Topics Started by ringo5

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Good News for dub's raised in the "Truth"
by ringo5 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
just some good advice from the watchtower regarding researching the religion of your upbringing... .

*** w85 7/15 pp.

3-4 my religion is good enough for me!
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Get Ready For The Resurrection!
by ringo5 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
to all those that are bitching about how many the witnesses say are going to be bird food in armaggeddon, take heart!

this serves a twofold purpose: .

1- 99.9% of the earths population were all mean people and didn't take the mags when they were offered.
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Was Jesus predestined to die?
by ringo5 in
1. jw
2. friends
according to wts, the first prophecy in the bible (gen 3:15) applies to jesus and was partially fulfilled when the he died on the cross stake.

so how did jesus or anyone that had anything to do with his death have any freewill if he was predestined to die?

say the jews had decided they kinda liked him or thought he was at least entertaining and decided to let him hang around?
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Can you feel the love?
by ringo5 in
1. jw
2. friends
after reading a 1952 watchtower quote about segregation that blondie posted, i thought i'd have a look at the newly resurrected and cloned quotes site to see what other gems there might be.

*** the golden age, july 24, 1929, p. 702 *** .

question: is there anything in the bible that reveals the origin of the negro?
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No lawyers in 1st century congregation?
by ringo5 in
1. jw
2. friends
where is the 1st century example of a legal department, that we can pattern this aspect of our worship after, today?

where's the "antitypical lawyer and insurance adjuster class" mentioned that justifies the huge wts legal dept.?

i mean, the gospel writers obviously didn't submit their writings to any legal dept.
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Christian email fraud
by ringo5 in
1. social
2. current
here's a copy fo an email i recieved recently.

are these scammers thinking christians are by definitian more gullible or naive?

just thought it was a new slant on email fraud... .
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Pagan Origins
by ringo5 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
have any of you discussed the contradictions in the dub beliefs as regards the pagan roots of certain practices or beliefs?

if so, with what success?

i mean if we reject religious customs that had pagan roots outright, then why not with the 1914 doctrine?
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Earthquake statistics?
by ringo5 in
1. jw
2. friends
has there ever been any so-called evidence brought forth by the wtbs that there has been an increase in earthquakes since 1914??

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inquiring minds would like to know..
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Chocolate cookies - for those with a death anxiety
by ringo5 in
1. social
2. humour
chocolate chip cookies .

an elderly irishman lay dying in his bed.

while suffering the agonies of impending death, .
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WARNING- groans may be emitted
by ringo5 in
1. social
2. humour
two mexicans, who had been lost in the desert for weeks, were at death's .

door.

as they stumbled on, hoping for salvation in the form of an oasis or .