Posts by Fisherman

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OF DOGS AND BITES AND BIKES AND THINGS

by Terry in

the thought suddenly struck me plain and obvious: "these dogs won't stop until i'm good and bloody.".

there were two of them; a mixed breed of boxer and pit bull; clean, white--collared, tagged and--for some inexplicable reason, ferociously intent on tearing me to shreds!.

ah, but i'm getting ahead of myself.

Nice post.

Sad VI,

Some people are clever to understand that a cop has a gun, club, and other devices, and if they torture or kill you, they will likely get away with it, nothing can bring you back once your dead, nothing will undo the torture, so they smart thing to do is to submit and don't be a wise guy.

Unfortunately, many are not so smart, drunk, or judgment impaired with drugs. Need I say more ?

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OF DOGS AND BITES AND BIKES AND THINGS

by Terry in

the thought suddenly struck me plain and obvious: "these dogs won't stop until i'm good and bloody.".

there were two of them; a mixed breed of boxer and pit bull; clean, white--collared, tagged and--for some inexplicable reason, ferociously intent on tearing me to shreds!.

ah, but i'm getting ahead of myself.

Fisherman

For trained K9 dog, even bear spray wont work, once he goes into attack mode.

If someone decides to get bit by a "K9," better off the dog bite than hurt dog and cop's revenge. You risk shooting a dog close to your leg, but you can aim at a dog running towards you, and you can put the gun on the dog and shoot if he is tearing you up.

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OF DOGS AND BITES AND BIKES AND THINGS

by Terry in

the thought suddenly struck me plain and obvious: "these dogs won't stop until i'm good and bloody.".

there were two of them; a mixed breed of boxer and pit bull; clean, white--collared, tagged and--for some inexplicable reason, ferociously intent on tearing me to shreds!.

ah, but i'm getting ahead of myself.

Fisherman

Electric motorized bike, light weight fabric, armor reinforced pant legs (impregnated with dog repellent when punctured, max strength, police type bear spray , , and lightweight firearm with special ammunition (if allowed where you live,) and a knife, do not panic and be prepared to kill the canine, otherwise I would not ride a bike.

Problem is that 2 attacking dogs are hard 2 tackle, they bite in orchestra. If you stop to defend, they could jump and bite unprotected part of your body. IF they puncture one of your arteries in your leg, you could bleed to death. Pepper spray can also be like spitting against the wind.

I got bit by a dog once, the dog died.

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Which current GB members are part of the "overlapping generation"?

by Splash in

thoughts triggered from a comment cappytan made on a different thread:.

cappytan the newest guy in the gang, mark sanderson, is no exception [to being a gb helper at some point].

- w2013 7/15 p.26 a new member of the governing body"in september 2010, [mark sanderson] was invited to return to the united states, where he served as a helper to the service committee of the governing body.".

Fisherman

Does a generation of overlapping anointed (professed) need bible support?

I know OS GB helpers. According to a previous thread, MS was already partaking in his 20's. GB members are appointed by the WT to GB after years and years of hard work, pioneering, etc, and impeccable character.

This is up for debate: It is Jesus that appoints the FDS before his departure. The GB is appointed by the WT (that is not to say that they are not FDS.)

No matter how you cut it, generation of anointed means 20 years, give or take, before 1914 to 100 years, more or less, after 1914. Hard to find anyone of that generation breathing after that. We will have to see what God means after everything is done and over, however, it is hard to believe that God would deviate from the norm in the meaning of GT generation, pushing it to the extreme limit or using some special meaning of generation not used in the Bible before. Generation of 1914 will not make any sense at all after 2017. That is the final limit. There is however a new definition of generation that I saw in a recent pub that does not apply to anointed. By WT definition of overlapper, any contemporary anointed of FWF is an overlapper, 1992+100=2092, 200 year old generation! - Just before the bi-centennial- Something has to give before 2017.

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CO just confirmed worldwide construction halt and possible JW.ORG news of it

by LevelThePlayingField in

just had the co visit tonight.

i asked him if he had heard about the worldwide halt of construction besides warwick and to my surprise he said he heard the same thing.

then he went on and add that also some branches are closing and some bethelites going into pioneering but, "all because of the preaching work now.

Fisherman

Since when when hasn't the main focus been of the "preaching work?"

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CO just confirmed worldwide construction halt and possible JW.ORG news of it

by LevelThePlayingField in

just had the co visit tonight.

i asked him if he had heard about the worldwide halt of construction besides warwick and to my surprise he said he heard the same thing.

then he went on and add that also some branches are closing and some bethelites going into pioneering but, "all because of the preaching work now.

Fisherman

A massive, historical, worldwide WT cutbacks involving many thousands of people and millions and millions of dollars. Special pioneers are being sent home, thousand of Bethelites are getting pink slipped -hushhhhhhh, nobody knows about it yet not even the people sent home.

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CO just confirmed worldwide construction halt and possible JW.ORG news of it

by LevelThePlayingField in

just had the co visit tonight.

i asked him if he had heard about the worldwide halt of construction besides warwick and to my surprise he said he heard the same thing.

then he went on and add that also some branches are closing and some bethelites going into pioneering but, "all because of the preaching work now.

Fisherman

How in the world can you hide the sun with one finger?

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The Watchtower Society is confused over its “Seventy Years” and "Seven Times"

by Doug Mason in

until now, the watch tower society [wts] has argued that the 70 years was a period during which judah was totally and completely depopulated.

for this reason, it constantly argued that the period commenced when the jews left judah and entered egypt.

jerusalem was destroyed in the fifth month (two months before october/tishri).

Fisherman

Interestingly, WWI began on the fifth (Jewish calendar) month in 1914. August 1,1914 corresponds with Jewish commemoration of Tisha B'av.

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The Watchtower Society is confused over its “Seventy Years” and "Seven Times"

by Doug Mason in

until now, the watch tower society [wts] has argued that the 70 years was a period during which judah was totally and completely depopulated.

for this reason, it constantly argued that the period commenced when the jews left judah and entered egypt.

jerusalem was destroyed in the fifth month (two months before october/tishri).

Fisherman

What can be concluded from this statement only:

On March 19, 2003, President George W Bush struck Iraq and killed Sadam Hussein.

Did GWB personally strike Iraq?

Did GWB personally kill SH?

Was SH killed on 3/19/2003?

Since we know what happened, we understand what the author meant in the above statement, but if we did no know, we would not be able to conclude so much correctly, but would need other pieces of information to form conclusions about the details that seem to be implied but not actually established in the statement.

compare

12Now on the tenth day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who was in the service of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 13He burned the house of the LORD, the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire.…

From the above verses, what can it be said about when Jerusalem fell and why?

The 2,520 years began in October 607 B.C.E., when Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians and the Davidic king was taken off his throne.

Why does the WT teach that Jerusalem fell in October and not in the 5th month?

Ans: The Bible is ironic and poetic and there are allusions and references that the WT concludes apply to this event that play on the words: time, 7, October, Jerusalem, etc.which suggests when the event actually occured in terms of application of Bible prophecy. The approach to WT applying 7x is based on Biblical irony and not based on apparent history. It just so happens that Biblical irony will turn out to be historical fact and not what is apparent. The Bible continues to imply that things are not what they seem and mainstream observation is wrong and things will have to be re-examined and seen in terms of this Bible irony (according to the WT.)

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The Watchtower Society is confused over its “Seventy Years” and "Seven Times"

by Doug Mason in

until now, the watch tower society [wts] has argued that the 70 years was a period during which judah was totally and completely depopulated.

for this reason, it constantly argued that the period commenced when the jews left judah and entered egypt.

jerusalem was destroyed in the fifth month (two months before october/tishri).

Fisherman

DM, Thanks for your exciting and interesting commentary. It is late now and I will have to look up the BIble verses later on.

Here is what the WT has always taught about the destruction of Jerusalem back in the time of the prophets: Jerusalem was invaded two times. The first time it was invaded resulted in Zedekiah being installed as a vassal king. Because king Zedekiah rebelled against Babylon, the king of Babylon invaded Jerusalem a second time and this time the king of Babylon destroyed the temple ((jewish tradition holds that 1st and 2nd temple were destroyed in the month of Av) However, the WT has always taught that Gedaliah was left in Judah as governor after the destruction of the first temple. He was later assassinated by Ismael, resulting in the Babylonians disassembling the Jewish presence in Judah that Babylon allowed at that time. It was then that the 70 year desolation began and not in the 9th of Av.

How does this correspond with your commentary?