Matthew9969

On 8/1/2019 at 8:06 AM, Witness said:

How do you define a repentant heart?

Leaving the idolatry of the watchtower and going to God.

Wish our assemblies were like this back in the day, they would have all been counseled or disfellowshipped for doing that.

You can skip straight to 7:43.

If an elder steps down, does his name become....Bob, formerly known as Prince?

I'm sure Bennie Madoff, with his suit and tie wore a badge that said, 'im going to steal all your money and ruin your life.

Why are jw weddings just like worldly weddings?

Good thing he wasn't turned into a water bong:)

As painful as it si to some people, disfellowshipping/disassociation from the jw's is a good thing.

Most rank and file have been conditioned to believe the governing body is Jehovah, so it would be interesting to see their reaction should they be thrown in prison for their fraud.

On 2/22/2017 at 11:51 PM, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

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With my usual lack of humor I present the Draft Copy of the December 2016 issue of the Watchtower which showed a Brother shaving on the cover ... it was changed before being distributed, because the Brothers responsible for the VERY GOOD and accurate article ... disappeared mysteriously.

Dec 2016 Watchtower draft article .pdf 2.51 MB · 64 downloads

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I don't know why I thought what I thought when I saw that pic.....another type of pillow gate could happen....men should not shave other men, at least not without witnesses around.

A debate about proper debating, now that's funny!

I didn't go to the convention, but I can summarize what it may have been about and not what I learned but what I already know. 

Love your neighbor as yourself, unless your neighbor professes to be a Christian. 

You must love the governing body just as much as you love Jehovah, because they are Jehovah in a sense.

No one else on earth has as much love as jehovahs witnesses.

Kicking a 15 year old out of your house because they got baptized at 6 years old and started to question the governing body is the most loving thing you can do for your child.

Jehovahs love for you is conditional on you loving the governing body.

That's good jw's are being allowed to show some individual personality. This is a young couple though, let's see how long before they see TTATT.

Didn't the watchtower teach at some point that black people were descendants of Cain?

7 hours ago, Space Merchant said:

That is a bit of a lackluster response granted that what was said is actually true, i.e. a teenager being pregnant, a teenager engaging in sexual misconduct and or immorality, the over sexualization of children, even in the social media space. You cannot be this dense if you assume people 18 and below do not do these things. Reasons why a lot of guardians and or parents refuse to have their child go to some public schools. It does not stop at sexual immorality either, for it stems to behavioral issues as well, i.e. a former blue ribbon high school, baseball team (of course wealthy parents) causing trouble at a newly built fast food establishment.

A blue Ribbon status is a BIG deal regarding educational institutions for middle and high schools, even elementary. In my case, I have done 4 years in the very blue ribbon school that has now, as of late, loss that status. More and more children today are being homeschooled.

That being said, you once said that your church has partaken in various things, perhaps when it comes to educating children on morality, that example should be strongly advised, especially in the type of world we are living in.

I am aware of some younger kids will experiment with sex and what not. But if you read my post again, I'm talking about a 5-10 year old who is raped, you idiot! And children who are raped by family members in their homes. You guys are disgusting pigs who believe these young children who are raped are the fornicators in the rape. There really are no words to describe how disgusting and disturbing and downright demonic some of you jw's are. I'm starting to wonder if some of you are currently raping children, maybe even your own child.

WOW, JUST WOW.

https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/quotes/rape-fornication.php

I am looking at these watchtower articles that state if a woman is being raped, if she doesn't scream or try to get away, she is committing fornication. So following that messed up logic, if a 5 year old child is being raped, and they don't scream for help, does that make that 5 year old a fornicator?

1 hour ago, BillyTheKid46 said:

For one, think about the times, or are you confused. Back then, organ transplant was not an option with either fraction blood of bloodless surgery. Try to get your decades straight.

 

The other one. This is a new one. Where in the world did you cook up this lie from? Women unable to yell out when being raped, WOW!

 

Where has the Watchtower told any woman that? I will hold your personal responsible for this slander, so enlighten me. Show proof. NB! Make it good, since this one I will go after! 🤔

https://www.jwfacts.com/watchtower/quotes/rape-fornication.php

Here you go, I'm only providing the link to the watchtower articles that state if a woman doesn't scream while she is being raped, she is guilty of fornication.

3 hours ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

.... Food at the proper time" there is always southern style potato salad, fried chicken, and something called "pot luck".

And you can have it delivered to you via Uber.

And Christians who believe in the rapture do not believe the physical body is raptured.

21 hours ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

I understand the point you are making ... and it is a good extrapolation ... except a "soul" is someone ( OR SOME LIVING CREATURE ...) who breathes atmospheric oxygen mix.   The reason we do NOT have to bleed fish (often caught in nets by the thousands ...) is that they ARE not souls. They do not live and breathe air.

I eat clam chowder at least four times a week.

How would you bleed a clam?

They are CHANGED in the twinkling of an eye ... to another life form ... not extracted.

Uh... people, not clams.

 

 

I was on my work tablet, didn't want to say to much because typing on a tablet is time consuming, so thank you for clarifying my point.

You have to overlap your brain to believe this o.l.g. nonsense.

Souls... not physical bodies will be taken up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpAvcGcEc0k

The watchtower has again redefined the word trinity to mean Jehovah, Jesus, and the governing body.