JoenB75

Joined

• started 5 topics
• posted 874 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by JoenB75

• 
  117

  I’m Seeing Some Trump Fatigue Out There

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i’ve heard from a few trump voters that they are getting tired of the whole trump thing.

  one person yesterday said he lies.

  another person said she hears from her clients in her business that the constant drama and push back from all sides against trump is fatiguing.. i remind people that before this worldwide pandemic, we had the best numbers in jobs.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  JoenB75

  I watched a Trump rally and got teary eyes although I dont live in the US. It is beautiful to see a Western leader who is not a puppet for the multicultural marxist agenda and yet brings together Americans of many colors
• 
  13

  Was Mary Magdalene an apostle?

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the new article about mary magdalene says:.

  the catholic church calls mary .

  “the apostle of the apostles” because she was the first to bring news of jesus’ resurrection to the apostles.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  JoenB75

  Revelation 12:1 makes us think of Eve and Mary but you could certainly argue we honor Paul more. Of course thinking biblically, both are vessels of Jesus carrying forth the Word into the world ☺️
• 
  7

  PURITANS - why we need them right now

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  puritans!.

  we need them to help us become more righteous.we need to feel the sting of their whiplash and suffer the tongues of flame, branding irons, and denouncement.why?gosh - we aren't as pure as they are, that's why!.

  8th century christian orthodox iconoclasts smashed statues used by catholic christian worshipers - to save them from idolatry.let us us cheer that intervention!

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  JoenB75

  Peaceful protesting is a good thing. In Europe this usually performed by right wing nationalists socalled while left wing protesters yell at them, treathen spit and attack them only occassionally interrupted by halfhearted police interference. That is how peaceful protesting goes on here ☺️
• 
  35

  Noah’s flood

  by dothemath in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a few years ago at one of the conventions, there was a talk on gods remarkable creation.

  one of the slides showed a giant sequoia tree, approximately 5000 years old!.

  later another talk was about noah etc.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  JoenB75

  of course Noas global flood happened but not in the sense imagined by JW and other literalist fundamentalist. ANE prophets had their peculiar writing styles
• 
  41

  Removing Historic Monuments and Statues - Does the Term "Historical" Make it Right or Wrong?

  by RubaDub in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after further review and thought, i really don't see how removing a monument or statue that may be truly offensive to a large group of people is in some way rewriting history.. i think of germany or other parts of europe.

  you don't see swastikas on buildings or statues of hitler or mussolini or other upper level generals in public.

  would it be good for a person (think jewish) to drive around a city and see hitler in a public park, even though it is "historical?

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  JoenB75

  Wasanelder,

  Sounds a bit like the UK being traitors for leaving the EU. I think Merkel might agree with you
• 
  32

  why did jehovah create corona virus?

  by stan livedeath in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  why did jehovah create the strains of corona virus ?.

  is it part of the great tribulation that is closer than ever now ?.

  what if lots of his people die from it ?.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  JoenB75

  Suffering is excellent at teaching us to depend on God, tsunamis are effective ministers, memento mori. This is also why there are so many believers in Africa and Philippines and fewer in the West. When people have it all and things run smoothly they tend to forget God, when people suffer they either turn to God or to depression or sometimes both. I dont think JW teaching accounts for this. Suffering is not seen from a greater spiritual perspective but only something that reminds us we are not in paradise. All hardships are simply things that suck, there is no deeper spiritual meditation in JW.
• 
  37

  Lloyd Evans exploitation videos.

  by phoenixrising in

  1. social
  2. current

  i used to watch his videos on the monthly gb talks.

  he has went over the top a few times doing one video on why being liberal idiot is a good thing.

  he has made comments on the usa not knowing shit about what he was desperately trying to talk about.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  JoenB75

  It is good some out there resist the Frankfurt school and the destruction of Western civilisation. Go Trump ☺️☺️👍☺️.
• 
  126

  Overlapping Generation

  by pandorasbox1914 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the september 2015 broadcast had david splane explain matthew 24:34 “truly, i say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place”.

  his explanation of this scripture was by means of a chart to indicate an overlapping generation.. .

  no scripture was used to show the overlapping generation concept, and as a result it makes no sense.. to illustrate how crazy this concept is, look at the lyrics of the song my generation.. my generation.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  JoenB75

  Slimboyfat, I remember years ago "wondering with great wonder" how JWs and the vast majority of other dispy movements can ignore that Jesus by "this generation" spoke of his generation. I do remember very faintly how they talked of 1914 and this generation at the meetings. My mother refered to this as "all the speculation" and to my father such JW speculation was part of the divine mysteries that you only got insights on if you stayed close to the Light turned on by Russell😁😁
• 
  114

  Riots one reason to own an AR15 and several 30 round or 100 round mags.

  by phoenixrising in

  1. social
  2. current

  i hear this from the leftist idiots all the time.

  if someone breaks into your home 6 bullets are enough.

  well if its a one of i would argue that i still my need more round for even just one person.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  JoenB75

  Sometimes it is a sin not to kill, lawful killing. Pity the socities where they make it next to impossible to carry
• 
  30

  Would Watchtower Ever Risk Setting Another Date

  by Number 6 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there was a 50 year gap between the failed dates of 1925 and 1975.. memories fade, people die, and who cares what was said 50 years ago.. most jw's now in the religion werent there when 1975 was a thing.

  even my mother who was baptized in 1974 who i do remember speaking about it back in the day, can barely remember what the fuss was about.

  for active jw's who are doing all there studying online now, its practically impossible to find any wt contemporary reference to 1975.. i read recently (sorry i cant source it right now) that at the time, even watchtower may have taken the view that even if they knew 1975 was wrong, the short term gains would far outstrip those who left leading to an overall net gain so it was a risk worth taking.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  JoenB75

  We are always living in the last days of something, in this case western civilisation. So they can always spin a story o how bad things are turning. But internet is greatly against them