there are a decent amount of people on this board who know more than i do about this, but i do know a lot; my statements may seem glib, but they are based on a lot of reading and researching. i've come to pretty clear conclusions as the last sentence in my post before this indicates. as long as we remain a society repeating the same errors of aggression and hatred and so forth(esp. with the weapon capabilities that we have), we need a jesus even if he is just a parable. apparently even the military agrees with me; gunnery sgt hartman didn't like private joker's comments on the virgin mary too much (every vet i've ever talked to said that film was a dead ringer too). even they know without some kind of balancing force, we will go into a nuclear ww3.
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Found a scripture where Jesus is clearly manipulating people
by cptkirk init's a scripture that is very well known (at least among witnesses) , relatively well known.
it is clearly manipulative, and the irony being that i've seen an elder use it for his own manipulative purposes as well....in a similar circumstance that jesus used it in.
when you look at it again, you may not have seen it this way, but you will now.. i am not trying to put jesus on trial here, simply trying to point out something that is very obvious, and yet most people probably never stepped back and realized what he was actually doing here.. it is mark 6. they are stumbling over jesus (spiritually stumbling), so did he say a prayer for their hearts to be opened?
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Found a scripture where Jesus is clearly manipulating people
by cptkirk init's a scripture that is very well known (at least among witnesses) , relatively well known.
it is clearly manipulative, and the irony being that i've seen an elder use it for his own manipulative purposes as well....in a similar circumstance that jesus used it in.
when you look at it again, you may not have seen it this way, but you will now.. i am not trying to put jesus on trial here, simply trying to point out something that is very obvious, and yet most people probably never stepped back and realized what he was actually doing here.. it is mark 6. they are stumbling over jesus (spiritually stumbling), so did he say a prayer for their hearts to be opened?
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cptkirk
i don't want to be seen as attacking christ, i like his teachings in general. i saw someone posting about iran and nuclear war; spirit of the jungle was fine 300 years ago, but spirit of the wolf in the hands of men wielding nuclear weapons, means we are all dead. even underground, the private underground facilities aren't going to keep people safe too long...the govt ones may. there is wisdom in christ(even if he was a fable), unfortunately there are a ton of contradictions, and i've seen where blind obedience leads.
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Found a scripture where Jesus is clearly manipulating people
by cptkirk init's a scripture that is very well known (at least among witnesses) , relatively well known.
it is clearly manipulative, and the irony being that i've seen an elder use it for his own manipulative purposes as well....in a similar circumstance that jesus used it in.
when you look at it again, you may not have seen it this way, but you will now.. i am not trying to put jesus on trial here, simply trying to point out something that is very obvious, and yet most people probably never stepped back and realized what he was actually doing here.. it is mark 6. they are stumbling over jesus (spiritually stumbling), so did he say a prayer for their hearts to be opened?
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it's a scripture that is very well known (at least among witnesses) , relatively well known. it is clearly manipulative, and the irony being that i've seen an elder use it for his own manipulative purposes as well....in a similar circumstance that Jesus used it in. when you look at it again, you may not have seen it this way, but you will now.
i am not trying to put jesus on trial here, simply trying to point out something that is very obvious, and yet most people probably never stepped back and realized what he was actually doing here.
it is mark 6. they are stumbling over jesus (spiritually stumbling), so did he say a prayer for their hearts to be opened? or did he realize that they were obstinate and go to the next place, neither. he used a clear manipulation tactic.
they had pretty much decided that they weren't into what he was up to, and after voicing this he then spoke regarding the prophet not being honored in his hometown, and this apparently allayed them to some extent. just picture that though, i'm getting the feeling you aren't into my preaching, so i'll tell you that a prophet isn't honored in his hometown? oh ok, yea you're right, you're good to go, go ahead.
and then it clearly even states that he "wondered" about them.....none of this sounds very spiritual to me.
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Just wanted you to know, none of you are intriguing. Rather, you're all quite repulsive.
by Theocratic Sedition innot saying that's my personal opinion, but this week's congregation bible study asks the viewpoint question, "would apostate literature or internet sites intrigue you or repulse you?
"- jeremiah book, page 70, para 7. .
gotta love it.. i guess apostate sites are like crime scenes.
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don't you know, he was already caught on tape
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/social/current/246847/1/he-said-what
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Shunned again today
by punkofnice inas i walked through the streets of my hometown i walked past a 'sister'tm).
at first i didn't recognize her as i wasn't paying attention.. she sort of gave me a bit of a smile (or did she have wind/gas?).
after i has passed her, it dawned on me who it was.. i'd given her family lifts to meetings and socialised with them.. i then realized she'd shunned me.
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you should have just asked her what the new armaggedon date was because you wanted to know when to pull your money out of the IRA.
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POLL: How long did you remain a JW from point of baptism to leaving the KH
by Terry ini was baptised --1963. left in 1978. fifteen years.
pre-baptism, another 5 years.
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i would tell ya, but then i'd have to kill ya :(
i was baptized in the 2000's and i left in the 2000's :D
there was usually some type of pull trying to get me in though throughout most of my life, i'm 33.
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How many former Jehovah's Witnesses bury their head in the sand when it comes to reasoning about the NGO "conspiracy"?
by Change Name inhi all - sure sure, you can call me a troll or brainwashed cult member.
i am totally interested in how your answers to these questions.. .
do you find yourself ignoring anything that jehovah's witnesses bring out in regards to their former status as an ngo?.
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and for his next act, change name will disentangle the reltationship between founder of jehovah's witnesses' religion (Taze Russell) and his involvement with geomancy. i did not inhale i said, wtf?
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Just wanted you to know, none of you are intriguing. Rather, you're all quite repulsive.
by Theocratic Sedition innot saying that's my personal opinion, but this week's congregation bible study asks the viewpoint question, "would apostate literature or internet sites intrigue you or repulse you?
"- jeremiah book, page 70, para 7. .
gotta love it.. i guess apostate sites are like crime scenes.
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and for our next paragraph we will be asking the question: "are we happy people as jehovahs witnesses or sad people?" (shh i need to hear what i am) someone is going to raise their hand and tell me. oh good its the little twerp guy who married this blonde-bombshell (he got her because he is very spiritual)...they are VERY spiritual people(pioneers ms and all that). but i have been wondering why she keeps trying to get alone with me and watches me without blinking every time i do walk by her....hmmm, i probably just remind her of one of her cousins or something.
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Is this a religion run by PSYCOPATHS?
by Terry inglibness/superficial charmgrandiose sense of self-worthpathological lyingconning/manipulativelack of remorse or guiltshallow affect (genuine emotion is short-lived and egocentric)callousness; lack of empathyfailure to accept responsibility for own actionsthe hare psychopathy checklist-revised by robert d. hare, 1991. multi-health systems, 908 niagara falls blvd, north tonawanda, new york, usa, 14120-2060. psycopaths do not feel empathy but learn to imitate those who do.
psychopaths don't even understand charity.. .
i was thinking today how much psycopathy is reflected in the governing body leadership and especially manifested in policy.. jehovah's witnesses are not led by people devoted to charity, benevolence, outreach or social provision for those less fortunate which.
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I think I might have a go at recording a counter commentary to that talk as it plays, it's just too much. Oh really? you do know satan's innermost thoughts? that is very very intriguing....also, you refer to jehovah as a person? wow that is fascinating also. could it be that you have anthropomorphized these beings into the embodiment of your own pathetic projected inner self? which is definitely a raving psychopath....and the crowd laughs as he jokes about the zoo animals eating the decaying corpses.....hmm.. i still want to see the article about stoning.