Topics Started by behemot

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Starbucks
by Sailor Ripley in
1. jw
2. friends
i can't help it... i love the freakin' place!.

i know it's insanely expensive, has long lines and possibly, no, actually is quite obnoxious.

i don't care.
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Song of Solomon
by Zico in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the song of solomon is being covered in the kh highlights this week.

last night, the brother doing this talk went into detail about how this has a greater fulfillment, in that it applies to christ and the loyalty of his bride class, the anointed.

surely this is just a love story between solomon and the girl?
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Internet is bad...but good to collect $$$
by behemot in
1. jw
2. friends
don't know if this has been posted before... in france jws can contribute online from this site:.

https://donsenligne-tj.org/accueil.asp.

...looks like internet is not that bad after all.. behemot.
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PhD thesis: Does Yahweh exist?
by behemot in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i found this very interesting paper.

it's a phd thesis at the old testament science department of the pretoria university, titled "does yahweh exist?

a philosophical-critical reconstruction of the case against realism in old testament theology".. it offers a devils advocate's case against realism in old testament theology, in the form of the following seven arguments against the existence of yahweh:.
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Origins of YHWH
by I.Wonder in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i think this has been discussed before.

if anyone could provide some links that would be great.. i tried the "google" search and didn't come up with anything.

i am terrible at doing searches.. thank you,.
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What?!
by Amanda001 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
well, today i came home from work and i found some pamphlet from a jehovah's witness on my doorstep.

i began to read it because before i state what i believe i think it is only fair that i find out some info.

it was the flyer about the end of false religion.
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Isaiah chapter 2 (Leolaia - Narkissos)
by behemot in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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i don't post often but i read a lot on this forum, appreciating especially leolaia's and narkissos' approach to bible issues.. can they (or other "scholars" in the forum) post here (or direct me to) any info or non-apologetic comment about isaiah chapter 2?

behemot
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Another story on changing magazine pics
by behemot in
1. jw
2. friends
in my country a few years ago there was the (unwritten) rule that skirts long to the shoes were not ok for sisters.

unfortunately in brooklyn it seems that nobody knew about this, so once, much to the embarassment of the local branch that was upholding the rule, a wt issue came up that had on one page a pic of a sister preaching who wore just that kind of skirt; and on another page a pic of a witness party with a sister sitting on a sofa whose skirt covered her shoes.

result?
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PHOTOS - Does the WTS change them?
by hamsterbait in
1. jw
2. friends
in line with ritchie rich's thread where abad points out that the wts has an ongoing editing policy for the littermanure.. they have heavily edited the bound volumes as opposed to the original ragazines.

they even got rid of kingdumb melodies from the song book, because their composer turned away.

ditto the aid book.. has anyone noticed if they remove people from old photos who are no longer approved?
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The Atheist's Book of Bible Stories - Ch. 15 - Of Numbers, Poop, & Other...
by RunningMan in
1. watchtower
2. bible
well, i guess its about time that i dealt with one of the housekeeping issues of this book numbers.

although i have dealt with the bibles poor mathematical skills in the chapter the numbers of the book, up to this point i have only proven that in some cases, the bibles numbers are physically impossible.

when it comes to the size and contents of the temple or and the length of the egyptian bondage, the numbers just dont add up.