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  Is Jehova's Trumpet for real?

  by StarTrekAngel in

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  because regardless of having seen a lot of bad things, if true, some of the things i read there have reached new thresholds of bs.

  who are these people?

  i posted some comments there because i was sincerely confused as to the nature of their article.. http://jehovahstrumpet.com/brother-survives-nazi-persecution-disfellowshiped-for-smoking/.

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  The Onion. 
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  How did you get through mind numbing meetings?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  as an elder, i used to find a legitimate reason to wander.

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    Naughty girl! How old were you when you first started playing your mischievous pranks?
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  A random HISTORY of that old rugged cross used by JW's until 1931

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  corinthians 1:18, holman christian standard bible "for to those who are perishing the message of the cross is foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is gods power.

  an austrian radiologist, hermann moedder, experimented with medical students in the 40's, hanging them by their wrists with their hands directly above their heads (much like the watchtower pictures jesus on a stake).

  in a few minutes, the students became pale, their lung capacity dropped from 5.2 to 1.5 liters, blood pressure decreased and the pulse rate increased.

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  Samaritan At the Well: "...the article said something to the effect "does it really matter if he did or not"".

  It does matter to them if they make a claim that the cross is a pagan symbol with evil intentions by Satan in having people use it.
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  A random HISTORY of that old rugged cross used by JW's until 1931

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  corinthians 1:18, holman christian standard bible "for to those who are perishing the message of the cross is foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is gods power.

  an austrian radiologist, hermann moedder, experimented with medical students in the 40's, hanging them by their wrists with their hands directly above their heads (much like the watchtower pictures jesus on a stake).

  in a few minutes, the students became pale, their lung capacity dropped from 5.2 to 1.5 liters, blood pressure decreased and the pulse rate increased.

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  Village Idiot

  If I remember correctly, the JWs in their Babylon the Great book, made the following arguments.

  1. The cross was derived from the pagan Egyptian symbol known as Crux Ankh which looked like this

  

   

  This cross was supposed to be a phallic symbol incorporating the genitalia of male and female. As you can tell by the image that argument is stretching it quite a bit.

  2. Then there was the argument that compared the Christian cross with the Babylonian Tammuz cross which actually looked like a cross.

  The counter argument is that the t shape is so simple that someone is bound to use it even if there is no connection with each other. A child doodling with a pencil or a chimpanzee with a paintbrush could draw a t .

  

   

   

  
  
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  A random HISTORY of that old rugged cross used by JW's until 1931

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  corinthians 1:18, holman christian standard bible "for to those who are perishing the message of the cross is foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is gods power.

  an austrian radiologist, hermann moedder, experimented with medical students in the 40's, hanging them by their wrists with their hands directly above their heads (much like the watchtower pictures jesus on a stake).

  in a few minutes, the students became pale, their lung capacity dropped from 5.2 to 1.5 liters, blood pressure decreased and the pulse rate increased.

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  Village Idiot

  Jonathan Drake, you've done your research. I believe the Romans called the cross beam Patibulum in Latin.

   

  
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  How did you get through mind numbing meetings?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as an elder, i used to find a legitimate reason to wander.

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  I actually got through the meetings ok - I was still a believer, somewhat. It was in field service that I would suffer from anxiety attacks.
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  How did you get through mind numbing meetings?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as an elder, i used to find a legitimate reason to wander.

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  rebel8: "Also, I played lots of practical jokes on the sistas and bros. Lots."

  Could you tell us a few?
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  A random HISTORY of that old rugged cross used by JW's until 1931

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  corinthians 1:18, holman christian standard bible "for to those who are perishing the message of the cross is foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is gods power.

  an austrian radiologist, hermann moedder, experimented with medical students in the 40's, hanging them by their wrists with their hands directly above their heads (much like the watchtower pictures jesus on a stake).

  in a few minutes, the students became pale, their lung capacity dropped from 5.2 to 1.5 liters, blood pressure decreased and the pulse rate increased.

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  Terry: "Not quite sure what THIS is:"

  Could it be something that current day "Bible Students" have? Do they still use that symbol?
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  A random HISTORY of that old rugged cross used by JW's until 1931

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  corinthians 1:18, holman christian standard bible "for to those who are perishing the message of the cross is foolishness, but to us who are being saved it is gods power.

  an austrian radiologist, hermann moedder, experimented with medical students in the 40's, hanging them by their wrists with their hands directly above their heads (much like the watchtower pictures jesus on a stake).

  in a few minutes, the students became pale, their lung capacity dropped from 5.2 to 1.5 liters, blood pressure decreased and the pulse rate increased.

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  Village Idiot

  Good research. Would one of these Watchtower cross and crowns pins be available somewhere?
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  Video: How to use the site / basic navigation

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. tech-support

  please don't laugh - i just threw this together and didn't bother making a script first so probably repeat myself or make no sense at all at times.. hopefully it will demonstrate a few tips for using the site more effectively.. i'll do one on signing up and logging in next and also how to edit, reply etc.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx5d3ct0y50.

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  On IE11 I can't find the snippet options on the right hand side or anything at all including ads. It's all right on Firefox though.