Posts by Greener

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The Bible can help JWs to stop judging homosexuals. Try this method.

by DATA-DOG in

i ask, "did god cause evil?

god did it!

whether they answer with #1 or #2, you've got them.

Greener

I don't think most JWs can get passed some of these points as we know.

If one is gay, you are telling Jehovah the Creator, that he as the Creator, made you wrong. ie. your parts don't match up with your orientation or who you are. A scripture mentions the pot telling the potter that it was made wrong.

Humans were meant to procreate and fill the earth, as was his original purpose for humankind. How can gays procreate?

We have the biblical accounts of Sodom and Gomorrah etc etc, and Jesus Christ himself stating that marriage was between a man and a woman.

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No 'Tight Pants' policy is now official - classed as 'disturbing'

by wizzstick in

in short:- tight pants is no longer just a am3 hang up (or is that a hang up on the well hung?

)- brothers who have effeminate body language are flagged up- as are sisters with 'masculine' hair styles or dress- such dress is 'disturbing to the congregation'- the above must heed the (repeated) counsel from the elders...or they get stripped of the right to share on the ministry- however...this will not be revealed (announced) to the congregation.

wow.

Greener

The prohibition of going out in the ministry would only apply if you allowed it to. Do most on here live in free democratic societies?? I would throw this all back in their faces and turn in my hours regardless. What would the elders do...throw out your time slips? And if so, who cares??

If you wanted to go out in the service on your own with your metrosexual attire, and not with the "group", how could they stop you?? Post an elder outside your door 24-7???

Its nonsense on so many levels.

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"The likelihood of Hitler being able to accomplish his goals would have been greatly diminished if the people had been armed"

by nicolaou in

presidential hopeful ben carson of course.

this isn't another gun control debate, i just thought it might be fun to have a topic where we can dump all the hysterical quotes from the candidates.. it's a deep and plentiful mine folks!

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Greener

To those who rail against what Carson had to say about the Jews and other anti-Hitlerite forces in Germany and guns/arms before WW2, did you all forget about the Warsaw Ghetto uprising during the war, where the Jews were armed and held off the Nazis for weeks?

Chairman Mao, Comrade Lenin, Pol Pot, confiscated private arms and weapons, starved their own people for political purposes, the largest perpetrators of mass murder in the 20th century. This isn't blaming the victims, its just a fact of history.

Obama and the leftists loonies on here cannot get rid of the US constitution. They hate the document and they are acting like babies because they can't get their own way. They hate that a principled and brilliant man of color, does not tow the usual democrat/socialist party line thinking about big government and political correctness. That's how open minded the left is. What a joke.

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Who Are Your Past Circuit Overseers? It's a small world..

by mentallyfree31 in

who were your past circuit overseers?

i'm sure a lot of us actually know mutual people, as the co's relocate all over the country.. here's a few from the southeast us: (let me know if you recognize any names and post yours too please...).

ellwood johnson (new york/philadelphia area for several years also).

Greener

In southern Ontario area a couple of note:

Verne Duncombe Early 1970s, as a kid I remember him playing the piano at the hall. White white hair.

Jack Danley Early 1980s..83..84. Old fire and brimstone Jack. "This congregation is dead. Brothers...wake up.." "Brothers at the back of the hall..would you please break up the card game and join the rest of the congregation" What a character.

I remember his overly loud singing of the kingdom songs.

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Can't sign out

by Greener in

hey ,.

is this entrapment here?

i want to sign out, press the sign out button over and over.

Greener

In Windows 7, I go to Tools, Internet Options, Privacy, and Manage Websites. I insert the web address for this website, and I still cannot sign out.

In Windows 7, I go to Tools, Internet Options, Privacy, Sites and then Manage sites. I put in this website address to remove the cookies, and I still cannot sign out. Seems to me that the new arrangement or set up on here has been around for many months.

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The Watchtower Society is confused over its “Seventy Years” and "Seven Times"

by Doug Mason in

until now, the watch tower society [wts] has argued that the 70 years was a period during which judah was totally and completely depopulated.

for this reason, it constantly argued that the period commenced when the jews left judah and entered egypt.

jerusalem was destroyed in the fifth month (two months before october/tishri).

Greener

Doesn't the WTS say when they're backed into a corner, that "Bible Chronology" as they interpret it, trumps the secular historical records? ie. shut up and obey..we know better than you do?? Don't do your own research? I would say that that's IRONIC, seeing how wrong they have been with their previous false prophetic utterances. Oh yes..thats a sign that they have Gods spirit upon them...where else can they go???

I've never seen or read the WTS use the terms "alluding" or "ironic" or "poetic" in describing the Bible or the so-called historical Biblical record, when secular historical documentation in whatever form, disproves their theories or so-called prophetic utterances regarding the 7 times or 70 years or 1914. Those are your poor lame excuses for the WTS failed teachings. Its silly gobblygook.

ie. your opinion

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The Watchtower Society is confused over its “Seventy Years” and "Seven Times"

by Doug Mason in

until now, the watch tower society [wts] has argued that the 70 years was a period during which judah was totally and completely depopulated.

for this reason, it constantly argued that the period commenced when the jews left judah and entered egypt.

jerusalem was destroyed in the fifth month (two months before october/tishri).

Greener

Thank you Doug for the heads up about your website.

Wonderful information there.

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The Watchtower Society is confused over its “Seventy Years” and "Seven Times"

by Doug Mason in

until now, the watch tower society [wts] has argued that the 70 years was a period during which judah was totally and completely depopulated.

for this reason, it constantly argued that the period commenced when the jews left judah and entered egypt.

jerusalem was destroyed in the fifth month (two months before october/tishri).

Greener

Interesting. I do have the complete set of Russells Studies in the Scriptures and the Divine Plan of the Ages.

Heres a passage in Volume 3 regarding the Great Pyramid and various measurements of its interior, and its significance with the 1914 AD date:

"So, then, if we measure backward down the "First Ascending Passage" to its junction with the "Entrance Passage," we shall have a fixed date to mark upon the downward passage. This measure is 1542 inches, and indicates the year BC 1542, as the date at that point. Then measuring down the "Entrance Passage" from that point, to find the distance to the entrance of the "Pit," representing the great trouble and destruction with which this age is to close, when evil will be overthrown from power, we find it to be 3457 inches, symbolizing 3457 years from the above date, BC 1542. This calculation shows AD. 1915 as marking the beginning of the period of trouble; for 1542 years BC plus 1915 years AD. equals 3457 years. Thus the Pyramid witnesses that the close of 1914 will be the beginning of the time of trouble such as was not since there was a nation -- no, nor ever shall be afterward. And thus it will be noted that this "Witness" fully corroborates the' Bible testimony on this subject..."

Studies In The Scriptures, vol. 3 by Charles Taze Russell, copyright 1891

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