Posts by Island Man

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2015 DC Invitation
by pixel in
1. watchtower
2. bible
you saw it here first!.
Island Man

Why is Jesus made of white chocolate?
Watchtower teaches that bible passages to the effect that Jesus is coming in the clouds, refers to Jesus' coming being invisible, unseen by human eyes and discerned only by the spiritually awake, i.e. JWs. I think this is the idea they're attempting to portray by painting Jesus in a color that matches the clouds in the image. They're essentially camouflaging Jesus to blend in with the clouds to portray the Watchtower idea of him coming in the clouds invisibly. If they did not make him the same color as the clouds in the image then he would look conspicuous among the white clouds and that would disprove their claiming that coming in the clouds means coming invisibly.
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The "5 Pillars" of Witness life...
by stuckinarut2 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
oh, there is one brother that keeps prattling on about "the 5 pillars of faith and worship".

- prayer.

- personal study.
Island Man

Isn't the 5th one family worship?
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What would happen if all or most of the Governing Body died in some kind of accident?
by Esse quam videri in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
with the organization controlled, totally and completely by the governing body, what would the watchtower society do to hold it all together if all or most of the governing body were to die?.

would the legal department step in and issue orders?

would the rest of the gb quickly appoint new members?
Island Man

Didn't something like that already happen when the whole Governing Body in the sole person of C.T. Russel, died? Remember there was a power grab by Rutherford where he dismissed and demonized some of the individuals who Russel appointed and who were seeking to follow Russel's directions in his will.
I think something similar could/would happen. A power hungry brother or brothers in the legal dept will seek to wrest power unto himself/themselves and expel and demonize all who refuse to submit to their power grab. There might even initially be some secret political lobbying among prominent competing brothers in the legal dept. and/or the writing dept. to see who can muster the most support to form a coalition government ... I mean ... Governing Body to govern the organization.
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If The Witnesses Try To Get You Back To Jehovah...How Will You Respond!
by minimus in
1. jw
2. friends
i am most curious.
Island Man

"I never left Jehovah. I left an arrogant, manipulative cult that confuses itself with God and labels those who leave it as leaving God."
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Nature of the Word "Spiritual" Amongst Witnesses
by freemindfade in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
even as an atheist i consider myself spiritual, always have, metaphysics and spiritual discussions about enlightenment and so on i find interesting, even if belief in a yhwh is not in me.

i want to propose this simple definition of the word "spiritual" among jehovah's witnesses.. spiritual = indoctrination or indoctrinated.

i have been told how i'm "just not a spiritual man".
Island Man

For JWs, "spirituality" = "how much do other people observe you performing certain acts approved of and/or required by the Watchtower Society".
Amen! Amen! And Amen!!
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Jesus Saves From What? March 2015 Watchtower Article
by Perry in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i just skimmed the titled article on jw.org and once again the watchtower is misdirecting:.

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/wp20150301/jesus-death-and-resurrection/ .

they try and make the old case that jesus saves us from being destroyed at armageddon.
Island Man

Jesus saves from the wrath of his father . . . who sent Jesus to die so that he would not have to kill those who believe in Jesus . . . because his father is a compulsive annihilator like that, who must annihilate unless he can sacrifice his son to himself to give himself a reason not to annihilate.
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If someone asked you, 'Are you a righteous person'? What would be your answer?
by Esse quam videri in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what would be your answer?

are you are a righteous person?

on a scale of 1-10, how righteous do you feel you are?.
Island Man

I would first ask them to define righteous. There are a lot of downright immoral and bigoted practices being labeled as "righteous" by religious people.
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Today's groundless speculation thread - so why would a German copilot deliberately fly an airplane into a mountain?
by sir82 in
1. jw
2. friends
just can't wrap my head around this.

the guy (a) evidently did all of this on purpose, and (b) evidently had no reason at all to do so.. there is a huge chunk of the puzzle missing from this one (so far)..
Island Man

Maybe he was an undercover ISIS recruit.
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Utah to bring back firing squads
by cofty in
1. social
2. current
are parts of the usa in a different century from europe?.

why don't they just stone them to death?.
Island Man

Actually, I think the firing squad - if it's done right - is probably more humane than the electric chair. The guillotine is probably the most humane method of execution, as gruesome as it seems. I think the most humane method of execution would be to suddenly and completely crush the victims entire head flat as a pancake in one sudden impact - at explosive speed - by a large, heavy metal cylinder. The victim will lose consciousness instantly without feeling a thing.
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Stone Demon in Watchtower Mag (SUBLIMINAL IMAGE)
by artcritic in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
have a look at this new subliminal image from the mag of .

spam link removed.

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Island Man

It's OPs like this that will cause JWs to have cause to say that "apostates" are "mentally diseased".