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  Paranormal Warning

  by Cold Steel in

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  i've heard some weird stories coming from jws about the paranormal.

  i know about the warnings about items that come from unbelievers -- those don't interest me as much.

  what i am interested in are actual experiences in stories of the paranormal you've heard or experienced yourself.

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  cold steel: Are these simply my imagination? Are they reflective anomolies of light and nothing more? Or are they images of the past?

  Yes. They are reflective anomalies of light.

  You had mentioned negatives. Analog film is only sensitive to the visible light spectrum (unless it is specialty film such as infared sensitive). If you cannot see something with your naked eye, neither can the camera - the film only records what is in the visible light spectrum. Any anomalies that the film captures are simply the result of optics...nothing more (*except chemical processes). And the interpretation of those anomalies are influenced by the phenomena described in the link Cofty provided
  
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  Keep the meeting going! (even if somebody's dying)

  by TimeBandit in

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  this is a true story.

  it's about a sister named henriette venema.

  she was a very loyal jw.

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  startingover: Everyone sat there watching as he was being worked on, even as the EMT's came onto the stage

  That would have been quite the spectacle

  Unbelievable - the audience sits and watches a real life drama unfold in front of them. Sits and watches

  I find that to be very disrespectful. Handled in the best way possible??? No. Not at all. Giving the poor fellow some privacy should have been right up there on the list of priorities. Letting him be the center of entertainment is really f***ing nuts

  Dismiss the audience...postpone the meeting...make a human wall/curtain around the poor guy. Give him and his family privacy. But no, let it become a public spectacle instead. How incredibly unemphatic

  And WTF? His daughter didn't go with him??? She stayed at the meeting? Why wasn't she at Daddy's deathbed saying goodbye?

  
  
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  After Jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not a fallen angel).

  by quincemyles in

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  after jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not an evil angel) to turn stones into bread, jump from the temple and bow.

  the tester was a pharisee of the ruling class.

  jehovah's witnesses believe the tester to have been an evil spirit or leader of fallen angels named satan the devil.

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  saename: Yes, I'm aware of his credentials.

  oh

  So your definition of "serious scholar" is simply measured by whether or not his position supports yours

  You really need to attend a good university (not one of those 'christian' ones that employ only scholars that agree with their 'christian' theology). I mean a real university. One that employs people who have legitimate credentials like Dr. Carrier
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  After Jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not a fallen angel).

  by quincemyles in

  1. watchtower
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  after jesus fasted for 40 days, he was tempted by a man (not an evil angel) to turn stones into bread, jump from the temple and bow.

  the tester was a pharisee of the ruling class.

  jehovah's witnesses believe the tester to have been an evil spirit or leader of fallen angels named satan the devil.

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  Saename: there "is a freaking reason why there is not a single scholar who is employed at a university or college who teaches any relative field to Christianity and who doesn't believe that Jesus existed"

  I will add my encouragement to Cofty's. Yes, please do attend university. And after you graduate, re-visit this statement

  
  
  
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  Keep the meeting going! (even if somebody's dying)

  by TimeBandit in

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  this is a true story.

  it's about a sister named henriette venema.

  she was a very loyal jw.

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  VI: I would figure that a person giving a talk when that would, right there and then, have called on the congregation to pray for the person having the stroke instead of pretending that nothing had happened

  Yeah..but I remember the general consensus in the congregation that I attended was that praying for the sick was almost like "faith healing" and it was only those demon infested fake Christians who did that
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  Are hot springs and saunas approved by the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by jwleaks in

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  satan’s snares today.

  in the main, satan’s tricks have not changed over the centuries.

  in order for christians living in the corrupt city of corinth not to be “overreached by satan,” the apostle paul gave them strong counsel.

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  Geez

  This reminds me of David Berg only allowing his followers to 3 squares of toilet paper

  Sheesh. What's next? A prohibition on tampons? Why hasn't the WTS addressed that problem?? Yup...they need a new article: "Sisters, Chose your Sanitary Products Wisely and with a Godly Conscience"
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  Debunking the WT blood myths - how safe are blood transfusions? What are the REAL risks?

  by OrphanCrow in

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  (thank you to the reddit poster - fuzzycatpotato - for posting this on reddit).

  this is so excellent.

  the person(s) who compiled this data has done a great job *fuzzycat did it!.

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  (Thank you to the reddit poster - FuzzyCatPotato - for posting this on reddit)

  This is SO excellent. The person(s) who compiled this data has done a great job *FuzzyCat did it!

  This information needs to be circulated far and wide

  The WT has got away with spreading lies and manufacturing myths about blood for far too long

  http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Blood_Transfusions:_How_Safe#cite_note-Krev-29
  
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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

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  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  ruby: an emphais on facts can be as unfactual as non facts sometimes and peeps who like to tell other people they are talking nonsense are pretty much often talking nonsense themselves

  
  
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  Exit therapist

  by Beachlover in

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  i am having quite a bit of trouble leaving and fading.

  does anyone have recommendations of an exit therapist?

  it doesn't matter where they are located, i need to get out physically, mentally, and emotionally.

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  Giordano: While you are searching for one may I direct your attention to Eric Hoffer who wrote The True Believer. While he never mentions the WTBTS he defines similar groups in broad strokes by describing what they try to do to their followers.

  Excellent book

  Hoffer identifies the 'stripping away of self' as a primary feature of cult/mass movement techniques that are employed to capture followers. A follower becomes a true believer by disengaging from their own, personal identity, and replacing that with the cult's identity

  It is the loss of self that keeps people captive inside ideological groups and it is the discovery of self that is the antidote

  That is why this comment is inappropriate and not helpful:

  perry: Thomas saith unto him, ... how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

  Perry, Beachlover needs to find herself, not some imaginary father in the sky

  The way to freedom is by developing a sense of self, not by remaining dependent upon a mythical existence in some imaginary future or an imaginary being. The more a person is comfortable with their own being, dependence upon others' ideology becomes redundant.

  Good luck, beachlover. You can do this
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  Request For Awake 1946 3/27 page 16 - Explanation of 1Tim 6:15-16

  by Bobcat in

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  2. bible

  i am endeavoring to find a digital copy of the 1946 awake (consolation?

  ) issue 3/27 page 16.

  ("3/27" was how the wt pubs index had it.).

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  OrphanCrow

  You are welcome Bobcat

  If the archive websites you have used before are not available, you might find this site useful:

  http://wtarchive.svhelden.info/