Posts by RichardHaley

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The Road To Paradise Is Paved In Stupidity

by freemindfade in

at the special assembly day (sad) imitate the desert god.. here is a word for word quote from the co during the baptism talk .

"an intellectual approach to the truth will not lead to everlasting life"....

RichardHaley

http://biblehub.com/1_john/5-20.htm

Most use "understanding."

I hate that word because of it's use in the legal arena.

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For me the worst thing is not having a helper anymore

by John Aquila in

one of the things that gave me confidence in life was that i believed i had the almighty creator/god watching over me, directing me, guiding my every step, protecting me from harm, and answering my prayers.

i now know that is not the case anymore.

i finally stopped praying.

RichardHaley

That is exactly how I feel. And it was really driven home for me when the Philippine cong was washed out to sea with the pubs in it. You know they were praying and in the kh to boot.

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Inspiration, inscripturation

by Doug Mason in

the apostle paul stated at 2 timothy 3:16: all scripture is inspired of god.

the phrase inspired of god translates the compound greek word theopneustos, meaning, literally, god-breathed or breathed by god.

this is the only occurrence of this greek term in the scriptures.

RichardHaley

Just keeping things simple... when Paul wrote those words to Timothy it was a "letter" not scripture. He would have then been referring to the scrolls of the Old Testament as inspired. His letter was not considered as part of the bible cannon until the 4th century. I cracks me up when the scripture (2Tim 3:16) is read to prove the whole Bible, including Paul's letters, is inspired. Circular reasoning at its finest.

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Royal Commission National Redress Scheme. Average of $65,000 per victim, not including psychological fees and admin costs.

by Lemonp in

the royal commission published it's redress report today.

it is a 668 page document, but it is very interesting.

all the recommendations they make are in harmony with what all other institutions will accept.

RichardHaley

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bottom line on new generation thinking -very simple

by nowwhat? in

when they came up with the overlapping generations new lite, they must have received alot of "where's the scriptural precedent?!

so they came up with the account of joseph and his brothers to shut them up.

still they are trying to make a round peg fit in a square hole to fit 1914 in the equation.

RichardHaley

For decades they taught that the heavenly calling ended in 1935, baptized after that you were earthly. It was inconvenient to have someone baptized after that start partaking and they were discounted as possibly a bit off mentally. When the numbers started rising it was at first attributed to better reporting in countries that were under band or being opened up. But now they have figured out how to use those increasing numbers to breath new life into the 1914 con... how convenient.

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BBC interview about 1975 - never heard this before..

by defender of truth in

for any lurkers who don't believe the watchtower taught that the world would end in 1975... rare jehovah's witnesses 1968 interview "armageddon and 1975" london watchtower rep speaks to bbc.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=npmt-ml-m-g. --------.

but where will this system of things be by that time?

RichardHaley

I was baptized in '73 @ 16. The '75 scam was putting tremendous pressure on parents to get their kids baptized asap or else they would be destroyed with the rest of the world. It was promoted at all levels, remember it well. My parents to this day deny it ever happened.

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The Oesophagus of the whale shark and the story of Jonah

by purrpurr in

in the wt's literature it is often theorised that the "great fish" that swallowed jonah was a whale shark.

indeed looking at whale sharks with their wide huge mouths it seems reasonable to think that a human could fit in there.... ... until that is you do any research on it.

while the whales mouth is huge, it's oesophagus however is only a few inches wide.

RichardHaley

Pinocchio and crew did it... why not Jonah?

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Korean news with my story...

by AntiEntropy in

i joined this site 12 years ago and i revisited it yesterday to get some information on coc's status.. .

frankly saying, i've tried to be a complete ex-ex-jw so that ex-jw things would not drive my life mad.

due to my linguistic barrier of writing in a foreign language, 12 years ago, i could not but read and read and read this site.

RichardHaley

Amazing story. Any plans for an English version of your fathers book?

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VA shooting suspect was raised a JW! He mentions it on his Twitter account

by WingCommander in

jw
friends

anyone in the usa following this morning's shooting "on-air" live tv will know what i'm talking about.

bryce williams (not real name, but on-air name) shot and killed 2 people on live television this morning in roanoke, va. he was wearing a go-pro camera, and uploaded his first-person video onto his social media accounts.

i've seen his twitter feed (before it was taken down), and not very far down he mentions being raised a jw.

RichardHaley

This is a case of premeditated murder and it is the perp that bears the blame not the instrument used to carry out the crime. Keep 'em, take 'em away, doesn't matter, this stuff will keep happening. Sorry Simon, can't agree with you this time.

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have you been moved by something you have read.

by Sabin in

i found this book by carmel reilly, it`s called dear god.

childrens letters to god from around the world.

i promise you that if you are having a bad day this book what ever your believes will lift your spirits.

RichardHaley

Bonsai14 minutes ago
Where the Red Fern Grows was one of the most moving books that I ever read as an adolescent. Life takes from us the things we love, but it gives to us new things that we come to love.

same here... and then I read more sinister books like Animal Farm and 1984. During this time I was being forced to study the "Babylon" book!