Pudgy

Father Guido Sarducci is played by a comedian Don Novello, who wrote a book of letters he sent to many famous people… and their replies. It’s worth the price.
”The Lazlo Letters”

For $35,000 you can have my slice of burnt pizza with Nathan H. Knoor!

At first I thought it might be Alvin. Alvin the Chipmunk:
 

WDS
Watchtower Derangement Syndrome.
”The sword that cuts both ways” (tm)
There are those agenda driven people who despise the “Watchtower People” and can see absolutely nothing right about any of it.
There are those agenda driven people who worship everything “Watchtower” and will defend it no matter what the facts are.
Both are very, very wrong …. but they tend to bloviate here.
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What motivates JWs to sue Norway? Well, money, right?
Do you justify that a "humanitarian organization" deals with investing?
*the bolding is mine
It is a matter of theology and the choice of a church how it will deal with such questions. Whether a certain worldview or theological interpretation is accepted by believers and those who are not, or whether the doctrine needs to be critically reexamined, is a matter of our perception and position on an issue. WTJWorg also has unacceptable theology on some subjects, so by the same standard should JWs be restricted because of that, or?
The Norwegian government is doing just that. It is unacceptable to them that former members are being ignored in the organized way that WTJWorg is doing. The Catholic Church has no such practice. That is why they are not in court.
JWs have similar/same practices as Mormons when it comes to homosexuals. JWs allow someone in the congregation to be homosexual, but they are not allowed to practice their sexual needs.
I don't remember anywhere claiming that GB members take donation money and put it into their private accounts. If you have proof that I claimed that, please show it.

Just wondering why so much 'hatred' (sorry for lack of term; do help me here.) for the GB/JWorg.  Same thing could be said of other religious groups --- and even worse.  😁

The POINT was that the Congregation was specifically told by Jesus how to handle problems in Matthew 18, and to the point in Matthew 18:15 … and they refuse to do it that way.
THAT …. is the point!
 

The Governments give money to the Watchtower FOR CHARITY ….. not to finance building projects or lifestyle.

Neurotic agenda driven envy always results in ignoring facts, and deranged obsessions. He AWAYS MISSES THE POINT(S).
It’s called “obsessive cluelessness”.
The WDS sword cuts both ways … and it cuts deep.

The POINT was that the Congregation was specifically told by Jesus how to handle problems in Matthew 18, and to the point in Matthew 18:15 … and they refuse to do it that way.
THAT …. is the point!
 

WTJWorg has affiliate organizations all over the world. The smallest of them are called by the name - congregation. Congregations are part of, under the administration of a national body registered in a particular country. Shortened, colloquial name - Betel. Each such religious registered body receives a certain amount of money from its state and thus has financial support for its activities. It may also have some other financial benefits, such as exemption from tax on purchases and the like.
In addition to donations from its own membership and government money, WTJWorg buys, sells and builds real estate. So organization (GB) is also involved in the real estate business. I guess that's what Jesus recommended. lol
Furthermore, WTJWor goes so far as to sue the state if it wants to be denied its "annual appanage."

 

Everything is possible with Georg. lol

Hmmmm …. good point!

Which parts of the Bible are the so-called Constitution for WTJWorg?
Perhaps the one from Matthew 18 where it says that the entire congregation participates in "legal proceedings" against offenders from among their ranks?
Why then does WTJWorg determine guilt/innocence by its own 3-elder procedure? This is a gross violation of the article from the "Constitution".

I guess that would mean Wally McNasty is linked to James Thomas Rook Jr, or is it Pudgy now? lol!

On a related note, yesterday was Groundhog Day, and Joe Biden tried to shake hands with his shadow.

@George88 I have to laugh at your comments, because you are not commenting on my comments at all, but you have your own topic outside the context of my statements.
 

Yes, the concept of "free will" can be applied here as well, related to setting benchmarks and standards, eg a person's weight and percentage of alcohol. If we want to be realistic, all alcohol is an intoxicant. Tobacco is an intoxicant, as are some other types of plants that some people take for "mood". Some intoxicants are legal and others are illegal.
I know some JWs were bothered when some other JWs could drink a lot. Whose "free will" should we "silence"? Those who drink a lot because "you can't see on them" that they drank a lot? Or those whose conscience is offended when they see others drinking a lot?
None. No.
If you remember, there is plenty of information about the official position of WTJWorg which prohibits that kind of communication. You and the like are a good example of how "doctrinal unity" does not influence some individuals to act "uniformly". lol
So isn't that already explained?
Even in the 1st century, Jesus said that the wolves were in his flock.

If you take away all the video clips, and the music, what in the world is he saying is the reason they left Mormanism?
Is it because the guy was gay and the woman was a lesbian?
It seemed to me a compilation of irrelevancies.
Without SPECIFICITY, it’s all narrative noise.
In fact, if you are not “gender dysphoric” (whatever that meant in their case …(?) …), if you did not know better,  it might be considered a commercial for LDS.
 
 
 

Bingo!

Bingo!

WTJWorg aka GB has no "doctrinal unity" going back 140 years until today. Nor does today's composition of the "Main Ecclesial  Body" aka GB, which leads JWs all over the world, show "unity of doctrine". Every now and then they "abandon, reformulate or clarify" the previous "firmly established Biblical Truth".
But that's why GB makes an extraordinary effort to create and maintain "uniformity".

I fully agree with doctrinal unity. But uniformity? Mmmm, creation shows us to leave room for variability. 

So true. I remember my mother baking "Date-Walnut Bread" and there was nothing better than tearing a fistful out of a warm, unsliced loaf -- fresh out of the oven. To recreate this, I have my own recipe:
First, I buy a container of whole, pitted dates, then I buy a loaf of Walnut Bread from a local bakery. As I begin chewing on a chunk of the bread from one hand, I simultaneously bite off pieces of the date from the other hand and chew them together. If the bakery only sold Date-Walnut Bread instead of just Walnut Bread, I wouldn't have to go through the complex procedure.
Next week, I'll share my secret recipe for Banana Bread.