waton

Joined

• started 99 topics
• posted 5,466 times   see topics posted on
• send a message

Posts by waton

• 
  6

  A conversation that could have occurred between Jesus and a crowd he taught

  by BourneIdentity in

  1. social
  2. humour

  jesus: "so that is why you all get sick and die, because adam and eve grabbed an apple from the tree that god told them not to.".

  a man from the crowd: "but why are we punished for something we didn't do, we don't even know that man and woman, that was thousands of years ago!".

  jesus: "my father exercises perfect justice, believe me when i tell you when i say you got what was coming to you.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  waton

  "Blessed are the cheesemakers...."

  FFG: ???? cheesemakers of "cheesecake" as it was understood in my youth the 1930, 40s? or

  swiss cheese?, like wt doctrine? full of holes, holy cheese?
  
  
• 
  6

  A conversation that could have occurred between Jesus and a crowd he taught

  by BourneIdentity in

  1. social
  2. humour

  jesus: "so that is why you all get sick and die, because adam and eve grabbed an apple from the tree that god told them not to.".

  a man from the crowd: "but why are we punished for something we didn't do, we don't even know that man and woman, that was thousands of years ago!".

  jesus: "my father exercises perfect justice, believe me when i tell you when i say you got what was coming to you.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  waton

  My Father wants me dead to accomplish one of his purposes.”

  another man shouts, jeez, what is that?

  Jesus: "universal sovereignty. wait until watchtower explains that to you.

  btw, sacrificing a human never entered my father's mind, but he is bound by the law.
  
  
• 
  18

  The Light Actually IS Getting Brighter

  by Magnum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the light really is getting brighter, but what kind?

  i can think of three types of figurative light in this context:.

  1) that which jws refer to and they base on pr 4:18. light on a path... light that gets brighter.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  waton

  If anything, the analogy of dawn in the east, also implies a dusk in the west, the cyclical nature of wt "enlightenment"

  all their much heralded new doctrinal slants in their "new releases" are now on the dustheap of history, no wonder they would like to see the light from a bonfire on all of it, going up in smoke, so much hot air rising.

  It must have dawned on David Splane, that it 'be easier if he could start from scratch, wit a clean slate, but it's too late, wt, doctrinally, is in the declining light, dusk phase.
• 
  39

  Vice doc spotlights Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by Rattigan350 in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://www.c21media.net/news/vice-doc-spotlights-jehovahs-witnesses/.

  us cable network vice tv will debut an original documentary that claims to uncover corruption and abuse within the jehovah’s witnesses community.. vice versa: crusaders, which will air on july 28, is part of the channel’s vice versa brand, known for docs including fear of a black quarterback and the neglected pandemic.. the project comes from hollywood director aaron kaufman, who was shunned by his jehovah’s witness family after investigating paedophilia within the organisation.. crusaders is directed by kaufman and executive produced by lauren terp, as well as daniel levinson and robert fernandez for us-london prodco moxie pictures, and danny gabai and andrew freston for vice studios.

  executive producing for vice tv is catherine whyte.. kaufman said: “after witnessing first-hand the cycle of abuse that runs deep within the jehovah’s witnesses, i could not rest until the dark truth of this organisation was brought to light.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  waton

  the judgement starts with the house of god. beth-el.
• 
  18

  The Light Actually IS Getting Brighter

  by Magnum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the light really is getting brighter, but what kind?

  i can think of three types of figurative light in this context:.

  1) that which jws refer to and they base on pr 4:18. light on a path... light that gets brighter.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  waton

  read it gain, it is not the light alone that is getting brighter, but the pathway.
• 
  18

  The Light Actually IS Getting Brighter

  by Magnum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the light really is getting brighter, but what kind?

  i can think of three types of figurative light in this context:.

  1) that which jws refer to and they base on pr 4:18. light on a path... light that gets brighter.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  waton

  The path that wt has trod is now exposed through the better focus of communications.

  wt's mistake/dilemma is, to project the failures of the dark past to still mark their "about the future" doctrines.
• 
  13

  Shunning from different perspectives

  by jonahstourguide in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi folks,.

  this interesting article on abc australia covers views of people ex-communicated or shunned by a couple of institutions.

  it also includes paul grundy's experience.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-25/the-australians-who-were-cast-out-of-their-religions/100306930.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  waton

  With resilience and strength … people can find ways to create a life worthwhile and meaningful for them, even after an event like this.

  P: hear, hear, think of Joseph after his expulsion, aka "disfellowshipping"; Galileo after his shunning, banning of his books, and the later success that the ideas he fostered saw.
  
• 
  13

  Shunning from different perspectives

  by jonahstourguide in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi folks,.

  this interesting article on abc australia covers views of people ex-communicated or shunned by a couple of institutions.

  it also includes paul grundy's experience.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-25/the-australians-who-were-cast-out-of-their-religions/100306930.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  waton

  DJ, I should have said too seriously, because it is, after all accepted literature, subject to critical reviews and viewed by a billion plus as basis of their faith, even if they do not know all the amazing details.
• 
  13

  Shunning from different perspectives

  by jonahstourguide in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi folks,.

  this interesting article on abc australia covers views of people ex-communicated or shunned by a couple of institutions.

  it also includes paul grundy's experience.. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-25/the-australians-who-were-cast-out-of-their-religions/100306930.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  waton

  one can not take all these stories seriously, such as concurrent with the carpenter's death, the graves opened, and resurrected "saints" going into Jerusalem. of course once you accept the talking snake, why not go full bore? boring.

  shunning? a badge of honour.
• 
  11

  Beyond the Watchtower

  by BereanThinker7 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://www.ebay.com/itm/203474749415.

  im a watchtower/bible students history nerd.

  i find the movement that engulfed my entire family fascinating.

  1. 
  2. 
  3. 
• 

  waton

  unique author names give me an inkling that they may have been of the ilk, that some are, when they leave the Jws and start thinking they are prophets

  BT: that is a syndrome, not unique to ex jws. Kepler, Newton and even Einstein deep down believed, that they had, through their work, some kind of profound personal connection to the creator.

  Malik sounds similar to Tesla.