The Cheap Kodak cameras have had ongoing problems with the lens jaming. You use it for a while and then one day you turn it on and it turns off again because of the lens problem. So use caution when buying a kodak. seek2find
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JW-Media.org FAQ--edited for accuracy
by sd-7 indo you believe that you are the only ones who will be saved?.
many millions who have lived in centuries past and who were not jehovahs witnesses will come back in a resurrection and have an opportunity [to become jehovah's witnesses and thus qualify to be saved] for life.
many now living may yet take a stand for truth and righteousness [become jehovah's witnesses] before gods time of judgment [against all other religions], and they will gain salvation [because of being jehovah's witnesses].
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The article in it's original form is an example of deliberate deception that the Organization is so good at.
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Need help disproving 607BCE
by 2pink ini hope i am posting in the right board.. anyway, i am newly out of the org, and have a dear friend who i've been speaking to all along about my thought process/decisions.
she has been hesitantly receptive (how's that for confusing?!
lol) and when i brought up 607bce to her yesterday, she was truly intrigued and had not heard of this as a false date before.. she is still half in/half out, so i know she isn't going to do a lot of naughty independent research on her own.
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Hi, I have'nt had time to read all the post here, but I wanted to quickly say that The Bible account at zechariah 1:12 and also 7:5 were real good proof for me. Both mention a 70 year period. If you look in the back of the NWT to the table that explains the books of the bible and the time period they cover you will see that Zechariah covered a time period of only 2 years 518-520 BCE. If you take 518 and add 70 years you get 588, which is only 1 year off from the 587 date that most history books and Bible commentaries use. The one year off could just be a rounding difference.
I'm sure someone who's good at aguring the point could shoot this down and probally will, in the end though, there has to be good reasons why the 586-587 date is so commonoly agreed upon and I don't think it's a conspiricy as some would have us believe. 1914 is a myth and a false religious teaching from a false religion. Good luck in your quest. seek2find
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Examining a Scripture and a Paragraph from the Watchtower Daily--Nov. 2, 2009
by sd-7 intoday's text: daniel 12:8: "now as for me, i heard, but i could not understand.
" comments were taken from 1/15/08 watchtower.. november 2, 2009.
5:30 a.m. greeted us with the daily text.
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In the JW viewpoint, People like Daniel and the other faithfull men of old, will be presented with a real problem when they learn about the "fulfilment" of their prophecys. They may ask some unconfortable questions. For an example I was looking recently at a scan of the publication called "the Messenger" which was a WTBTS publication released in conjunction with the 1931 Columbus Ohio assembly. There was an article in it about the "Beth Sarim" mansion in San Diego and beneath one of the photos was the Caption that said "...Do you think David will like it?" How are the witnesses going to explain that to David? I believe that an honest hearted reading of the 11th chapter of Hebrews will show, to those who are willing to accept it, that the Society is wrong about people like David and Daniel and other faithfull men of old being resurected to Paradise on earth. The context seems clear that they will recieve a heavenly reward. seek2find
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A Hypocritical Witness Story
by tryingtoexit inso i have this girl i've grown up with right.
she's about 4 years younger than me and always had a crush on me in our teenage years, but i never dated her cause i looked at her like my lil sister or cousin.
i get married in 2006, and she doesnt come because she was too hurt to see me make that step and it not involve her...because of this we lost touch for a while.
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To Black Sheep: Was there something special in the 1/1/1965 Watchtower? seek2find
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Family Vacation in Colorado. Suggestions?
by M.J. ini would really love to take my family (including a couple of small kids...and maybe the dog) on a road trip to the colorado rockies in late summer.
i'd like to spend at least a week out there.
any ideas on places with some good scenery, activities, places to stay (a cabin would be cool).. i haven't been out there before, and i don't know if i want to just stay in one area or make some sort of "grand circuit".
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You might want to check out the South Fork area. There is a place there called the River Bend resort. We stayed there several years ago. It was simple but nice and peacefull. Also not to far away is Creede which is a neat minning town. I really like that area. Have fun! seek2find
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2009 Drama - Kudos to Bethel. Sorry.
by Open mind inmy overall impression of this year's modern-day prodigal son drama was that it was one of the best i've ever seen.
"best" if the goal is to try to convince young jws to stay in the org.. the amount of cheesiness was at an all-time low, imo.
there were a few exceptions, but i got the impression that bethel is getting pretty good intel from the field and incorporating it into the program.
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Is it posted online anywhere?
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Picture of Jesus in the KH
by startingover ina jw friend told me that a newly remodeled kh in the area has a big picture of jesus with his hand extended in the entrance.
since it's a picture that is from the publications many say it's ok. sounds really out of place to me.
it tells me the jw's are going mainstream..
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The local KH here has no artwork anywhere in the building. Only the sign with the year text. seek2find
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Bethelite reverence
by Waffles inhave any of you had the experience of a bethelite brother visiting your kh?.
here's how it always seemed to go in my experience:.
there is a general kh-wide excitement in the air that a real, live bethelite rockstar is at the hall; overheard are numerous convo's featuring words like "o, he's a bethelite".. visiting brother bethelite gives the closing prayer and is immediately mobbed by adoring fans.. all the single sisters are on high alert, you can smell the estrogen in the air.
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Such events and Circut overseer parties (when their leaving the circut) are the only time some congregations have social gatherings. Oh and the ocasional meal after a funeral. The rest of the time your on your own. But don't dare get into any worldy association. Just stay home and have no social life. seek2find
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Any behavior you regret due to JW teaching
by happpyexjw indoes anyone wish they could make amends for mistakes made as a jw?
i tried very hard to follow the teachings very closely, right down to shunning some of my relatives who were df'd.
i also think i was very judgemental and hard on others..
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I regret not only how I, but the organization responded to the needs of others in time of need. When hurricane Katrina hit the gulf, I remember how no special fund was established and how a letter was sent that said if one wanted to donate to the releif that they should make contributions in the regular way and NOT designate the funds to the specific disaster. They was concerned that to much would be designated beyond the need of the witnesses affected, and that the money could be used in other places to build halls and so forth.
We never did anything in the way of Charity for the community in general, only where fellow witnesses were involved. It didn't seem to follow Christ example. seek2find