James Thomas Rook Jr.

Ecclesiastes 12:13: " Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind." PERIOD!

We have not yet reached the million word mark for this thread, and under the rule of Universal Silliness, we are required to argue these points for the next several years. I have wasted MUCH of my life devoted to such things, and consider them now ALL .. light entertainment. Only. MANY years ago I lamented that Ecclesiastes 12:12 was my favorite scripture, as it expressed the burden of carrying around many heavy bags of sand on my back... loaded on by others. I am going to do the best I can, hope it's good enough ... sit back, and "watch the show" How many angels can dance on the head of a pin is irrelevant. I strongly suspect that soon enough ... too soon ... WE WILL ALL KNOW.

...... Caleb and Sophia have appointed a Helper Special Representative (HSR) and some humans to assess the situation and gather resources.

Bullies that Can ... do. During the 60's, and early 70's ... the "hippie years", ... there were violent anti-Vietnam war protests all over America, hurting and intimidating innocent people. THIS STOPPED in 1970, the month after the Ohio National Guard fired 67 bullets into the crowd, killing four, and wounded nine others, but legal ramifications continued for the next 42 years.

WOW!

I have five old, blind crippled dogs, and two young strays my wife took off the street. I could buy a car with what I spend on Vet bills., dog food, and doggie Rx medications. But as I sit here typing, with my tongue I am trying to dislodge a sliver of beef baby back ribs from my molars. To me ... PETA means ... "People that Eat Tasty Animals". OOh OOh .. just had an IDEA! HOW you punctuate a sentence is important ! " But as I sit here typing with my tongue, I am trying to dislodge a sliver of beef baby, back ribs from my molars. "

WRONG AGAIN TTH: I am insulting stupid ideas ... wherever they are found. If the shoe fits, etc. In the Kingdom of Toontown, all the assembled cartoon characters seeing the Lion King on the pinnacle of rock overlooking them ... having his lion cub son presented to his loyal subjects ... were fully aware that he was just letting his son look at the menu. ( ... The Lion King would have presented his son, himself, but the animators did not draw him any thumbs.) . Â

By the way, the MIDDLE picture is my favorite ... looks like a squadron of F-15 fighter planes, heading to Iran. . . (hehhehheh) Just kidding ... it DOES NOT look like a squadron of F-15 fighter planes heading to Iran.

He supplies EVERY LIVING THING with what they need ... but the dead are on their own.

Can anybody lend me, or give me about $265,000 ? ... I want to buy a used bus to haul concrete in ..... just ASKING! .

..that presumes EVERYONE accused is guilty. Why not just pick people at random and burn them at the stake ? ... in a kind, loving, mild way, of course. No one should even need to raise their voices.

Are we agreed, then, that a person accused of this sin and crime does NOT have the right to face his accuser and ask questions?

Meanwhile ... on Mars ...

... bands of roving laid-off Bethelites, almost two years after the "Red October" 2015 purging of the Bethel ranks, on a pilgrimage to Warwick, NY, to pray to St. Caleb, and St. Sophia... who are busy managing operations and siphoning off 20 million dollars a month, because there is NO fiscal accountability above the Circuit level.

They are only required to fly a Chilean Flag (if they have a flagpole ... possibly for a JW.ORG flag) once a year. Or, if they do not have a flagpole, affix it to the outside of their building.

..... human capacity to believe two or more entirely different and contradictory things at the same time ... unfortunately, is what defines us as being human. AGENDAS supply the focus ... not searching for TRUTH.

I am worried about the Brothers being able to get shirts that fit anymore .... I mean ... well ... having to evolve an extra elbow and all to pat themselves on their own backs. Why not just get a tattoo?

Remember the old Beach Boys song ..? "Bomb Bomb Bomb..Bomb Bomb Iran Bomb Bomb Bomb..Bomb Bomb Iran Bomb Bomb Bomb. (yeah) Bomb Ira-a-a-n We know we Ca-a-an Bomb Ira-a-a-an. Rocks dey are a-throwin And the missiles are explodin' Bomb Ir-aaa-AAAN' ... "

In the picture the Apostles don't cast shadows, eh? I wonder if they could see their reflections in mirrors?

... and don't even get me started about Sparlock!

That's NOTHING! I was out in Service, and at one door a Teletubby answered, and invited me in. He led me down to his basement where the OTHER Teletubbies were, and they were listening to a religious tape by the Rev. Jerry Falwell, TV preacher. Over in the corner were the remains of Brothers who we thought had moved to Oklahoma, but there was not much remaining. I noticed the Teletubby, whose name I found out was Tinkie-Winky, had what appeared to be intestines and blood dripping from his teeth, but I did not make the connection. I left them with some brochures, a tract and an invitation to the Hall, and asked if they had any questions. In unison they all asked as if one .. "Do you have cable?" Back in the car they asked what took so long. I shrugged and replied "Samo Samo". I have Polaroids.

That's why I got some fabric glue and sealed the front of my pyjamas.

I had to isolate and enlarge and lighten the montage photo to even FIND a house ... one picture looks like the inside of a house ... the other just rubble where houses used to be, and some standing houses in the distance.

AllenSmith: Your tirades are too much to answer. Too convoluted. I would be happy to answer your questions if they are fair or sensical questions, but " Then, why did you attempt to sarcastically apologize back then... " has two problems, to wit: 1.) What are you talking about? and 2.) a sarcastic apology is self explanatory. If you are not a "drinking man", my considered suggestion is that you take it up. If you are already a "drinking man", I suggest you quit. When people insult me, I ALWAYS think it is funny ... and the more pointed and vitriolic the insult, the funnier it is! Years ago I was at a "Renaissance Faire" with my then 12 year old son, Tommy, who was wrapped too tight, and I paid a roving costumed Insulter $5 dollars to insult me while I was with my boy. The Insulter had just finished BLISTERING someone else about 30 feet away, continuously, for about four minutes, up one side and down the other, but my son was not paying attention. I called the Insulter over, gave him $5 dollars, and he reamed me out about my looks, weight, bathing habits, table manners, cowardice, my parents cowardice, THEIR bathing habits, and ugliness, ancestry, genetic deficiencies, body odor, sexual preferences and the lack of skill thereof, clothing, and topics I did not even know existed, for about two minutes. All original insults, I had never heard before. I was stunned about how GOOD the insults were ... but they were not as good as the ones I had just finished listening to when the other man had been insulted. He took a bow and I was laughing hard, and I applauded him ! My son was standing beside me, totally horrified and aghast. He was also afraid I might shoot this guy and he would lose his Dad to the police. Tommy was almost crying, and was shaking and upset. I took him over to something, we sat on it, and I explained to him that he was just "wrapped too tight", and needed to "lighten up" ... that this is how men talk to each other in the REAL world and that he needed to stop being such a sissy. When I was working on the Peru Bethel Branch construction about 35 years ago, the American construction workers would insult each other as they worked .... and Brother Burt, the Branch Overseer, called us all in and told us that we had to stop calling each other STUPID ( ... insert extra expletives here as needed ...) because the Peruvian Brothers were upset, and thought a fight was about to start. From their viewpoint, a fight to the death was called for. May I be so presumptuous to give you, AllenSmith, the same advice I gave my eldest son? Don't let the sound of your own wheels ... make you crazy. Tommy eventually developed a sense of humor, and is doing quite well, serving Jehovah whole souled, and is a strong and competent man, he and his wife are serving in an American Sign Language Congregation. If you are DETERMINED to go nutso crazy .... .... don't let someone else drive the clown car. I guess I should have given the professional Insulter $15 dollars, instead of $5 dollars. .... sigh. .

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