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James Thomas Rook Jr.

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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Thinking in 607 B.C.E. - Is it Biblically Supported?   
    This is where Freedom and sanity, and peace come from .... when you disregard people who have proved they have no credibility whatsoever ... and STOP BEING AFRAID OF DYING. 
    Every living thing that has DNA dies ... and there have never been any exceptions... not one... from a mosquito to  a Brontosaurus ... and we did not exist at all for about 14 BILLION years ... and my guess is no one worried about it.
    We should serve Jehovah because it is the right thing to do .... not because someone is generating artificial panics to get the troops to march faster.
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Shiwiii in Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue FaithLeaks Owners Over Convention Videos   
    that is a different subject altogether.
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Witness in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    ..I could not tell is you were being sarcastic or earnest in your comment.
    I have to give it my "best shot", guessing to the best of my ability, using my experience and common sense ... often using the "smell test", and have to actually bet my life on the conclusions I reach.
    If I guess, or decide wrongly, I of course have to pay the price ... and that can be anything from years of misery, to instant death, or worse.
    If I rely on "Sky Pilots" for their wisdom, and THEY are wrong, I STILL have to pay the price, still anything from years of misery, to instant death, or worse.
    .... AND THEY PAY NO PRICE WHATSOEVER !
    ..... while sitting under a waterfall of free money that never stops.
     
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Patiently waiting for Truth in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    ..I could not tell is you were being sarcastic or earnest in your comment.
    I have to give it my "best shot", guessing to the best of my ability, using my experience and common sense ... often using the "smell test", and have to actually bet my life on the conclusions I reach.
    If I guess, or decide wrongly, I of course have to pay the price ... and that can be anything from years of misery, to instant death, or worse.
    If I rely on "Sky Pilots" for their wisdom, and THEY are wrong, I STILL have to pay the price, still anything from years of misery, to instant death, or worse.
    .... AND THEY PAY NO PRICE WHATSOEVER !
    ..... while sitting under a waterfall of free money that never stops.
     
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. reacted to Patiently waiting for Truth in Jehovah’s Witnesses Sue FaithLeaks Owners Over Convention Videos   
    Matthew 5 v 38 through 42
     “You heard that it was said: ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ 39  However, I say to you: Do not resist the one who is wicked, but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other also to him. 40  And if a person wants to take you to court and get possession of your inner garment, let him also have your outer garment;c 41  and if someone in authority compels you into service for a mile, go with him two miles. 42  Give to the one asking you, and do not turn away from one who wants to borrow from you.
    The GB and their Lawyers do not understand the spiritual things from God. 
    It also seems they are ashamed of their own videos. 
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Srecko Sostar in JW’s are now allowed to have beards and publicly preach....   
    In that second photo, is that rabbit ears sticking up out of that Easter Basket?
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Srecko Sostar in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    ..I could not tell is you were being sarcastic or earnest in your comment.
    I have to give it my "best shot", guessing to the best of my ability, using my experience and common sense ... often using the "smell test", and have to actually bet my life on the conclusions I reach.
    If I guess, or decide wrongly, I of course have to pay the price ... and that can be anything from years of misery, to instant death, or worse.
    If I rely on "Sky Pilots" for their wisdom, and THEY are wrong, I STILL have to pay the price, still anything from years of misery, to instant death, or worse.
    .... AND THEY PAY NO PRICE WHATSOEVER !
    ..... while sitting under a waterfall of free money that never stops.
     
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Srecko Sostar in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    I have been told that in some Middle-Eastern countries that all someone has to do to divorce their wife is say three times "I divorce thee ! ... I divorce thee ! ... I divorce thee ! ", and put Camel poop on her shoes.
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. reacted to Patiently waiting for Truth in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    @James Thomas Rook Jr. I apologise for misquoting you. 
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Patiently waiting for Truth in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    The key to understanding that scripture, Arauna is to understand WHO Jesus was speaking to .... specifically .... and what was the then common practice of divorce.... among that specific group.
    Or do you believe that a man or woman is doomed to live the rest of their life alone, because their mate abandoned them to die, moves away, and never returns?
    Remember, IT WAS THE DEATH PENALTY TO WORK ON THE SABBATH ..... but Jesus brought common sense to that argument, with the example of saving a lost sheep.
    During the Las Vegas massacre several years ago, a man stole  a Utility Company truck in a parking lot to go into the line of fire, and take the wounded and dying to hospitals.
    If he had been one of Jehovah's Witnesses, I suspect he would have been disfellowshipped as an un-repentent vehicle thief, as he admitted to doing it, was not sorry he did it, and the crime was public and notorious.
    I read about it here in North Carolina ... it was world news.
    Plus... he put his life in danger with total abandon.
    Which REAL men do, from time to time, for all sorts of "un-approved" reasons.
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Patiently waiting for Truth in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    I have been told that in some Middle-Eastern countries that all someone has to do to divorce their wife is say three times "I divorce thee ! ... I divorce thee ! ... I divorce thee ! ", and put Camel poop on her shoes.
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Patiently waiting for Truth in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    As usual, you misquote me .... I referenced that the WTB&TS, through the Watchtower, taught circa 1960's, that homosexuality and bestiality was not acceptable grounds for divorce. The logic was so convoluted, playing with scriptures, that it ruined MANY lives, under the imprimatur of "THE WORD OF GOD.
    I did not write that.
    I only reported that OTHERS wrote that.
    ... there is a difference.
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. reacted to Srecko Sostar in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    "I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.” - Mat 19:9
    "But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." - Mat 5:28
     
    Now, we have a little problem. WTJWorg forget to put meaning of what adultery is from Mat 5.28 definition, "looks at woman with lust" .... is already adultery. Or we can expand application on each and every, on woman who looks on man, or on one homosexual/lesbian who looks on other heterosexual person or on another homosexual/lesbian person with lust. 
    Well, WTJworg definition of "por.nei'a" is not perfect, it is with a significant disadvantage. "Unlawful sexual intercourse" or por.nei'a, according to Jesus, is "looks with lust". Taken from this, husband and wife just need to see, to prove to self, how some of them has/had that "looks with lust" and is free to divorce and to remarry. :))
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Srecko Sostar in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    The key to understanding that scripture, Arauna is to understand WHO Jesus was speaking to .... specifically .... and what was the then common practice of divorce.... among that specific group.
    Or do you believe that a man or woman is doomed to live the rest of their life alone, because their mate abandoned them to die, moves away, and never returns?
    Remember, IT WAS THE DEATH PENALTY TO WORK ON THE SABBATH ..... but Jesus brought common sense to that argument, with the example of saving a lost sheep.
    During the Las Vegas massacre several years ago, a man stole  a Utility Company truck in a parking lot to go into the line of fire, and take the wounded and dying to hospitals.
    If he had been one of Jehovah's Witnesses, I suspect he would have been disfellowshipped as an un-repentent vehicle thief, as he admitted to doing it, was not sorry he did it, and the crime was public and notorious.
    I read about it here in North Carolina ... it was world news.
    Plus... he put his life in danger with total abandon.
    Which REAL men do, from time to time, for all sorts of "un-approved" reasons.
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Eric Ouellet in Whatever happened to Watchtower Farms?   
    Whatever happened to Watchtower Farms?
    Many years ago I visited, and toured "Watchtower farms", which if memory serves, was in Wallkill, New York.
    This was a working farm that supplied much or most of the food served to Bethel, in NYC., and elsewhere.
    The thought occurred to me today that sometime in the past they closed down the whole operation, and started buying food commercially.... and that I knew NONE of the details. 
    The only thing I remember is they had a pond full of Turtles, and across the main road there were parachutists coming down behind the hills I could see, and someone told me that "over there" was a Marine base.
    I do remember the main entrance room was huge, nicely appointed, and looked like a high class library lounge.
    Anybody else have something they could add?
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Srecko Sostar in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    Meanwhile, in the hallowed corridors of World Headquarters ......


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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Arauna in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    If we were judged by our thoughts, and not our actions ... who among us would not become murderers?

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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Srecko Sostar in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    If we were judged by our thoughts, and not our actions ... who among us would not become murderers?

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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Patiently waiting for Truth in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    Since I do not represent myself as a spokesman for God, it is immaterial what I 'would do, could do' should do" in regulating and PUNISHING people for what they do or do not do.
    But I do know that it is creepy, perverted, overreaching, and DESTRUCTIVE on a very large scale for ANYONE to tell a Sister whose husband is having sex with men, or animals, that she is scripturally NOT free to divorce, and get OUT of that hell-hole,, or the same sort of overreaching IS STILL done today  in the infamous, creepy and perverted "pillowgate videos" ... a continuous 30 minute stream of complete nonsense regulating things about which Jehovah God has NOT EXPRESSED ANY OPINION ABOUT WHATSOEVER, only in the imaginations of the wrapped-too-tight delusional who are grasping at straws, and making up applications to scripture to suit their own cultural taboos.
    If nothing else .. it is just plain, ordinary common sense, which the Society seems to have ZERO.
    The specificity ... THE SPECIFICITY ... of those videos is absolute confirmation to me that there are serious, DANGEROUS things going on at Bethel, and with the Society's completely clueless and pharisaic leadership.
    But, the way I look at it, it is no different than being in the Marines, when the Officer Corps goes off the deep end ..... in the Marines, and among Jehovah's Witnesses, we just have to endure the injustices ... as fidelity to God and Christ ... and we have a conscience that tells us what that entails ....
    ...and plain old everyday common sense, which apparently, is not all that common.
    The Marines have the UCMJ, and we have the Bible.
    Semper Fi.
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. reacted to Arauna in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    So give me a list of situations YOU  think is unacceptable sexual behaviours -  I want to see where YOU will draw the line?  I also want you to give me a list of the offences (such as masterbation) and the 'punishment" you think it deserves.
    I would gladly welcome YOUR opinion..... because I want to check your tremendous  insight and wisdom. 
    I have learnt in life it is easy to judge others when you do not have good ideas yourself. You may judge other people too harshly. ...or too leniently...... so give me a decent sample of your wisdom...... ( no cartoons or jokes required).
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Srecko Sostar in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    By "today", I mean in the last two or three years ...and of COURSE I have proof.
    This is a clip of the infamous, globally distributed "pillowgate videos", put out by two "Helpers" of the Governing Body, and  were premiered about January 2018.   The previous references can be looked up in the Watchtowers of yesteryear, if memory serves, from the early 60's.
     

    785761907_2CHAIRpORNEA(2).mp4
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. got a reaction from Patiently waiting for Truth in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    What they are ACTUALLY saying is EXACTLY this:
    ".... The men taking the lead among us have sound reasons for confidence in the men taking the lead among us."
    WOW!
    I guess that is why we were once taught that men having sex with men, or animals does not dissolve a marriage, and we are taught TODAY ... today,  that two Bethelites sitting naked in chairs, watching each other masturbate IS NOT pornea.
    ".... The men taking the lead among us have sound reasons for confidence in the men taking the lead among us."
    OF COURSE THEY DO!
    The question that needs to be asked is this ....  how can people be dumber than rocks?
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. reacted to Arauna in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    I thought as much.... ..... in the 60s was the first time the public had a sex revolution...... people did not discuss these things in private let alone publicly.  I have gone into the history of sex awareness and publication of these type of articles.... before 
     
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    James Thomas Rook Jr. reacted to Arauna in Overlooked by the Religion News Service—How Can That Be?   
    I have to see this in writing....with a date on it........ do you have proof?
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