John 12.24to28

(Time for all good Muppets to get some sleep!)

 

Well, the acting's been great, but I think it's time for the award to go to...

 

 

 

Maybe you'd enjoy a twist with your coffee...

 

Don't you ever go to sleep?🙂

Time for a coffee or something.

Myth: WWF was real.

Goodnight, sweetheart.💖 It's time for me to go.

 

 

9 minutes ago, boyle said:

cash that out

 

16 minutes ago, Pudgy said:

check ... cash it.

 

 

1 minute ago, boyle said:

You're a bad influence to me and to real JWs along with all the hypocrites in the closed club. But as tth once said, how dare you think I'm associated with James, lol! 😂

 

Good thing Jesus gave the advice to "put down the sword" (or the figurative smoking "gun")...

Bad company Minus the "sword" = Better Company 🙂

 

 

On 2/16/2023 at 1:11 PM, Pudgy said:

he also has enough experience and insight to know that I know.

…., viewed through the “Leave it to Beaver” Eddie Haskell lens … I find his ad homonym attacks, from whatever hydra head by whatever name he pops up from the whack-a-mole hole to insult, bully, and attempt to libel and demean others to be consistently and pathetically funny.… and he knows this.

That is why I am the prime target of his ire.

But hey …. That’s Entertainment!

 

🙂

On 4/19/2023 at 2:15 PM, Pudgy said:

I don’t mind the knock-down, drag out, off-topic debates, usually with logical, reasonable vs agenda driven ideologues … it’s the incessant whining “ah am being persecuted unfairly” that I find pathetic.….. and you know who you are.

...

It’s SO UNFAIR!! BooOOO HoOOoo, WAH!)

…. and you do know who you are …….

 

🤣

5 minutes ago, boyle said:

Does this mean you have been reinstated as a Jehovah's witness?

 

Jehovah's never "disfellowshipped" me. Why would I need to be "reinstated" as His Kid? That's ridiculous.

 

5 minutes ago, boyle said:

I didn't know bearing witness included supporting apostates and the disfellowshiped. You sure have a strange way of thinking God approves of your method of witnessing, by Christ standards.

 

I am witnessing by Christ's standards. He supported the lepers and the disfellowshipped. The Pharisees even called him and apostate - that's why they killed him. He said his followers would be mislabeled in the same way.

 

7 minutes ago, boyle said:

How does, distorting the bible become your evidence? Just because you say, Lord! Lord! To the public, like the pharisees, doesn't mean anything.

 

I don't distort the Bible. You're right, it doesn't mean anything to say "Lord! Lord!" What matters is the heart. Jehovah can read my heart.

8 minutes ago, boyle said:

Many have praised Jehovah inaccurately. Does it really have meaning to God? Ask yourself that.

 

Jehovah knows the intentions of the heart. He knew when Paul in his mistaken zeal was intent on harassing true worshippers. Jehovah forgave Paul and ended up using him to help a lot of people.

@Pudgy I am just curious, why did you pick Satchel Pooch to be your profile image and not a different dog like Snoopy?

 

(Do you guys have a favorite Psalm? I have many. Two Psalms that I like are Psalm 38 and Psalm 44.)

 

Here is what they say:

 

Psalm 38

 

"O Jehovah, do not reprove me in your anger, 

Nor correct me in your wrath.  

For your arrows have pierced deep into me, 

And your hand presses down on me.  

My whole body is sick because of your indignation. 

There is no peace within my bones because of my sin. 

For my errors loom over my head; 

Like a heavy burden, they are too much for me to bear.  

My wounds stink and fester 

Because of my foolishness.  

I am distressed and extremely downcast; 

I walk around sad all day long.  

There is a burning within me; 

My whole body is sick.  

I have grown numb and become completely crushed; 

My anguished heart makes me groan aloud.  

O Jehovah, all my desires are before you, 

And my sighing is not hidden from you.  

My heart pounds, my strength is gone, 

And the light of my eyes has left me.  

My friends and my companions avoid me because of my plague, 

And my close acquaintances keep their distance.  

Those seeking my life set traps; 

Those trying to harm me speak of ruin; 

They mutter deception all day long.  

But like someone deaf, I would not listen; 

Like someone speechless, I would not open my mouth.  

I have become like a man who cannot hear, 

Whose mouth has nothing to say in defense.  

For on you, O Jehovah, I waited, 

And you answered me, O Jehovah my God.  

For I said: “May they not gloat over me 

Or exalt themselves over me if my foot slips. 

For I was ready to collapse, 

And my pain was always with me.  

I confessed my error; I was troubled by my sin. 

But my enemies are vigorous and mighty, 

Those hating me for no reason have become numerous.  

They repaid me with bad for good; 

They were resisting me for pursuing what is good.  

Do not abandon me, O Jehovah. 

O God, do not remain far away from me. 

Do hurry to help me, O Jehovah, my salvation."

 

Psalm 44

 

"O God, we have heard with our own ears, 

Our forefathers have recounted to us, 

The deeds you accomplished in their days, 

In the days of long ago.  

With your hand you drove away nations 

And settled our forefathers there.  

You crushed nations and drove them out.

It was not by their own sword that they took possession of the land, 

And their own arm did not bring them victory.  

Rather, it was by your right hand and your arm and the light of your face, 

For you took pleasure in them.  

You are my King, O God; 

Command complete victory for Jacob.  

By your power we will drive back our adversaries; 

In your name we will trample down those who rise up against us. 

For I do not trust in my bow, 

And my sword cannot save me. 

It was you who saved us from our adversaries, 

You who humiliated those who hate us.  

To God we will offer praise all day long, 

And we will give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)  

But now you have cast us off and humiliated us, 

And you do not go out with our armies.  

You keep making us retreat from our adversary; 

Those who hate us take whatever they want.  

You hand us over to be devoured like sheep; 

You have scattered us among the nations.  

You sell your people for next to nothing; 

You make no profit from the sale.  

You make us a reproach to our neighbors, 

An object of ridicule and jeering to those all around us.  

You make us an object of scorn among the nations, 

Something for the peoples to shake their heads at. 

I feel humiliated all day long, 

And I am overwhelmed by my shame, 

On account of the sound of their taunts and insults, 

Because of our enemy who is taking revenge.  

All of this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you, 

And we have not violated your covenant.  

Our heart has not deviated; 

Our footsteps do not stray from your path.  

But you have crushed us where the jackals dwell; 

You have covered us with deep shadow.  

If we have forgotten the name of our God 

Or if we spread out our hands in prayer to a foreign god, 

Will not God discover this?  

He is aware of the secrets of the heart. 

For your sake we are being put to death all day long; 

We have been accounted as sheep for slaughtering.  

Rouse yourself. 

Why do you keep sleeping, O Jehovah? 

Awake! Do not keep casting us off forever. 

Why do you hide your face? 

Why do you forget our affliction and our oppression? 

For we have been brought down to the dust; 

Our bodies are pressed to the ground.  

Rise up as our helper! 

Rescue us because of your loyal love."

 

 

1 hour ago, Pudgy said:

In life, many people have thought I was retarded, because I talk so slow, and need others to talk slow for me.

I assemble each word into the picture puzzle both coming and going.

With ADD, it is a necessity, or I would be stupid. Or at the very least have a very distorted world view.

 

I know you are not retarded, or stupid, by any means. You have a clearer world view than many people I've met.

 

50 minutes ago, Pudgy said:

For the past three years, I have only commented as “Pudgy”. Before that I only commented under my one previous Screen Name for about 10 or so years.

In that context I do not have multiple profiles. 

 

Yes, "in that context", I know. 🙂

 

(Why did you not think I was talking to @Mankeptforunnaturalporpoises?)

 

May you have peace, my brother.💖 "Love hopes all things."

 

 

I love you, my brother, and I will keep you in mind in my prayers, as I have been doing.

 

Hope you have a good rest of your day.🥰

Okay, @Pudgy🙂

 

Then you already know that when you take 💖Jehovah's hand...

 

 

5 hours ago, Pudgy said:

Even “hard evidence”, depending on what it is, how it is evaluated, and who is doing the evaluation, and what their objectivity, unconscious agenda, and dozens of other factors is, is open to interpretation...

based entirely on your experience

 

So, do the experiment today. You'll get your "hard evidence". Then you can interpret it and evaluate it yourself instead of taking my word for it (or rejecting my word, as is the case at present). Instead of rejecting my word without any evidence to the contrary, do the "experiment" and then you'll have a better foundation to stand on, instead of just opinions and assumptions.

 

4 hours ago, AudreyAnnaNana said:

 

"Faith is the assured expectation of what is hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities that are not seen."

 

4 hours ago, Pudgy said:

Paul had first hand hard evidence.

I do not.

Neither do you or anyone now living.

 

I did the "experiment" and I got my first hand hard evidence. When was the last time you conducted that "experiment"? What prevents you from doing it today?

 

4 hours ago, AudreyAnnaNana said:

I have.

 

I told you I have to go for now, but in the meantime, why don't you try a little experiment? Today. It won't cost you anything except maybe your pride. Test the theory.

 

Get down on your knees. Literally. Ask Jehovah respectfully to show to you that He exists. Ask Him. Say, "Jehovah, if you really are there, if you really are the True God, then please, will you make it so incredibly obvious to me, like getting hit by a two-by-four or a ton of bricks, because I can't believe it and I can't see it. If you're real, please show me, Jehovah."

 

You know how to do scientific research according to the scientific method. Test the hypothesis with this unprejudiced experiment. See whether you get your feedback or not.🙂

 

4 hours ago, AudreyAnnaNana said:

(Oh, yeah, and when you say your prayer, remember to ask Jehovah to show you the evidence "in Jesus name," because Jesus is the one who will carry out your request, if you are brave enough to do the experiment...😉)

 

3 hours ago, Pudgy said:

I don’t need to do that.

 

"“What do you think? A man had two children. Going up to the first, he said, ‘Child, go work today in the vineyard.’  In answer this one said, ‘I will not,’ but afterward, he felt regret and went out.  Approaching the second, he said the same. This one replied, ‘I will, Sir,’ but did not go out.  Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said: “The first.” Jesus said to them: “Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going ahead of you into the Kingdom of God.  For John came to you in a way of righteousness, but you did not believe him. However, the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him, and even when you saw this, you did not feel regret afterward so as to believe him.""

 

You're not the first one to say those words.

39 minutes ago, Mankeptforunnaturalporpoises said:

animals

 

Since we're talking about animals now, how about a horse joke...

 

A young cowboy buys a horse from the town preacherman. 

 

The preacherman explains, “to make the horse go, you gotta yell, ‘Thank God!’ And to make it stop, yell, ‘Hallelujah.’” 

 

The cowboy rides off. 

 

He rides all day, gets tired, and starts to nod off in the saddle when he notices he is about to ride straight over a cliff. 

 

Searching his memory, he frantically yells to the horse, “Hallelujah! Hallelujah!” 

 

The horse grinds to a stop just at the edge of the cliff. 

 

The cowboy wipes the sweat off his forehead. 

 

”Phew!” the cowboy sighs. “Thank God!”

 

 

1 hour ago, Mankeptforunnaturalporpoises said:

2 hours ago, Pudgy said:

Do you type all that, or transcribe from speech? Just reading it tires me out .. I can’t imagine typing that much.

Boilerplate?

 

This. It’s a lot of verbiage. 

 

Hey, you guys, what’s an elephant’s favorite font to use?

Ella font. 😆

20 minutes ago, Mankeptforunnaturalporpoises said:

The more appropriate song for this thread would be ‘Man gave name to all the animals’ surely 

 

"Man gave names to all the animals

In the beginning, in the beginning

Man gave names to all the animals

In the beginning, long time ago

He saw an animal as smooth as glass

Slithering his way through the grass

He saw him dissappear by a tree near a lake" (Bob Dylan)

 

Have you ever seen a snake, down by the lake?

 

"Back to my home, I dare not go, for if I do, my mother will say..."

 

 

40 minutes ago, Mankeptforunnaturalporpoises said:

Bob Dylan

 

...speaking of floodwaters...

 

"Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin'
And you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'"

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Pudgy said:

Do you type all that, or transcribe from speech? Just reading it tires me out .. I can’t imagine typing that much.

Boilerplate?

 

 

(Funny to hear that, coming from multiple profiles.🥸😷🤠)

 

Who is(are) the one(s) doing more typing really?

Cut-n-paste, it's the wave of the future, lol...

 

Seriously, though, prayer - what's the big deal? Why not try it?

 

"Naaman", I know I'm just a "little girl" as far as understanding a lot of the life experience and battles you have gone through, and I know you have to keep up appearances. But really, who of your acquaintances will know if you try? What do you have to lose? Nothing. Evolutionary theorists believe in nothing anyway - they believe the end of life is nothing. You only have something to gain by trying. Why not just give it a try? (You just might like it!😃)

 

 

 

 

"However, E·liʹsha sent a messenger to tell him: “Go, wash seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”  

 

At this Naʹa·man became indignant and started to leave, saying: “Here I said to myself, ‘He will come out to me and stand here and call on the name of Jehovah his God, moving his hand back and forth over the leprosy to cure it.’  Are not the A·baʹnah and the Pharʹpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Can I not wash in them and become clean?” With that he turned and went away in a rage.

 

His servants now approached him and said: “My father, if the prophet had told you to do something extraordinary, would you not do it? How much more, then, since he only said to you, ‘Wash and be clean’?”  

 

At that he went down and plunged into the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of the true God. Then his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little boy, and he became clean."

20 minutes ago, Pudgy said:

I don’t need to do that.

 

"What, me pray?" = "What elephant?"

 

🤣

 

 

(Oh, yeah, and when you say your prayer, remember to ask Jehovah to show you the evidence "in Jesus name," because Jesus is the one who will carry out your request, if you are brave enough to do the experiment...😉)