Posts by Esse quam videri

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How confident are you about various so called facts?

by slimboyfat in

no facts about the world are absolutely certain.

that being the case i wonder how others would rank amd rate their confidence in various factual statements about the world.

i am going to rate my confidence in ten items of "knowledge" as a percentage.

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1. The earth is a sphere rather than flat in shape. 100 %

2. Global warming is a real phenomenon of serious concern that is caused by human activities. 65%

3. Life on Earth evolved its many forms through the process of natural selection. o.o1%

4. The gospels are based on a real apocalyptic preacher called Jesus who lived in first century Palestine. 90%

5. J F Rutherford was a drunk who cheated on his wife with various women.

Was a drunk or drank too much sometimes?

Cheated on his wife with various women? 10%

6. Smoking causes lung cancer. 100%

7. Men really walked on the moon. 100%

8. Consciousness survives death. 0.5%

9. Moses wrote the Pentateuch. 35%

10. Dragons exists. 0.000000000000000001%

11. Homeopathy is effective beyond placebo. 20%

12. O J Simpson was innocent. 0.000000000001%

13. Scotland will be an independent country within 20 years. 20%

14. There will be a nuclear war sometime in the 21st century. .05%

15. The New Testament originally contained the divine name. 90%

16. At least one of the presidents of the Watchtower was homosexual. 15%

17. The universe began in a Big Bang around 14 billion years ago. 85%

14 billion years ago 10%

With a big bang. 0.00000000000000001%

18. China is the country with the most people. 100%

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Proof of Predation 750 000 000 Years Ago

by cofty in

paleontologists have discovered the cause of small holes that have frequently been observed in ancient eukaryote fossils.

please check out the source even if you only look at the amazing picture.... they were being sucked dry by other predatory species.. forget about a "fall" from a disneyesque utopia.

creatures have been consuming each other since the very beginning of life.. reality is far more exciting than fantasy.

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750,000,000 years?

Are they sure it wasn't 755,000,000 years?

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A True Story: PORTRAIT OF A GIRL and her dog

by Terry in

portrait of a girl and her dog.

(a true story by terry edwin walstrom).

her name was cheryl ann draper and she was about 11 years old the day she begged her daddy, who worked at a gas station, to let her go with him to work.

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Sorry Terry. I can only give you one like.

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Finding homes for the former 'bethelites' and 'special pioneers'

by Esse quam videri in

since the liberal government has been elected in canada, it seems that people are looking to the future with a little more optimism and hope.

it is only human nature that with change, we would think that the change would be for the better.

the courts have ruled, in canada, that it is unconstitutional to deny the homeless the right to sleep in parks.

Since the liberal government has been elected in Canada, it seems that people are looking to the future with a little more optimism and hope. It is only human nature that with change, we would think that the change would be for the better. The courts have ruled, in Canada, that it is unconstitutional to deny the homeless the right to sleep in parks. Others have suggested, and seem to have strong support from some groups, to open up the churches to the homeless and get them off of the streets, into an evironment where it is warm and safe. Many good hearted people in our society are trying to do what they can to help.

May I suggest that if the 'bethelites' and 'special pioneers' and perhaps even former 'district overseers' and 'circuit overseers' could:

1] live quite cheaply in a tent or shelter in one of these public parkland homeless communities. They would even have a 'territory' to preach in that is probably not on file with their local congregation.'Unassigned territory' it is called. No driving 6 hours north to some remote mountain community. Now they can just walk over to the nearest tent, tap on the flap and bingo, potential bible study.

2] live in the basement of one of the local churches, perhaps Anglican, United or Catholic. Of course they would have to behave themselves by not running down the Church offering them the living accomodations, They would have to refrain from preaching that everyone who belongs to that particular religion will die at Armaggedon and such talk as that. Many of these volunteers working at these local church charities are very willing to help the needy. Perhaps they could even give rides to the 'church homeless JW's' to the meetings at the local Kingdom Halls.

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Where are you from?

by BeautifulMind in

jw
friends

i know we are all anonymous for our own personal reasons, so i understand if you would rather not say.

but if you don't mind sharing that would be cool.

i currently live in georgia, usa.

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Langley, B.C.

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JW Gump

by Esse quam videri in

[....the scene opens with jw gump being summoned by the governing body....].

jw gump: yes sir, governing body member, lett, sir!.

gb lett: just what is your job at the watchtower organization, jw gump?.

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[....The scene opens with JW Gump being summoned by the Governing Body....]

GB Lett: JW GUMP !

JW Gump: Yes Sir, Governing Body member, Lett, SIR!

GB Lett: Just what is your job at the Watchtower Organization, JW Gump?

JW Gump: To do exactly what you tell me to do, Governing Body Lett, SIR!

GB Morris III : JW Gump, that is the best darned answer I have ever heard.

GB Splane : Yes, that is exactly what we want to hear.

BG Jackson: Keep up the fine work, JW Gump.

JW Gump : What work?

GB Herd: The work of doing exactly what we tell you to do.

JW Gump: Oh, yeh, right. YES SIR!

BG Morris III : JW Gump, you are DIISSMMIISSED!

[ ...JW Gump leaves room and door closes...]

GB Splane: Yessirree Bob. That boy will go far. Definite future Governing Body material.

[ ... all nod in agreement...]

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Canada may get a new government today

by Simon in

the us elections suck up all the attention (and it's not even at the candidate selection stage!

) but canada actually has a national election today.. first results are starting to come in and so far it's all liberal party.. i think it's time harper and the conservatives got the boot.

last premiere from the bush era.

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Canada's new Prime Minister

He looks ready to me.

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Canada may get a new government today

by Simon in

the us elections suck up all the attention (and it's not even at the candidate selection stage!

) but canada actually has a national election today.. first results are starting to come in and so far it's all liberal party.. i think it's time harper and the conservatives got the boot.

last premiere from the bush era.

Esse quam videri

Canada's new Prime Minister

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2016-(OCLAM)-Meeting Workbook!

by Atlantis in

we had a request for this and i thought that someone else might want it.. 2016 (oclam) our christian life and ministry-meeting workbook.

.. http://wwwb.fileflyer.com/view/0fdkfbu.

.. .. petra!.

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Simplistic and even cartoonish.

The dumbing down is outrageous.

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Geoffrey Jackson's Amnesia at the Royal Commission!

by The Searcher in

at 20:00 - 21:30 in his testimony, mr. geoffrey jackson - in answer to mr. stewart's question about the governing body claiming to be god's spokespersons - claimed that it would be presumptuous of them to say that they were the only spokespersons which god was using.

mr. jackson doesn't seem to know what he and his fellow g.b.

members - and the providers of his lifestyle, the wtbts - actually teach as "bible truth.

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in answer to Mr. Stewart's question about the governing body claiming to be God's spokespersons - claimed that it would be presumptuous of them to say that they were the only spokespersons which God was using..... I'm sure Mr. Stewart was well aware of what the literature says - despite Mr. Jackson's "humble" answer!

I really wish that Mr. Stewart had re-asked the question thus, ' Please answer YES or NO, Mr. Jackson."