Posts by markweatherill

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Jehovah's Witness Governing Body, (New Light Division) Are Vegetable Oils not more important than Beards?

by was a new boy in

'use vegetable oil and soft margarine in place of animal fat,'.

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/101997444?q=vegetable+oil&p=par.

'when possible, cook with unsaturated vegetable oils.'.

markweatherill

I reckon Mark Sanderson is one of the 'apex predators' of the 'food pyramid'.

Drink up your corn syrup and one day you, too, could look like that.

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Alec Baldwin due to face justice over on-set shooting death

by LoveUniHateExams in

yeah, so first the female armorer has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and will get up to 18 months jail time.. now it's that soppy sod baldwin's turn in court.. i hope he's held properly to account - he was the film's producer after all..

markweatherill

Imagine his lawyers trying to persuade Alec Baldwin not to take the stand.

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VAT4956 - 530 BC destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar

by jwposter in

in my studies, i have concluded that year 530 bc was when the destruction of jerusalem occurred and the temple destroyed.

i had determined this prior to investigation of vat4956.

i had already found that the jubilees, sabbaticals, courses of the priests, and chronology attested to this.

markweatherill

The mathematics should be presented in pyramid inches to give a true picture of the worth of this theory.

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Anyone know about this? WTS PR head Robert Hendricks removed?

by careful in

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/comments/1ap8kcp/robert_hendricks_removed robert hendricks removed?.

any info would be appreciated..

markweatherill

Is it too early to start a 'who's next' discussion?

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trimethylmaneria (TMAU) fecal body odor

by Nicol in

anyone know a witness with trimethylmaneria (tmau) or fecal body odor?

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markweatherill

The faecal smell syndrome may be something called Intestinal metabolic bromhidrosis syndrome (IMBS)

I went to school with a boy who may have had this; he certainly had a pretty foul stench for which no explanation was ever forthcoming.Poor guy!

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The First Holocaust

by nicolaou in

please, please ignore all the scientific impossibilities here, that's not what this topic is about.. let's make the assumption as many christians do that the bible is historically accurate.

the noachian flood actually happened a little less than 4,500 years ago after which eight adults stepped off the ark to repopulate the planet.. that means that approximately 60 million lives had been snuffed out, a holocaust by anyone's estimation.

as if that isn't horrific enough just think about the babies, toddlers and young children god killed.. he drowned all of them, every single one.

markweatherill

I think the answer to those who would take Genesis literally, and then raise questions about God's motives or judgement, is found in Job 38:4, words to the effect that maybe the Almighty God of the universe knows more about it than you.

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Governing Body Culpability

by NotFormer in

i've seen people say something along the lines that the authorities would like to/have been trying to subpoena (members of) the gb (in csa cases).

my question is: why don't they?

if the gb are issuing orders to cover up evidence in csa cases, and otherwise interfere in justice being served in those cases, then they are accessories before (and after) the fact, and theoretically can be arrested and charged as such.

markweatherill

This is arguably why Jehovah's organisation is such a tangle of legal entities.

Jesus: Be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves
Watchtower: We need to be as slippery as eels.

Jesus: There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed
Watchtower: We need to buy a shredder. A cross-cut one.

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Enjoy hope without disappointment

by Mikejw in

todays watchtower is very interesting on many levels.

they know that millions are disappointed.. https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=e&prefer=lang&docid=2023681.

i also found it interesting they talk about brother fred franz and show his picture.

markweatherill

'Telling you before they tell you'.

As I understand it, the important and most disappointing 'new light' from the 2023 annual meeting is going to be in the May 2024 watchtower.

Hence this gentle warning that we don't expect to be feeling any disappointment any time soon. No, not us!

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Just had a thought…

by Vidiot in

i been reading quite a few experiences on reddit lately, and their seems to be a common theme coming up….

…dialed-up-to-eleven shunning of xjws by their witness relatives.. it reminds me of back in the day, listening to some of the over-the-top vitriol displayed by hard-core loyalists when the topic of evolution or apostates came up….

…i was gobsmacked when i finally realized these guys weren’t offended and indignant because they thought it was lies….

markweatherill

I wouldn't be surprised if the governing body was discovered to have been taken to heaven just as their great tribulation begins.

I'd love to see them apprehended at the airport with one way tickets to a country that has no extradition treaty with the US.

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Does The WT President Still Have Any Power?

by NotFormer in

in rutherford's day, it was absolute.

knorr and franz had strong influence, even though the gb had voted themselves into a role of significance.

being a corporation, the wt will still have a president.

markweatherill

...but which president? Which corporation?

Corporations of Jehovah's Witnesses - Wikipedia

When Jesus said be as innocent as a dove, but also as wise as a serpent, 'evidently' he also meant be as slippery as an eel.