Posts by Island Man

What ever happened to JWs being no part of the world and not voicing their opinions on the political and social controversies of the world? The gay marriage legalization in Ireland surely falls in the realm of a political and social controversy, no?

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Series

by Berengaria in

don't post much lately, but wondering what folks are watching.

i'm enjoying the heck out of "penny dreadful", "outlander", and "grace and frankie".

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Island Man

The first season of The Walking Dead was really good, but I've noticed that the last few seasons have been filled with introspection and social drama and less in the way of suspenseful zombie action.

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Series

by Berengaria in

don't post much lately, but wondering what folks are watching.

i'm enjoying the heck out of "penny dreadful", "outlander", and "grace and frankie".

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Island Man

Tyrant is good. It's gritty and intriguing.

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Series

by Berengaria in

don't post much lately, but wondering what folks are watching.

i'm enjoying the heck out of "penny dreadful", "outlander", and "grace and frankie".

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Island Man

"Island mand, when you say the first two episodes do you mean season one or do you mean thos year? Game of Thrones has to be watched from the begining"

I started from the very beginning.

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This podcast interview of 2 ex-JWs deserves to go viral

by Island Man in

the actual interview starts at the 20 minute mark.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbxfgbjjs0m.

Island Man

The actual interview starts at the 20 minute mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBXfgBjJs0M

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Series

by Berengaria in

don't post much lately, but wondering what folks are watching.

i'm enjoying the heck out of "penny dreadful", "outlander", and "grace and frankie".

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Island Man

There aren't any really great series running right now - at least not that I know of, anyway.

Right now I tolerate Penny Dreadful - I honestly think it's the opening theme music that I enjoy about the show more than anything else, lol - and iZombie.

I'm anxiously awaiting new seasons for:

The Strain

The Last Ship

Falling Skies

The Walking Dead

Fear The Walking Dead

True Detective

The 100

Tyrant

The Flash

How to get away with murder

Orange is the new black

My personal favorites of the lot I've listed above are:

Tyrant

The Walking Dead

The 100

Falling Skies

For some strange reason Game of Thrones isn't growing on me. So far I've watched only the first two episodes and haven't felt compelled to go on.

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Help with understanding

by Doltologist in

please take pity on me someone and help.. i was going to say that i suffer from aspergers syndrome but actually, i've come to rather enjoy it.. no, seriously, i really do have aspergers which is why my posts may seem a little odd to some of you.

ok, they may seem bloody odd to most of you.. my world exists in a binary frame.

things are or they are not.. i know that in the "real world" things might be or might not be as well as are and are not.

Island Man

Belief in God is more emotional than logical, Because of being unemotional due to Aspergers, you can see the logic of the non-existence of God clearly without emotions getting in the way. Most other people who believe are blinded by emotion, IMHO.

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Christ's Fake Brothers - Tomorrow's WT Study

by The Searcher in

tomorrow's wt study, paragraph 4 says this - "the early bible students understood the expression rendered in the king james version "my brethren" to refer to those who would rule with christ as well as to all of mankind after they are restored to earthly perfection.".

rutherford decided in 1923 to change this teaching, and create an elite group of christians.

for 92 years the men running the wtbts have perpetuated & embellished this false teaching - especially so during the past three years - and hidden the bible truth about christ's brothers from millions of people fearful to question the org - created doctrine!.

Island Man

The JW teaching about the 'least of christ's brothers' being a reference to the anointed, makes christ out to be a petty, partisan, elitist.

Think about it: christ judges people according to how they treat, specifically, the anointed? Picture a goat saying:

"But Jesus, all these things we did to members of the other sheep..."

And Jesus responds with:

"It does not matter, they're not my brothers - they're only Jehovah's friends . I only care about how you treat my anointed.

Why would christ not care about how they treat all his followers, anointed or not? Is christ going to judge someone unworthy of life if they rendered help to a member of the "other sheep" but never did so to the anointed? It's an utterly stupid teaching that implicitly dishonors christ by painting him as one who favors and cares about only an elite class of his followers while ignoring the others. It makes no sense.

And think about the expression: "least of my brothers"

How on earth, could the highly exalted Governing Body, the earthly leaders of Jehovah's Organization, be considered as being the least of christ's brothers? One would logically think that if anyone is to be considered the least of christ's brothers it would more likely to be those of his followers doing his Father's will while not being anointed and having the lesser, earthly hope, no?

I think this teaching is one of the rottenest, stinkingest, examples of the Governing Body shamelessly twisting scriptures to serve the interests of Watchtower.

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Wrong and Deceiving

by Madan Magar in

in the article 'judgement day' published by jehovah's witness', they are saying,'in 'judgement day', the people who will be resurrected and had no chance to learn about god will not be judged according to their past deed but what will they do after resurrection.

' and they show the scripture roman6:7 which says"who has died has been acquitted from his sin.

" if we take out context and see it literally , it has that meaning but the scripture's contextual meaning is totally different, it doesn't talk about physical death but the death of old personality.so in this cotext, this cannot be applied.this is anacceptable to admit..

Island Man

When you read the context carefully, it becomes evident that Romans 6:7 is really saying that the dead are free of sin's power to control their bodies. It's not talking about sinners being acquitted for their past sins. It's actually saying that the dead cannot sin - because there is no living body for sin to control - and using this as an illustration to tell christians to likewise consider themselves as being dead and therefore not to allow sin to control them.

Watchtower is shamelessly twisting the verse completely out of context to support its false teaching about the unrighteous getting a second chance. Watchtower's definition of the unrighteous is completely made up and has absolutely no basis in scripture. In fact, scripture implicitly contradicts the notion that the unrighteous is a separate group from the wicked:

"What! Do YOU not know that unrighteous persons will not inherit God’s kingdom?" - 1 Corinthians 6:9a

"Jehovah knows how to deliver people of godly devotion out of trial, but to reserve unrighteous people for the day of judgment to be cut off," - 2 Peter 2:9