Posts by waton

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Annual Meeting

by sove in

jw
friends

is it the annual meeting this weekend?

any insights on "new light" or new releases?.

waton

I doubt there was a chairman at Pentecost 33 CE. But I bet their was a chairman for this one.

AM, you would be surprised there were actually two. the texts read that the 'first voice' switched between Peter and someone else (dont remember the details) it was used by wt inc to introduce the rotating elder arrangement in the early 1970ies.

A surprising arrangement with many benefits for the congregations. The narcissists hated it. soon it was back to the "gifts of god to men" bullies at the top. after 1975, downhill it went.

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GENDER PRONOUNS

by JohnTron72 in

just to put it out there, the whole gender pronouns idea being pushed by the lgbtq+ minorities is just a way to try to hide the sin of homosexuality.

if you can void people talking about your true sexual identity then it seems there is no sin anymore if two they or them of the same sex are together.

example of the coverup: ("i don't identify as either gender"), so the kids i'm raising in a lesbian relationship need not speak of me as a mom or any other female term and we all don't have to feel any stigma attached to the true terms so, any shame we might feel is hidden anyway.

waton

The german it. "das" would be fitting for the in betweens, but the french are adamant it is either a he or she.

"le" or o- la la. the french and germans can not even agree on the gender of the moon and sun.

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The God of The Bible a Divisive God

by smiddy3 in

surely god could have had a better plan for directing humans than what is outlined in the bible couldn`t he ?.

right from the start he picks favorites ,not giving cain or abel any clues or directions in how he wanted to be worshiped .. maybe its just me but i would have thought cain`s sacrifice would have been much better than abel`s simply because cains offering was from the" fruits from the ground" but abel`s offering was to sacrifice" some firstling`s of his flock" oh, and lets not forge" their fatty pieces".

cain offered up the product of the land ,being a cultivator of the land ,while abel was a herder of the sheep and slaughtered one of gods creations.

waton

but Abel`s offering was to sacrifice" some firstling`s of his flock" oh, and lets not forge" their fatty pieces". ?

s3: The deity wanted to reward clear thinking. The fatty pieces are a better fuel for burning, and fat is not good nutrition. main reason for insight was, that all these people, even animals were total vegetarians. until the deluge. What was Abel going to do with all the carrion, the meat, after milk and wool, leather was used? even the dogs would not eat meat; so: what a smart move to incinerate it. (good fertilizer too).

the bible is a book of magic, talking snakes, animals created after humans, sun standing still (actually does, the earth is turning)

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Where does the cult fall on sexually touching each other for married couples.

by mickbobcat in

so its wrong for married couples to have oral sex and anal but what about touches to arouse?

to climax i would assume it was wrong.

but what if you go too far getting ready for sex and climax, do you need to go to the cult to confess..

waton

I seem to remember someone trying to get there df reversed because of it.\

funny, I remember being the wt conductor in a foreign language congregation, with magazines that were months behind in translation.

there was this new darkness on forbidden practises, even for married couples. After the session disturbed couples approached me to get clarification, in a language famous for its "savoir vivre" in matters erotique, me being totally innocent in that area of their world. but

relief: the society in short order had changed their mind on bedroom acrobatics again, we english knew, but the other translations had just not been sent out yet. whew.

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China About to Screw Your Life Again

by Simon in

china's economy is wobbling as one of its largest companies, evergrande, is teetering on bankruptcy.. there's a good chance it's collapse will have a knock-on effect on other markets.. so more to thank them for than just the covid virus.. no one should have any dealing with china..

waton

If you visit China and attend a trade show

fts, i used to exhibit at the hardware show in Chicago IL. The Chinese industries had a whole floor to themselves of any conceivable hardware product (25 years ago, when it was still in its infancy)

A component was made for us in a province of China, first unusable, , but at the end better than the US suppliers. the best, at a quarter the price.

China delivers value, if called upon. scary that they will crank out quality military hardware. en masse. with the manpower to man it.

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Mating inequality

by hoser in

this is the latest problem in north american society.

mating inequality.

there are now more women college graduates than men in the us.

waton

Everyone else's wants, needs and beliefs are taking precedence over that of the child who will be brought into the world . He/she will be born for the benefit/pleasure of someone else, rather than because someone wanted to generously and unselfishly give the gift of life to another human.

PZ: you are taking a very dim view of on of the most noble endeavour in developed life, not just humans.

take the emperor penguins , the males, who, standing in the cold antarctic night for months, huddled together, incubating the eggs, held against their breasts. all for the sake of the future generations.

Of course it is rewarding to see a our families prosper like that too, from courtship to being a grandmother/ father, but just because it has it's ajoy, it is really really hard, persistent work, and not done for y/our personal benefit, but that of others.

not least for l'etat, who will tax the offspring. and

ask the born and prospering child , would they rather have been aborted? never existed?

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China About to Screw Your Life Again

by Simon in

china's economy is wobbling as one of its largest companies, evergrande, is teetering on bankruptcy.. there's a good chance it's collapse will have a knock-on effect on other markets.. so more to thank them for than just the covid virus.. no one should have any dealing with china..

waton

Imagine being able to see and track exactly where all the money going

Hope you are truly right about all you say about this. , but a poor schmuck like me find it dubious that many of the scams, extortion, ransom deals are channeled to the parallel monetary system, is it not because it is not easily traceable through layers of "wallet" sites? only accessible through coded passwords?

banks give out stolen money with a colouring bomb attached.

Is it not true, that financial crisis were not triggered by honest people working to much or little, but by speculation and manipulation of artificial monetary concepts and vehicles, that have only tenuous connection to reality?

True, that China has produced a lot of junk, piling up in our landfills, ut they also have produced value for many of their suffering people.

hopefully their aggression can be contained.

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Mating inequality

by hoser in

this is the latest problem in north american society.

mating inequality.

there are now more women college graduates than men in the us.

waton

I've never heard someone say that they wanted a baby because they wanted to be generous and share the gift of life with someone

right, sadly of course, most pregnancy are hormone-caused. but there is also the deliberate duty bound situation where grandparents, nations even, want their genes, their traditions, their lived on properties, their worth projected into the future, and offspring is a sure bet, unlike wt survive through service or the resurrection hope.

Think of the jewish people, reasserting that important life offspring option after the holocaust losses.

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Mating inequality

by hoser in

this is the latest problem in north american society.

mating inequality.

there are now more women college graduates than men in the us.

waton

yeah, lead the self centred life and bring in the prolific procreators from 3rd world countries to keep up the population count, the consumption going, but destroying the most advanced civilisations that developed on the shoulders of the old fashioned parents. (only a few of the most aggressive are flown back promptly)

societies suicide by singleness.

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China About to Screw Your Life Again

by Simon in

china's economy is wobbling as one of its largest companies, evergrande, is teetering on bankruptcy.. there's a good chance it's collapse will have a knock-on effect on other markets.. so more to thank them for than just the covid virus.. no one should have any dealing with china..

waton

Crypto is like a cash economy which is needed to keep governments in check.

cash , under the table earnings are also great ways to dodge taxes, , and make others pay for the benefits that governments dish out, such as universal healthcare and pensions to the poor retired ~~circuit overseer~~ and special pioneers, and other gullible true believers in / of wt inc.