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  YOU MIGHT BE A J.W.

  by brandnew in

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  if getting ready means putting on a suit........ you might be a j.w.. if going out to the field has nothing to do with grass, baseball diamonds, or football ......... you might be a j.w.. please continue my friends.......i know ya got some.....; ).

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  If you've ever driven around town for two hours, knocked on three or four doors, spoke to no one - and then called it a "service" . . . you might be a JW.
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  Probable Discovery of Life on Comet Philae

  by cofty in

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  according to leading astronomers the probe philae that landed on the comet 67p last november may have discovered microbial life..... sadly neither the probe nor the orbiter rosetta are equipped to test directly but the evidence is interesting.

  these are not easily explained in terms of prebiotic chemistry.

  the dark material is being constantly replenished as it is boiled off by heat from the sun.

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  Not so fast you guys. Here's the other side of the argument:

  http://io9.com/what-other-scientists-are-saying-about-todays-life-on-1716022562

  and also

  http://m.snopes.com/2015/07/06/alien-life-philae-comet/

  I would love for them to find life. But until such a time as an official announcement is made by an international body of astrobiologists - I'm withholding belief.
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  Was Jesus a real person?

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  why didn't jesus ever write anything?

  why are there no letters to jesus?

  no painting of jesus from that time?

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  Why didn't Jesus ever write anything? Why are there no letters to Jesus? No painting of Jesus from that time? No busts or sculptures? Why does Matthew say Jesus was born before 3BC while Luke says Jesus was born after 7AD? Why can't they even agree on what decade he was born in?

  
  Why do Jesus brothers, whom he supposedly grew up with, James and Jude, never mention they are Jesus brother? Why do they never speak of him as a man but only as a spirit?
  
  Why it it that Paul, a man who never met Jesus, is the founder of the Christian church?
  Why are all the Gospels written by anonymous authors in third person? Why don't we have a single first hand account of Jesus?
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  What is the truth?

  by hardtobeme in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that is what my professor of philosophy asked us last night at class.. he said that pontius pilate asked jesus that question and that it was a hard one that jesus couldn't answer.. what do you think about this question?

  what is the truth?

  does the gb has any truth?

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  Truth is a descriptor of claims that match reality.
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  Stand up for Jehovah - Armageddon is TONIGHT!

  by snugglebunny in

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  what a hoot!

  funniest think i've ever heard about the witnesses!.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=725&v=bgd1cdnpcnw.

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  OMG!!! Can't stop laughing!!!!!!

  Best story EVER!
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  Atheist Miracles

  by Perry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i reworded a variation of a common critique of atheists to my own liking.

  no, i do not hate atheists, i love them!

  they keep me from getting bored.

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  I love you Perry!!!

  You may be a big dummy . . . but you're OUR big dummy :)
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  Impossible conversation: Jesus and Nicodemus: YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am a member on new testament scholar bart ehrman's blog, and the professor is currently outlining a new book he is writing about false memory and the life of jesus.. an interesting post occurred today in which he gives an example of a very famous scripture,.

  example of a false memory of jesus teaching i turn to a famous passage in the gospel of john, jesus dialogue with nicodemus (john 3:1-15).

  nicodemus is said to be a jewish leader who comes up to jesus and affirms that jesus must come from god because of the great things that he said to have done.

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  I have to agree with Ding on this one. I came across this argument by Ehrman about a year ago and when I looked up the John 3 in the NWT it seemed perfectly reasonable that Nicodemus could be confused by being "born from above" rendered in both places.

  Now it could well be meant as word play in the Gospel of John under the mistaken belief that they were speaking Greek. But there's no way to establish from these two scriptures that Jesus and Nicodemus weren't speaking in Aramaic.

  Whether the Greek word is rendered as "born again" or as "from above" . . . or even if it's rendered as both "born again" and "from above" in different places - the statement is still confusing. And Nicodemus line of questioning is completely reasonable.

  I've learned to be very cautious with Ehrman's claims and lines of reasoning - you really have to do your research. He does a lot of sloppy work. Carrier has pointed this out numerous times: http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/1026
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  Bloodlust

  by berrygerry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm about half-way through the novel "watch how we walk," written in 2013 by a born-in, jennifer lovegrove.. absolutely worthwhile read.. does this paragraph sum up jw-land?.

  "i was paranoid again, like i had been back home, as though someone was scrutinizing and judging me.

  although i was alone, it reminded me of being at the kingdom hall.

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  Only one DF in a year? There were a lot more in my hall growing up. Plus you always heard about the surrounding halls too through the grapevine.
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  Having Faith in the Bible

  by william draper in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i know many on here have lost faith in the bible , is it possible that is because ones do not have the right perspective regarding it .

  we have usually been taught by bad teachers , or ignorant .

  i believe if we take an honest look at the bible , we will see that it gives us the best answers to crucial matters , it gives us some amount of bearings ( understanding ) , which without having such knowledge we would all be more like walking zombies in amanner of speaking , we would be lacking hope in something better , for surely something better is to come , how can we be sure , .

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  William,

  Why do you believe the Bible is the word of God? Have you ever read the Bible? What sort of metrics do you use to discriminate between divinely inspired works and not divinely inspired works? How do you know what parts of the Bible God wanted included and what parts God didn't want included?

  Why would anyone believe that God inspired it? And how could anyone know that?
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  Why Wikipedia Works

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxrmq-_juzm

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  It is quite counter intuitive the stunning success and accuracy Wikipedia has had.