Jehovah’ Witnesses View The Watchtower as Their Final Authority

Let the Witnesses tell it from their own literature:

The Watchtower, 10/1/94, pg 8

“Even as Bible prophecy pointed forward to the Messiah, it also directs us to the close-knit body of anointed Christian Witnesses that now serve as the faithful and discreet slave. It helps us to understand the Word of God. All who want to understand the Bible should appreciate that the “greatly diversified wisdom of God” can become known only through Jehovah’s channel of communication, the faithful and discreet slave.”

The Watchtower, May 1, 1992, pg. 31:

“Of course, help is needed. It is unlikely that someone who simply reads the Bible without taking advantage of divinely provided aids could discern the light. That is why Jehovah God has provided “the faithful and discreet slave,” foretold at Matthew 24:45-47. Today that “slave” is represented by the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses.”

Jehovah communicates using the Watchtower. From the Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses 1939 p 85

“It should be expected that the Lord would have a means of communicating to his people on the earth, and he has clearly shown that the magazine called The Watch Tower is used for that purpose”

“Respond to the directions of the organization as you would the voice of God.“( Watchtower 6/15/1957, p. 370)

“Let us now unmistakably identify Jehovah’s channel of communication for our day, that we may continue in his favor. Listen to the inspired answer to the situation, in Matthew 24:45-47 (NW): “Who really is the faithful and discreet slave whom his master appointed over his domestics to give them their food at the proper time? Happy is that slave if his master on arriving finds him doing so. Truly I say to you, He will appoint him over all his belongings.” And has he? Yes, particularly since 1919 has it been true that he has appointed the collective body of the anointed remnant over all the visible interests of the Kingdom. The “slave” then became responsible not only for ministering to the needs of the anointed body members but also for taking on the responsibility of preaching the good news of the established Kingdom to people of all nations. (Matt. 24:14) Such is true not by their determination of it, but because God himself has so directed. “God has set the members in the body, each one of them, just as he pleased,” is the way it is pictured in 1 Corinthians 12:18 (NW). It is vital that we appreciate this fact and respond to the directions of the “slave” as we would to the voice of God, because it is His provision.”

As a JW for 50 years, I was always taught the the Watchtower was the interpretaion of Gods word.

I was always warned against speaking against “the organization, or “the brothers”. It was the same as speaking against God or the Bible.

Deluded assholes.

A Great Blog, “Big Dick’s Place”

You can find Big Dicks Place in my pants or there is another one at http://bigdicksplace.com/.

Funny, irreverent, vulgar, demented, anti-social, sociopathic, in-your-face insults, commentary, articles and other bullshit.

Now, this is some quality blogging.

 

A Jehovah’s Witness Rant…

…for no particular reason except that they are deluded morons, they suck so I felt compelled. Hey, it’s my blog, so fuck you if you don’t like it.

Poor, deluded Jo Hos.

A ragtag little band of oddball dissenters, whose founder was clearly an apostate from another church, pop out onto the world scene and DEMAND that people follow THEM…or God will destroy them where they stand.

They have grown to (they claim as they are the only source of the numbers) nearly seven million in number, having to knock on doors to distribute Watchtower literature and to con and suck recruits into their crazy azz religion.

All the while being under the control of delusional men who can’t seem to make up their minds on what “God” requires from year to year so that they have to VOTE on their latest “new lite” from the God they worship, as he only talks to them.

If JWs were honest, they would admit that the ONLY place that anyone will EVER see any glowing reports that “the Watchtower is the only group that is approved by God and the only ones having his blessing”….is in a Watchtower publication. There IS no proof of this anywhere…EXCEPT coming down from the Watchtower presses.

Watchtower, 9/1/89 page 19:

“ONLY Jehovah’s Witnesses, those of the anointed remnant and the “great crowd,” as a united organization under the protection of the Supreme Organizer, have any Scriptural hope of surviving the impending end of this doomed system dominated by Satan the Devil.”

Delusional fuck heads.

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Dicks in the Bible, Part 2.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses have a bible story book for kids, with the clever title, “My Book of Bible Stories”. When one of my grandsons was small and I was still a Jo Ho, I thought I would read him a story. So, I got the book out and went to the table of contents to see what he might like.

Here were a few of my choices:

“Giants in the Earth”. Angels come to earth because they are sexually aroused by human women and father children who become wicked giants and kill and generally are wicked.

“What’s “sexually aroused” Grandpa?” I could imagine being asked that, so I moved on.

“A Good Son and a Bad Son”. Cain murders Abel over some vegetable vs. meat thing. I don’t even understand that one. Let’s look further.

“The Great Flood” God drowns 99.99999% of the world’s population and he really isn’t very clear exactly why. They are just generally “wicked”. Drown the bastards. Mmmmn, still not real suitable for a toddler.

“Why did God drown all those people, Grandpa?” How the fuck am I supposed to know? Let’s avoid the question.

Well, moving on, we had the story of Dinah, when she has sex with this uncircumcised guy, so her brothers trick the guy, who, by the way is trying to make it right by marrying her. The brothers end up killing a lot of people, mostly men. In fact the Bible refers to it as a “town”. So, they kill the guys and take their stuff and their women.  Jacob, the father is worried that other nearby towns or here to fore unnamed ne’er do wells might get pissed and retaliates, so they move.

No “Hey, sorry for killing all those guys.” Just a “Yea, we tricked them. We got some really hot women out of the deal”. God, apparently was OK with this.  Again, I don’t get it so I chose not to read the story to my grandson.

The whole sordid tale is in your Bible at Genesis, Chapter 34.

Looking further there were many other stories, rife with sex, death, people turning into salt, the walls of cities crashing and the entire population slaughtered, guys selling their brother into slavery and other unsavory tales.

It occurred to me that the Bible is indeed an unsavory book, full of sex, violence, slaughter and suffering, most of which is caused by, directed by, ordered by or ignored by God.

We watched a Bob the Builder video instead.

But, the point is the Bible is at best “R” rated. At least as far as violence and death. Regarding sex, it approaches an “X” rating.

For examples, we have this titillating tale from Genesis 38:12-19 (ASV):

38:12 And in process of time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 38:13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep. 38:14 And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife. 38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face. 38:16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee: for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? 38:17 And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? 38:18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet and thy cord, and thy staff that is in thy hand. And he gave them to her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. 38:19 And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 38:20 And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not. 38:21 Then he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There hath been no prostitute here. 38:22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, There hath been no prostitute here. 38:23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be put to shame: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

Basically, Judah, an ancestor of Jesus has sex with his daughter-in-law, Tamar. I have several problems with this. First,  she planned this as when Judah was on the way to shear his sheep she covered herself so He would not recognize her.

Second, He thinks she’s is a prostitute so he decides that he would knock off a piece on the road to the  sheep shearing. Of course, they haggle over price. So, Judah offers her a “kid of the goats”. I am not sure what that is, but hey if it buys you a piece of ass, it must be a good thing. I am not sure I would try that now days. I’m sure you’d get farther with a hundred, but whatever works.

If you read on, she does this for some fucked up Hebrew reason. Really, who the fuck knows why? Apparently God has no problem with this whole scenario.

There are so many things wrong with this, on so many levels from a Biblical and Judeo/Christian viewpoint.  Judah has sex with his daughter-in-law. Judah has sex with someone not his wife. Judah thinks he’s banging a ho.

Tamar has sex with her father-in-law. Tamar has sex with someone not her husband. Tamar pretends to be a  ho.

Personally, I don’t care who anyone fucks. I don’t hold to the Judeo/Christian principals of morality, and apparently Judah didn’t either. But since this Blog is dedictated to ridiculing Bible thumpers, it’s a relevant point. 

God doesn’t seem to give a shit. No problem. So go fuck a harlot. No sweat. Don’t worry about what they say in the New Testament. The Messiah will still come through your lineage. That was apparently a big thing. As a side point, if a thousand years after I die, one of my ancestors is born with wings, a 24 inch dick and can shoot gold coins out of his ass, what do I care? Remember me? I’m fucking dead.

But apparently the “Messiah descending from you” was such a big thing that you would almost have to expect to live again, although the Old Testament says little about it.

Anyway, Judah is still dead, by the way, according to the Bible. I have not seen anything about him coming back to life on CNN, although, he is likely a conservative, and so am I, but still nary a word from Fox.

Bill O’Reilly: “This just in, Judah, the daughter-in-law fucking, sheep shearing ancient Jew of the Bible came back to life today in Jerusalem. He claims to be Jesus ancestor. Lawyers are locked in a heated legal battle over the legal rights to use the cross as a symbol, the phrases, “Jesus H. Christ”, “Christ All Mighty ”, “Jeez”, “Holy Jumping Jesus, King of the Jews” and variation, thereof”

Just like any other crazy Bible shit, it could happen. 

Hey, Judah, Good luck with your cut of the Jesus estate.

The First Post in the Series, “Dicks in the Bible”: Why Did God Give Man a Foreskin, Only to Require Him to Have it Cut Off?

Did you know that the foreskin is very similar to the skin in a person’s eyelids? In fact, in the rare instances when babies are born without eyelids, doctors will transplant the skin from the foreskin and actually make eyelids.

It works very well, except that the kid is a little cock eyed.

Anyway, good question. It seems that God made circumcision mandatory for Abraham, just before Isaac’s birth.

From the Jehovah’s Witness rag, Insight on the Scriptures, page 469

God said: “This is my covenant that you men will keep . . . Every male of yours must get circumcised.” Every male in Abraham’s household of both his descendants and dependents was included, and so Abraham, his 13-year-old son Ishmael, and all his slaves took upon themselves this “sign of the covenant.” New slaves brought in also had to be circumcised. From then on, any male of the household, slave or free, was to be circumcised the eighth day after birth. Disregard for this divine requirement was punishable by death.—Ge 17:1, 9-14, 23-27.

Those familiar with the Bible will understand all the references to circumcision. Those who are not may join my Church, “The Church of Cool Bad Stuff” and become a dues paying member. As your leader, I will now be referred to as “Your Ass-Holiness”. I will then enlighten you with the truth, but not before the check clears.

By the way, we have an immediate need for several spiritual women to assume missionary positions. Please email your application and a nude picture (for medical purposes only, get your mind out of the gutter) to: isnrblog@yahoo.com. Come on, sisters don’t be shy.

Anyway, back to the subject at “hand”, pun intended. Basically, circumcision is the removal of the prepuce, or foreskin, from the male penis. It is usually done on newborns. The Jews did it when a male child was 8 days old.

There is some evidence that circumcision may have some medical and sanitary benefits. But to the Hebrews, it was likely simply ceremonial because, if you recall from the above quote, the Bible does say that disregard for this divine requirement was punishable by death. One who was uncircumcised, was considered “unclean”, thus one who is circumcised was “clean” and what Hebrew would want to be unclean? You can’t get into Country Clubs, your kids can’t get into the good schools. You know the drill.

 Which brings up the interesting question, how would anyone know? Did they have dick inspections? I have a lot of male friends and unless we go the same club, workout and shower I have no idea who is circumcised and who isn’t. And I reeeaallly don’t care to know.  

Back to Dicks in the Bible: Here is an interesting tidbit from the Watchtower, 3/1/75, page 135:

“It is now known that there are sound physical reasons making the eighth day ideal. Not until the fifth to the seventh day after birth is a normal amount of the blood-clotting element known as “vitamin K” in the baby’s system. Another essential clotting element, prothrombin, seems to be higher on the eighth day than at any other time during a child’s life. Based on this evidence, college physician S. I. McMillen concludes: “The perfect day to perform a circumcision is the eighth day.”—None of These Diseases, pp. 22, 23.”

So of course, the Jo Ho’s jump all over this as evidence that God revealed to the Jews that infants should be circumcised on the eighth day. “How would the Jews know? Only God knew!” So, has modern science provided the deluded with a fresh reason for their faith, that circumcision was divinely prescribed to the Jews?  

From the website: http://www.scribd.com/doc/16168548/Should-Our-Baby-Be-Circumcised,

“Commenting on this, the noted Dr. Alan F. Guttmacher says:

“It is noteworthy that the early Jews, who made many interesting observations in both medicine and hygiene, fixed the operation for the eighth day. This was probably arrived at by trial and error. Not an inconsiderable number of those done before the eighth day probably bled dangerously, while those done on the eighth day rarely bled excessively. Modern medicine has found a possible explanation in Vitamin K. This vitamin . . . contributes to the process of blood-clotting. . . . At birth the level in the baby’s blood is relatively low, and it drops even lower during the first few days of life, since the child cannot manufacture its own Vitamin K until it swallows a healthy supply of germs. The baby’s intestinal tract then begins to produce its own Vitamin K, and the supply gradually rises until it reaches an adequate level when the baby is a week old.”

“Of course, Bible students will dispute one point with Dr. Guttmacher. The “many interesting observations” made by the early Jews, such as the diagnosis and treatment of disease, the importance of clean water, quarantine, the value of frequent washing and bathing, and precautionary measures in the handling of blood, cadavers, wastes, and sexual matters, including circumcision on the eighth day, were not arrived at by “trial and error,” but by divine revelation.”

OK. So. lets say some ancient Hebrew family shits in their front yard. There are flies all over the place, drawn by the shit. They notice that when they walk a distance from the house and shit, the flies go where they shit. So, they make the observation that not only do we not shit near the house, but if we dig a hole and bury it, the flies really go away.

I need God to tell me that?  Other than the fact that I would have to dodge pile of shit each morning, just to get the paper, the whole yard would smell…well, like shit. People, in general, don’t like the smell of shit. This is one of those things you just know.

The same with other “scientific revelations” I eat pork. I get sick. Some people die. We all quit eating pork. I don’t need God to tell me that either.  How many times have you gone to a restaurant and ended up puking your guts out?  When, I am hugging the toilet bowl, cursing raw oysters, I now where I ate them. I ain’t never going back there again…oh, God…bbwwwaahhhhhhh….disgusting.

The ancients were very good at observation, observing the stars, etc. They would quickly learn that the eighth day was the best dick cutting day.

As a side point, the ancient Egyptians, with reportedly no help from the God of the Bible, developed mumification techniques that modern science has yet to decipher. So much for “If it’s advanced science, it must be from God”.

But the real point is, if God told the Hebrews that the foreskin MUST be cut off, why did he put it there in the first place?  And he calls it “unclean” on top of it? Hey, God makes dicks but he can’t make them right? As long as we’re on the subject, He could have given me a little more length, but lets not quibble.

“Oh, it was to test the Hebrews faith”. Yea, well fuck you. Whose faith gets tested when you cut an eight day old kid’s dick with a flint rock? I’ve seen it done. No wonder they do it as an infant. Any older and the kid would likely knife the Rabbi’s dick back.

But back to the point that God could have made the perfect dick. But, nooooo. He choses to instead create a painful ritual in the Old Testiment that was soooo important to the Jews, but in the New Testament, He does away with it! What fucking reason was there for the whole exercise to begin with?

Again, in what universe does this whole scenario make any sense at all?

More “Dicks in the Bible” coming up. By the way, I did get an interesting email from a Sister Nicole. Are those real? I don’t really care, just asking.

Here’s a Great Funny Bible Site.

A short post today.

A fellow Blogger, Steve Wells has a site called “The Skeptics Annotated Bible”, where the Bible is looked at and commented on on a scripture by scripture bases.

He draws some very interesting conclusions.

It’s a hoot on a hat.

http://skepticsannotatedbible.com

Steve also has a Blog, Dwindling in Unbelief,  http://dwindlinginunbelief.blogspot.com/. More interesting stuff.

Thanks to Steve for linking to isnrblog.

A Comic Strip Asks the Ultimate Question

Sometimes we find the most piercing question in the most unlikely places.

From one of my favorite comic strips, “Non Sequitur”, by Wiley. Read the whole strip and look at the question in the last frame:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indeed, why is “Wisdom” always dispensed so cryptically?

If a picture is worth a thousand words, why bother with the thousands words? If God has something to tell us, why does He do so through the cryptic, mythical, Holy-coded, million word Bible?

Just appear to us, all of us and tell us in ten minutes what you want from us. Ten minutes? Can you spare the time?

Just so you know, in the time it took to write this post, untold numbers of humans have suffered numerous idignities and deaths including rape, beating, starvation, torture, incurable disease, watching their children suffer and die while they are helpless to intervene, just to mention a few.

If it’s worth a mention, untold numbers have also suffered economic loss, lost their homes by foreclosure, flood, mudslide, tsunami or earthquake. Corrupt politicians, business and religious leaders swindle millions. Cruel dictators inflict pain on their subjects for personal gain or just for the fun of it.

None of the suffering is a bit cryptic. God’s proposed solution remain cryptic and subject to a wide range of wild and improvable interpretations by corrupt, deluded and demented religions

But hey, I’m sure you have a plan. And I’m sure millions more will suffer unjustly before it all stops.

Crazy Ass N.C. Church Plans to Burn Bibles and other Christian Books

The full article and link are below

The thing about crazy ass religious shit is that it never stops. I’m glad I chose this subject for a blog. I was thinking of doing a tropical fish blog, but irrational behavior and loony stuff are rare in the tropical fish world.

“Blue Gourami Claims Sponge Bob is the Anti-Christ”. This is a headline you are not likely to see anytime soon.

Although, there was this woman in Groton, Connecticut who fatally shot her husband, claiming that her goldfish “Luigi” told her to. It seems that she and Luigi were in love. That would explain her long baths, with Luigi, him playing hide and seek in that secret place that already smells like fish.

At any rate, religion is again fodder for the comedy cannon. Now, it seems a “North Carolina pastor says his church plans to burn Bibles and books by Christian authors on Halloween to light a fire under true believers.”

“Pastor Marc Grizzard told Asheville TV station WLOS that the King James Version of the Bible is the only one his small western North Carolina church follows. He says all other versions, such as the Living Bible, are “satanic” and “perversions” of God’s word.”

How does old Grizzy know all this? Why would Satan cause any Bibles to be written? Does Grizzy know the history of the King James Version? Can he explain why that version is the true version? Does Grizzy have a Holy Magic Bass that gives him this information? Is Mrs. Grizzy taking baths with the Magic Bass?

These are questions that demand answers!

Certainly, a major question for Grizzy is why would Satan cause any Bibles to be written? “Oh, so he could pervert the Word of God in an attempt to hide the truth of God.” If that’s the case, why is it that the King James Version has as many interpretations as it does readers? The King James Bible is already a cryptic, jumbled, contradictory fairy tale. It would seem to be to Satan’s advantage to leave it alone.

Also, has Grizzy indeed considered the origins of the King James Bible? So, just how’d we get the King James Version there, Bass Pastor?

Well, here’s the scoop. After he was made King of England in 1603, James, the 1st, arranged a conference at Hampton Court in order to settle religious differences between the Puritan wing of the Church of England and the Bishops. These “religious differences” were your typical “religious differences” as they had nothing to do with religion and more to do with who got what, who had power over whom and who got first dibs on the wenches. Religious bullshit politics as usual.

The Puritans were pressing both for a number of changes in the form or set of forms for public religious worship and for the bishops to be deprived of a share of parochial tithes.

 “No money for those Bishop fuckheads. Man, what Loooosers!! What a fine display of Godly love from these Holy Men. The Puritan’s demands were set out in what was known as The Millenary Petition, of which the full text is available at this link:

http://history.hanover.edu/project.html. What a boring piece of shit this is, but I bet old Grizzy hasn’t read it.

The King had already pretty much already agreed with the Puritans, to the consternation of the Bishops. Well, the conference opened on 14 January 1604 and in the end the bishops prevailed: no changes were made. 

Man, it sucked to be a Bishop. The King now doesn’t like you, you get no money, the Puritans are high fiving each other and giving you the finger. Assholes.

However, the conference was effectively the catalyst leading to the preparation of a new English Bible, the King James Bible. It was decided to proceed with a completely new translation to replace the Geneva bible in current use. This Bible, first published in England in 1560 (1569 in Scotland) was much disliked by James for its marginal notes which challenged his divine primacy as monarch.

The new Bible, the King James Version was first published in 1611. Although not initially popular it came to exert an enormous influence on the development of the English language.

This is condensed from the article at this link: http://www.twickenham-museum.org.uk/detail.asp?ContentID=22

While the King James Bible was being “revised” (remember it is a version, not a translation. A version is a revision of earlier works) if there were any controversies or questions they were solved by King James, after all he had the divine right of Kings, meaning he was appointed by God so who else would settle any controversies.

Toady, the Varlet: “Hey, King James, Basil says this verse should say “Lake of Basil”. I say it should say “Lake of Fire” but you have the final word. Which is it?”

“Hmmm” the King mutters. Stoking the royal beard “My divine self says that it should be the “Lake of Fish”

“Ooookkkayy” says Toady, the Varlet, rolling his eyes, “Lake of Fish it is”.

So back to Pastor Marc Grizzard and The Church of “What Crazy Shit Can We Do Today?”  The Bible that King James of England had redone to his liking, is the only true Bible? Remember, he had it redone because the Geneva bible, the version that was in current use, challenged his divine primacy as monarch.

So, I would guess Grizzy accepts that King James was indeed inspired by God to produce the only authentic and true Bible. So what if he had it redone because the Geneva bible challenged his divine primacy as monarch. Hey, facts or lack thereof don’t slow Pastor Grizzard or any other religious lunatic for that matter. Grizzy remains determined to make a total asshole of himself.

The point is that all during the Bible’s history there have been many Versions and Translations by numerous scholars and religious assholes, each with his own agenda.

Here is a fun fact about Jehovah’s Witnesses and their New World Translation. The Jo Hos, not to be outdone by King James and any of them there other counterfeit Bible translators working for Satan have their  own Bible too. They translated it all by themselves, too. Here is what they say about it:

 Watchtower 8/1/62, pg 480:

“The way these two words have been rendered in the New World Translation has given rise to the charge that the New World Bible Translation Committee let their religious beliefs influence them. That charge is true, but they did not do so wrongly, or unduly. The meaning that is to be given to these two Greek words depends upon what the entire Bible has to say about Jehovah God and Jesus Christ. How so? In that there is basis for translating these words either as “Deity,” “Divinity” or “Godhead” and so attributing personality to them, or as “Divine Nature,” “divine quality,” “Godship,” and having them merely denote qualities. Thus those who believe in the trinity will attach personality to these words, whereas those who do not will render them as qualities in view of the way God and Christ are described in the Scriptures and so as to harmonize the words with the rest of God’s Word. This emphasizes the fact that one simply cannot properly and accurately translate the Bible unless one clearly understands its teachings.”

Note the above says “the New World Bible Translation Committee let their religious beliefs influence them” and  “This emphasizes the fact that one simply cannot properly and accurately translate the Bible unless one clearly understands its teachings.”

If Jehovah’s Witnesses are translating the Bible, whose teachings will they favor. Why, theirs of course!  But the question is which came first “the Truth”, Witness Theology or a correct Bible from which to glean the truth? If you can learn the truth from any Bible, as the Jo Ho’s claim, why did they bother translating their own?

And to Grizzy’s consternation, the Jo Ho’s favor their Bible over the King James Version.

On the matter of which is the “correct Bible”, who the fuck knows and who the fuck cares. Just keep cranking out the crazy ass religious bullshit, you little deluded fanatics you, so I can have fodder for my blog.

In the meantime, when you’re not burning books Grizzy, maybe you, Mrs. Grizzy and the Magic Bass can have a threesome.

Fucking morons.

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Here is the complete article:

N.C. Church Plans to Burn Bibles, Christian Books

Wed Oct 14, 3:14 pm ET

CANTON, N.C. – A North Carolina pastor says his church plans to burn Bibles and books by Christian authors on Halloween to light a fire under true believers.

Pastor Marc Grizzard told Asheville TV station WLOS that the King James version of the Bible is the only one his small western North Carolina church follows. He says all other versions, such as the Living Bible, are “satanic” and “perversions” of God’s word.

On Halloween night, Grizzard and the 14 members of the Amazing Grace Baptist Church also will burn music and books by Christian authors, such as Billy Graham and Rick Warren.

Telephone calls to the Amazing Grace Baptist Church and Grizzard’s home were not immediately returned Wednesday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091014/ap_on_re_us/us_odd_halloween_book_burning

Jehovah’s Witnesses Still Discourage Higher Education

As a JW for 50 years from birth I have experienced the whole evolution of the Jo Ho higher education thing. All during my association with the Jo Ho’s, the constant mantra was against higher education.

This is what I was reading at age 18, from the Awake, May 22, 1969 page 15:

“All the evidence in fulfillment of Bible prophesy indicates that this corrupt system is due to end in a few years. Jesus foretold “This generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur”.

And from the same Awake, page 15:

“Therefore as a young person you will never fulfill any career that this system offers.”

So why bother with higher eductaion as the World is about to end? Just do the minimum and spend as much time as you can in the Jo Ho preaching work. In fact, you should devote yourself to it:

Further, they expected God to destroy the World in 1975 so up until 1975 we were reading this type of stuff:

From “Our Kingdom Ministry”, May 1974, page 3:

“Yes, since the summer of 1973 there have been new peaks in pioneers every month. Now there are 20,394 regular and special pioneers in the United States, an all-time peak. That is 5,190 more than there were in February 1973! A 34-percent increase! Does that not warm our hearts? Reports are heard of brothers selling their homes and property and planning to finish out the rest of their days in this old system in the pioneer service. Certainly this is a fine way to spend the short time remaining before the wicked world’s end.—1 John 2:17.”

What, you sold your house. quit you job, sold your stocks, quit college? Hey, who told you to do that?

But, never being ones to quit, when Armageddon did not come in 1975, they had a fall back prediction:

From: The Nations Shall Know That I Am Jehovah – How? 1971 p. 216:

JEHOVAH’S “SWORD” AGAINST “ALL THOSE OF FLESH”

9 Shortly, within our twentieth century, the “battle in the day of Jehovah” will begin against the modern antitype of Jerusalem, Christendom.”

So, in view of all this, why go to college. Also, you meet a lot of bad people there who may influence you to turn away from the Witnesses (meaning, you may learn stuff that shows the JW’s to be full of crap) Devote yourselves to the Truth (as interpreted by the Watchtower Society). Give us your life. Make more converts. Soon, God will reward you!

Since the World hasn’t ended, it may seem that  there is a JW loosening up of the “don’t go to college” mantra.

The Watchtower of 11/1/92, page 18 pointed out that what was considered as an adequate level of schooling required to earn a decent wage had changed and it had become difficult to find jobs with only a high school degree. So now is higher education is “permitted.”

Not withstanding that the Jo Ho’s cannot and generally do not punish officially anyone who goes to college, if you read the whole article fromt the above Watchtower, you’ll understand that the Jo Ho’s still discourage any type of education that doesn’t allow the person to devote themselves to the Watchtower cause.

While they may say officially that perhaps getting more than the minimum education may be to some advantage, the overwhelming consensus among the membership is still “Why go to college? You meet a lot of bad people there who may influence you to turn away from the Witnesses (meaning, you may learn stuff that shows the JW’s to be full of crap) Devote yourselves to the Truth (as interpreted by the Watchtower Society). Give us your life. Make more converts. Soon, God will reward you!” Gee, that sounds familiar.

But, what of most of the JW’s of my generation who, unlike myself, took the Watchtower Societies advice and did not get an education or career? Now in their 50’s and 60’s most do not have much money and no decent retirement.

In fact, I know of a “retired” couple, in their early 70’s who both work at a fast food place. I have known them for 40 years. They specifically did not seek a career and were full time door knockers (pioneers) for most of their life. And, yes they and many others are bitter. They are no longer Jo Ho’s.

“You want fries with that” is the new mantra of the Senior Citizen Jehovah’s Witness.

So to Jo Ho youth, as one who has had the experience of being heavily pressured not to pursue higher education, would you say that at 59 years old in 2009, I made the right choice? Higher eductaion did not cause me to leave the JW’s. Their lying false prophesies did, two of which I quote above.

“Oh, but it’s differant now! Armageddon is that much closer now!!”

Yea, sure it is. But, keep saying the world will end. You’re bound to be right at least once. In 2049 when your are wiping up hurl and lung butter at the local fuel depot, for minimum wage, remember this post. 

Don’t be a moron.