Posts by AndDontCallMeShirley

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Governing Body, Faithful Slave disconnect.

by prologos in

wt doctrine now says that there was no faithful feeding slave at pentecost, in apostolic times, ---but there is now, since 1919. previously they taught there was always a slave feeding -sometimes unknown , but an unbroken, if sporadic lineage.. while the early, and later christians (in this doctrine) had no discreet slave, they had a governing body.

the tradition of a (wt) governing body is older then the idea of "feeding my sheep".. governance over care.. are they working on an unbroken if sporadic governance of the congregation too?

we still feel the reverberations, consequences of the talking snake too.. .

AndDontCallMeShirley

It's a parody of a joke of a conundrum no matter how look at it.

Allegedly Jesus comes in the first century to establish truth and restore pure worship...then he dies and leaves his followers with nothing (no FDS) for the next 2,000 years. Epic fail.

Russell allegedly picks up the torch given him by Jehovah™ in 1876 as the modern FDS. WT recently pulled his FDS ranking and asked for their decoder ring back (post-mortem, of course. It's easier to bully a corpse).

According to WT, all anointed were the FDS. As of 2013, only the GB is the FDS. This is interesting because their has not always been a GB. Russell was an autocracy; Rutherfraud was a dictatorship. The GB didn't exist until late in WT history, and until recently, they had no clue they were the FDS. Hell, until the later 1970's the GB was simply window dressing for WT, as the Prez had all the power.

Ah, the world of WT....

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How could you justify that God killed all firstborn children in Egypt?

by Mr Fool in

was it necessary for god to kill all innocent firstborn children?

no other way out for the almighty god?.

AndDontCallMeShirley

God is outside our universe.

He is outside the box.

So whether God had a begining or not outside the box is inconsequential.

God exist outside time. Time only exist in our universe with man.

I saw this episode of Star Trek also.

You know deep down that things don't come from nothing. We came from God...

Nope, sorry. You assume too much. Consider some of the cutting edge science in the world of physics. It is becoming more explainable how something CAN, and most likely did, come from nothing.

GOD is not a legitimate default to every mystery.

[edit]: I respect your right to believe what you want to believe, JB. It's just that some people need more than feel-good religious ideology/fantasy when it comes to life and important questions. I find the "god did it" default position empty as it answers nothing. It's the lazy way out of a good, deep thinking session.

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Leave it in Jehovah's Hands - Your thoughts?

by berrygerry in

leave it in jehovah's hands.

is there a more disgusting phrase in jw land?.

the abuse, harms, thefts, suicides, family destruction - leave it in jehovah's hands.. why would anyone with a more than 2 neurons say, "oh that makes sense," we do not need to change or intervene in any way.. sooner or later, god will take of things.. .

AndDontCallMeShirley

Perry's success has nothing to do with Jehovah's inaction in many wicked and sad world affairs.

Perry doesn't know this. Break it to him gently. Learning that god is not his BFF will rock his world.

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Leave it in Jehovah's Hands - Your thoughts?

by berrygerry in

leave it in jehovah's hands.

is there a more disgusting phrase in jw land?.

the abuse, harms, thefts, suicides, family destruction - leave it in jehovah's hands.. why would anyone with a more than 2 neurons say, "oh that makes sense," we do not need to change or intervene in any way.. sooner or later, god will take of things.. .

AndDontCallMeShirley

Perry: After making peace with God....I have a wonderful family, a very profitable business and much more joy and peace in my life.

I wonder what a theist's explanation is when an atheist has all these things too???

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Leave it in Jehovah's Hands - Your thoughts?

by berrygerry in

leave it in jehovah's hands.

is there a more disgusting phrase in jw land?.

the abuse, harms, thefts, suicides, family destruction - leave it in jehovah's hands.. why would anyone with a more than 2 neurons say, "oh that makes sense," we do not need to change or intervene in any way.. sooner or later, god will take of things.. .

AndDontCallMeShirley

Prayer: the alternative to actually doing something.

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JW-College-Police!

by Atlantis in

states he is a jehovah's witness near the end of the article.. .. http://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/education/2014/12/02/green-helped-shape-ui-public-safety-police-force/19798329/?utm_source=jw+news+and+archive&utm_campaign=47e569bee3-rss_email_campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5caf9e1836-47e569bee3-29185349&ct=t(rss_email_campaign ).

.. .. atlantis.

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AndDontCallMeShirley

"Green and his counterparts, in 2002, persuaded university officials and regents that public safety on the campus would be enhanced if the officers were allowed to carry Tasers and other stun guns and, in 2007, to carry handguns and other weapons similar to those used by municipal police officers."

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Interesting. He didn't simply go along with a weapons policy already in place but actually "persuaded" officials to get guns and other weapons into his officer's hands.

Completely hypocritical considering WT's stance on guns, weapons and self-defense.

Typical JW: claim to be obedient to the GB because god uses them, then go the opposite direction when it personally suits him.

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Leave it in Jehovah's Hands - Your thoughts?

by berrygerry in

leave it in jehovah's hands.

is there a more disgusting phrase in jw land?.

the abuse, harms, thefts, suicides, family destruction - leave it in jehovah's hands.. why would anyone with a more than 2 neurons say, "oh that makes sense," we do not need to change or intervene in any way.. sooner or later, god will take of things.. .

AndDontCallMeShirley

@ TTWSYF: "Anddontcallmeshirley- a little harsh...just saying"

Not harsh at all, TT. I find the fundamentalist, self-aggrandizing 'look at me, I'm so special, god does favors for me' rhetoric nauseating at best. Please don't confuse stating an obvious fact with "harsh".

@ TTWSYF: I agree with his post.

That's too bad. I feel sorry for you.

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"The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not." --C.S. Lewis

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Cartoon -- conditions of membership

by FatFreek 2005 in

yes, it's a cartoon, but it's not actually funny.. .

the text not suit you?

here's a blank drawing you can use to brew your own.. .

AndDontCallMeShirley

Mickey Mouse ears for joining a Mickey Mouse cult. How appropriate.

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Window-washer is the cover of Feb 2015 WT, "How to enjoy your work!" Hahaha!!

by EndofMysteries in

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after all the jokes and satire on this website about jw's only being able to amount to window washers and house cleaners, the cover page of "how to enjoy your work" showing a window washer and cleaner in the back ground.

i almost wonder if some awakened, still-in, from this site is part of the writing department or illustrations and put that in there as an inside joke for us?.

AndDontCallMeShirley

Nothing makes Jehovah happier than a new squeegee and streak-free windows .

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How could you justify that God killed all firstborn children in Egypt?

by Mr Fool in

was it necessary for god to kill all innocent firstborn children?

no other way out for the almighty god?.

AndDontCallMeShirley

@ CS....

It's astounding how you cannot judge god's negative actions as despicable because you are 'unworthy'. Who are you to judge god afterall, right? Yet, in all other "positive" (in your view) aspects of god you have a veritable cornuccopia of opinions and apparently know the mind of god inside and out.

Typical theist fantasy used to avoid facing the hard questions which expose your god as a dick.