Im not trying be trite but it bears repeating:
this isnt new. There is NO new understanding of 1914. It is exactly what its been for 30 years.... Except for the overlapping part... Thats new. And stupid.
_Morpheus
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Anyone have the video of explaining the new understanding of 1914?
by average joe intheres was a mention about it in the september 23rd boe .
where can i find the video explaining 1914 or at least the new explanation of 1914 from the wt society and not you trying to remember bits and pieces :) ?
thank you
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Red Bull punted in baptismal talk
by Vidqun inan acquaintance reported that the brother giving the baptismal talk at a regional assembly recently punted red bull a few times.
he never mentioned red bull by name, but he referred to the drink that "gives you wings" more than once.
this sounds like subliminal advertising.
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_Morpheus
Lol i appreciate the tendancy to see it as all about money but im 100% sure it was not advertising for red bull. If nothing else red bull wouldnt be interested in paying to market its energy drink to such a small audience and do so subliminally at that. They sponsor huge events, race cars and traditional 30 second television comercials, among other forms of advertising . The about to be baptised cult crowd isnt their demographic.
Nothng to see here :)
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Our Eyes Are Wired Backwards For a Good Reason
by cofty init is often said that our retinas are are an example of sub-optimal design.. a few years ago i was intrigued by a passing comment in one of nick lane's to the effect that this is not a good argument but he didn't go into much detail.. researchers at leipzig have revealed the role of glial cells in transmitting light from the surface of the retina to the cones, acting like fiber-optic cables.. erex ribak has built a model of the eye and demonstrated some fascinating details.... so, the question is - does this reflect good "design" or a retro-fitted repair like the hubble telescope's glasses?.
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_Morpheus
Here is the differance: my car radiator wasnt supposed to be designed by an all knowing creator who should have been able to do better.
Furthur it isnt a design flaw that causes radiator leaks but normal wear and tear since rubber hoses dont self repair like our bodies.
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How many of you actually "contributed"?
by Garrett inguys,.
don't tell the elders, buuuuut, i sorta kinda maybe never contributed money....ever..... i always thought - hey, i give a lot of my time and energy to the org, so that's how i contribute.
i was also pretty stinkin poor for most of my life and didn't really have the money to give.. anyone else like me?.
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_Morpheus
I totally agree with the op. Never gave much if anything before bethel and when there i really learned how cheap those SoB are... I was there giving free labor 9+ hours a day and they STILL wanted me to donate..? No way. Greedy clowns really embittered me with their cheap mindset and when i came home i never again donated anything, even as an elder. All the time and effort i gave was more than sufficient, in my view -
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The desert god is a real A hole in this weeks bible reading
by _Morpheus inso this week dubbies read that the mean bad philistines were punished by the desert god for having his ark.
the desert god punished them with (drum roll please)....... hemroids and rats.
yep.
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_Morpheus
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The desert god is a real A hole in this weeks bible reading
by _Morpheus inso this week dubbies read that the mean bad philistines were punished by the desert god for having his ark.
the desert god punished them with (drum roll please)....... hemroids and rats.
yep.
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_Morpheus
Sorry it would have made sense for me to cite the versus :P
The assigned talk was 1sam chapter 6 starting at vs 10.
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rumor out that governing body is going to adjust the loveing disfellowshiping arangment df yes shunning no.
by poopie incan anyone confirm they seem to be having disagreement writing dept and service dept some feel that df ok as long as you do not add wholesale across the board shunning regardless of the sin ..
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Again i will say: this is 180 degrees from reality. Word is shunning is due to be mentioned and reinforced in upcomming study articles and parts on assemblies. -
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Mandatory voting in USA
by Sour Grapes ini am sure that president obama's saying today that mandatory voting in the usa would be a good thing is going to get the witnesses all excited as they look forward to being persecuted for not voting.
just another sign showing how deep we are into the times of the end and how close they are to burying billions of people who don't read the watchtower.. sour grapes .
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_Morpheus
As predicted, this caused a small stir here in washington dc among faithful dubbies. When i pointed out the branch long ago had addressed this by saying that you would show up, go in the booth and write in "jesus" and call it a day they (three of them I was speaking with) actually looked deflated. They wanted the persecution amd seriously felt this was aimed at jw's. It made my head hurt the rest of the day. -
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rumor out that governing body is going to adjust the loveing disfellowshiping arangment df yes shunning no.
by poopie incan anyone confirm they seem to be having disagreement writing dept and service dept some feel that df ok as long as you do not add wholesale across the board shunning regardless of the sin ..
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The desert god is a real A hole in this weeks bible reading
by _Morpheus inso this week dubbies read that the mean bad philistines were punished by the desert god for having his ark.
the desert god punished them with (drum roll please)....... hemroids and rats.
yep.
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_Morpheus
Its interesting, i was wondering what city at that time and place could have supported so many people, let alone lost so many in death and kept functioning. I didnt bother looking it up because.....well.....i assume the number is as fraudulent as the hemroids and rats, but why would they say the number is bogus in the insight book? If its a scribal error them it opens up the whole bible to error if its a lie then the whole bible is open to the charge of exageration or lies. Its a no win to admit its a bad number