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  Music buffs.Here we go again. List you're all-time favorite Guitarists

  by flipper in

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  hello ya'll.

  was just listening to great guitar music from some of my favorites.

  who are your all time favorites?

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  Always a great debate, guitar gods.... How about (in particular order)

  Jimmy Hendrix

  Stevie Ray

  BB (R.I.P.)

  buckethead (if you havnt heard him do yourself a favour!)

  Eddie fu****in Van Halen
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  How many times were you told, "You Just Don't Qualify Yet to be an Elder"

  by John Aquila in

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  you think it's the holy spirit that appoints the elders, at least that's what new jw males are told.

  the culture within the organization dictates to all young male jehovah's witnesses that unless you are an elder, you will not get the sultry, passionate- brunette, the voluptuous, curvaceous,- blond, or the seductive, erotic, red headed-vamp..

  so unaware of the social forces that are shaping your mind, you succumb to the dictum issued by the governing body to conform to the structure already in place- if you want to be successful.

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  A lot. The COBE (PO at the time) wasnt my biggest fan. All political...
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  J.W. agrees on Bible truth - then denies it!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  had a conversation with long-serving witness today.

  me - during christ's 1000 years reign, would anyone ever be allowed to beat you up and rob you?.

  jw - no.. me - are you sure?.

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  Playing with words....? You gave a strait forward example and asked a simple question. It deserved an answer
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  Apost8News: "Return to Jehovah" Official Literature Release Video - 2015 Convention Lowlight

  by cappytan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  again, thanks to wifibandit and pixel for their work behind the scenes.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwzviu3jfko.

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  Maroon- A malapropism and favorite expression of Bugs Bunny, after outwitting Elmer Fudd. Usually uttered by Bugs this while walking away and wiping his hands in satisfaction. The joke of course is that Bugs mispronounces "moron."
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  WT is shorting literature orders by congregation with a problem contributing enough for literature $3500 just for mags

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  at our meeting last night there was a talk about having run out of magazines for the last three months.

  it's expected this will continue to happen.

  the "branch" has not sent the requested number of magazines.

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  On a potentially related note the new version of the theocratic school guid book started showing up soft cover a few weeks ago. It used to be hard cover. Continued cost cutting....
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  What would happen if you drop a fake check or bill in the donation box?

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what would happen if we started dropping fake check or bills inside the donation box of an assembly?

  i know, is a crime, but so is pushing someone to not accept blood and die.

  would it help skew the numbers enough if enough of us did it?.

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  Its not just "illegal" in an abstract sense, in the USA both are criminal. Dont set yourself up just to cause a minor inconvenience to a local cult.
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  Amateurs Built the Ark

  by enigma1863 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  are you familiar with the motto "professionals built the titanic amateurs built the ark?".

  i find it somewhat annoying.

  i've been looking for a good analogy like amelia earhart was a professional pilot dorothy was just a girl from kansas but she got back home..

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  Thats a rediculous saying because it compares two unalike things. You may as well say "egyptians built the pymarids but the acients built atlantis"

  noahs ark wasnt real. comparing it to the titanic is pointless.
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  Has science replaced the bible? WT June 1 2015

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i picked up a printed copy of the june 1 2015 public edition wt..... before the end of page 1, the stupidity is already evident.. they quote a dictionary, but don't list which one.. they quote a "world- famous physicist", but don't give his name.

  the quote looks like it is edited to fit their reasoning.. they quote "others", but no reference to who they are is provided.. the next page quotes "a popular science writer" who??.

  then the classic line "jehovah's witnesses respect each person's right to make a decision on this matter".

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  I wonder if this will be a new wt trend, citing but not actually quoting, people. After that recent debacle misquoting a scientist who called them on it this seems to make sense. They get to borrow supposed experts but can easily say anything they want attributing it to some a supposed authority. The rank and file eat it up as truth and theres no risk of exposure
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  The Reason Why Jehovah's Witnesses Will Never Prosper Is The Children

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i believe that the religion will remain stagnant due to their achilles heel, the kids, the children, that next generation.. most of them really don't wa t to be in the religion.

  the parents may have tried everything within their power to make the kids love jehovah but we all know you can't force someone to love you and you can't make a grown person stay in a relationship or situation if they really don't want to be there..

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  Min you say they wont prosper, but really its all about definitions, sumantics....

  they are a domsday cult that still has about 8 million people believing, in the year 2015, that jesus returned invisibly 101 years ago and that hes goiing to kick the shit out of over 7 billion people because they dont believe tight pants tony and rubber face lett are christs brothers....

  to convince 8 million people of this utter nonsense IS success! How big would they have to be to "prosper" by your definition? Their definition of prosper is any small growth that helps like organization coffers and they get that every year. I dont think its die anywhere near what they could have if they wernt so wacky but then if it wasnt wacky if wouldnt be a cult.....

  Im not trying to be obtuse, i get your basic point that they arnt growing anywhere near what they could and they are really suffering with retention problems, but i think they are growing just enough to keep themselves blinded to their issues and are contented to throw around the 8 million number as an all time high and fool themselves into thinking its the desert gods blessing. Its prospering enough for them.
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  What are you gonna do when the existence of god is disproved?

  by Doltologist in

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  in 1897, j.j. thomson discovered the electron.

  this was the first constituent part of the atom which, for 2,000 years, was thought to be indivisible.

  today, we know of 18 elemental particles following the recent discovery of the higgs boson, the so-called god particle.. back in 1897, most people believed in god because there weren't even any theories as to how the universe came into being.

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  @dolt, there are people who still question that earth is a sphere. If such basic and easily proven facts are discounted something as ephemeral as god will always be believed in..