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  Can you prove Jesus existed outside of Bible (so called) evidence?

  by punkofnice in

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  i thought i'd done a thread on this before but can't find it.. so.

  did jesus actually exist?.

  without using the bible i'd like to see obvious proof..

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  OMFG Dinosaurs and Noah

  by konceptual99 in

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  just fell off my chair whilst listening to the bible "highlights".

  someone has actually just said that the flood account actually helps inform scientists on matters that perplex them.

  for example for decades they have wondered how the dinosaurs all disappeared but if they looked at the account of the flood then they would see the answer.

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  Closed WT Branches list.

  by Hecce in

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  one of the friends at extj forum provided this list of wt branches that have been closed so far, there is also a mention that two large ones are in the process of being dismantled, they are spain and argentina.

  posted for informational purposes and it seems to be accurate.. thanks for reading.

  1) alaska.

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  Great thread!
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  "Jehovah ALWAYS had/used an organization". How would you reply?

  by EdenOne in

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  in a recent meeting with elders, an argument was used to the effect that jehovah has always [= throughout history] used, or operated through, an organization; therefore, the wts must be that organization today, since god must be using one.

  naturally, i know what arguments i've used to counter that argument.

  but i'm interested in hearing yours.

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  I've been asked to give a public talk (should I)

  by darth frosty in

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  a friend of mine who is planing his fade, has just been made talk coordinator.

  so he calls me and ask 'do i want to give a talk at his hall?

  ' he knows my situation and lurks on this board himself.

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  I've been asked to give a public talk (should I)

  by darth frosty in

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  a friend of mine who is planing his fade, has just been made talk coordinator.

  so he calls me and ask 'do i want to give a talk at his hall?

  ' he knows my situation and lurks on this board himself.

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  I've been asked to give a public talk (should I)

  by darth frosty in

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  a friend of mine who is planing his fade, has just been made talk coordinator.

  so he calls me and ask 'do i want to give a talk at his hall?

  ' he knows my situation and lurks on this board himself.

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  Black Man

  I'll let the cat out of the bag. I was the one who asked Darth to give the talk at my hall (before I officially faded of course, which I completely walked away in Spring, 2009). After much thought, he decided NOT to do it. At the time I asked him, I was having problems getting GOOD speakers at the hall for the public talks. This was no exaggeration, there were some weeks that the talks were so painful that I wondered whether these speakers could even complete a HOOKED ON PHONICS exercise.

  I remembered how GREAT a speaker Darth was before and during our Bethel days, so I asked him. I had it set up that he would be visiting from his old congo in NYC and even put it up on the board with one of his outlines that he used to give. This was during the final days in the org and I thought it would be a hoot to have him give the talk and it would've made sitting their listening to the public talk BEARABLE for once.

  In hindsight, I respect his decision, but I always wonder WHAT IF? What would that have been like? Would've been AWESOME!
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  My life on the Treadmill

  by cult classic in

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  i was born in 1970 to third generation jehovah's witnesses.

  like all those born in, i was brought up without hope or guidance for a life in this world.

  instead of being taught to be self sufficient and confident, i was trained to obey my parents without question (ephesians 6:1).

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  Great story! I wonder if I was at Bethel the same time as you were.
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  Powerfully heart-wrenching experience by FORMER BETHLITE

  by Black Man in

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  just wanting to post an experience by a former bethelite.

  the first part was just published with the other two coming overt the next couple of weeks.

  click the link.

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  I just wanna push this back to the top for any newbies who haven't read this story. It's the classic turning lemons into lemonade story that is so powerful and impactful. Props again to Mariuca, Carl and the writer Richard.
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  Children believe Santa Claus is coming. As an adult, do you believe Armageddon is coming?

  by LoisLane looking for Superman in

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