Tomato, Tomaaahhto

by rebel8 5 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  rebel8

  I say tuh-mey-toh, you say tuh-mah-toh.

  I say disfellowshipping, you say shunning.

  I say 'announcing the sin to the congregation is in the Bible', you say 'slander', or 'tactic #7'.

  I say 'keeping the congregation clean', you say 'creating strong aversive emotional arousals'.

  I say 'unpaid ministers with stipends', you say 'paid clergy'.

  I say 'live-in factory/farm', you say 'commune'.

  I say 'donation arrangement', you say 'charging for literature'.

  I say '1st WTS President was Charles Taze Russell', you say 'no he wasn't'.

  I say 'hopeful anticipation' , you say failed prophecy.

  I say new light or 'yes-no-yes-no', you say flip-flop.

  I say 'separation of church and state', you say 'tort of misrepresentation' and 'giving medical advice without a license'.

  I say teaching, you say coercion.

  I say Kingdom Hall, you say church.

  I say 'tool of Satan', you say psychiatrist.

  I say 'Satanic hydrophobia' (rabies), you say ex.

  I say 'apostate', you say 'asking a question'.

  I say 'taking a stand', you say 'rude'.

  I say 'this is how Jehovah's people talk', you say 'in-group language'.

  I say, 'our minds can't comprehend everything about Jehovah', you say 'cognitive dissonance'.

  I say 'don't have a critical attitude', you say 'prohibit disconfirming information'.

  I say 'avoiding bad association', you say 'control over the social environment'.

  I say 'no we didn't', you say 'yes we did'.

  Tomato = tomato.
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  carla
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  Scully

  You just reminded me of this week's message on the billboard outside a local pentacostal church:

  "The Bible. Some day it will all make sense."

  In other words - it doesn't make sense and we can't support it with scientific evidence, but believe it anyway.

  At least I get some comic relief when I'm stuck in traffic.
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  AWAKE&WATCHING

  Very nicely done. Tomato does equal tomato.Now you are never getting into the paradise.
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  rebel8

  I say 'avoiding reproach on Jehovah's organization', you say 'secret Watchtower pedophile database'.

  Tomato = tomato.
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  rebel8

  I say 'kicking people out of Bethel or missionary work for getting married, and urging everyone else not to get married/procreate to leave more time for Kingdom interests', you say 'forbidding to marry'.

  I say emblems, you say Eucharist.

  I say false religious leaders cuddled up to Hitler, you say we did.

  Tomato = tomato.