Posts by waton

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For our Canadian EX JW's ... Your own Rambo

by Giordano in

montreal — it is a plot worthy of hollywood: a courageous, one-eyed soldier single-handedly liberates a dutch city during world war ii, tricking a german officer into believing the city is surrounded.just in case there are any doubters, he rampages through the streets throwing grenades, firing his rifle and — in a final act of defiance — lights the gestapo headquarters on fire.now more than 70 years later, the soldier, léo major, a onetime farmer from montreal, is getting wide recognition in canada after an hourlong documentary about his life was shown last month on radio-canada, the national broadcaster.

the news media dubbed him “quebec’s rambo.”.

from the ny times:.

waton

As a coincidence there was an one eyed JW named Major in la Belle Provence in the 50-70. a handsome and genuine human being.

As to the events, believable. "handing back rifles to german soldiers?" not a good idea!-- . In an infamous incident, A German marine, of part Jewish parentage ( race laws should have precluded him from "serving"), obtained in Holland an allied leaflet encouraging surrender, protection. - He deserted, hid among the population and turned himself in, with it, to the Canadians when they arrived. Put, notwithstandingly, into a large camp, with some of the men from his former unit, he was discovered, courtmartialed. The Canadian officer * in charge supplied rifles* to the Germans to execute the exposed and unprotected teenager. so: Do not re- arm germans. Most were more than eager to give up anyway, to get back to their families. (as my grandfather did at the beginning of WW1}

* Questioned about the ethics in such a situation, he replied: It was our business to kill germans, this was just another method. Things like that made take "the truth" Rev 11: 18, and question it now.

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Nature is amazing :)

by LoveUniHateExams in

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i studied biology at uni and specialised in animal biology (wolf behaviour) but i've always liked natural history.. even if i never went to uni, i'd still be amazed by nature and i'd still watch nature programs on tv.. i'd like start a thread where posters can post nature clips that are in some way amazing.. the vid below shows wild wolves in the canadian arctic encountering humans for the first time.. these wolves haven't been exterminated by human hunters and therefore haven't learnt to fear humans.

result: wild wolves approach human strangers almost like dogs.

pretty cool.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izgavk7fovu .

waton

just in case you think the pandas are being petted in the paradise in the rest of the globe, wolfs and the like are tearing flocks herds in Wyoming, Germany and other wild places. Ny be the guy did not smell too appetizing.

During a rest in the Rockies, a mountain sheep gave me a good licking with her tongue, to get her share of the salty sweat. Waton, the walking salt lick. Yesterday the wife had a humming bird linger in the mist spray during the plant watering.

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(Controversial Topic) CLASS WARFARE in MARXISM and JEHOVAH’S WITNESS THEOLOGY

by TerryWalstrom in

class warfare in marxism and jehovah’s witness theology.

(both) jehovah’s witnesses and marxist communists concern themselves with something called “the end of history.”.

the end of history means the end of a struggle between groups with conflicts of interest.

waton

Well I spend time in police custody in Marx's East German embodiment, and slaving for WT , for the benefit of that "elite" so: getting wise to their ways, Walstrom.

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(Controversial Topic) CLASS WARFARE in MARXISM and JEHOVAH’S WITNESS THEOLOGY

by TerryWalstrom in

class warfare in marxism and jehovah’s witness theology.

(both) jehovah’s witnesses and marxist communists concern themselves with something called “the end of history.”.

the end of history means the end of a struggle between groups with conflicts of interest.

waton

In Marxist theory, a Capitalist Society pits an Elite against Have-nots. Those with power, wealth and privilege exploit poor, disenfranchised underclasses struggling to keep their head above water.

There is different elites. Take the Elite of the left, the Merkels in Europe, they have the agenda to destroy the pesky aboriginals by importing hordes of strangers of an even lower caste, 80% of which do not come to work.

Take the entrenched Government elite in North America, they too like to broaden their base by importing more of the exploitable.

The Rich elites, that is something else. Some of the Nouveau Riches, the Gates, Bezos., Musks disprove Marx, they do great things, regardless.

WT theology? They want to keep the slave system going, Onesimus et al.

Even in paradise wt minions think they are going to give "assignments" to the slaves.

now you have to slave disown yourself to survive Armageddon,

then for a thousand years they want us to slave to get perfection. Marx would max out.

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Why Are Schools Targets Of So Much Gun Violence?

by Brokeback Watchtower in

why are so many youth flipping out and gunning down fellow students?

is there something seriously wrong with society?

does the public education/indoctrination system need some serious tweaking?

waton

The emotional environment among hormone laden teenagers, resentment between in and out cliques, all play a part, and absolute rejection, frustration will led to an absolute response.

Humans should be spaced apart, only one or two to a km^2

Wait until we have ~ 100 billion perfect bodies, teenager-like, after the end of the millennium, when they come out of the four corners of the ring for the final boxing match. guns blazing.

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144000 The numbers don't add up

by LevelThePlayingField in

in 1935 there were 63,146 who attended the memorial and 52,465 partook.

(proclaimers book page 717).

according to the bible teach book on page 78, it says, “since the days of the apostles, god has been selecting faithful christians in order to complete the number 144,000”.

waton

the covenant was not it effect until jesus died

ok, so would the partaking of the apostles have less of an effect at the last supper, than after, in subsequent celebrations ? (in the first passover after Pentecost, Peter was in prison, was freed, and there was no "Memorial" going on when he met up with the rest of them. bsw).

No direct effect of Jesus' ransom death has ever been scientifically detected. Even wt concedes that newer aspirants to the 144 000 *might be even less perfect mentally than average, now that they imbibe of the symbols that are supposed to bring perfection. * on topic

not sure what the SDA does ...

neither am I, but since they and Mormons eschew alcohol,? At the marriage miracle, Jesus' wine was potentially pretty potent. ( The attendants did not want the guest getting any more drunk. [DWI laws in effect already for Charioteers then]?)

so you are a theist but believe the bible is nonsense , what's that ? Paganism ?

No, not Theist, but a Deist, as in Deism, belief in a creator (the universe did not make itself), but the creator does not fiddle with it since it's beginning, like performing rib removal and cloning, flooding it, confusing languages, changing the rotation of the Earth, sending beings to Earth to be killed, to satisfy a killer instinct.--- Thomas Paine , Age of Reason. ca. 18 00 CE, one of it's exponents. google it please.

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144000 The numbers don't add up

by LevelThePlayingField in

in 1935 there were 63,146 who attended the memorial and 52,465 partook.

(proclaimers book page 717).

according to the bible teach book on page 78, it says, “since the days of the apostles, god has been selecting faithful christians in order to complete the number 144,000”.

waton

i did read about that , the nazis did in fact behead some , not sure they were claiming GC or LF, my point is that it appears to me that you have to preach-- Jesus.

Nu-lyte: 1650+ Jws died in the camps, persecution, some more perhaps because they refused war work on the front. true martyrs. but by comparison, the German army executed 20 000+ of their own for refusing combat, desertion.

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144000 The numbers don't add up

by LevelThePlayingField in

in 1935 there were 63,146 who attended the memorial and 52,465 partook.

(proclaimers book page 717).

according to the bible teach book on page 78, it says, “since the days of the apostles, god has been selecting faithful christians in order to complete the number 144,000”.

waton

how to remember him in his covenant , he told them to expect it , first one was a dry run , they had to keep doing it until they were martyred to qualify , it replaced the Passover . If you don't believe fine by me but we are discussing the belief , you atheists enter these threads and don't even want to discuss it usually ... no point in continuing

Nu-Lyte: that is clever and funny, the last supper was a dry-run. may be like the SDAs that use grape juice? seriously, I am not an Atheist, but a Deist, willing to discuss any aspect of the bible stories , objectively.

Talking of the 144k and covenants. The cup was the NEW COVENANT, wt makes a quick sleigh of hand to make it the KINGDOM COVENANT.

All should be in the New covenant (forgiving Adams sins), and partake, John 6.

then, you can sacrifice everlasting life on Earth to gain the upward calling. Jesus sacrifices, as the second Adam, his right to everlasting life too remember?

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144000 The numbers don't add up

by LevelThePlayingField in

in 1935 there were 63,146 who attended the memorial and 52,465 partook.

(proclaimers book page 717).

according to the bible teach book on page 78, it says, “since the days of the apostles, god has been selecting faithful christians in order to complete the number 144,000”.

waton

Like wise, with respect, they have addressed it every day since their inception. I have no idea what “billions” of partakers you could mean. The sum total of all witness to ever live isnt a billion let alone the comparative few have partaken. The org teaches nobody outside is saved so you cant mean all other nominal christians who partake.

of course wt does not want to acknowledge that the billions of "Christians", (currently 2.3 billions) even exist, spiritually speaking. To wt there were only 80 partakers anointed per year since 033 AD. whereas in reality there were billions. According to that bizarre wt view point, these billions of drinkers of wine and eaters of wafers will be in paradise. I do believe that wt teaches that all pre 1914 church members will be resurrected, the unrighteous Jesus spoke about. Wt has not sunk that low, to teach that nobody except the 80 per year will be saved.imho.

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144000 The numbers don't add up

by LevelThePlayingField in

in 1935 there were 63,146 who attended the memorial and 52,465 partook.

(proclaimers book page 717).

according to the bible teach book on page 78, it says, “since the days of the apostles, god has been selecting faithful christians in order to complete the number 144,000”.

waton

This is the only religion I know of that actually acts out the last supper in the fashion of the first church .

many interesting points you have, but the above one is wrong, because when Jesus passed the emblems, none of his disciples were anointed. Even he expressed himself as one with an Earthly hope, "sitting on tables, drinking wine himself in the kingdom, ruling Israel". So to follow Jesus, all should partake. who knows they might be anointed later. or worse, the anointed should not partake, because the only anointed at the last supper, Jesus, did not.

The big problem, and you will come to that, perhaps, is, that it is all stories. There never was a talking snake,or donkeys, An Ark floating above Everest, Millions trekking in the desert for 40 years. Jonah eaten by a fish, the Earth standing still or even rotating backward, people walking on water, people coming out of the graves and invading Jerusalem.

These are stories on the credibility level of Little Red Riding Hood and the big bad Wolf. badly written bible babbel.

don't take it too seriously for too long.

If there is a communion tradition, fine, let the anointed serve and the OS eat and drink.
P.S. sorry you mentioned the Early Church, and I described the original last Supper, , already a difference had developed.