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  Campaign to invite people to meetings

  by StarTrekAngel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just found out last night that our congo is starting a campaign to invite interested people to meetings.

  the instructions for the campaign clear out that "interested" people are not just those whom we visit often or have bible studies with.

  it includes and random stranger we may talk to and who may show a hint of interest on the religion.

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  Next they'll have robotic trolleys with AI language skills and mechanical arms to hand out literature.
  
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  ls homosexuality really normal?

  by atomant in

  1. watchtower
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  l know animals do it but their animals.they dont live by a moral code.the thought of 2 men going for it is not normal.what are your thoughts?.

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  stan livedeath,
  

  its just the words and phrases that dont seem right.

  Words and phrases are given meaning by our feelings and our subconscious. Different people project different meanings into the same words.
  

  another example. when one partner in a gay marriage refers to his partner as " my husband ". does that imply he regards himself as the wife in the relationship ?

  I used to think that until I realized that they refer to each other as "my partner".
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  ls homosexuality really normal?

  by atomant in

  1. watchtower
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  l know animals do it but their animals.they dont live by a moral code.the thought of 2 men going for it is not normal.what are your thoughts?.

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  Perry,
  

  I think you have to first figure out by what authority you define "normal".

  Yes I know Perry; the word of a demon god that executed people for carrying firewood on the Sabbath and forced a rape victim to marry her rapist is your standard of normality.
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  ls homosexuality really normal?

  by atomant in

  1. watchtower
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  l know animals do it but their animals.they dont live by a moral code.the thought of 2 men going for it is not normal.what are your thoughts?.

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  It's normal for them.

  And your saying that animals don't live by a moral code automatically implies that you consider homosexuality to be immoral for humans.

  Your desire to view them as abnormal probably stems from the innate sense of revulsion that straight men feel when they see two other gay men kiss or something. However when straight men see two gay women kissing it excites them. Is that normal?
  
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  According to one JW there can only be 1 of 3 reasons why you left.

  by Bonsai in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i asked an old jw friend of mine why so many baptized individuals leave the jw religion.

  "did it ever occur to you, old friend, that maybe they know something that you don't know and have valid reasons for leaving?

  ", i asked.. his response set me back for an answer.

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  In my case it was the egotism of calling themselves "The Truth". Also, their worship of the "faithful and discrete slave". I was a celibate so the "get out and fornicate" excuse did not play a part. Neither was the 'stumbling' issue.

  I simply felt very anxious about the mere fact that I was there. I even had anxiety attacks while out in field service.
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  Performance Impact due to Google Indexing

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  just a heads up in case the site seems slow - you're requests are competing with googlebot because it's being indexed and it's really going at it ... a minute ago there were 40+ instances fired up there were so many requests coming it.

  i guess the data doesn't have far to travel so it can hit things hard.

  i did have a throttle in place but took it off because i wanted to speed things up a bit ... well, it worked!.

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  Sounds like all Greek to me.
  
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  What were Jesus's 'Miracles' supposed to prove?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the healings, feeding the five thousand, walking on water, resurrecting the dead.

  none of it happened of course but let's take the bible literally and say that it did.. so?.

  didn't magic practicing priests perform 'miracles' in a contest with aaron?

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  Jesus' mother and his family thought he was crazy; a good hint there. - Mark 3:20-21.
  
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  What were Jesus's 'Miracles' supposed to prove?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the healings, feeding the five thousand, walking on water, resurrecting the dead.

  none of it happened of course but let's take the bible literally and say that it did.. so?.

  didn't magic practicing priests perform 'miracles' in a contest with aaron?

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  nicolau,
  

  The miracles are a fictional creation of the gospel writers but if, as recorded in the Bible and as VI has explained, Jesus did claim the miracles as his own it only goes to prove his dishonesty.
  

  I believe that Jesus was a failed magician who actually believed his miracles could become real if people had enough faith. He was obsessed with the issue of faith and the miracles that it could create. Self delusion.
  
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  What were Jesus's 'Miracles' supposed to prove?

  by nicolaou in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the healings, feeding the five thousand, walking on water, resurrecting the dead.

  none of it happened of course but let's take the bible literally and say that it did.. so?.

  didn't magic practicing priests perform 'miracles' in a contest with aaron?

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  What were Jesus's 'Miracles' supposed to prove?

  Good question. Of equal importance is how he considered persons who were skeptical of his miracles.

  13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. Luke 10:13-15 New International Version
  

  So, he supposedly forgave his murderers but damned to Hades those who disbelieved. And why were these people supposed to believe when magicians were a dime a dozen in the ancient world. A sincere and rational person would have been, in the mental framework of that time, willing to believe if there were proof that his miracles were legitimate but their religion would consider the possibility that a 'miracle' would come from Satan. So how does one tell the difference?

  From that attitude, as well as from non-theological skepticism, one would first question the recipients of those 'miracles'. Did they know them personally? How do they know that Jesus had not slipped a silver coin into the hands of a healthy person instructed to act blind or hunchback?
  
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  Playboy Features Hijab for the First Time

  by Village Idiot in

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  don't know about you guys but i've always found something erotic about muslim women wearing the hijab and, not the burkha, but a modest loose dress that leaves plenty to the imagination.

  it has an air of the mysterious like i want to actually get underneath it and explore what most men are not allowed to see in the relatively modest dresses of western women.. here's an article on miss playboy bunny: https://www.yahoo.com/style/145960-182016583.html.. any fantasizers out there?.

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  Don't know about you guys but I've always found something erotic about Muslim women wearing the Hijab and, not the Burkha, but a modest loose dress that leaves plenty to the imagination. It has an air of the mysterious like I want to actually get underneath it and explore what most men are not allowed to see in the relatively modest dresses of Western women.

  Here's an article on Miss Playboy Bunny: https://www.yahoo.com/style/145960-182016583.html.

  Any fantasizers out there?