Posts by MadTiger

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How the Circuit Overseer Manipulates the Body of Elders
by TMS in
1. jw
2. friends
the relationship between local elders and the circuit overseer has fluctuated over the years.

in the sixties, .

the circuit overseer simply appointed all the servants.
MadTiger

I wouldn't call that one manipulation.

That is asking someone to put their money where their mouth is, so to speak.

They had no problem doing things behind the scenes, but were they willing to go on record with it?
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What Birth Sign Were You Born Under ?
by flipper in
1. jw
2. friends
didn't know if this has been addressed before , but it's kinda interesting.

when we were witnesses we were always told,oh!

don't look at horoscopes or read anything about your sign because it's demonized !
MadTiger

Scorpio

The sun sign is the most popular, but it is the least important in astrology, actually.

The moon sign (average 30 days month/12 signs = moon spends 2.5 days in each sign) is very important.

The ascendant sign (rising) is very important also, and it is determined by your hour of birth. 24 hours in a day/12 signs = sun spends 2 hours in each sign.
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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.
MadTiger

"If you choose to see evil, you can find it anywhere. If you choose to see beauty, it's everywhere, too, though often far less obvious. I believe we are meant to look for the good, and enjoy it where ever it can be found."

I think those are three of the best sentences I have read on this site. I agree.
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one hour countdown
by purplesofa in
1. jw
2. friends
to my next job interview.. the one that is with the regional manager.. i will let you all know how it goes.. purps.
MadTiger

Little thing to take care of?

Ticket?
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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.
MadTiger

I am not talking about these current mutations. People have added customs. I am talking about the core.

I am talking about what they did in the beginning.

True, they have added things, like candy canes, that have no pagan roots.

Adding things does not obfuscate the truth from me, though.

Example:

People may dance around the May Pole for a different reason nowadays, but it does NOT change the fact that it is borrowed from a centuries old pagan ritual still practiced by some today. It is a celebration of fertility. It's not about little Susie's motive when she dances around the pole. Her motive doesn't change the FACTS.
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Sad state of humanity - Stealing a dying man's groceries
by MadTiger in
1. social
2. current
here!
MadTiger

Here!
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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.
MadTiger

Sigh, this is getting longer than I would have liked.

Are we going to go through every custom, and have me link to Encyclopedia Brittanic about everything.

Kissing under the mistletoe = pagan. Druids

Boughs of holly = pagan. Druids.

etc.

for the whole freaking holiday.

Don't let it stop you from having fun, but don't lie to yourself.
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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.
MadTiger

You are talking about intent.

I am not talking about intent or heart condition or motive.

I am talking about facts.

It is a fact that the days of the week are named after pagan deities, and natural objects that have been deified.

Sun day

Moon day

Tiw's day (War god, like Mars. That's why French is mardi, and Spanish is martes)

Woden's day

Thor's Day

Freya's (Frigg's) Day

Saturn's day

Fact.

Now, does that mean you have to make up your own names for the days, so you won't worship false gods? No!!!!

It's just FACTS.

The other things I said about Christmas are not assertions. They are facts. What you do about them is up to you.
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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.
MadTiger

Go right ahead, sista.

Trees aren't evil. Celebrating isn't evil.

Acknowledge the truth about the history of things.

Then move on.
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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.
MadTiger

Just one quote of thousands:

"Even the date of Christmas, December 25, was borrowed from another religion. At the time Christmas was created in AD 320, Mithraism was very popular. The early Christian church had gotten tired of their futile efforts to stop people celebrating the solstice and the birthday of Mithras, the Persian sun god. Mithras’ birthday was December 25. So the pope at the time decided to make Jesus’ official birthday coincide with Mithras’ birthday."