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  Captive virgins, polygamy and sex slaves: What marriage would look like if we actually followed the Bible

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

  1. jw
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  a friend linked this on his facebook page, sharing:http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/captive-virgins-polygamy-and-sex-slaves-what-marriage-would-look-like-if-we-actually-followed-the-bible/one quote that stood out for me:"granted, sometimes even decent people do get sucked into a sort of text worship that i call bibliolatry, and bible worship can make a persons moral priorities as archaic and cruel as those of the iron age tribesmen who wrote the texts.

  (i once listened, horrified, while a sweet, elderly pair of jehovahs witnesses rationalized the old testament slaughter of children with the same words nazis used to justify the slaughter of jewish babies.

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  A friend linked this on his Facebook page, sharing:
  
  http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/captive-virgins-polygamy-and-sex-slaves-what-marriage-would-look-like-if-we-actually-followed-the-bible/
  
  
  One quote that stood out for me:
  
  "Granted, sometimes even decent people do get sucked into a sort of text worship that I call bibliolatry, and Bible worship can make a person’s moral priorities as archaic and cruel as those of the Iron Age tribesmen who wrote the texts. (I once listened, horrified, while a sweet, elderly pair of Jehovah’s Witnesses rationalized the Old Testament slaughter of children with the same words Nazis used to justify the slaughter of Jewish babies.)"
  
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  Crisis Of Conscience In Audio Format?

  by dubstepped in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm just wondering if the book is available to be listened to in any format?

  i know that it can be found online and read freely, and i've been through some of it, but i just wondered if it was available in any other way.

  i guess it would be lacking some of the copies of articles and such that were in the original book, but it would still be interesting.

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  http://www.youtube-mp3.org/

  enter the youtube link in this web site, and you will get an mp3 file, for free. Enjoy.
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  Kingsman:The Secret Service

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  2. entertainment

  spoiler alert!!!

  !if you have not seen this movie yet, and plan on it, then do not read this post, as it contains a major plot element:please read the transcript of the following speech that valentine (the villain of the movie) gives to the chosen survivors of his plan to wipe out most of humanity in order to save planet earth:[valentine notices the people in the party room looking gloomy].

  valentine: the f---'s wrong with them?.

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  Most definitely
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  Kingsman:The Secret Service

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  spoiler alert!!!

  !if you have not seen this movie yet, and plan on it, then do not read this post, as it contains a major plot element:please read the transcript of the following speech that valentine (the villain of the movie) gives to the chosen survivors of his plan to wipe out most of humanity in order to save planet earth:[valentine notices the people in the party room looking gloomy].

  valentine: the f---'s wrong with them?.

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  Spoiler Alert!!!!
  If you have not seen this movie yet, and plan on it, then do not read this post, as it contains a major plot element:
  
  Please read the transcript of the following speech that Valentine (the villain of the movie) gives to the chosen survivors of his plan to wipe out most of humanity in order to save planet Earth:
  
  

  [Valentine notices the people in the party room looking gloomy]

  Valentine: The f---'s wrong with them?

  Gazelle: I don't know. Could be something to do with the mass genocide.

  Valentine: Give me the mic.

  [Gazelle hands Valentine a microphone. Valentine stands up]

  Valentine: Hey all! Everybody listen up! What the f--- is wrong with you people? I just want to remind you all that today is a day of celebration! We must put aside all thoughts of death, and focus on birth! The birth of a new age! We mustn't mourn the ones who give their lives today. We should honor their sacrifice, and their role in saving the human race. We must put aside doubts and guilt. You are the chosen people! When folks tell their kids the story about Noah's Ark, is Noah the bad guy?

  [Crowd says NO!]

  Valentine: Is God the bad guy?

  [Crowd says NO!]

  Valentine: How about the animals marching two by two?

  [Crowd says NO!]

  Valentine: Of course not! Yeah, that's it! Let's turn those frowns upside down. Eat, drink, and paaaaarty!
  
  Doesn't this sound eerily similar to the talks we have heard about surviving Armageddon, and how, even though we will be saddened by all the deaths, we will also be so HAPPY to have survived?
  
  
  
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  It's definitely not Mainstream media, but it did get attention

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/01/26/jehovahs-witness-leader-rants-against-higher-education-saying-itll-lead-to-spiritual-disaster/#st_refdomain=www.facebook.com&st_refquery=/

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  http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/01/26/jehovahs-witness-leader-rants-against-higher-education-saying-itll-lead-to-spiritual-disaster/#st_refDomain=www.facebook.com&st_refQuery=/
  
  
  
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  MAD MAX FURY ROAD

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i went to see the new mad max movie last night: "fury road.".

  this post-apocalyptic world is not recycled gray, it is blazingly colorful australian desert terrain with wide shots that will stop your heart.have you ever seen an heironymous bosch painting of hell with its where's waldo panoply of brutish, demonic, figures inflicting torments willy-nilly as far as the eye can see?

  well, fury road makes bosch look like a knit-one-purl-two doily maker at a sunday brunch.. director miller has thought about this movie, planned it, sketched it, worked it, perfected it millisecond by millisecond before scene one was ever shot.one second of onscreen activity has more interesting business happening than two hours spent by a voyeur in a nudist colony of playboy bunnies.. what is watching this film all about?

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  I amazed that in all the reviews I have read, no one, I mean NO ONE, has mentioned the tribute to "The Cars that Ate Paris" that is in the first part of this movie. A tip of the hat from one Aussie filmmaker to another, I suppose.
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  MAD MAX FURY ROAD

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i went to see the new mad max movie last night: "fury road.".

  this post-apocalyptic world is not recycled gray, it is blazingly colorful australian desert terrain with wide shots that will stop your heart.have you ever seen an heironymous bosch painting of hell with its where's waldo panoply of brutish, demonic, figures inflicting torments willy-nilly as far as the eye can see?

  well, fury road makes bosch look like a knit-one-purl-two doily maker at a sunday brunch.. director miller has thought about this movie, planned it, sketched it, worked it, perfected it millisecond by millisecond before scene one was ever shot.one second of onscreen activity has more interesting business happening than two hours spent by a voyeur in a nudist colony of playboy bunnies.. what is watching this film all about?

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  I liked it, but....
  I still think Road Warrior is the superior film.
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  "I cant wait to meet Abraham!"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  "i can't wait to meet abraham" was the eager comment made by a young 7 year old witness girl.. when asked why, she said "because he was jehovahs friend, and he was even willing to kill his own son!".

  this comment was said with joy and excitement!

  she can't see the obvious issues with this?.

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  You ever been to a Star Trek or other type of fan convention?
  
  The headliners have the long, long lines, while the supporting casts or other artists, etc, have pitifully small lines.
  
  I have this picture in my head of a huge, miles long line of people wanting to meet Noah or Abraham, while down at the other table, you have people like Esther, or some leper that was healed by Jesus, wondering when they can go to lunch, because no one's coming their way.
  
  Or, situations where Moses can't get a good kosher meal out anywhere, because people keep hounding him for his autograph. He has to hire bodyguards to protect him from the crush, and then his admirers will start saying, "Ol' Moe is getting too good to talk to us 'commoners'! I remember him when he was just some helpless kid in a raft of sticks. Where does he get off?"
  
  
  
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  Went to a Catholic Funeral Today

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  it was for a dear friend of the family that i have known all my life.now, bear in mind that i was born and raised jw, so my experience with catholic ceremonies can be counted on three fingers, a wedding, a "regular" mass, and this funeral mass.once they got down to the actual speaking about the deceased, i felt emotionally involved, but prior to that, i was watching and had questions about aspects of the services (these i have seen in common for all three times i have been in an rc church):why the "sing-song" voice during the prayers?

  does god hear it better if you sound all spooky tenor?i observe that every time a reading from one of the gospels takes place, it is preceded by a big musical number:"alleluiah!

  alleluiah"( "and nowwwwwwwwwwwwwww, heeeeeeeeeeeeeere's jesus!".

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  https://youtu.be/QM9Bynjh2Lk?t=2m47s
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  Talked to a couple from the Hall that I haven't seen in a while

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we were waiting for my mother in law to come out of surgery.not much was talked about on "spiritual" matters (since i haven't been to a meeting in years).however, i got to hear about :government conspiracies to shut down alternative energy.. gmos are bad.

  gmos are bad.

  gmo's are bad!!!

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  "Here's a short video that will really present you with some amazing...oh, wait! That's a RedTube Video. Hold on a second..."