Before posing that question, it may be more helpful to consider another; Does Satan really exist? If no, then a great deal more starts to make sense as well, as much of what it taught at the Kingdom Hall can be viewed as based on simple folk stores and superstition, not reality.
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DID SATAN REALLY LIE?
by Mary ini have a couple of questions that no one has been able to answer, as apparently, no one else at the hall has thought of it.
my question is regarding the command that jehovah gave adam regarding eating from the tree.
genesis 2:16 says "and jehovah god also laid this command upon the man: "from every tree of the garden you may eat to satisfaction.
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what did you miss in order to attend meetings?
by jack2 infor me, it was the nfc championship game three years ago in order to attend the meeting, then, on top of that, the elders had *scheduled* a meeting for that day as well, to discuss the co visit.
then there was a "supplemental" elder's school held a few years back that took me away from the afc title game.
oh, i taped the stuff, but time-shift recording of sports just doesn't cut it.
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A life.
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Jehovah blesses those who shun e-mail
by Mindchild inhave any of you seen this email message going around?
<snip> .
an unemployed brother is desperate to support his family.
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ChuckD
That story has been making the rounds for years in one form or another.
It was originally told as a joke, but over the years some people picked up on it as though it were true, and have personalized it for various companies (or in this case, religions).
Here are two other variations of the same hackneyed tale;
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How Many Scuba Dive?
by LittleToe injust curious.. i started diving (scuba!!!
) in 1990, progressing to advanced instructor with the british sub aqua club (equiv.
3 star instructor cmas).
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Is there anything that could make you go back?
by sleepy inis there anything that could make you go back?.
what do you think, is there any change of belief or change of circumstance that could make you return to the jw fold?.
i cant see anything that could make me go back,but i was thinking mabye some of you religious types would go back if they changed some doctrinal things,or if they stopped banning blood.. how about if a family member was dying and hoped to see you in paradise would you go back for a while just to make them feel happy?
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ChuckD
I would rather eat an entire can of Green Giant Niblets Corn, wait a day, and eat it again.
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CNN Live
by Larry inexcellent program!!!!!!!
the young ladies and bill were great!!!!!!!!!!!!.
peace - ll
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A magnificent presentation by all three.
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Prayer
by larc innow that i am a long away from religion, i have to ask, what is the need for this prayer thing?
now, god knows everything, right?
well, so what is the need for prayer?
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ChuckD
I am rethinking my position on prayer lately, but not on God. I do not believe that God exists at all, and therefore do not think that one could communicate with God through prayer. However, I am starting to consider the possibility that prayer or simply taking some quiet time to review and state your wants and desires, may serve to get this message across to your own unconscious mind. Mind you, there is no real proof that an unconscious exists either, but as far as I am concerned it is far more likely to exist than God.
Edited by - ChuckD on 10 August 2002 22:10:33
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APOSTATE DUBS----STONE COLD KILLERS?
by You Know inas part of the sign of his presence, jesus said: "furthermore, brother will deliver brother over to death, and a father a child, and children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.
until recently it was difficult to imagine how such a scenario might play itself out in fulfillment of christ's prophecy.
but, with the ongoing apostasy now accelerating, and the world's financial system rapidly crumbling, and rumors of war a part of daily life, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the stage is being set for jesus' words to become a horrifying reality.
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Bobby,
Why limit your important information to the rather obscure discussion forum? Clearly, the majority of us have heard it all before, and are making our life choices with open eyes. It can't be simply a case of heaping up ammo for one big "I told you so" delivered just as we check the internet one last time before jumping out the window to our doom .... can it?
btw - I am off in a few hours to attend a week of classes being held right on Wall Street, so I will be sure to drop you an email "heads-up" the moment I see the first financial analyst's body plummet past.
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Another NIGERIAN scam me thinks!
by Trotafox introt just received this e-mail: .
greetings, i am paul baba, bank manager of orient bank of nigeria, lagos branch.
i have urgent and very .
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ChuckD
One way of their getting email addresses for this sort of thing is to run a program that scours discussion forums (like this one) and looks for email addresses in the code. The same sort of programs are also run on newsgroups to garner them from there. There are also many firms which sell lists for whatever purpose you want, and I get a ton of spam offering such addresses.
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Another NIGERIAN scam me thinks!
by Trotafox introt just received this e-mail: .
greetings, i am paul baba, bank manager of orient bank of nigeria, lagos branch.
i have urgent and very .
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I get at least three of these a week, and got that one this morning. They are sometimes known as the "419" scam, named after the Nigerian Criminal Code regulation they are (rarely) prosecuted under.
There is an amusing story on the web of a man who convinced his Nigerian scammer to meet him at a hotel for further meetings, and gave the hapless would-be con man a taste of his own medicine.
There is some very funny stuff in there.
Read about it at: http://www.buddyweiserman.com/about.htm
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