James Thomas Rook Jr.

Is that the same George Kennedy that was Paul Newman's sidekick in the movie "Cool Hand Luke?

It was the Brotherhood James was addressing in his letter. Porn is porn ... and propaganda is propaganda. Some weird people consider this porn ... ******

Space Merchant: I would suppose that every thing you said is true .. it certainly sounds reasonable, and is certainly well considered ... but the question is NOT whether anything is good for you, bad for you, or completely neutral .... the question is the propriety of those that are representing, or say they are representing Jehovah God as his spokespersons on Earth .... and Geoffrey Jackson of the Governing Body stated that the Governing Body ACTUALLY WERE .... in his testimony before the Australian Royal Commission .... the REAL ISSUE is whether or not those people CLAIMING to be (and possible actually are) God's spokespersons on Earth ... are entitled to speak for God .... ..... words that he himself NEVER SPOKE.  That is the ONLY issue that really matters, do we have a RIGHT to represent this, or ANY issue about which God has expressed NO OPINION .... as the "Will of God"? For those in Rio Linda ... THE ANSWER IS A RESOUNDING NO ! Otherwise ... Jehovah's Witnesses become a collection of cultish cultural tyrants ... and PRETENDERS to speak for God, to further the leadership's own culturally induced Victorian proclivities ... subjecting the Brotherhood to public ridicule and embarrassment ... and slandering God himself. The REAL ISSUE is whether or not those people CLAIMING to be (and possible actually are) God's spokespersons on Earth ... are ENTITLED to speak for God words that he himself NEVER SPOKE. That is the ONLY issue that really matters ... for those claiming to "speak for God". The rest is arrogance, presumptuousness, just plain stupid, and an embarrassment to have to watch. It slanders God, and makes the Brotherhood a subject of ridicule. Next ... we will be prohibiting the eating of Meat on Friday., or making "type-antitype" profundities that are absurd, or making end time prophesy that NEVER come true. Oh wait .... been there... done that. The GB ruined tens of thousands of marriages in the 1970's, and destroyed hundreds of thousands of lives, and chased millions of people away from the Truth by such arrogance in ignorantly speaking on such matters in the name of God ... and have been trying to "walk it back" for at least ten years now, without admitting to ANYTHING.  Completely disregarding for the moment the immense slander to God for representing and making English Victorian culture God's, and the damage to people's lives ..... It is not Satan that will destroy the WTB&TS ... It will be the Lawyers.

...or tank treads ... as the case may be.

I understand Charles Taze Russell once had Tasers for hands, and used to roll around on small tank treads yelling "Input! Input! Input!!. He was influenced by a time traveling robot named Johnny 5. Lets discuss THIS ad nauseum. Or ... "you know who" could , um ... Please ... show me an Alternative Congregation of God that has BETTER FRUITS ... where the "rubber meets the road".

Huey, Dewey, and Louie are the triplet sons of Donald Ducks Sister, who was never shown in cartoons. Her name was named Della Duck.. In English, because shrimps are small, you can refer to any small thing as "shrimps" This confuses me at restaurants when the sign above the food says "Giant Shrimp"

Donald Ducks Nephews were shrimps.

How did that work out for the approximately 10,000 Jehovah's Witnesses that were murdered in Nazi concentration camps?

Let me give you a good example .... the law allows you to parody someone elses work, and use it in ITS ENTIRETY. Remember Michael Jackson's mega hit "Beat It"? Good ... because I remember hearing ABOUT it ... after Weird Al Yankovich took his entire sound track, and made a parody called "Eat it". Completely legal. Â

This is just a normal temporary "adjustment" as people start taking profits on their investments, computer programmed trades kick in, and the result of the Federal Reserve Bank announcing that they are going to raise the interest rates they charge banks, due to inflation. If I had any money ... I would BUY NOW, when stocks prices are artificially low., because it WILL run-up again. Nothing in reality has changed ... only perceptions. The 5% of people who make fortunes in the stock market is because they know what they are doing ... and the rest THINK they do ... but do not. This works out well in the REAL world, because delusional people, and people who panic easily do not CREATE wealth. A rising tide will lift ALL BOATS ... while some are running around with their hair on fire.

They can restrict EVERYTHING. Copyright law says ..... they cannot.

Some people have the same problems with eating, drinking alcohol, and (insert list here). The Bible says MUCH about stealing, honesty, justice, mercy, lying, and hundreds of other things. But guess what is NOT mentioned? The Apostle James admonishes the brothers NOT TO MURDER EACH OTHER (James 5:6). How often have you seen THIS. Probably never. If Jehovah God cared about such things ....... CONSIDERING it is an almost universal practice, and always has been, AMONG 95% OF ALL MEN, AND ABOUT 80% OF ALL WOMEN ON THE PLANET EARTH .... you might think he would have at least MENTIONED IT AT LEAST ONCE? Actually, I believe it was "kinda sorta" mentioned ONCE, in the Old Testament., depending on your perception .... CHRISTENDOM is where we get the idea that it is shameful, it is THEY who believed it DESTROYED THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO DID IT, as back then (and this is true...) the common perception was that little tiny men and women were in the semen ( no kiddddiding...) Christendom's clergy has a vested interest in making people guilty over things God has NOT expressed any opinion on ... and these things go all the way back to the Jewish times before Christ. It is easier to extort money from people who are "guilty", or make them slaves. It's called "paying the preacher". Onan was chastised by Jehovah for NOT IMPREGNATING HIS BROTHER'S WIDOW! not "Onanism" as defined by Christendumb ... which actually makes the Bible's interest in this practice exactly ZERO. Men Ejaculate ... women menstruate ... and we all swallow boogers when we have sinus drainage, and occasionally leak .... which is why we wear underwear. GET USED TO IT ! Even the hot water heater in your home has a pressure release valve. If I am wrong... please correct me with a CLEAR AND COMPLETELY UNAMBIGUOUS Scripture. Playing with words does not count, any more than playing those words, playing with your dandruff, playing with with your food, or ... uh ... well ... you know ..... If we REALLY ARE going to model our lives on the word of Jehovah ... let's NOT MAKE STUFF UP ... like Christendumb did for our personal guilt trips. If you want to know what the Apostle James said .... start with James 1:27. "The form of worship that is clean and undefiled from the standpoint of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation, and to keep oneself without spot from the world." Life gets simpler when you stop making stuff up. .

It is my opinion that Jehovah's Witnesses ARE the exception to the "God Delusion" hypothesis, but as Governing Body Member Geoffrey Jackson said under oath to the Australian Royal Commission on Child Abuse No. 29, in 2015 (2016?) (paraphrased) ... "I think it would be presumptuous to think that Jehovah's Witnesses are the ONLY religion approved by God." I cannot remember the exact quote ... but that was the gist of it. Perhaps others who have the quote will correct me.

It is my opinion that Jehovah's Witnesses ARE the exception to the "God Delusion" hypothesis, but as Governing Body Member Geoffrey Jackson said under oath to the Australian Royal Commission on Child Abuse No. 29, in 2015 (2016?) (paraphrased) ... "I think it would be presumptuous to think that Jehovah's Witnesses are the ONLY religion approved by God." I cannot remember the exact quote ... but that was the gist of it. Perhaps others who have the quote will correct me. .

" Well M'am ... it looks like you are a quart low".

The "47 for no seat belt" cracks me up.

This is a very well thought out analysis ... I have also come to the EXACT same conclusions, but would have expressed it less coherently, logically, and concisely.

Kofi Annan and his brother stole about 30 BILLION dollars from the United Nations. When asked about where the money went, he replied "I dunno?"

Witness. I get that a lot on IRC "..let me send you a private message (pm)" I don't do private messaging. I think EVERYTHING should be open, above board, and PUBLIC. That way ... stupid ideas can be ripped to bloody shreds by those who have enough experience to know the difference. Remember .... your many thousands and thousands of words HERE were to try and convince others to YOUR VIEWPOINT !. Don't choke now that your poker hand has been called. Up the ante ... and lets have some links.... right here... right now ... with your considered opinions of what they offer is better than what I have now. Links by themselves are USELESS to a person that already has a workable, if somewhat clumsy product. This is a SALES JOB ... and you are the salesman. Explain fully the differences in what YOU are selling. Sell, sell, Sell, SELL, SELL! Jump up and down and gimme some gestures, passion and hard info !! Give it your very best shot! If you can convince me on the basis of reason, logic, and verifiable facts... I will abandon what I have now, and embrace whatever it is ... THAT YOU CAN REALLY PROVE ..... is better ..... and thank you for the direction ! Pretend you are selling a King Size Mattress to a guy that already has a mattress! To put that another, more simple way (sigh....). This is the FIFTH time I have asked you this question, and got ZERO for a real answer. I am beginning to think that the Ward Nurse does not know you have snuck (sneaked?) out of your room to play on the computer..

People you trust have a tendency to get you nodding in agreement ... then they ask for your wallet ... and don't even have the DECENCY ... to use a gun.

I am ashamed of you TTH .... you should always doubt the ones who you trust. Especially .... ESPECIALLY the ones you trust. Like P.T Barnum's sign in the freak show, when paying customers were waiting ( ... and not PAYING ) for the circus tent to clear out so they could go inside ... and P.T. was losing money ... "This way to the Egress ! ---->>"

OOh..OOOh .. that guy down on the sand dunes .... that was ME!

At least when, because of the very low wind resistance, you ice skate in the deep craters on Mars, at 85 miles per hour, you don't trip over a log sticking out, or a floating branch frozen into the ice.

Even people that think their lot in life is to be a hammer, and when sneaking up behind you, seeing every one as a nail ..... pause when they see someone with a Phillips Head. (All guys will recognize the reference ... women, not so much) .... that's when you turn, and get off a shot.

Witness: In 13 Paragraphs of almost 5,000 characters, and 1,071 words you ramble and rant about many of the things about which we would be in agreement.... some are arguable ... and some I disagree with. To a great extent you are trying to point out to me things of which I am already, sadly, too well aware. You are about most of what you have said ... "preaching to the choir". Even though you have NOT answered my basic question, which I have previously asked you directly, and without ambiguity THREE TIMES now ... I will answer yours. I am by nature a Barbarian who would wear my enemies skins as a Poncho in the rain, and their ears as a necklace around my neck. If not for the TRUTH, I would have killed many innocent people by accident in killing people that really needed killing. We have a WHOLE NATION that is being taught things the OTHER nations can only dream about, and give lip service to. I could go on, and on, and on ... but where you test any theology, is where the "rubber meets the road". All else is FANTASY and wishful thinking. Diamonds ALWAYS come surrounded by mountains of "crap" ... and WE, not the WTB&TS are responsible for shining up we "diamonds in the rough". The things I have learned I could not have gotten anywhere else. Yes, the 15% core truths have been contaminated by 85% drivel, self serving aggrandizement, and selfish interests, bullying, and clueless leadership with the very BEST of intentions, by factions that are LEGENDS ... in their own minds ... BUT ... but, this is the nature of things. It is like the old story of the frog (?) who carries a scorpion across the river. OK ... now .... FOR THE FOURTH TIME ... LET'S GET DOWN TO REALLY ... WHERE THE "RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD". If you cannot answer that question with a viable alternative that REALLY works in the REAL world ... you are truly lost, and a waste of my time to even correspond with you ... but even more importantly ... you are a waste of YOUR precious time, the hours and days, as you will eventually learn, being painfully few. Be a sport .... do it.