “mental regulating,” in the form of books, magazines, lectures, question and answer discussions and private counselling - coupled with a fear of expulsion if they associate with anyone who their Society see as a threat to their cause.

Most members would show a great deal more empathy if they were not actively encouraged to view all outsiders as sinners who are about to be killed by the God they love. After many years in the movement and being trained to view all outsiders with suspicion, believing that they are a threat to their salvation, it is inevitable that some Witnesses have lost a great deal of their feeling towards people who are not part of their organization.

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I want to get baptized...but how and why should it happen?

by Joliette in

jw
friends

...and not saying that i have to get baptized as a jehovah's witness.

i was an unbaptized publisher, but i had to step down because of some confessions i made to the elders about two years ago.

(yes, sexual confessions, i told them that i wasnt a virgin).

THE GLADIATOR

When I was just 13 I was baptised into the JW cult. By the time I was 15 I was a regular pioneer. This is not a misprint! How baptism happens is easy. You just need a swimming costume, a pool and a strong man to dunk you.

Why should it happen? It would be more accurate to rephrase this question to: Why does it happen?

Either way there is no logical reason why someone should need to commit themself to God. If God exists then we are already a part of him or her. As living creatures we are already committed and must assume that God is as committed to us we are him or her. If not we are up the river without a paddle.

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Might I coin a new phrase?...... (A tribute?)

by VampireDCLXV in

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friends

farkel.

verb: to post a terse, witty, unexpected comment on a thread.

frequently a non-sequitir or personal attack.. example: ellie486 farkeled me on my comment about women.... .

THE GLADIATOR

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When God breaks his own laws

by Nickolas in

if one assumes that god made the universe it follows that he made it according to a very complex set of physical laws that determine how things work.

the quest to identify and understand those physical laws is at the very forefront of science and great strides have been made over the past few centuries, in particular during the last century.

we have known for only a few centuries that the earth rotates on its axis and orbits around the sun along with a number of other planets, more recently that the solar system is located in a radial arm of a spiral galaxy swirling around some enormous black hole.

THE GLADIATOR

Of course one can wonder why God is preoccupied with women's clothing when eve was naked...

Adam and eve were alone in their own private garden - even paradise - doing what comes naturally - according to Genesis. Clothes had not even been invented. In an over crowded world full of lust, clothes are a sensible accessory.

These faith versus reason debates never go anywhere because faith depends upon the willingness to suspend reason, whenever it becomes inconvenient. I really have lost the will to debate these matters. And just throw my coin in the ring now and then.

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Learning..Higher Learning vs Ignorance...Higher Ignorance

by Terry in

by the time of our adulthood we have a certain amount of learning "capital" in our memory bank account.. let's take a look at what it consists of and ask a few important questions.. .

what we "know" as an adult consists of the following:.

1.what we have absorbed: (passive acquisitions as a child.

THE GLADIATOR

Terry You have not been keeping such a close eye on the class here recently. This board has become a playground for people living a life of of delusion. You are the slap on the back of the head that the teachers used to give when I was day dreaming. The kick up the ass that we all need, even if we don't yet know.

When I'm not with you I lose my mind
Give me a sign
Hit me baby one more time
How was I supposed to know
That something wasn't right here
Hit Me Baby One More Time!

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Do you feel sorry for the family members who shun you?

by SweetBabyCheezits in

jw
friends

as each instance of shunning happens to me, it seems even more ridiculous than the last.. this weekend i took our kids to the park - wife opted out, understandably - and we let our daughter call my parents to inform them we'd be there.

this was my first time in the presence of my parents since our df announcement two weeks ago.. my mom and dad were 10-20 feet away much of the time and yet they never said a greeting or.. well anything.

at one point my daughter, who is aware of the shunning, mistakenly thought my mom called my name and shouted excitedly, "mawmaw, were you talking to daddy??

THE GLADIATOR

SweetBabyCheezits

Your parents are being influence by their mental regulation meetings and association with confidential members within the WT setup.

The stand off situation doesn't work. Stay close to them and exert your own influence. It is much greater than you can imagine. You have something that they value beyond words - your children.

Help them to understand the difference between fantasy and the reality of what they can see and hold right now in the real world - their grand children. Their grand children's genes are the closet thing to immortality that they will ever know.

All the best.

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This is scary we are to put the GB in the same place as Jesus according to the Dec 15 WT

by life is to short in

i do not know how to scan the wt if someone can it would be great but i wrote it out verbatim .

i think what the wt says speaks for its self.

am i missing something and or reading something into what they are saying.

THE GLADIATOR

Come on ladies. Face up to what you already know.

Men are a gift. It's the size of the package they come in that makes - La differance.

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HELP ME PLEASE

by Found Sheep in

i started a topic about jw's on a local chat room.

www.etater.com i am not a good writer and could use help.

THE GLADIATOR

Found Sheep You sound like a lost sheep who needs a shepherd.

I'm not that fluffy but let me give you a (((hug)))

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did jesus really succeed where adam failed?

by booby in

why did jesus christ come to the earth?

the rebellion in the garden of eden brought a death sentence upon adam and eve and all their offspring, but god lovingly supplied hope.

he sent his son to the earth to provide what the bible calls a ransom.

THE GLADIATOR

Part of the original question by booby:

Was it not ultimately the decision Adam had to make; remain faithful and lose his soul mate, the love of his life (I would assume), or transgress to keep her and stand by her. And standing by her was a mandate of the marital vows, no?

Let's go along with the story of Adam & Eve for the sake of posterity. Adam had never met any other human. He had zero experience of life; the mentality of a 5 year old. He was bored, no TV, no books, no bible to study. Lonely, sex starved and unfulfilled.

Suddenly he is is given a present; a beautiful naked woman to play with. He's keen to please her, cos hell hath no fury like a woman scorned and even Adam would have quickly worked out this great truth of life. He stands by her and shows love, loyalty and gratefulness for his new toy - Eve.

God, who made the fruit trees, Adam & Eve, calls this sin and plunges the world into 6000 years of suffering and death because Adam ate an apple. He was too naive to firstly eat from the tree of life. We live and learn I guess. Or in Adams case we die and don't get a chance to learn.

What's the moral of this story. There isn't one!