Topics Started by Terry
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Just how much of a SUCCESS is God..........so far?
by Terry inyou can't be god if nobody exists but you.. sure, you are taller.
but, taller than what?.
see, a superlative is the last step among comparisons: good, better....best!.
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Watchtower BREAKDOWN on the highway to Paradise
by Terry inall of us at one time or another have owned a automobile that was a real lemon!.
the car may have been shiny, stylish and totally cool-looking....the only problem was it was a piece of crap.. repair after repair after repair in a never ending spiral of maintenance kept it in the shop more than it was on the road!.
you may have really loved that car--it might have been a classic---but--it proved to be totally useless for basic transportation because:.
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Why not perform a visual experiment with your JW friends?
by Terry inplace all the society's book publications you can get your hands on from bygone decades on a table top.. russell's divine plan of the ages, rutherford's colorful screeds, the books from the 40's--70's (mostly by fred franz) and.
place a sign next to them and photograph the whole collection.. .
the sign might read something like:.
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If you CHANGE what you said was TRUE...How could it have been true??
by Terry inif the bible says anything; it says what it says.. what is said doesn't change because nobody is continuing to write it.. the bible cannot change, then.. god's word (if that is what the bible is) doesn't change.however, if any person or group interprets the bible's doctrines and the doctrines change, then,it must be the interpreter who is in error.. (i call it "error" because; why change it otherwise?).
who would have enough hubris to risk representing god's word one way---and declare it truth--only to change that truth into something else?.
answer: the watchtower society!.
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God can't be God when there is nothing...So Man rescued him!
by Terry inbefore god began creating...there was nothing.. when there is nothing that means there is nothing to know....and therefore nothing to love.. god was alone with nothing to distinguish him from nothingness!.
a "mind"?.
filled with what, actually?.
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House to House and Door to Door proves to be a shame diversion
by Terry inenglish standard version(2001).
woe to you, scribes and pharisees, hypocrites!
for you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.. .
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My Current View
by Terry inmy current view is that half the world exists to reassure the other half that there is something they don't know that can only be found by listening to the first half telling it.
(and at retail).. .
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A rational look at MIND CONTROL vis a vis Jehovah's Witnesses
by Terry inon the topic of mind control...... .
a child is disciplined (controlled) by parents, educators and custodial representatives.. as children we grow accustomed to this dynamic (being controlled for our own welfare) and we learn to adapt.. .
mind control is neutral in this context.. educators must seek to control the attention and comprehension and behavior of students.
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Why (time and again) Jehovah's Witnesses set dates
by Terry inthe method by which people accept god as a reality is called faith and belief which is a bypass exempting proof.. faith is seen as a virtue and lack of faith as a moral failing.. so, why the insistance on dragging proof into the discussion?.
something called a isn't the same as something called not a.. faith is a workaround.
proof is evidence confirming fact.. so, which is it going to be?
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Making the best of what we have
by Terry infor jehovah's witnesses a series of choices confront them at every turn in daily life with warning flags flying everywhere!.
those cautionary fears have been instilled in them through constant indoctrination and social reinforcements.
a large chunk of ordinary and normal life is denied them, removed and replaced by filling up the gaping hole with a superstitious anticipation of distant reward.. behavior lies at the root their identity.