in the latest jw broadcast, anthony morris the turd gives a talk about donations.
to camouflage this, he starts and ends the talk by saying that isn't actually what he's doing.
first he starts with the usual disclaimer, 'wt has never begged for money like christendom and we never will', you know the drill.
to drop an IOU in the contribution box
PZ: talking about IOUs, wt owes a lot of people a lot of dough, for paying full time workers below the going rate, owes apologies, and $$$$ for lost opportunities, income. for working on a mostly useless project.
the first christians were mainly of jewish decent and christianity began as a jewish sect.
jesus was a thoroughly dedicated practicing jew who never suggested the launch of a new religion.
jesus lived and died a dedicated jew.
Paul knew that his advanced writings, concepts would be subject to challenge and debate. to clinch his arguments , he labeled some "the Lord's commandments" as in I Cor 14, 34-37.
wt writers of course, since 1958, are among the latter day disputers of these instructions.
the first christians were mainly of jewish decent and christianity began as a jewish sect.
jesus was a thoroughly dedicated practicing jew who never suggested the launch of a new religion.
jesus lived and died a dedicated jew.
Later Peter did not add much either when he wrote:
Paul writes stuff " --that is hard to understand--". still is.
the watchtower writing staff often tweaks the application of a scriptural lesson to their benefit.
this can be seen in this recent article of theirs: .
first, in their explanation of the parable, they do mention "religion" in the original setting (bold letters below): .
In the parable of the sheep and the goats, they substitute real commandible charitable works for the least fortunate of humans --- with work for the watchtower leaders, and the corporation's propaganda.
so, in a couple weeks, the jws move on in their bible-reading slog to the book of deuteronomy.. take a gander at deuteronomy 23:12,13:.
a private place should be designated for use outside the camp, and there is where you should go.
13 a peg should be part of your equipment.
with all that good fertilization, well spread, matured by now, why is it still a desert?
This end product of desert metabolism was special, the input was of heavenly origin, manna and quails. water directly from rocks.
wading in that miraculous quagmire must have coated, tanned leather in a special way, their shoes never wore out.
so, in a couple weeks, the jws move on in their bible-reading slog to the book of deuteronomy.. take a gander at deuteronomy 23:12,13:.
a private place should be designated for use outside the camp, and there is where you should go.
13 a peg should be part of your equipment.
with all that good fertilization, well spread, matured by now, why is it still a desert?
deserts are supposed to mummify organic matter.
may be the israelites, the 2 millions of them, did not know it, but they were eating digested and heavenly recycled manna, . perhaps the quails had a role to play in that too.
a heavenly possibility. astronauts too, drink recycled urine, and growing food in extreme conditions are worked on too. rhymes with poo.
here's an excerpt from the recent lawsuit deborah hines v. watchtower bible and tract society of new york et al (paragraphs 158-180), one of 29 known cases brought against the org pursuant to the ny child victims act.
what should be kept in mind is that gerrit lösch apparently worked in europe (the austrian branch and eastern europe) at the time when the abuse was allegedly reported to him (not a gb member then).. plaintiff was raised a member of the jehovah’s witnesses.
she primarily attended meetings at various congregations in arizona.
for a working visitor to bethel, she had an amazing range of access to the top men.
i’m an atheist.. let’s assume i am wrong, i am willing to be.. let’s give people a god, let’s even make him the god of the bible…... does he deserve to be worshipped and obeyed?
if so, why does his abhorrent actions not morally make you question allegiance to him?.
does his authority alone allow him to murder and drown and order war, to throw people into a lake of fire?.
This is what success in balance looks like
PTB. I had more in mind the balance between carbon intake and oxygen exhaling of plants, the vegetation and the herbivores, between eaters and the eaten. Between favouring your young, and excepting that everything will die, hopefully contribute by their demise, like stars do. giving us oxygen, carbon, even gold.
i’m an atheist.. let’s assume i am wrong, i am willing to be.. let’s give people a god, let’s even make him the god of the bible…... does he deserve to be worshipped and obeyed?
if so, why does his abhorrent actions not morally make you question allegiance to him?.
does his authority alone allow him to murder and drown and order war, to throw people into a lake of fire?.
think of evolution, living beings constantly experimenting with mutations, to establish the most successful.
Creation as we see it, rewards success. to us it may be immoral, unfair. but success is rewarded. The deity must want it that way, because the way it is. but not success to excess. success in balance.
my wife and i have been together for 12 years.
married for 6. she was born into the truth, i studied for 2 years before we got married.
we would attend meetings on a weekly basis, go to conventions, and memorial every year.
consider it a blessing to be rid of the thing.
