i was thinking of starting a topic on thoughts that go through your mind while attending meetings.... right now i am at the meeting and thinking ... we study about jesus's courage to stand by rightness and truth, about him getting in conflict with religious leaders who thought of themselves as experts of the law, jesus understood truth and god differently of them and he had the courage to speak out!.
so we study this, but after that we draw the concluzion that courage is to go preaching and identify yourself as a witness .... well, this in not what i understand from jesus's courage!.
Jesus spoke out against religious hypocrisy.
Try that at your KH and you'll quickly find you get the same results, albeit a 21st Century version. Instead of being impaled on a cross or an upright stake (as if if really mattered) you will be summarily disfellowshipped by a body of elders that make the Pharisees look like amateurs.
Let's review: It's a cult!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=373zbncuuoq
"We could spend weeks listening to you blabber on ..."
Nice. Very loving, caring comment.
Let's review: It's a cult!
heres a pm id like to share concerning my story about pioneering where the need was great parts 1, 2, and 3.. hi giordano,.
ive enjoyed reading your story about going to a hall that had a need back in the 1960s.
one thing ive wondered though, what it is like going to a tiny little congregation like that.
Great story. Thanks for bumpin' it Smiddy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chfoo9nbeow.
a little about george smoot.
http://bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/george_smoot.
JD: But it I think it's just another human mammal who's unable to accept death.
You can't die if you're not alive. Even your death would only be simulated.
it's to their credit that many modern christians prefer the jesus of the gospels to the god of the old testament.. ot god is an embarrassment.
i am not going to list his multitude of moral crimes here but my personal favourite is his brilliant idea that a girl who is raped must marry her rapist.
it's not his biggest crime but it demonstrates a disregard for human feelings that is beyond the comprehension of every moral person.
CalebInFlorida: Actually it may be worse than what any of you are thinking.
That sounds ominous. And then this sounds interesting, suggesting a detailed analysis or some thoughtful commentary:
CalebInFlorida: Critical research suggests that the Jews attributed their own savage warfare and acts to their gods which, under the Davidic dynasty, were condensed into the state religion of the cult of YHWH.
You drew me in, but then you wrote this incomprehensible mess of a sentence:
CalebInFlorida: Scripture is not as bad as the bad interpretations which make it out to be, and these "peculiarities" of Scripture may mean something far more different than many realize.
And completely lost me.
Seriously: what were you trying to say?!?
That last sentence made absolutely no sense at all. None whatsoever.
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yes friends.....this is the comment said to me by an elder!.
"your bad attitude is evident because you don't bring your meeting bag anymore!".
i calmly replied: "but everything i need is on the tablet now......".
This reminds me the thread about highlighters. I recall one forum member said the elders in their hall forbid blue highlighters.
You'd think they'd be happy you were there and (at least pretended to be) prepared.
Must've reminded them of Satanic Smurfs or something else so sinister.
just thought i would share what i learned today sitting for several miserable hours at the circus assembly.. while i took "notes" i just cannot stand trying to type out all the details.
so suffice it to say the entire program can be covered with these few observations.. do more!
give more!
OFS: Sickening the way they filed past him to grease his palms, as they greased their noses.
That wasn't grease on their noses.
Thanks for the update. Glad I wasn't there.
from an oxy-delirious fly-on-ear ( part 1) .
by hairtrigger.
i gonna tell one of my adventures on the circuit.
yes friends.....this is the comment said to me by an elder!.
"your bad attitude is evident because you don't bring your meeting bag anymore!".
i calmly replied: "but everything i need is on the tablet now......".
Geez, you think they'd be glad that you even show up!
Actually, Stuck's post brings up an important aspect of codependent relationships in general and this cult in particular: No matter what you do, it's never enough.
yes friends.....this is the comment said to me by an elder!.
"your bad attitude is evident because you don't bring your meeting bag anymore!".
i calmly replied: "but everything i need is on the tablet now......".
Stuck: calmly replied: "but everything I need is on the tablet now......"
Priceless.
Tell him, "But Brother Elderly Elder, don't you know? Book bags are so, ... 20th Century!"
