Posts by slimboyfat

70

Who is The Lord?

by JW Answers in

the jehovah's witnesses believe that only the father is lord god, however by searching the scriptures we can identify that there are more than one person in the godhead, and the lord jesus as well as the holy spirit are lord.. for those who are interested in learning, feel free to watch this new video..

slimboyfat

If you declare “mystery” out of order then you rule out a lot of religion by default, since many religions teach that the human mind can not grasp the divine or the infinite.

And if you say “I won’t accept mystery as an answer” then you have said nothing more than simply “I don’t believe in religion”. Which is fair enough, but it doesn’t amount to an argument that will convince anyone who does not already agree with you.

It seems to me the basic disagreement is over the two positions:

1. The true nature of reality is something the human mind cannot grasp.

2. The human mind is capable of grasping the true nature of reality.

I am not aware of any way of settling the issue in favour of one or the other. I tend to hope that 2 is generally true, but I also happen to think that it implies the existence of God. If God does not exist then it seems safer to assume that 1 is true. So we have a paradox at the heart of human knowledge.

519

Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

by UnshackleTheChains in

i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

you can't write this stuff.

right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

slimboyfat

No one seems to be discussing that Morris reputedly comes from an extremely wealthy family (tobacco merchants, talking billions of dollars) and has alluded to this on occasion. As I understand it the bethel vow of poverty restricts income but doesn’t necessarily renounce wealth. So isn’t it possible that Morris is a multi millionaire?

70

Who is The Lord?

by JW Answers in

the jehovah's witnesses believe that only the father is lord god, however by searching the scriptures we can identify that there are more than one person in the godhead, and the lord jesus as well as the holy spirit are lord.. for those who are interested in learning, feel free to watch this new video..

slimboyfat

Why is calling it a mystery unacceptable? Apart from you simply declaring it unacceptable.

70

Who is The Lord?

by JW Answers in

the jehovah's witnesses believe that only the father is lord god, however by searching the scriptures we can identify that there are more than one person in the godhead, and the lord jesus as well as the holy spirit are lord.. for those who are interested in learning, feel free to watch this new video..

slimboyfat

If Jesus is the same Lord as God, then how come Jesus as Lord is distinguished from Yahweh in Acts 2:34?

The New Testament teaches that Jesus is Lord/Master because he is the Messiah who God raised from the dead.

Whereas God is called Lord/Yahweh because that is his unique name.

33

Jw.org news about new assignment

by Gorbatchov in

jw
friends

just read this interesting news at jw.org.

g.. .

slimboyfat

Bad Gorby! Bad!

Personally I'm a bit frightened of this strange new world where things can be so easily faked. How long until virtually any text, image, audio or video can be faked to a level that is indistinguishable from the real thing? And then how will we be able to trust anything in the world?

When any piece of evidence can be faked to be indistinguishable from the real thing, how can journalists do their work, or lawyers, or judges, or historians, or anyone else? How will society function?

The more I think about it the more I think this could be a real threat to life and civilisation as we know it.

519

Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

by UnshackleTheChains in

i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

you can't write this stuff.

right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

slimboyfat

With the information we have, is there any rational reason (other than wishful thinking and cognitive bias) to assume he's buying all those bottles for personal consumption?

Nothing that proves it’s for personal use, but some reasons for thinking it’s more likely than not. Such as the way he talked about the subject of alcohol when approached.

Plus, in the wider context, the fact that he is a war veteran who witnessed carnage in Vietnam. He has clearly been affected by these experiences, judging by his public comments, so heavy alcohol consumption would be consistent with that. It doesn’t prove anything, but it would make sense.

While it’s fair to recognise there are other possibilities, it seems reasonable to conclude the alcohol was likely for person use, or at least for consumption with a few others including his wife. What we do with that conclusion is another matter. How often does he buy that amount? Is that a problem or not? I don’t know. I follow the indications of others who know more about alcohol consumption than I do.

519

Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

by UnshackleTheChains in

i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

you can't write this stuff.

right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

slimboyfat

It’s interesting he says he’s been to Scotland a number of times. I don’t remember him ever being in Scotland. There’s no branch to visit in Scotland, so it would be a convention, if anything. I wonder if these were working trips or leisure.

I am curious how AM would have reacted if it had been an adoring JW who recognised him and engaged in conversation. Would there have been any embarrassment or not, I wonder? Or if a JW had challenged him about being stumbled by his purchase, I wonder how he would have handled that.

And I wonder if he knows about the video by now. Some at bethel have probably already seen it. Would they pass it on?

It might lead to the GB going out in public less often, or dare I say it, even more of a bunker mentality.

It does look like a flasher trench coat. He looks dodgy more than anything else, even if nothing technically wrong. It makes you wonder what a private investigator would turn up if a wealthy ex-JW chose to track the GB for a while, out of curiosity.

519

Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

by UnshackleTheChains in

i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

you can't write this stuff.

right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

slimboyfat

The Governing Body 1.0 lived into their 90s. I don’t think 2.0 will last so long if this is indicative of their lifestyle.

25

The subtle , yet massive change of Matt 5:32 in the "New" New World Translation

by stuckinarut2 in

so i noticed this change in the text of the new silver nwt compared to the older nwt at matthew 5:32. old nwt:.

"however, i say to you that everyone divorcing his wife , except on the grounds of fornication makes her a subject for adultery...etc" .

new nwt:.

slimboyfat

I’ve never heard JWs define pornography as sexual immorality.

I think the change to “sexual immorality” is mainly an attempt to modernise the vocabulary because nobody uses the word fornication any more, unless it’s a comedian using it for a joke.

519

Tony Morris video footage of him buying a dozen bottles of scotch

by UnshackleTheChains in

i was howling watching cedars latest video of tm111 buying a dozen bottles of scotch ((maccallans scotch).

you can't write this stuff.

right, i'm now off to buy a bottle of maccallans 😂..

slimboyfat

I know a brother who was inactive for years and had a box of alcohol delivered once a week. One Saturday the box was delivered just as two elders made a visit to his door. The elders said the box of alcohol was enough evidence he was a drunk and disfellowshipped him. There’s more to this story as well. The reason the two elders were calling on the brother was because his mother (a JW for nearly 60 years) had recently died and they intended to make arrangements with the son, who has severe psychological issues, to have her cremated. In the end I don’t think the sister ever was cremated. We are not sure what happened to her body, but her son was disfellowshipped for being a drunk.