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  jehovahswitnessesexperts website

  by love2Bworldly in

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  are most people aware of this website?

  they have a video that is pretty interesting.

  it was too long though and i didn't have time to listen to the whole thing.

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  berrygerry

  Actually, the rhetorical tone is a little over-the-top for professional legal counsel.

  A bit, but not excessive.
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  time clock at Brooklyn - was it also removed? how about a countdown clock to Oct 2, 2014?

  by berrygerry in

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  JW.ORG TRADEMARK DENIED

  by NAVYTOWN in

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  i saw on another forum that the trademark application for the 'jw.org' logo had been denied by the trademark office.

  it is too similar to the logo of another company.

  there is an appeals process that presumably gives the watchtower a chance to get the decision reversed.

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  Traditionally, the TM is used to indicate that the owner considers this a trade-mark (unregistered).

  Once registered, the ® is used when it is a registered trade-mark.
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  HOW TO IDENTIFY THE TRUE RELIGION

  by Fifth Column in

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  jesus said that the true religion would be evident in the lives of the people who practice it.

  by their fruits you will recognize them, he said.

  every good tree produces fine fruit.

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  berrygerry

  there is no such thing as true religion...

  Disagree.

  www.truereligion.com
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  was noah under the law of moses? huh?

  by sowhatnow in

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  im confused, a poster for the whole mamoth elephants and ark deal going on, with a gizillion pages, .

  quoted genesis ch 7 about him bringing 7 clean animals.

  and only two unclean, well i thought it wasnt till moses came along that all these requirements were done, so noah was under the law too?.

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  Why did God make (and then preserve) unclean animals?
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  Robert Plante on Jimmy Fallon - Any Zep fans?

  by berrygerry in

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  imo zeppelin is on of the top 10 all time bands.. anyone catch plante on fallon?.

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  berrygerry

  I enjoy listening to Led Zeppelin recordings from when they were in their heyday. The reunions have been awful and their individual solo albums have generally been disappointing.

  I agree that his first solo effort was not great.

  I would compare that to Wings - pretty much fluff music.

  However, I would never say that later collaborations diminish previously-displayed phenomenal talent.
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  A Challenge to Apoligists - Why Would a Heavenly Father Kill a Newborn?

  by berrygerry in

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  as a father, made in god's love, that has troubled me for a very long time, is that god, as described by the wts, is soon, going to slaughter every, roughly, 7.9 billion people on the planet, because they have figured out a way to come know him as a father according to the wts.. .

  as a father, dear apologist, why would you kill/murder a one-day old baby?.

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  I asked this question of my Baptist co-worker and in essence he said we exist to worship god.

  This goes back to other threads.

  God: I LOVE all my children.

  Oh, BTW, Worship me or die!
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  A Challenge to Apoligists - Why Would a Heavenly Father Kill a Newborn?

  by berrygerry in

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  as a father, made in god's love, that has troubled me for a very long time, is that god, as described by the wts, is soon, going to slaughter every, roughly, 7.9 billion people on the planet, because they have figured out a way to come know him as a father according to the wts.. .

  as a father, dear apologist, why would you kill/murder a one-day old baby?.

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  One reasoning was that the creator, having freely given life could revoke it, in case of children with executed parents ,--so as not to overburden the survivors.

  Yeah, that's why I had kids too!
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  is it possible to raise good kids with out religious morals?

  by Princess Ashe in

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  making up my mind on how to teach my son values in life seems to be an on going struggle of what is right and wrong.

  being raised in a sheltered jw life until after leaving high school seems like going from one extreme to another of being over restrictive or under.

  trying to find that balance.

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  I would ask the question this way:

  "Is it possible to raise good kids without good morals?"
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  Inserting the Governing Body in Scriptures

  by lambsbottom in

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  a church divided over leaders10 i appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a] in the name of our lord jesus christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.11 my brothers and sisters, some from chloes household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.12 what i mean is this: one of you says, i follow [the governing body]; another, i follow [the organization]; another, i follow [jehovah's witnesses] [b]; still another, i follow christ.. 13 is christ divided?

  was [the governing body] crucified for you?

  were you baptized in the name of [the governing body]?14 i thank god that i did not baptize any of you except crispus and gaius,15 so no one can say that you were baptized in my name.16 (yes, i also baptized the household of stephanas; beyond that, i dont remember if i baptized anyone else.

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  Does trying to understand the WTS give you a headache?

  This thread makes me try to understand the revised theology.

  So, the FDS did not come into existence until 1919, is that correct?

  The July 15, 2013 WT says:

  7 Think, for a moment, about the question: “Who really is the faithful and discreet slave?” In the first century, there was hardly a reason to ask such a question. As we saw in the preceding article, the apostles could perform miracles and even transmit miraculous gifts as proof of divine backing. ( Acts 5:12 ) So why would anyone need to ask who really was appointed by Christ to take the lead? In 1914, however, the situation was much different. The harvest season began in that year. The time had finally arrived to separate the weeds from the wheat.

  And the GB was the apostles and elders of the Jerusalem congregation (why just those elders?).

  So the apostles are dying off, and when Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 CE, then who was the GB from 71 CE forward?

  True Christianity existed at least until John died, did it not?

  So, why was there no need for a FDS from 71 CE forward, when there was no EVIDENCE of the holy spirit being obtained by the laying on of the hands of the apostles?

  Additionally, the very same magazine (Simplified) says:

  Jesus will judge people of all nations as sheep or goats when he comes during the great tribulation. Then, at Armageddon, the goats will be ‘cut off’ forever, that is, destroyed. So this shows us how important our preaching work is. Before the great tribulation begins, people still have time to change their thinking and start living in a way that puts them on the road “leading off into life.” (Matthew 7:13, 14) It is true that some people may now have an attitude that might make us think that they are a sheep or a goat. But we should remember that it is during the great tribulation that Jesus will make the final judgment of the sheep and the goats .

  So, why then the comment above:

  In 1914, however, the situation was much different. The harvest season began in that year. The time had finally arrived to separate the weeds from the wheat.

  What is the difference between "the sheep and the goats" and "the weeds and the wheat."

  How can anyone even try to explain this stuff?