James Thomas Rook Jr.

Most of the involved cartoonists have said something similar to Einstein: “If I had known, I would have been a locksmith.”

Anna: I have not been getting any private messages.
If anyone wants to email me:
James.Rook@Technik-SA.US.
I am not concerned about any vulnerability to letting out my email address ... I need the target practice, and Luigi from South Chicago, with facial injuries that never heal, owes me some favors.
JTR

But perhaps .... "Overlapping Lawyers"

The Society's Lawyers and Accountants are now running the show, and our "official theology" has been modified a dozen times to keep the financial coffers full.
It has been a sad, sad thing to watch evolve.
When this generation passes away, those that saw these changes will no longer be able to recount them, and the memory of them will disappear.
There will be no "overlapping generations".
Those that spin control the past, control the present.
Those that spin control the present, control the future.
...... and I will be safely ....... dead.
 

 
 

Without a bullet through the brain stem, or a radical frontal lobotomy, I am not sure anymore that one can truly be "neutral" about anything. 
Perhaps the best we can manage is be uninvolved. (?)
To not have an opinion about things going on around you means that you are brain dead.
NOT GOOD.
It is my understanding that the Society now allows voting to be a matter of conscience ( to keep from being sued out of existence for sedition ?) ... but I have not really been keeping up on that issue.
 
 

There is nothing that warms the cackles of my heart more than contemplating a well hydrated chicken.

If they are referred to as being chicken ... they have a good excuse!
Results vary ....
 

As you get older, it's not so much about being "inspired", or "infallible" ... it's more about being uncomfortable, and uninsurable.

I see this from text.
First, they "Compromise their Neutrality" by Obeying Censor and Not God. :)))
Second, why to speak about Worldly things (wars and weapons and politics) IF they want to be "Neutral" about Politics and Worldly Things? :))) IF someone want to be Neutral about something then He/They Have NO Opinion on something or at least They must "shut their mouth" and NOT to Tell WHAT IS Their Opinion, Thinking, Attitude. :)))) With this behavior you show your "neutrality"!  :)) and not taking sides.

Yes, I see what you are saying. And you are right, they shouldn't have criticized the various sides. I don't think it was in the spirit of making one side worse or better than the other side, but still, they shouldn't have commented at all. That was a mistake that thankfully does not happen anymore.
 

This is too much—absolutely too much. Witness and @Srecko Sostarmaking common cause, as though she was his anointed. Meanwhile....
 
Let us freely admit it. There are times when nobody says it better than the ol pork chop.. 

I have found that inspiration  often comes after a long day, and you realize that everywhere you have been sitting, it has always felt like underwear.

May I console you by saying I will not lose any sleep over that ...
I challenged you MANY times to point out where JUST ONE thing I have ever said on this forum was a lie  ... and of over seven years and perhaps 9,000 or so comments I have made on every imaginable subject ... you ALWAYS choked and never provided not even ONE single example.
NOT ONE!
I may be occasionally wrong ... but I do not lie.
You are really at war with yourself, Billy.
I sincerely hope you win!
 

There is so much flawed reasoning in your post above that I am glad it's self evident, and I don't have to debunk it .. that's a LOT of work. For someone with agenda driven comprehension. It would be a waste.
Like singing to a pig. The only thing it would accomplish is wear out my voice, and irritate the pig.
The discussion is about SEDITION.
You write detailed essays on espionage!
Not the same, Tonto.
If Divine Intervention played a part in Rutherford getting released, was it also Divine Intervention that he died a miserable, embarrassing, slow , and painful death from anus/rectal  cancer?
It is my understanding that everybody at Bethel hated him, and that at his funeral, only two Bethelites showed up, one of them being Nathan H. Knoor. (Divine Intervention?)
Were the many Bethelites guided by Holy Spirit to shun him at his own funeral?
Since you are so gullible, I will invite you to invest in JTR's FDIC-hahahahaha   insured left pocket hedge fund with every cent you have or can borrow.  No need to even give me your real name and address .... I TRUST you!
Perhaps your Mommy will advance your allowance!
Your reward will be in Heaven, as with the accumulated interest, you can pay for your sins with the currency of the imagination. I would not want to sully your conscience with anything else.
The worst penalty is for Watchtower Lawyers, and their ilk, .
  "In God We Trust", but THEY have to pay cash.
JTR
 
 

" For she keeps saying in her heart: 'I sit as a queen and am no widow, and I will never see mourning' " Rev. 18:7
"The U.S.-headquartered Jehovah’s Witnesses have been under pressure for years in Russia, where the dominant Orthodox Church is championed by President Vladimir Putin. Orthodox scholars have cast them as a dangerous foreign sect that erodes state institutions and traditional values, allegations they reject." Reuters
The activity of Alexander Dvorkin is well documented. In 1993, with the blessing of Patriarch Alexy II, he established a Russian anti-cult organization currently called Association of Centres for the Study of Religions and Sects (RATsIRS). From that time on he has been extremely active in opposing cults and new religious movements through his publications. (Wikipedia)
Finally, in making an appearance at the 1999 trial hearings, which aimed at eliminating the Moscow community of Jehovah's Witnesses, this Alexander Dvorkin recounted stories about a Jehovah's Witness known to him personally, who allegedly dreamed of taking a machine gun to kill everyone who disagreed with him. However, Dvorkin was unable to answer a single specific question about the activities of Jehovah's Witnesses. 
Anyone who underestimates the guile, malice, and influence of the "man of lawlessness", despite its spectacular fall from grace in the eyes of many who were formerly dominated by it's intrigues is, sadly, under it's spell. 2Thess.2:9-11

May I console you by saying I will not lose any sleep over that ...
I challenged you MANY times to point out where JUST ONE thing I have ever said on this forum was a lie  ... and of over seven years and perhaps 9,000 or so comments I have made on every imaginable subject ... you ALWAYS choked and never provided not even ONE single example.
NOT ONE!
I may be occasionally wrong ... but I do not lie.
You are really at war with yourself, Billy.
I sincerely hope you win!
 

Yes, I do have Asperger's Syndrome .... I guess you are just nuts.

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I suppose it all comes down to the issue of credibility of the one doing the analysis of unseen, invisible things that happened a hundred years ago.
How many times has the WTB&TS been right?,  and
How many times has the WTB&TS been wrong?
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I don't care if it was encouraged by Mickey Mouse from the future!
If it is the death penalty to park your car in a handicapped parking space, and you DO park your car in a handicapped parking space ... it does not matter WHO made or influenced the laws.
You have committed a capital crime.
You are GUILTY of a capital crime!
.... and it is lawful to execute you.
The fact that the law is changed at a later date IS A WHOLE OTHER SUBJECT!

I rest my case.

What you have referenced, BTK46, is post war spin generated to get back to normalcy.

That is so ludicrous I don't even know where to start.
The reason the Brothers were imprisoned for sedition, etc ... IS THAT THEY WERE GUILTY !
They were not let out of prison early because of some imaginary vindication ... they were let out because the "Great War" was over.

I forgot to mention, that when he said he was going to destroy me, I first replied that he was welcome to try, and then etc.
Willy-Nilly, he abandoned the Truth about three years after that, and I am still here 45 years later.

As the Admin pointed out ... by the time I had entered this thread, the Admin had REMOVED THE REFERENCE.
Therefore, you were reacting to what you saw ... and I was reacting to what I saw.
I personally do not even take threats, real or just bluster, too seriously.
I had a very wealthy Elder once call me up, and he said he was going to destroy me.
I nonchalantly replied that he knew where I lived, and I would meet him in the street, in front of where I was staying,  anytime, and we would shoot it out.
I never saw or heard from him again.
... and I do quite often TRY to act like  a three year old little girl ... they are so happy and full of life, and wonder !  
Very, very inspirational!
The best I can manage is a 24/7/365 sense of humor.
I seriously doubt the Governing Body has anything to fear from John Butler, he has no firearms .... whereas YOU, on the other hand, have claimed to own a small arsenal, and a 50 caliber BMG sniper rifle capable of shooting about a mile and a half, accurately, and 4.5 miles total, and I would not be surprised if that foam on your mouth. is NOT shaving cream.

I may have missed something BTK46, but I do not see where in this particular thread, as shown above, where John Butler threatened ANYBODY.
Please correct me with a quote, as you apparently see something that is NOT THERE.
No surprise at that .....
It's either you, or me that is wrong about this, and historically, it's always been you.
If I say the Governing Body is it's own worst enemy, because they keep shooting themselves in the foot and systematically destroying their credibility, day by day, that is NOT a threat.
.... merely a figurative  observation.

Anna:
I see what you posted as after the fact spin.