Posts by czarofmischief

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Who is the new President of the Watchtower Society? And are there 7 new org

by booker-t in

i have been wondering who is the president of the watchtower society?

my mother told me that milton henschel died in 1993 and i have not heard of anybody ever replacing him?

my mom also told me that the society has 7 new corporations within the watchtower society.

czarofmischief

Is Don Adams related to Karl Adams?

CZAR

12

Money Deals for Assemblies--JWs Not Willing to Pay!

by Voyager in

http://www.kristv.com/global/story.asp?s=2637357&nav=bsmgtjoz .

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czarofmischief

Nothing weird about that - they negotiate the best deal like everybody else. It's a shame that so much of their efforts have to go into producing an assembly that is stupefying in its content. I mean, come on, pep things up a bit, guys - here's another old man reading from a script.... great... give him some sock puppets and I might pay more attention.

CZAR

12

"Hello Carlo"

by czarofmischief in

remember that moment in the godfather when carlo gets into the car and the guy behind him says, "hello carlo" and you know what's going to happen next?.

anyother choice moments in cinema we'd care to share tonight?.

czar

czarofmischief

"Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color?" - Elf

This was my "busy" outgoing message on my cel phone for a long time.

CZAR

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CZAR's madcap weightloss regimen PAYS OFF!

by czarofmischief in

jw
friends

in a big way.

as many of you may recall, earlier this year i tried to join the navy.

they poked, prodded, and measured me around the waist.

czarofmischief

In a big way. As many of you may recall, earlier this year I tried to join the Navy. They poked, prodded, and measured me around the waist. I weighed 239 pounds at 6'2". I was definitely a little pudgy for a civilian and completely too fat for a modern warrior. This was back in May, I believe, or June. Humiliated, I retreated. Then I went on the offensive! I weaned myself off the anti-depressant medication that was slowing my metabolism. I stopped drinking a sixpack of Mountain Dew every day and started light jogging three times a week.

Well, I just went down to a second interview with the Air Force (better pay scale) and I weighed in at a trim 207!!! Thirty two pounds lost in six months! Hut hut!

I haven't weighed myself since the Navy debacle, and this represents a HUGE change for me. Now my mind is clear, my body is trim and ready for weight training (which I hope to begin before the New Year), and I'm ready to GO!

I just thought that I'd post this as a message of encouragement to everybody - that you CAN improve your health, overcome obstacles, yadda yadda yadda... And I didn't go crazy, just walked regularly, jogged a little, and consumed less sugary drinks. I'm no supermodel, but I feel so much better about myself.

CZAR

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It's My Son's 1st B-Day

by whyamihere in

jw
friends

i know he doesn't know what the hell is going on.. happy birthday jack!

love crazy mommy!.

brooke wi

czarofmischief

Happy birthday...

CZAR

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Do believers and unbelievers benefit from each other?

by Narkissos in

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friends

i was thinking of this today.

we all live in religiously divided societies: in france unbelievers are probably the majority, in the us believers are.

but the minority in both cases is still influential.

czarofmischief

What about the population explosion,,that seems to be "very deadly" to the survival of our species. The problem is we have too many minds on this planet already. Human sentiment has to changed if we our to survive as a species.

Bullshit. There's enough food to feed everyone, there's enough money for basic healthcare, and the more people we have, the more wealth generators we have. There is an anti-human propoganda campaign being waged by certain elites who want the human race to suffer a cataclysmic population implosion. Their preferred methods of removing "surplus" humanity are hinted at in their "green" ideologies as being mass starvation, plagues, or natural disasters being posited as "Mother Earth's Revenge" as though the planet itself had a mind or a pile of dirt could somehow object to pieces of it being pulled up and burned for heat.

And then who, pray tell, decides who lives and who dies? Our survival as a species has ALWAYS relied upon steady population growth - sometimes it needs to be reined in, but not that often when you look at history. And when we fill this planet, there are others to go to. But these certain anti-human elites and intellectuals want to exterminate humans or render their populations vulnerable to the same agonies that rabbits, dolphins, or termites suffer. Disease, predators, and starvation. It's disgusting and stupid and short-sighted.

As for your "loss of the ego" theory, why don't you go first? Right now! Show us the way, oh Messiah of Death - tape it and put it on the internet. Send it to the Darwin Awards. "When Green Ideology Arrives At Its Natural Conclusion." Your last minute struggle to retain your individuality should highlight the fundamental flaw in your theory -whether created or evolved, individual sapience is the path that this universe directs all life and all effort. Group think is disastrous for the individual and the species.

If I seem rather vehement, its because I have spent far more time than productive arguing with "Green Anarchist" morons in my town; who simplisticly state that we need to reduce population - the morons fail to see that democracy and wealth production tend to create their own natural brakes on population growth - individualism, indolence, homosexuality, etc.

And the thing is, even non-believers in a traditional Christian sense have an intuitive loathing for the anti-human propaganda being spewed from Green "thinkers". It's bullshit, and nonsense, and is dangerous; since it is often coopted into fascist movements.

CZAR

5

Zen snow

by logansrun in

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friends

the scene outside my window is truly a delight.

last night a light snow fell and the trees, barren of leaves, are now cloaked in white.

the sun reflects off the ground and everywhere there is light.

czarofmischief

The scene outside my window is a vision of hell

For last night a freezing rain fell

The wind in the trees kept my dog awake all night

Because the dark and the noise gave her a fright

Now she is snoring on the chair behind me

And the bone chilling cold is freezing my heinie

The windows need plastic, and the gutters need cleaned

In my humble opinion, winter is obscene...

CZAR

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Do believers and unbelievers benefit from each other?

by Narkissos in

jw
friends

i was thinking of this today.

we all live in religiously divided societies: in france unbelievers are probably the majority, in the us believers are.

but the minority in both cases is still influential.

czarofmischief

Things that I have learned over the past few years is a) I believe in God. and b) people don't have to believe in God to be good people. For instance, both radical communists and primitive Christians do not believe in private property. The first because property is too important to keep to oneself, and the second because property simply isn't as important as heavenly salvation. But they arrive at the same conclusion.

One thing that I think BOTH camps, particularly in the USA, would benefit from is learning how to phrase arguments in the OTHER camp's language. For instance, the largely secular left insists on universal health care as being a fundamental human right. In a larger sense, they are correct - but if they learned to phrase such a concept in religious / Christian language they would probably actually GET universal health care in the US. "Jesus cured everybody, we should try to do the same..." "Jesus put people before money, we should do the same." While the right's existing leadership might not be swayed, the actual Christian movement behind them probably WOULD. Most Christians are not hypocritical about their beliefs, although some of their practices and current customs can be construed as confused.

The Christian right tends to oppose abortion, but the religious / ethical argumentation has been tried and has failed. What they could try is to argue that abortion represents a drain on a community's financial viability; by removing society's most precious resource: the human mind. The "culture of life" argument is a powerful one as well, if it is backed up by the social programs needed to create such an environment.

The same conclusions - it is just different ways of saying it. Yes, I think we benefit; although according to my understanding everyone becomes a believer sooner or later...

CZAR

29

Angry letter to my nephew and his wife

by confusedjw in

i've changed all the names.

should i send it?

any suggestions you have are welcome.

czarofmischief

well written, concise, yet powerful.

Therefore completely the opposite of the pablum they are normally fed in the Watchtower. I've noticed that it is usually the less "mature" witnesses who make a big deal about shunning... the ones with a spark of genuine Christianity tend to bend the rules a lot...

CZAR

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Cretans always lie, said the Cretan

by euripides in

titus 1:12,13 from the nasb .

one of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, "cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.

" this witness is true.

czarofmischief

I solved it!

The word that matters is "always". If the Cretan is lying, not about Cretans lying, but that they always lie - and therefore is really saying they sometimes tell the truth.

He could straightforwardly lie that Cretans "always" lie - and not be telling the truth, since Cretans occasionally tell the truth.

Get it?

Bible 1, Materialists 0

CZAR