Posts by Saintbertholdt

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You have a $100,000,000 budget to do a global campaign against the WTBS worldwide. How would you spend it?

by JWchange in

what if by inheritance, winning the lottery or any other way, you suddenly got your hands on $150m after tax.

you maybe would spend a third of this giving your extended family financial security for life.

you maybe would buy a boat and a few investment properties.

Saintbertholdt

Firstly I would never win the lottery or get such an inheritance, so I would assume I got the money by some other means like contributions or grants. So the first $50 million I would blow on things like sports cars and Vegas and hookers and coke. So that leaves $100 million. Then I'd do the following:

1. Make THE best JW documentary series ever. Budget $10 million. (I would embezzle $40 million and write it off as part of the series budget.)

Ok so that leaves $50 million to finish the job.

2. I would start a lobby group to have US congressional hearings on the child abuse policies of Jehovah's Witnesses. As a secondary goal of the lobby group I would push for the annual public disclosure of all Church group financial statements within the US. I would use $40 million for the job and embezzle another $10 million.

3. With the second $50 million I stole I would buy Beth Sarim, booz it up and have steak and shrimp bbq's every day. So everybody would be happy, including me.

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We discovered a Dyson Sphere! . . . maybe

by Coded Logic in

okay, okay, okay - i know we're not supposed to jump to conclusions.

but the odds this is a "naturally occurring event" are pretty low.

and it's just the sort of megastructure we would expect an advanced alien civilization (type 2) to build.

Saintbertholdt

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Internet weirdness

by glenster in

cyriak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqo-aodjliw https://www.youtube.com/user/cyriak/videos.

cracked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4n84brxqqs.

Saintbertholdt

Haven't seen Coppola's Dracula in ages.

Gary Oldman yeah!

I'm getting the popcorn and soda ready.

Thank you Glenster.

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Hey! Wanted to say Hi!

by Miss Worldly in

jw
friends

hey!

i've been hanging around her for a while.

this is the third attempt at my 'hello'.

Saintbertholdt

Hello Miss Worldly,

Welcome and let me be the first to offer you a free home Bible study.

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City of Sodom discovered

by Saved_JW in

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3270999/has-biblical-city-sodom-monstrous-site-jordan-matches-descriptions-area-destroyed-god.html

Saintbertholdt

I think its great that this is the possible location of Sodom.

I have always thought that there is usually a kernel of truth in ancient tales (See Schliemann and Troy)

As many commented here this could have been an epic cataclysmic event which was later explained through a moral cautionary tale.

Now the question is: Where is the twin city Gomorrah?

I hope they find it soon...

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My mom passed away yesterday....

by minimus in

jw
friends

thank you all for your sincere encouragement during these last few weeks.

finally, she is at peace.

i was with her , holding her hand when she died.

Saintbertholdt

My condolences.

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Exodus- Ridley Scott film

by Diogenesister in

hi all, any thoughts on the ridley scott film exodus :gods and kings my people?

generally, its more or less as i would envision it.. love the representation of gods spirit/angel as a child of ?10 - great age, they have not lost their innocence but are aware of the dark side of life, question everything are bitingly honest in their assesments and you can often have surprisingly adult conversations with them.

of course in all this they are often very very funny(i may be biased as my kids are this age!!!).

Saintbertholdt

Ridley Scott's Exodus - meh... so so...too much creative license. Its an interesting story but it contorts it too much. The movie doesn't feel like the Biblical Exodus.

The kid as God/Angel/Whatever was pretty well done. Interesting take.

Simon, I like Bible films as well:

My top five are:

The Passion of the Christ (Although the Film made Mel Gibson a Jew hating bigot)

Quo Vadis (1951)

The Ten commandments (Charlton Heston as Moses was pretty cool)

Jesus of Nazareth (1977 Mini series)

Year One (Its silly and stupid I know but the scenes with Adam (Harold Ramis), Cain, Abel, Seth and the Witch Doctor (Bill Hader) are pretty funny)

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The Old Age

by Caupon in

jw
friends

so now that most of us have come to a semi truthful understanding that the witnesses are wrong about evolutionist, there is a certain question that i have always had.

now if you were to ask any jw, they'd recite a complete fallacy from scientist regarding this.

but what is you guys input of this.

Saintbertholdt

One_day,
If religion has disappointed you, science will too. Unfortunately it has promoted itself as honest disciplined searchers of truth.

No no nonoononononono One_day

Let me illustrate the difference between Science and Religion:

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The Exorcist

by Petraglyph in

remembering the furore at the time when this was released i thought i'd share this which appeared in my news feed the other day.... .

:).

from the book 'creative mischief' by dave trott.

Saintbertholdt

In 2010 George W. Bush published his book 'Decision Points'.

While I was at the local bookstore, I very quietly moved all of the copies of the book to the fantasy section.

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Witnesses - Ever Wondered Why You're So Tired After Assemblies/Meetings?

by The Searcher in

recently shared this with me.. they compared the tiredness they felt after attending an assembly and meetings, and noted how much worse it was than actually working and studying hard for hours for their secular employment!

why were they so exhausted after an assembly/meeting?

no, it wasn't satan.