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wizzstick
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UK London screening of 'Truth Be Told' THIS Saturday March 28th 2015
by wizzstick injust to let you know that there is a planned screening of 'truth be told' in london for this saturday afternoon.. can you come?
if so could you let the event organiser ste know, as he needs to get numbers in order to make the booking.
details below:.
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UK London screening of 'Truth Be Told' THIS Saturday March 28th 2015
by wizzstick injust to let you know that there is a planned screening of 'truth be told' in london for this saturday afternoon.. can you come?
if so could you let the event organiser ste know, as he needs to get numbers in order to make the booking.
details below:.
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wizzstick
Hi all,
Just to let you know that there is a planned screening of 'Truth Be Told' in London for this Saturday afternoon.
Can you come? If so could you let the event organiser Ste know, as he needs to get numbers in order to make the booking. Details below:
"Truth Be Told" Screening details: Meetup.com
If you've not heard of 'Truth Be Told' the trailer is linked below:
Truth Be Told - Official Trailer
I saw the documentary at the Portbello Film Festival in 2013 and it's certainly worth watching. Plus there's the chance to chat to others who have had similar experiences to you before and after the screening at a nearby pub.
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15 Years of Jehovahs-Witness.com
by Simon inyes, today is the forum's 15th birthday!.
i never thought for one moment that it would survive this long or have so many people post so many great subjects over the years.. it is still humbling when i get pm's or emails from people expressing how the site has helped them and of course thanks goes to all the posters who have shared their experiences and make helpful and supportive comments to others who are in the sometimes difficult process of learning the real truth about 'the truth'.. the site has gone through several different incarnations over the last 15 years running on different platforms, different databases and different hosts but we've been able to keep all the old topics.
the current site is still being developed and i'm hoping to push another major upgrade soon.. i also may have some other news to share soon about the future of the site so stay posted.. until then, here's the the next 15 years!
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wizzstick
Congratulations and many thanks for sticking with it so long. This site was a major influence on me waking up.
Simon, looking at your Welcome post you still seemed pro-JW at the time? If so how long was it till you woke up? Or had you already woken up?
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Some Early Church Fathers even ignored the name YHWH
by opusdei1972 ini was reading the bart's answer to terry on th name "jehovah", and i remembered that when i did my personal study about the church fathers of the second century i found that justin martyr ignored the divine name:.
from the first apology of justin martyr:.
... and as many virtues as are peculiar to a god who is called by no proper name.
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wizzstick
They do talk about this:
The Challenge of Knowing God by Name (w10 7/1 pp.4-8)
Such ones, like Justin Martyr, are 'apostate Christians'.
Of course any Christian who disagrees with them is 'apostate'.
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Anyone have the video of explaining the new understanding of 1914?
by average joe intheres was a mention about it in the september 23rd boe .
where can i find the video explaining 1914 or at least the new explanation of 1914 from the wt society and not you trying to remember bits and pieces :) ?
thank you
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wizzstick
The video has been removed from JW.Org.
When Did God’s Kingdom Begin Ruling? (Part 1)
and here:
When Did God’s Kingdom Begin Ruling? (Part 2)
Warning - makes no sense at all.
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... and three kings he will humiliate...Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine
by scotoma inwhy ukraine, georgia and moldova should choose the eu ...www.forbes.com/.../why-ukraine-georgia-and-moldova-should-ch...forbe.
oct 13, 2014 - by vasil jaiani - despite the risk, ukraine, georgia and moldova are still ...russia has been fiercely opposing integration of the former soviet ...russia's punitive trade policy measures towards ukraine ...www.ceps.eu/.../russias-punitive-trade-policy-measures-towards-ukraine.... sep 25, 2014 - russia's punitive trade policy measures towards ukraine, moldova and georgia.if you don't have adobe reader, you can download it here.eu signs pacts with ukraine, georgia and moldova - bbc.comwww.bbc.com/.../world-europe-280526...british broadcasting corporation.
jun 27, 2014 - ukraine, georgia and moldova have signed partnership agreements with theeuropean union, in a move strongly opposed by russia.
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wizzstick
I consulted the entrails of a sheep last <remember to insert date before posting> and I did have this revealing...
Verily, I warn ye on JWN - if thou dost mock the prophet of the Lord thou will be smited and hated by the one true God who is the God of True Prohecy.
Remember the prophecy upon Tyre! Doest anything live there now?
Remember the prophecy upon the Land of the Chaldeans! Doest anything live there now?
Repent - heed scotoma. For verily the links he posteth to contain the revelation of the Lord!
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JW Child Abuse Makes 'Private Eye'
by Joe Grundy infollowing on from the recent thread about wt losing an appeal concerning the uk charity commission (sorry, i can't do the link) i'm pleased to report that this matter is covered in the latest 'private eye' (20 march - 2 april issue).. it's a one-third page article (p.34) under the heading 'child abuse' and the headline 'silent witnesses'.
it reports the case accurately, mentions several criminal cases and the ongoing high court compensation case.
it includes some of judge mckenna's comments..
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Well done Joe. Great work. Private Eye is read by a lot of MP's and those in the establishment. Good to get this problem to a wider audience. -
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God's supposedly chosen earthly organization (WTS/JWS) doesn't pronounce or spell god's name correctly !!!
by Finkelstein inthis came up on terry walstrom thread topic recently and i thought it would be good to explore this further.
the jws are quite boisterous and arrogant that they use the proper name of jehovah as the divine name of god.
but a little investigation discovers something quite different.
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wizzstick
It's strange what you know when you're in, and yet the significance doesn't sink in until you start to wake up.
I knew that Jehovah wasn't the actual name of God, but thought it was an improvement on the more vague LORD and therefore it was 'better'. But whilst I was waking up I did research and realised that Jehovah is a hybrid word. A mixture of two words (consonants of the latin version of the tetragrammaton plus the vowels of Adonai) thus making this a totally made up word!
It's also interesting that in the 60 odd years since the NWT was started, Bible Scholars and academics use 'Jehovah' less and less as Yahweh has gained ground as the more correct version of the tetragrammaton. And they quickly point out that even Yahweh is a best guess.
The penny really dropped when I was trying to think of how best to illustrate this to my mother (should it come up in conversation) and thought up this way of expressing the problem.
Lets say the exact translation of the name of God was unknown from an old language. The closest translation is Robert but an old version created by a catholic hundreds of years ago is William. Which name would one use to get 'closer' to God?
Of course one immediate problem is that God still hasn't made it clear what his name is in modern languages, but surely, at the very least, he would direct his people to use the closest one, Robert?
And there you have the problem in a nutshell for JW's. God has apparently directed his only people on earth to stop using one inaccurate version (LORD) and instead use another inaccurate version (Jehovah) whilst a more accurate version is already known (Yahweh). And the inaccurate version, Jehovah, is what he wants to be used as a witness to all the nations.
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Are the USA and Russia the key actors in end time prophecy?
by scotoma inwhat's the problem with prophecy?prophecy primarily requires a pattern recognition or insightful strategy not an analytical strategy.
prophecy rarely gives names whether of empires or their rulers.
even the name of the messiah - yeshua -wasn't foretold.
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wizzstick
Village Idiot
@ Perry:
"...Russia, in alliance with several other countries, will amass a huge army against Israel, with a view to plunder the Jews’ land."
What will tiny Israel have that the Russians will want to plunder?
Stop that Village Idiot!
Last thing this situation needs is logic and reasoning.
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Are the USA and Russia the key actors in end time prophecy?
by scotoma inwhat's the problem with prophecy?prophecy primarily requires a pattern recognition or insightful strategy not an analytical strategy.
prophecy rarely gives names whether of empires or their rulers.
even the name of the messiah - yeshua -wasn't foretold.
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wizzstick
The chain of dominating powers doesn't go on forever. There are only four powers mentioned by Daniel. Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome.
Did Daniel mention these by name? Or do believers ascribe these nations to the four beats retrospectively?
Hmmmm?