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  Cuban Cigars

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so mrs. otwo and i see something on television about cuban cigars.

  she asks me if they are allowed into the united states.

  i told her that i believe there is a softening of the rules, but they are still difficult to get.

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  Get some Cuban made Bacardi instead. Last bottle made there was over 50 years ago.
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  What do you think is the source of your consciousness? Can it be copied or transferred?

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this seems to be a question that even scientifically is still in the air.

  right now your consciousness, is it the physical part of the brain?

  the electrical signals in the brain?

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  The mind is what the brain does. No hope in copying or transferring to another brain no gain for the original individual even if it is possible.

  What you mentioned about duplicate copies being exactly like you but another you (like an identical twin with your exact same memories) is what I refer to as "The Star Trek transporter room conundrum". Your original you is disassembled into atoms that get transported to another location with an identical, but not original you. The act of disassembling your body is tantamount to death.
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  What is the alternative to JW?

  by Formerbrother in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i mean this with all due respect, i would like to hear from genuine people who think jw have it wrong and then what is the truth?.

  im not talking about silly little quibbles here and there.. is jehovah real?

  the the bible is word?

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  Does the WT attract needy dysfunctional type of people?

  by William Penwell in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  in your personal experience, do you think that the wt attracts needy types of people?

  over the years, my experience is that they do attract very needy, insecure, dysfunctional, types.

  i had an acquaintance that i just basically cut off.

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  I remember an ex-JW (James Penton?) writing once that if you didn't have a problem when you came in to the religion then they would give you one.

  I also remember a brother saying in the Kingdom Hall that there were mentally unbalanced people coming into the organization.
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  Fidel Castro and the WT

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i am going to engage on a trip to the past and share with you some of the matters that marked the beginning of the jws persecution in cuba.

  you will be surprised that the pattern that was followed is very similar to what happened in other dictatorial countries.. in the cuban case, i am going to surprise you and tell you that like what happened with hitler; the wt was partially responsible for their clash and confrontation with the cuban government.

  during the early 60s the revolution was fighting for survival and they were willing and ready to demolish any perceived enemy to their cause.. a prime example was their war against the catholic church that was the most influential religious entity in the country; it took the supreme leader only a few public discourses to send the vast majority of clergy packing and back to their country, in this case spain.. the jehovah’s witnesses were an insignificant minority but they over estimated their importance and displayed a belligerent attitude, it was known that this was a us based religion and an easy target to connect them with the cia.

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  On some trivial notes:

  “Hasta la vista” is a Mexican expression not, to my memory as a Cuban, a Cuban one.

  I was told by my Cuban mother that JWs used to always wear white when preaching.

  There is an old Cuban joke about an illiterate Cuban saying: "Yo soy un testiculo de Jehova". The word for Witness in Spanish is "Testigo" which rhymes with "Testiculo". You got to know Spanish to appreciate that one.
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  Evil Bible

  by Simon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hadn't seen this site before, i thought i'd share it:.

  http://www.evilbible.com/.

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  Village Idiot

  Perry: I have never researched any accusation made against the bible and found it to hold water.

  And God spoke all these words:

  2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

  3 “You shall have no other gods before[a] me.

  4 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

  7 “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

  8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

  12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

  13 “You shall not murder.

  14 “You shall not commit adultery.

  15 “You shall not steal.

  16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

  17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

  Exodus 20:1-17 NIV

  COMPARE TO:

  34 The Lord said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 2 Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. 3 No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.”

  4 So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the Lord had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands. 5 Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. 6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”

  8 Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. 9 “Lord,” he said, “if I have found favor in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance.”

  10 Then the Lord said: “I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do wonders never before done in any nation in all the world. The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the Lord, will do for you. 11 Obey what I command you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 12 Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare among you. 13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.[a] 14 Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

  15 “Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices. 16 And when you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will lead your sons to do the same.

  17 “Do not make any idols.

  18 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt.

  19 “The first offspring of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock. 20 Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem all your firstborn sons.

  “No one is to appear before me empty-handed.

  21 “Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest.

  22 “Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year.[b] 23 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord, the God of Israel. 24 I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the Lord your God.

  25 “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Festival remain until morning.

  26 “Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.

  “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

  Exodus 34:1-26 NIV
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  I had a bizarre dream the other night

  by Freeandclear in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  quick recap.

  i'm 44, been df'd about a 10 months.

  got baptized when i was 18, in and out of the borg for years due to guilt.

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  If your dreams are not too negative and you want to enhance them. Try out some sublingual vitamin B6/ Folic Acid/ B12 and it'll liven up your dreams. Just put the lozenge under your tongue when you're ready for sleep and pleasant dreams.
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  What's a word that describes the way Witnesses behave as a group?

  by paul from cleveland in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i can't recall the word that describes a group that keeps to itself like the witnesses do.

  i thought it was "insular" but i don't think that's the one i'm looking for after reading the definition.

  i remember an elder using the word "clannish" and that has the proper definition but it reminds me of a group of elves.

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  Village Idiot

  Authoritarian.
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  my first painting after my cataract oeration

  by nugget in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  have only just been able to paint again after a cataract operation in september.

  i had complications which meant my short sight has been compromised but following some surgery the fluid buildup seems to have cleared and i have started painting again.

  this is a larger rendition of an earlier piece, such a relief to be ble to see the paper again..

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  Good for you!

  Unfortunately I had a Lasik operation which went bad and now I see worse. For anyone thinking of it take PRK instead and take it from a surgeon who's been doing it for 20 years.
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  What kind of person was Nathan H. Knorr?

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  we have several examples in the forum showing that president knorr was not a loving and caring person; one that impressed me was the one about the elderly bethelite that was put out on the streets until his death due to a disagreement with knorr.

  i bring to your attention an incident that happened in the country of honduras back in the 50s, it has to do with immoral conduct by a branch overseer and his subsequent disfellowshiping.

  i am not critical of the end result of his conduct but rather the salacious and detailed report of this matter putting in the open the details for the whole world to see.

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  "...about the elderly Bethelite that was put out on the streets until his death due to a disagreement with Knorr."

  Slightly surprised to hear that. Sounds like something that only Joseph Rutherford would do.