Posts by Shador

they love to quote the verse "you must not make tattoo markings upon yourself," to "prove" that witlesses should not have body art.. yet the word tattoo is maori in origin.

how the hell did moses know a maori word???.

in every other translation it says you must not make cutting marks.

Shador

Yea. It's about as much a "personal decison" as having a beard.

ETA: Yea, see when they use those OT verses, they're always careful to say "well we're not under the Law" - this way they can keep what they want (no tattoos, no blood, no women in charge) and discard what they don't (no eating pigs, no cutting off your beard).

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Remember what they said at the assembly today...

by lrkr in

so, the wife and i are reminiscing today about how when you would leave an assembly- you would struggle to remember just one interesting point.

usually- you had to look at your notes or the program to just remember 1 thing that struck you.

all day of talking and less than :30 seconds of information retained!!!.

Shador

Personally I don't pay one bit of attention at all. But it makes for great day-long naps.

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Why do so many exJWs promote Watchtower lies and cover-ups?

by Fernando in

several footnotes in the nwt correctly define apostasy as "unfaithfulness".. that is spiritual unfaithfulness/adultery/fornication/prostitution/harlotry.. in scripture the jews were called (spiritual) prostitutes (37 times in ezekiel chapters 16 and 23).. they claimed a relationship with the god of abraham.. yet they lusted after other gods.. and they had frequent wanton spiritual intercourse with these gods.. to cover-up their own lewd apostasy the watctower lyingly redefines the word to mean a dissenter (against the watchtower).. anyone who dissents is labelled an apostate.. ray franz discovered their apostasy.. he dissented.. he exposed their spiritual harlotry in detail (isocf and coc).. they lyingly labelled him an apostate.. and many if not most exjws say this is all fine.. even worse, many exjws proudly wear the label.. to show their proud support of watchtower lies and cover-ups.. how sad....

Shador

what's wrong with being an apostate? sounds cool to me. like renegade. with a motorbike, long hair and sunglasses.

^

this.

Also, I like the term, because it puts me in mind of Julian the Apostate, who tried his damnedest to stop those upstart Christians and bring back the Old Ways.

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My favourite JW books when I was a delusional.convert. Did you have any ?

by smiddy in

did you have any favourite books by the society when you were in ?not that this book was my fav.

yet it was the first book i read learning about jw`s.

" from paradise lost to paradise regained " i know , it was designed for the young , however my mentor thought that since i had no understaning of the bible it was what i needed.

Shador

I always did like the "Greatest Man" book. Except for 1 or 2 chapters, it seemed largely free of the usual JW crazy, and gave a decent look at the life of Christianity's central mytho-historical figure.

The ragazines, usually the Asleep, sometimes carried neat general interest articles, historical and/or cultural stuff, stuff about different animals. Not so much since they gutted them.

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New World Translation 2013 on EBay

by startingover in

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there are several of the new bibles on ebay, but here you can buy the whole box of 32. i don't know if this link will show the original listing, you may have to click on that to see the description.

i wonder where these came from, the description seems a bit strange.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/case-of-32-2013-new-world-translation-of-the-holy-scriptures-watchtower-bible-/261362288068?pt=lh_defaultdomain_0&hash=item3cda6805c4&nma=true&si=cb4ceo6bt8tstei2ousxlhx8hva%253d&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557.

Shador

This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available.

Surprise, surprise.

Why would anyone pay for a free bible?