Posts by BugParadise

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Tape reveals NY firefighters reached airplane

by Reborn2002 in

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NWT Bible has Clarity and clear language

by youdontknowhim in

the watchtower writes about their wonderful new world translation: .

"outstanding among bibles is the new world translation of the christian greek scriptures...accuracy, uniformity, clarity, and up-to-date language mark this excellent work.

according to the watchtower the nwt has accuracy, uniformity and most of clarity and up to date language.

Who are animal lovers here??????

by LyinEyes in

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and no i don't mean the man, the poster animal!!!!!!!!!!!!!

although he is loveable............... i love animals, i have two dogs, a black lab named snoopy and a pug, named pug.

sometimes we call him pig, or dig, or mama's little baby.

BugParadise

Yes, I think Shelties are just the best, altho some people consider them wimps

They are great and we see very few problems with them as far as alergies, thyroid, digestive etc. They are mild mannered and not snappy but can be timid. They usually birth easy too. And most of all they are adorable. Our major problems with dogs in the south are skin alergies (flea, food and contact) and heartworms if the owner doesn't keep them on the preventative year round. They have a shot now that lasts for 6 months (Proheart 6) and many are going that route for less hassle. The only down side about animals is they are expensive if you are going to take proper care of them and almost as expensive as kids... lol One lady has to spend $100.00 every 2 weeks on prescription meds for her old timer. What's odd is we humans take many of the same meds for the same conditions as dogs and cats do like heart meds, lasix, ampicillian, metronidazole etc.

~Bugs

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Who are animal lovers here??????

by LyinEyes in

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friends

and no i don't mean the man, the poster animal!!!!!!!!!!!!!

although he is loveable............... i love animals, i have two dogs, a black lab named snoopy and a pug, named pug.

sometimes we call him pig, or dig, or mama's little baby.

BugParadise

Animals are tops! Couldn't live without them! When I lived in the Country I had 5 Golden Retrievers, a "little dog" (mixed rat terrier named "little dog") and a shih tzu. When I moved they all went to live with other family members. Now I have 4 cats that live with me Phoebe, Daisy, Fletcher and Lillith and 2 I keep at my Mom's .. Bubba and Liberty Bell. Libbs is half bobcat and got her name because we found her (5 weeks old) wandering the streets in Ruston La on the 4th of July a few years back. My next is going to be a Bengal Cat .. They are gorgeous! I love Dogs too but have to enjoy them by proxy through work at the present time.

~Bugs

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Who are animal lovers here??????

by LyinEyes in

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friends

and no i don't mean the man, the poster animal!!!!!!!!!!!!!

although he is loveable............... i love animals, i have two dogs, a black lab named snoopy and a pug, named pug.

sometimes we call him pig, or dig, or mama's little baby.

BugParadise

Wow Valis!

Hedgehogs! How cute! That is one animal I haven't seen come into the Vets in the years I've worked there. We get about everything else in the small animal department. Have you had any problems so far and what do they eat? Same as guinea pigs or ferrets?

~Bugs

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New Member / Introduction

by ex_Watchtowerite_hubby in

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i am not a current, nor former member of the jw's, but my wife was one for four years.

also, my mom has been one for over 20 years.

i did attend several meetings with her, and prompty fell asleep each time.

BugParadise

Welcome ex-watchtowerite hubby and wife :)

~Bugs

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What does Apostate REALY mean??

by Jesika in

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i found this posted on the women-awake group.

i found it interesting----do remember that the comments made after are not mine, even though i thought they were good comments--i won't take credit for them.

apostates and apostasy reconsidered.

BugParadise

William~>The point here is that the definition of apostate is really not a bad word

I agree and in some manuscripts you will find the word 868 aphistemi {af-is'-tay-mee}
from 575 and2476; TDNT - 1:512,88; v

2476

histemi {his'-tay-mee}
a prolonged form of a primary stao {stah'-o} (of the same
meaning, and used for it in certain tenses); TDNT - 7:638,1082; v
AV - stand 116, set 11, establish 5, stand still 4, stand by 3,
misc 17, vr stand 2; 158
1) to cause or make to stand, to place, put, set
1a) to bid to stand by, [set up]
1a1) in the presence of others, in the midst, before judges,
before members of the Sanhedrin;
1a2) to place
1b) to make firm, fix establish
1b1) to cause a person or a thing to keep his or its place
1b2) to stand, be kept intact (of family, a kingdom), to escape
in safety
1b3) to establish a thing, cause it to stand
1b31) to uphold or sustain the authority or force of anything
1c) to set or place in a balance
1c1) to weigh: money to one (because in very early times before
the introduction of coinage, the metals used to be weighed)
2) to stand
2a) to stand by or near
2a1) to stop, stand still, to stand immovable, stand firm
2a1a) of the foundation of a building
2b) to stand
2b1) continue safe and sound, stand unharmed, to stand ready or
prepared
2b2) to be of a steadfast mind
2b3) of quality, one who does not hesitate, does not waiver

Words with similar definitions:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/lexindex?lang=greek&display=&lookup=a)po/stasis

2. methormiz, remove from one anchorage to another,

4. metex-anistamai, Pass., move from one place to another, Luc.Symp.13.

~Bugs

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why do people think jesus died on a cross?

by watermelon in

i have always wonderd why so many people think jesus died on a cross.

ive been brought up to beleive that he died on a stake.

where did it come from about the cross?

BugParadise

Here is an interesting link for a sidenote on this

http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/silicate/stauroli/stauroli.htm

Also there are quite a few descriptions in early Christian texts.

The Christian apologist Justin, writing about 160 CE made mention of the shape of the cross at least twice:

"And the human form differs from that of the irrational animals in nothing
else than in its being erect and having its hands extended . .. and this
shows no other form than that of the cross." (Justin Martyr: "First Apology"
in Roberts & Donaldson (ed): Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I, Eerdmans
1969, p. 181) "For the one beam is placed upright, from which the highest extremity is
raised up into a horn, when the other beam is fitted on to it, and the ends
appear on both sides as horns joined on to the one horn." (Justin's
"Dialogue With Trypho", Chap XC in ANF, p. 245)

A few decades later Irenaeus wrote:

"The very form of the cross, too, has five extremities, two in length, two
in bredth, and one in the middle, on which [last] the person rests who is
fixed by the nails." (Irenaeus' "Against Heresies", Chap XXIV in ANF p. 395)

In 197 AD the Christian writer Tertullian wrote:

"Every piece of timber which is fixed in the ground in an erect position is
a part of a cross, and indeed the greater portion of its mass. But an entire
cross is attributed to us, with its transverse beam, of course, and its
projecting seat." (Tertullian in "Ad Nationes" Chap XI in ANF, Vol III, p.
122)

Note that these writers lived in a period when Crucifixions were still
carried out, and could see these horribly executions firsthand. Both Justin
and Tertullian referred to cases where Christians were crucified.(See ANF,
Vol I, p. 254; Vol III, p. 28).

We even find testimony about the form of the cross by early non-Christian
writers. The Greek writer Lukianos (c. 120-180 AD) wrote that the letter T
had received its "evil meaning" because of the "evil instrument tyrants put
up to hang people upon them. (Lukianos in "Iudicium Vocalium 12", in Martin
Hengel in Crucifixion, Fortress Press, 1982, pp. 8,9)