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  Christmas Is Not Pagan!

  by Sarah Smiles in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  someone wrote about christmas and i could not find your post to reply!

  so here is my reply why i think christmas is not pagan!.

  i just read a thread where one of the posters was saying christmas is not pagan.

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  MadTiger

  The pagan festival period that Christmas is from is called Yule. Mistletoe and holly were used, they caroled, they ate and drank, they gave gifts, etc. Solstice = sun being born. X-mas = Son being born.
  
  EVERYTHING is basically the same. It is easier to list what is NOT the same.
  
  The pagan holiday called Samhain (pronounced Sow-en), and commonly called Hallow's Evening or Hallowe'en or Halloween, was borrowed as well, as was Easter.
  
  Truth.
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  Christmas Is Not Pagan!

  by Sarah Smiles in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  someone wrote about christmas and i could not find your post to reply!

  so here is my reply why i think christmas is not pagan!.

  i just read a thread where one of the posters was saying christmas is not pagan.

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  MadTiger

  Christmas is pagan.
  
  I am not going to repeat everything that I and others have already stated.
  
  If you want to celebrate, go ahead.
  
  But you can't lie to yourself. Truth. It is of pagan origin, created to overshadow existing birth of the sun solstice rituals and feast days.
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  Well - the New Secret Watchtower should arrive pretty soon.....

  by AK - Jeff in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i hope someone opens a new secret watchtower website with all the pages scanned monthly.

  wouldn't that be a hoot?

  i forget nowadays - when should the dubs expect that january shipment?

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  The "deeper things" will be discussed in these mags.
  
  By the time they put something obviously crazy in there, some months down the line, people will already feel so special that they will suck it all in.
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  WHAT QUESTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK JEHOVAH'S LAWYERS?

  by badboy in

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  2. friends

  any takers?

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  MadTiger

  The lawyers have to be the most indoctrinated of the inner circle. They are privy to all of the dark secrets -- finances, pedophile lawsuits, etc. To remain in the organization after viewing just a couple of those documents takes a special type. They couldn't possibly lie to themselves the whole time. The truth is staring at them through all of the court documents.
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  Thank you, nvrgnbk!!

  by AuldSoul in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  just wanted to drop a line of thanks for the friend who gave me the best birthday party i have ever had.. my first two cigars] ... .

  thanks isn't even close to enough, m'man.. respectfully,.

  auldsoul.

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  You look pretty much at ease (i.e. a "Natural") with that beer and cigar.
  
  Hmmmmm.
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  Questiions that JW's can not answer

  by TooBad TooSad in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i was an elder for 10 years.

  there were some questions that i was asked by the flock which.

  i could not answer.

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  Many of your "hard" questions aren't really hard at all. They contain many assumptions.
  
  For example, your thoughts on electricity generation: electricity is generated in MANY ways besides burning fossil fuels. I knew that since the third grade.
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  Did being raised as a witness make you smarter?

  by Paralipomenon in

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  2. friends

  a topic that came up on gabbly the other day.

  i've seen a few "post your iq" or other test topics on the forums here.

  if people are even close to truthful with their score i would guess the average iq would be ~125, quite possibly higher.

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  You have to remember that this is not a random sampling.
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  A question of willpower, friendship, and kindness

  by tsunami_rid3r in

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  2. friends

  whatever it is that makes us go on and want to do the many things we do daily has gone out of me.

  i no longer have the power to endure through running and exercising my body.

  i no longer wish to do anything fun.

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  You are depressed, and may not even realize it.
  
  You are displaying several symptoms.
  
  It's OK to like to be alone. It's not OK to only interact with society for selfish reasons.
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  Watchtower magazine CDs

  by MadTiger in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have a crap load of these.

  pm with some offer.

  i know someone needs them.

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  MadTiger

  Nosferatu, that was funny.
  
  It took quite a few AOL offers to get that sculpture going.
  
  
  Anyway, someone please take these off of my hands. I know there is someone who still researches the Watchtower and Awake for some reason. I am not bothering with eBay.
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  Lets get a recipe topic going for Thanks Giving and Christmas....

  by restrangled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know its early, but so many of us were denied the thrill of the holidays for so many years, i think most of us on jwd tend to look forward to holidays more than the average person.

  the weather finally changed today here in florida, and everyone i talk to is thinking about the holidays which inspired me to start this thread..... so lets get your favorite dish or dishes you are willing to share.

  this gives everyone time to try it and add to their menus.

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  MadTiger

  Semi-hijack:
  
  I came up with a great way to discover recipes online.
  
  I simply type what I have on hand into a search engine, and check the results.
  
  Example:
  
  If I had potatoes, onions, hamburger, and tomatoes, I find out that I could make a
  
  ground beef casserole, which I had never heard of before.
  
  
  I call this method the Bachelor's Surprise.