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  Sexism in the borg....sexist pigs the lot

  by Jez in

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  let's talk about how sexist the borg is:.

  only men can give talks.

  only men can be elders.

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  Nancy Drake:

  "They are probably afraid women would take over the organization and give the G.B. a run for their money (and power)!"

  Remember AMNESIAN? Do you think she would have any difficulty dealing with the G.B.?

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  Are you an atheist? ...

  by Nicolas in

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  personally, i consider myself as a "soft-atheist".

  i don't believe in god but i keep an open mind and if someone can come with a real proof of god's existence, i'll take it.

  for now, i consider that believing in god, is just as silly as believing in santa claus.

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  Czar,

  Your words:

  "So the presence of evil neither disproves nor proves the existence of God, nor does it question his benevolence. All it does is condemn the humans who practice it."

  Neither of us can prove or disprove anything. That wasn't the point of my post at all. I certainly have no idea whether god exists or not. My point was simply that if he exists I'm not impressed with him. I cannot directly answer the question "Are you an atheist?" because I do not know.

  You detected no anger in my post. There was none.

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  Are you an atheist? ...

  by Nicolas in

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  personally, i consider myself as a "soft-atheist".

  i don't believe in god but i keep an open mind and if someone can come with a real proof of god's existence, i'll take it.

  for now, i consider that believing in god, is just as silly as believing in santa claus.

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  Czarofmischief,

  Elaborate? Ok, just a bit. An all-powerful personage has a front row seat to the holocaust and countless other atrocities through the centuries.. . . . . He does nothing. . . . . If He exists, he has a lot of 'splainin' to do. If He doesn't exist, he's "off the hook."

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  Are you an atheist? ...

  by Nicolas in

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  2. friends

  personally, i consider myself as a "soft-atheist".

  i don't believe in god but i keep an open mind and if someone can come with a real proof of god's existence, i'll take it.

  for now, i consider that believing in god, is just as silly as believing in santa claus.

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  Actually, it's almost defamation to say that God exists. If he does, he is heartless, calloused, impersonal, disinterested, arrogant, noncommunicative, aloof, ignorant, biased, cruel, powerless, insane . . . . . . . . .

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  Jehovah - The Magical God

  by Nosferatu in

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  jehovah is such a magical god.

  he can make the impossible possible.

  he will cure all your problems, he will create logic when there is confusion.

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  Annanias,

  I hear ya.

  Somewhat dishonestly, I snuck that little quote from the Book of Mormon into this thread. . . 2 Nephi 27:23. Of course there are any number of Bible verses saying the same basic thing: God has not changed.

  The same God that watched the holocaust moved a householder to hand Sister Pioneer a five dollar bill when her gas gauge touched "E".

  Actually, it's almost defamation to say that God exists. If he does, he is heartless, calloused, impersonal, disinterested, arrogant, noncommunicative, aloof, ignorant, biased, cruel, powerless, insane . . . . . . . . .

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  Jehovah - The Magical God

  by Nosferatu in

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  jehovah is such a magical god.

  he can make the impossible possible.

  he will cure all your problems, he will create logic when there is confusion.

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  "For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will shew unto the world that I am the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever; and I work not among the children of men, save it be according to their faith."

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  Palm reading and what not

  by Tim Horton in

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  first a bit of background about this poster... married, 2kids, 12 year old and 15 month old, wife and i inactive for about 4 years and spotty at meetings at best for various reasons.i've had doubts ever since 95 and the generation thing, and my wife, well she's always had some resentment from the truf being drilled into her when she was growing up.

  however i put off deciding what to do about the future of my own spirituality (and my family's) till recently when i got tired of feeling guilty about not following an outline for the only way to be a good person.

  also my wifey wanted to know what the hell we were doing so she wouldn't feel like a fence sitter.

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  Tim,

  In 1966 Hurricane Inez was in the Gulf of Mexico with landfall predicted to be extreme south Texas. Madam Palm, a local palm reader had a home/office on Boca Chica Blvd. in Brownsville, TX in the alleged path of the storm.

  All of the windows of Madam Palm's residence were covered with plywood for hurricane protection.

  Before making landfall, Hurricane Inez turned more due west striking Tampico, Mexico.

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  Rutherford Exposed: The Story of Berta and Bonnie

  by Farkel in

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  it was made by a women who in later years wore crotchless panties and bras which had holes in the nipple areas.

  he not only knew the woman in question (she's now deceased), he has met her numerous times.

  up until recently this secret of her year's long sexual affair with rutherford was kept by the family.

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  Athanasius,

  This quote caused me concern:

  " Arthur said: "If a brother and sister wanted to get married, all they had to do was to inform the Company Servant of their intentions and then they would live together as husband and wife." It was that simple. Apparently Rutherford did the same with Berta and Bonnie."

  While I appreciate the research you have done on Judge Rutherford, I'm hopeful that you submit your manuscript to someone on this board who is more familiar with actual Watchtower policy. Publishing inaccuracies such as the above will destroy the credibility of your research.

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  Rutherford Exposed: The Story of Berta and Bonnie

  by Farkel in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  it was made by a women who in later years wore crotchless panties and bras which had holes in the nipple areas.

  he not only knew the woman in question (she's now deceased), he has met her numerous times.

  up until recently this secret of her year's long sexual affair with rutherford was kept by the family.

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  Besides the obvious, I've picked up several tidbits in this thread.

  Having been a Knorr era JW, the reference to his overlooking JFR's sins was new to me. Perhaps, I bought into the image: "a little gruff, but a straight shooter."

  Blondie mentioned a basic thread running through all the Rutherford books. That brought to mind the old phonograph record I used to play with as a kid:

  "Jehovah is the True God.

  Satan the Devil is the false god.

  Jehovah has an organization.

  Satan has an organization."

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  Would you have accepted THIS response from the Watchtower. Re: U.N

  by integ in

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  dear brothers,

  it has been brought to our attention that certain brothers have had questions regarding the societies' membership as a non governmental organization with the united nations from 1991-2001. rest assured that we are no longer members, having removed ourselves from this organization over 3 years ago.

  it was only in our undaunted zeal to proclaim the good news to "all nations" (as was jesus' admonition), in these critical last days, that the faithful slave class approved membership as an ngo.

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  The governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses has had numerous opportunities
  to show manhood, humility and intestinal fortitude.

  Their 1975 spin control was almost Adamic, blaming the subservient
  flock Jehovah had given them.

  Apologies make for good PR even if insincere. The GB's association with
  the illusory FDS puts them between a rock and a hard place. They are
  not infallible, just never wrong.

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