Posts by Defianttruth

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business as usual in my kingdom hall

by nowwhat? in

we have a very dedicated, sincere, humble, older elder body in our hall.

along with a pretty zealous group of publishers.

[even though no one has come out of our territory in 35 years] it seems i am the only one aware of the pattern of false prophecies and mistakes by the society.

Defianttruth

Searcher, I have a question. Please do not think I am being argumentative. You assume that having love for your brothers would mean no war for God's true religious organization. Is it showing love to allow 6 million of your Jewish brothers to be innocently murdered by His and Her government while you sit on your hands? Would it show love to sit on your hands while a foreign Army invaded, killed, and raped your neighbors. I always had issues with the WTBS position on military neutrality.

They like to use he who lives by the sword as evidence, but that doesn't make sense. He who lives my the motorcycle will probably die by the motorcycle. I think it was a proverbial comment by Christ and not a commandment.

Do they not know the first Gentile ever was a Roman Soldier? He was an officer for the Roman Army. (The same army that carried out Christ's Death Order) The only way to get out was death. They didn't have a nice comfortable pension. No where did it say he had to resign his commission. He just became a Christian. These guys were not the soldiers we are accustomed to today. They were vicious, killers who took no prisoners and would torture people for fun. Cornelius was one of the ones in charge of them. Why would the Apostles mention his job if it wasn't important. They could have said he was an employee of the republic, but they didn't. The apostles knew nations had raged wars for a long time and would rage wars in the future. They knew a nation that did not protect its borders could never be allowed to safely exist. If Catholics never fought in wars England would never existed. If Protestants never fought in wars England would never existed. So on and so on. If it was wrong for a member of God's true organization to be a member of the military. It would not allow everyone in the country to worship. A nation has to have an army or they will not be left alone. The world needs soldiers for peace and the apostles knew this.

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Did YOU Go A Bit Wild or Crazy When You Left The "Truth"?

by minimus in

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just curious..

Defianttruth

I grew a beard. I went to college and the girls they were a plenty. Smoked a little weed. I got a job that didn't involve washing windows. I got married to beautiful tattooed goth accountant. I had a couple of kids. I pretty much dropped anchor after the kids. Now, I just float by and watch the kids burn themselves out like I did.

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Should Jehovah's Witnesses be added to the Wikipedia article on Doomsday Cults?

by jwfacts in

there is discussion of doomsday cults at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/doomsday_cult, and much of it aligns closely with watchtower predictions and behaviour, so i was wondering why jehovah's witnesses are not mentioned.

here are some quotes from the article:.

doomsday cult is an expression used to describe groups who believe in apocalypticism and millenarianism, and can refer both to groups that prophesy catastrophe and destruction, and to those that attempt to bring it about.

Defianttruth

"Reliable sources" ? Just quote WTBS publications. No wait a minute................ I was wrong it says "reliable". Not everchanging "new light" sources.

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The "Pop-In"

by Mr. Falcon in

so last night the wife is working, the kids are getting ready for bed and i'm watching futurama.

doorbell rings.

now it's dark, snowing and i live on a back road, so it's very odd to have a visitor.

Defianttruth

That's some funny stuff. I live in a community with a gate on it for a reason. I don't have to worry about mormons, J dubs, steak salesman, insurance salesman, or any of the other. If I see they got past the guard, I always tell them I've already called the Sheriff, this is a private community and get out. They all like to say they can be here legally, but that is not the case. I can't wait until a J dub does get past the gaurd. I will have them arrested. Guess who's president of this HOA. I'll let the rest leave in peace.

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Has anyone ever been asked by an elder if your putting donations in the boxes

by label licker in

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i was in the truth for two years and an elder approached me and said i couldn't get anymore literature until he spoke to me about something so six weeks went by and then i confronted him aa to when that meeting would be for i had a study that was waiting for her bt book.

he said he wasn't finished gathering his information but that it would be soon so i waited.

and i waited.

Defianttruth

I have an Idea why he asked. I read on here the other day that 146,000 people visited this site last month. Let's call it 150,000 for easy math. What if everyone ordered as much literature as he or she could get the WBTS to give to them. Lets say we could get the equivalent of 100 books ordered for each of the 150,000 that visit this site. If the books cost 5 dollars (no idea what it cost just googled book cost to produce publisher and subtraction for free labor) each to print it would cost the WTBS about 75,000,000 dollars. I had to check the math twice on that. I Could get at least 100 "worldly" people to do the same. Adding that multiplier it would cost 7.5 billion dollars. What to do with all the literature? Well I have a fire place. I could heat my house during the winter at the WTBS expense. We all said we contributed in the contribution box anonymously already and did not ever donate money. What's beautiful about this Idea is that it is 100 percent legal. They say "donation only" in the literature. If some one gives an individual something, he or she can do what ever they want with it. I would love to catch a BOE letter saying you had to contribute to get literature. I would forward that straight to The California Revenue Service. They tax that kind of thing and they need money right now.

How about this Idea? All 150,000 people file abuse suit claims against the WTBS individually. It would cost about 500 dollars to file. It is legal to ask for a judge to look at an individuals claim. Does any of these 150,000 have a right to claim abuse. In my eyes absolutely. Will a judge side with the WTBS or the individual? WTBS every time. So whats the point? It would cost 100s of millions to defend. People file lawsuits everyday with the knowledge they will not win. I have done it myself. Sometimes it is nice to be a pain in the A$. They could forget about poor Candice for a little while anyway.

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The moon tonight.

by Defianttruth in

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i was in my yard tonight with telescope watching jupiter.

jupiter is as close to the moon as it will be in the next 13 years.

to my surprise, the moon had a corona which is pretty rare for where i am standing.

Defianttruth

corona moon

I was in my yard tonight with telescope watching Jupiter. Jupiter is as close to the moon as it will be in the next 13 years. To my surprise, the moon had a corona which is pretty rare for where I am standing. I put my camera on a tripod and slowed the aperture way down and took a picture like this one. Imagine what early man in the wilderness would have thought at this sight. We look at early developmental religions sometimes and ridicule because of the simplicities and mythologies applied to explainable natural occurrences. I know the ring is there because of randomly placed hexagonal shaped ice crystals in the upper atmosphere refracting moon light at an optimal angle of about 21.84 degrees, but imagine looking into the sky and watching your god Jupiter getting closer and closer to the moon over several weeks and then all of a sudden the moon is surrounded by a ring. It must have been an awesome sight. It would be easy to think something different was about to happen. Anyway, my family and I was under the stars on a cool night talking and cuddling for warmth. I hope my children remember nights like this. I know I will.

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I bought my 9 year old a Porsche 911.

by Defianttruth in

it sounds a lot cooler than what it is.

it is a 1990 964 model that needs some tlc.

i think this will be great she and i working on the weekends to build what will become her ultimate expression of teenaged freedom.

Defianttruth

James, all cars have frames. The term unibody means the car's body serves as some frame work of the car and not a typical boxed or tube frame running the full length of the car. However, in all cars some tube or boxed framing is used. The 911 has 4 subframes assemblies made of tubed and boxed metals. One could probably count the torsion bar assembly as another. On a positive note, I got to use the word "assembly" in the fun, non-JW use of the word.

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I bought my 9 year old a Porsche 911.

by Defianttruth in

it sounds a lot cooler than what it is.

it is a 1990 964 model that needs some tlc.

i think this will be great she and i working on the weekends to build what will become her ultimate expression of teenaged freedom.

Defianttruth

Satanus: The idea of creating a thin client computer control model for older cars was thought up by my Indian friend and while we were in college. Think about how far your cell phone has come in the past 20 years. The progress your desk top has made. I am completely amazed at the computer control system in my Prius. So here's the dilemma. A person drives a 25 year old classic car and he or she is driving around with some very antiquated technology. With a very solid built thin client and wiring harness, we can bring all the new of modern cars into a small device that is incorporated into the computer control system for the car (Heart). Its easy to buy new tires, piston, cranks, and other parts for your car. We want to be able to convert an old car into a new one and make it cost under 200 dollars. Especially with a cell network access, you are taking your classic into the future. We could even access your home WiFi when the car was parked at your house. Run diagnoses everyday and update the software to continue the modernization of your classic to insure reliability, performance, and environmental impact, for a small monthly fee.

We are also looking at another unit for fleet cars and basing it off of the HUMS system used in aircraft. Again basing the tech off of a small modern computing system. Mainly for large trucks. We could incorporate legal logbook requirements, engine monitoring, fuel consumption, speed control, and other issues that commercial trucking companies have to deal with in a small integrated control unit mounted in the cab. It could be seen as spying, but how nice would it be to say in court, "No, we were not speeding and we were within our legal SOP as a commercial carrier at the time of the accident and here is the undeniable truth" Now trucks are limited to top speeds by thier computer for every geographical situtation. This system will force the driver to do the speed limit for what ever road the truck is on, the time of day, and condition of the road. Who knows with the proper push we could make this technology required on all new commercial trucks"

http://www.aviationtoday.com/am/categories/bga/76.html#.UPl7PKWjJ0g

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What is your daily commute, and how long does it take you

by coffee_black in

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mine is 25 miles each way.

it can take anywhere from a half hour to an hour and a half each way depending on traffic.

there is no way way to get here by public transportation.. sigh~ .

Defianttruth

6 feet to 6000 miles. It depends on the day. I can say I've been to some interesting spots. I sometimes go after jobs just because of where they are. Jgnat: I love remote areas, but my wife's minimum town size is limited to having a Target.

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I bought my 9 year old a Porsche 911.

by Defianttruth in

it sounds a lot cooler than what it is.

it is a 1990 964 model that needs some tlc.

i think this will be great she and i working on the weekends to build what will become her ultimate expression of teenaged freedom.

Defianttruth

I'm pretty laid back, and so is she. I think this could be the old car she hangs on to a long time. Something she made with her own hands. Something she will remember when I'm gone. The car would be part her and it would be part me. She could use it as Something to teach the kids one day how to drive a stick, and talk about me when I'm gone.