Posts by Afterburn

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The Governing Body Doesn't Wait On Jehovah

by Afterburn in

have you ever been told that humility requires waiting on jehovah?i have.

lots of times.

for decades.

Afterburn

Have you ever been told that humility requires waiting on Jehovah?

I have. Lots of times. For decades. So, I got to wondering, why is the Governing Body requiring Jehovah's Witnesses to do something the Governing Body is not willing to do?

Genesis 40:8
At this they said to him: "We each had a dream, but there is no interpreter with us." Joseph said to them: "Do not interpretations belong to God? Relate it to me, please."

The Governing Body does not wait on Jehovah. Each time the Governing Body has changed any interpretation of prophecy, each time they have published their changed understanding of prophecy as the truth and as food at the proper time, and each time they have praised Jehovah for this revealed new light they have proved ... each time ... that they lack humility, that they are neither faithful nor discreet, and that they are unwilling to wait on Jehovah.

They claim their interpretations are opinions and best surmises and that they are not inspired.

Fine.

Then, what makes their interpretations "food" they received from Jehovah? Why would they dare to praise Jehovah for their opinions and best surmises? Jehovah didn't ever tell them to teach those opinions of men as truth, or to call them "food" from Jehovah, did he?

If they aren't inspired and are only stating their opinions and best surmises, why do they judge harshly other humans who disagree?

They stubbornly refuse to wait on interpretations from Jehovah, haughtily rushing ahead to teach human opinions as doctrines, then they hypocritically tell Jehovah's Witnesses to do exactly what they are unwilling to do.

Matthew 23:4
They bind up heavy loads and put them on the shoulders of men, but they themselves are not willing to budge them with their finger.

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The idiots Hollyweird destroys the Bond Franchise

by rockemsockem in

99% of the people who go to bond films want a straight white english bond with a bit of light sexism and some bond girls thrown in.

they do not want a tranny bond or a gay or lesbian bond.

and they do not want a black woman bond.

Afterburn

"007" was always intended as a numeric designation for a specific active MI6 Agent In Her Majesty's Service. "007" was never intended by Ian Fleming to be James Bond (a name he selected because he thought it was the most dull and uninteresting name he could think of).

If we cannot allow room for a female to be a specific active MI6 Agent In Her Majesty's Service, or for her numeric designation to be "007," I wonder why we can't do that? What does that say about us?

I, for one, welcome the reimagination of boundaries for these worn out roles where straight white males get to be cast as the heroes women swoon over. These fictional characters are also the men that incels envy and slaughter innocents over.

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Profile BOE Arrived & Couple More!

by Atlantis in

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2019-07-09-new features on jw.org.

https://docdro.id/zrl1ojx.

instructions for congregation secretary.

Afterburn

Busy work, of some variety, that either will directly save the Corporation money or will shield the Corporation from direct liability to lawsuits. Guaranteed. It really doesn't matter in the long run; that's what they always use volunteers for. Including the elders.

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The site that shall not be named ...

by Afterburn in

i know people are concerned about adding positively to jw stats on the site that shall not be named, but i don't think the argument is a valid one, because they are going to see cause to brag on themselves whether the stats rise, stagnate, or fall.

it's built into their self-conceits.

here's the menu you get when you create a user account on that site.. .

Afterburn

Ambiguity is common among high-control groups. It allows for cover from civil torts while leaving the door wide open for sticklers for "righteousness" (whatever the group has branded that to mean) to be as Draconian and as Machiavellian as they please in their pursuit of that conceptual ideal.

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More political leanings

by scary21 in

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just wondering how many here have read "atlas shrugged" by ayn rand, and what you thought about it ?.

Afterburn

Thank you, blondie. I agree. I summed up that analysis with, "Galt does not care what would happen to other humans as a result of his professed "Objectivism" which is actually only a piss-poor mask for selfish vanity. He lacks the perspective required for valid Objectivism, as does every human."

Since an objective perspective is utterly impossible for humans, Objectivism, as a philosophy that relies upon a capacity humans do not possess, is mortally invalidated as a suitable philosophical model for the species, as a whole, to adopt or subscribe to. It proves most useful as an excuse for the wealthy and the vain to confirm their preexisting biases and to comfort themselves with the utterly false, and easily disproved, notion of their own capacity for objectivity.

The entire fictional model of thought is founded upon the fundamental flawed premise that humans can be objective.

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One simple photo to sum up the heartless and hypocritical attitudes of many Jehovah's Witnesses

by nicolaou in

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this was taken in london yesterday by a twitter user still managing his fade so i can't be more specific than that.

disgusting.

Afterburn

@ Giles Gray

Your points have already been covered and debunked in my posts to flipper.

False.

@ Drearyweather

but then you write a 12 paragraph essay telling why my opinion was wrong.

You're being ridiculous. I criticized your condescending judgment of others and your having put false words in my mouth, and I also disagreed with your opinion ... I wasn't telling you why your opinion was wrong, I was telling you why I disagreed with it.

Perhaps you confused the two? Maybe you felt personally attacked by normal civil discourse?

As to photos being published (anywhere in public), if the photo is taken in a public place the persons in the picture have no expectation of privacy.

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More political leanings

by scary21 in

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friends

just wondering how many here have read "atlas shrugged" by ayn rand, and what you thought about it ?.

Afterburn

At no point in the book was Galt at any risk at all of being "left with less than" those benefiting from his hard work, other than the risk he himself intended to create for everyone, and, by extension, for everyone's "hard work."

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More political leanings

by scary21 in

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just wondering how many here have read "atlas shrugged" by ayn rand, and what you thought about it ?.

Afterburn

Charity is all well and good, however, "earned income" does not always equal "income," no one "earns" an annual in excess of $1,000,000.00 USD, and yet, many people do receive incomes far and away in excess of this.

Does the fact that they receive this wealth mean they are the ones best suited to determine how it is spent, or should they only have that liberty with money they have actually earned?

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Just in case you were having a bit of trouble...

by JayDubyaDotOrg in

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/videos/tutorial-making-donations-electronically/.

now available.. a how-to guide to help remove that pesky money from your bank account.

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Afterburn

I ran across that same video while finally touring the site, today!

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The site that shall not be named ...

by Afterburn in

i know people are concerned about adding positively to jw stats on the site that shall not be named, but i don't think the argument is a valid one, because they are going to see cause to brag on themselves whether the stats rise, stagnate, or fall.

it's built into their self-conceits.

here's the menu you get when you create a user account on that site.. .

Afterburn

sbf, the question and response both clarify that the context is "apostate or disfellowshipped."