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  Bible popularity??

  by Diogenesister in

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  more ikea catalogues were printed last year than bibles.. ikea is a swedish flatpack furniture store..

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  In 2013 Ikea published 208 million catalogs (62 different versions in 43 countries) - more than double the amount of Bibles produced:

  http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444508504577595414031195148
  
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  Is Warwick still being built?

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does anyone know if this new freeze on all construction projects includes the new headquarters being built in warwick?.

  if it does apply to it, then this really makes no sense whatsoever.

  the society is poised to make hundreds of millions of dollars (perhaps even a billion) by selling the properties they currently occupy in brooklyn.

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  Does anyone know if this new freeze on all construction projects includes the new headquarters being built in Warwick?

  If it does apply to it, then this really makes no sense whatsoever. The Society is poised to make hundreds of millions of dollars (perhaps even a billion) by selling the properties they currently occupy in Brooklyn. But they can't do that if they don't move to Warwick. Wouldn't it be MORE costly to not build? Am I missing something here? How much is Warwick going to cost that they couldn't complete it?

  "For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?29"Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him, 30saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'…
  - Jesus (Luke 14)
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  Did Adam and Eve have Leukaemia?

  by notsurewheretogo in

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  2. beliefs

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3218171/oldest-known-case-leukaemia-unearthed-7-000-year-old-skeleton-belonging-40-year-old-woman-bears-scars-blood-cancer.html.

  a 7,000 year old skeleton has been found with leukaemia...7,000 years is nearly the age of our first ever parents adam & eve is it not?.

  so is this skeleton eve?.

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  Well it's 7,000 years old and not 6,000 years old - so the skeleton is clearly a satanic apostate lie created by evil scientists who forged the skeleton from babies they killed in their human sacrifices to Lucifer so they could try and deny the Bible. It's just all too obvious.
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  'Sting' Videos Of Planned Parenthood Are Totally Manipulated, Forensic Analysis Finds

  by Coded Logic in

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  'sting' videos of planned parenthood are totally manipulated, forensic analysis finds.

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/planned-parenthood-sting-videos-forensic_55df2334e4b029b3f1b1be9f.

  i find it truly amazing that our good friend perry makes a huge deal out of this when he thinks he's finally found some footing to stand on and desperately tries to throw it in our faces - but when it's completely debunked he suddenly goes silent.

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  'Sting' Videos Of Planned Parenthood Are Totally Manipulated, Forensic Analysis Finds

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/planned-parenthood-sting-videos-forensic_55df2334e4b029b3f1b1be9f

  I find it truly amazing that our good friend Perry makes a huge deal out of this when he thinks he's finally found some footing to stand on and desperately tries to throw it in our faces - but when it's completely debunked he suddenly goes silent. As usual, it's once again crickets from Perry.

  Someone should really start a meme.

  Funny how "Christian honesty" only goes as far as confirming preconceived bias - but completely ignores anything that's counter to the belief.
  
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  EXACTLY Why JW's Are NOT Christian

  by Perry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  a lot of people, ex-jws, believers and unbelievers alike, think that jw's are just a somewhat kooky brand of christianity.

  is it possible to "try and follow jesus" and not be christian?

  what exactly makes someone a christian?

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  By Perry's definition, Peter and Paul would not be true Christians. They taught that only patriarchs could have a relationship with Jesus and that all members of their household needed to go through them.
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  The Watchtower Corporation Ability To Survive In A Changing Society Following The Edicts Of A Bronze Age Moral Code

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what are the negative and positives of this whole affair.

  will they be able to make some positive changes that will insure their survival for say 5 decades?

  will they survive the public scrutiny that the information age has brought upon us?

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  What do you mean by "survive"? Are you talking about every kingdom hall sold off the head quarters boarded up? Or do you mean they wont be able to continue their growth? Or do you mean that the Organization will become so different and change so much that we wont be able to recognize it anymore outside of its name?

  The Borg's growth has been contracting more and more and I don't think it will be long until they start posting some negative numbers. I think in two or three decades they will be as different an organization as from the one they were in the forties to now. But I doubt the brand will entirely disappear. They will just continue playing a more and more marginalized role as less and less people pay attention to them.
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  Jehovah's people are the happiest people on earth!

  by Coded Logic in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so this afternoon my roommate and i decided to go grab some dinner from the local chipotle and, as we live only a short distance from the franchise, we decided it was a good idea to walk.

  little did i know that the j-dubs district convention here in sacramento was just getting out (the auditorium is literally smack in the middle of downtown and its attendees have to park in garages scattered a couple blocks away in every direction) so men in cheap suits and women in unflattering dress' were walking all over the place as though someone had antagonized their ungodly ant hill.

  and, for sacramento, this of course is the complete opposite of the normative - that is to say, our streets are usually filled with well dressed, immaculately groomed, 'i know exactly where i'm going' government officials that monopolize the state capitol m-f. .

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  So this afternoon my roommate and I decided to go grab some dinner from the local Chipotle and, as we live only a short distance from the franchise, we decided it was a good idea to walk. Little did I know that the J-dubs district convention here in Sacramento was just getting out (the auditorium is literally smack in the middle of downtown and its attendees have to park in garages scattered a couple blocks away in every direction) so men in cheap suits and women in unflattering dress' were walking all over the place as though someone had antagonized their ungodly ant hill. And, for Sacramento, this of course is the complete opposite of the normative - that is to say, our streets are usually filled with well dressed, immaculately groomed, 'I know exactly where I'm going' government officials that monopolize the state capitol M-F.

  However, the greatest difference between the JWs and the locals was that the JWs looked absolutely miserable. I mean genuinely beat down and completely drained of all life. I felt really sorry for them (I know what three days of mental atrophy can do to a person's mind) and I thought that perhaps I was just reading too much into their sullen faces - and hunched postures - and slow, mindless, collective shuffling. However, it was then that my roommate piped up and asked me, "Are those Jehovah's Witnesses?"

  I said yes and he said, "Oh my God, they look so miserable!"

  I explained to him the effects that a weekend of nonstop - eye bleeding - thought stifling indoctrination with an extra helping of al-a-boredom can have on these poor people. And also how the JWs have a kindergarten grade theology compared to most Christian denominations so that, beyond "go out in service, don't miss meetings, and read everything the borg gives you (and nothing else)", there really isn't anything new under the sun for these people to learn.

  Also, by a stroke of luck, I happened to be wearing my shirt with a quote from Christopher Hitchens, "That which can be asserted without evidence - can be dismissed without evidence."

  I caught a number of the JWs reading it with bemused faces. One younger guy must have spent almost a full two minutes silently lipping the words to himself as though it were a completely foreign idea to him. Who knows, maybe it'll get him to think about things in a new light. That just because you can make up an answer to a question it doesn't mean that IS the answer to the question. That just because you can make up an elaborate excuse for why some Bible passages may not contradict itself it doesn't mean that it's not in fact a contradiction.

  Anyway between my shirt, my burrito anticipating happy face, and the directions I gave to a lost sister who was on K Street and couldn't find L Street (seriously, do you not know how the alphabet works?), I hope some of them realize that not all "worldly people" are bad people. And that happiness is not unique to - if not altogether uncommon - among Jehovah's Witnesses.
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  Geoffrey Jackson Royal Commission update

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  hello people.

  the rc will still go ahead with it's live stream on friday 14th august.

  however, it seem that it will be a video link.

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  OMG it's like Angus has been reading our threads! He's bringing up circumstantial evidence and "opportunity" for people to commit sins.
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  Geoffrey Jackson Royal Commission update

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  hello people.

  the rc will still go ahead with it's live stream on friday 14th august.

  however, it seem that it will be a video link.

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  Coded Logic

  "Deuteronmy 23. . . that's page 304"

  Way to throw it right back at him Angus!

  OMG that was awesome!!!
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  Geoffrey Jackson Royal Commission update

  by umbertoecho in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  hello people.

  the rc will still go ahead with it's live stream on friday 14th august.

  however, it seem that it will be a video link.

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  Thank you Angus for pointing out the pseudo-morality of their so called Biblical "ethics"! Not reporting an accusation of Child Abuse is just plain bad. However, after having investigated and determining that Child Abuse has occurred - and then STILL not reporting it - is truly abhorrent.