Posts by bulgogiboy

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Why the JW's mental image of Paradise is a pipe dream

by Sour Grapes in

yesterday during the witchtower study, every one was.

talking about how wonderful paradise will be with no food.

shortages, perfect weather, no pollution, no disease, and be.

bulgogiboy

I always remember looking at 'paradise' with a real uncertain anxiety, to be honest. I didn't ponder so much over the 'how will it work questions' as I just thought, "Jehovah will take care of it", but rather I worried about whether or not I would actually be able to hack it:

There would probably be a weekly, if not daily, schedule of meetings for 'spiritual food' (yawn), which would be hard to skive off from, especially if there was no disease, ill-health to blame absences on.

I would have to actually start following to the letter all the ridiculous 'advice' and 'suggestions' (which would then become orders) which I suffered through at meetings/conventions.

All women would be dressed like 1950s housewives. I would never again be able to enjoy the asthetic pleasures of mini-skirts, bikinis, and low-cut tops. No porn to make up for this either.

There would be no oral/anal sex. Missionary only, with my 1950s-style housewife.

I would have to drink in moderation.

I would be surrounded by the kind of people I had the least affinity for. Fellow JWs. I had come to observe that the average JW has some kind of mental illness. I feared paradise would be full of looney tunes.

I wouldn't be able to masturbate anymore, as in paradise God wouldn't just be watching and a tuttin', he would be a punishin'.

All my favourite TV shows/movies would be gone.

I would have to watch magnificent apex predators like lions undergo the humiliation of being forced to eat grass, and treated like petting zoo piglets.

Overall though, it was an anxiety that didn't bother me too much, as I was convinced I would be done away with before I even got there (see the list of activities I was involved in at the time).

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Say NO to a mosque at Ground Zero!!

by Scully in

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjs0novt3x4&feature=digest.

bulgogiboy

Would this be like a group of neo-nazis proposing to build a replica of Auschwitz in downtown Tel Aviv?
Nope. It actually WAS the Nazis that perpetrated the Holocaust. The overwhelming majority of Muslims condemn the 9-11 attacks. Refusing a mosque near to ground zero is like saying Muslims are all terrorist sympathisers. Absolutely shameful thing to say.

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Wierdest Yearbook experience EVER 1967 A "talking snake" silenced by an African Witness!!!

by Witness 007 in

yearbook 1967 p.105 "{chad -africa}.....a large crowd was follwing a man who had a talking serpent.

the serpent gave greetings and spoke in foriegn tongues...a brother was passing by and attracted by the commotion, he went to the house...as soon as he entered the room the serpent stopped talking.

the man cried out: "a magican has entered the room"...the brother said: "is that a serpent or a demon that is talking to you?...i know that since god created the animals not one sepent has spoken, with the exception of the one in the begining in the garden of eden...seeing that the serpent remained silent the man left the building...later he was anxious to get some literature....".

bulgogiboy

Blood for blood transfusions is carried about in coffee mugs, not sealed packets, (the coffee mug should be well cleaned out before and after use though) so the nurse most likely did dip the holy card into the evil stuff. She probably had claws too.

If you don't believe jw experiences it's because you're lacking faith.

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If this don't scare you, nothing will

by purplesofa in

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bulgogiboy

I find it amazing that a religion that touts having the "TRUTH"

does not pursue in actually getting to the bottom of what is actually is the truth.

Cause they can just 'wait on Jehovah' silly , unless sex is involved of course, then they want all the nasty little details...

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If this don't scare you, nothing will

by purplesofa in

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bulgogiboy

Not that I don't believe the WTS is capable of this kind of shameless (and in my opinion criminal ) behaviour, but how do we know this letter is real? These kinds of things can be faked pretty easily...

This letter does typify the jw attitude though, to be sure. The attitude shown seems completely in line with the cold-hearted attitude that exudes from the WTS. Hehe he's a fugitive from the law for multiple murders but you don't have to inform the police, just make sure he isn't allowed to be on microphone duty at the watchtower study, that would be immoral!

You notice how they don't give two hoots about the human beings he may have brutally murdered, or the risk he might pose to the fellow jws around him, putting the emphasis on confidentiality public image management) instead. Revolting.

And I hate how an organisation which constantly bleats about a lack of moral standards within 'the world' is so ready to disregard morality in favour of 'worldly' legalities. If you suspect someone may be a multiple murderer who is evading justice, don't you have a moral obligation to report him? Isn't it just bloody common sense??? I'm sure in this situation, if he is a fugitive from the FBI, then the authorities could build a case of aiding and abetting against the elders in question? It's not like they just heard his confession once and kept it confidential, as might happen with a Catholic priest, but they are actively sheltering him within their congregation. If he were to kill again, surely the people who knew about him would be liable?

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Live Forever Book Toilet Paper

by BorgHater in

jw
friends

now i have finally figured out how to post pictures i thought you might enjoy seeing the loo roll i made out of the mini live forever book...well, let's face it, the only thing the literatrash is good for is wiping your arse on!.

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borghater xx.

bulgogiboy

Perhaps give it a 'test drive' first, and then ship the soiled product off to the WT HQ?

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Live Forever Book Toilet Paper

by BorgHater in

jw
friends

now i have finally figured out how to post pictures i thought you might enjoy seeing the loo roll i made out of the mini live forever book...well, let's face it, the only thing the literatrash is good for is wiping your arse on!.

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borghater xx.

bulgogiboy

That is fabulous, love it!

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Scientology Down to 25,000 Members?

by cameo-d in

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/us/07scientology.html.

quotes:.

it was all built on lies, mr. collbran said.

bulgogiboy

Just watched the msnbc video about the defector. She says : "You're there to make a difference and to help people, and the people there themselves aren't happy". This was one of the main reasons I didn't like going out on field service. How can you encourage other people to leave believe in something which makes you yourself so intensely unhappy?

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Addition to Who really is the Faithful Slave?

by wannabe in

"{john 8:27-29 niv}.

12 i did not receive it from any man, nor was i taught it; rather, i received it by revelation from jesus christ.

"{john 14:16,17 niv}.

bulgogiboy

I've decided Jesus can't possible exist, cause he didn't spare us from these excessively long posts. The pink one was especially gratuitous, it hurt my eyes.

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Work Related: Am I correct for being angry?

by Elsewhere in

jw
friends

my manager expects (never directly ordered me), but expects me to have my work laptop booted up at home every evening after work, all weekend long and every holiday so i can monitor my email and promptly respond to emails.. .

am i wrong for being pissed off about this?.

the company i work for is always talking about their "work life balance" program for employees.

bulgogiboy

Depends on what kind of job you have and how much they are paying you.

Surely he doesn't expect you to be able to access your laptop ALL the time? Like out to the cinema, dinner parties, weddings, funerals etc? If you go away for a weekend mountain climbing does he expect you to be sitting in a tent at the top of a mountain checking your inbox??