Ehhhh Leo when did Alan write that brief synopsis.... 6-7 years ago?
Posts by Cygnus
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10Study in the Creator book.
by Daunt inafter my whole little ordeal with my parent's hearing about how i am atheist and the truth about how i feel about the truth, my dad suggested that we study later on the creator book ("is there a creator who cares about you?
") he has told me a few times that if i have any objections to it i can freely point them out.
well, at first i saw this to be the opportunity to do research, back track the numerable names that they drop in this book, and show the logical fallacies used to support the prevailing theme of intelligent design in the book.
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Study in the Creator book.
by Daunt inafter my whole little ordeal with my parent's hearing about how i am atheist and the truth about how i feel about the truth, my dad suggested that we study later on the creator book ("is there a creator who cares about you?
") he has told me a few times that if i have any objections to it i can freely point them out.
well, at first i saw this to be the opportunity to do research, back track the numerable names that they drop in this book, and show the logical fallacies used to support the prevailing theme of intelligent design in the book.
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Cygnus
"Why are we here? Because we're here; Roll the Bones." -- Roll The Bones, 1991, Rush
Even as a JW I saw the wisdom in those simple lyrics.
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Ephesians Chapter 1 - who is who?
by AK - Jeff inephesians chapter 1; .
paul, an apostle of jesus christ through the will of god, to the saints who are in ephesus, and to the faithful in christ jesus: 2 grace to you, and peace from god our father, and the lord jesus christ!
3 blessed [is] the god and father of our lord jesus christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in christ, 4 according as he did choose us in him before the foundation of the world, for our being holy and unblemished before him, in love, 5 having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through jesus christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he did make us accepted in the beloved, 7 in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 in which he did abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having made known to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure, that he purposed in himself, 10 in regard to the dispensation of the fullness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the christ, both the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth -- in him; 11 in whom also we did obtain an inheritance, being foreordained according to the purpose of him who the all things is working according to the counsel of his will, 12 for our being to the praise of his glory, [even] those who did first hope in the christ, 13 in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth -- the good news of your salvation -- in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the holy spirit of the promise, 14 which is an earnest of our inheritance, to the redemption of the acquired possession, to the praise of his glory.
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Cygnus
Only Lyndon LaRouche could write a longer run-on sentence, and a more meaningless one that that.
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Do you love your pet?
by AK - Jeff inmine is a lab/boxer mix.
she is about 8 months now and thinks she is a lap dog!
she is as graceful as a cat, and can be on my lap in about a second with no notice.
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Cygnus
I love my two cats. Two of a kind. Impossible to describe them fully here. I also love my choco broan lab until it was his by a year before it reached two.
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Dating dubs, when is a chapperone needed?
by gringojj inmy wifes mother is a devout single dub.
i understand that it would be innapropriate for a young couple to be alone in a house, or even go out in public together if they are not married or had a chapperone.
so we just found out a certain brother whos wife died a few years ago has been stopping over my mother in laws recently.
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Cygnus
My ex mother in law dirvorced her non JW husband on the grounds that he was preventing her from being a JW (spiritual endangerment, which as bullshit, he never prevented her from doing anything JW-wise). She started hanging around this other dude for 7-8 years, and cause they each had kids from prior marriages, they got away with it (no chaperones but little kids). Two years ago they got married.
Now, she divorced her ex. He said, hell, I don't live by JW rules so I'm getting remarried. That gave her the go ahead to be "scripturally free." That seems really bogus to me. But the elders gave it the go ahead. I know another JW girl who got divorced cause they mutually agreed to leave each other... he wouldnt admit to "infidelity in the eyes of Jehovah" so she shacked up with some guy, got DF'd and got reinstated a year or so later so she could marry a JW again. My ex-wife's aunt did something similar. How whacked.
Chaperoning gets lip service but I'd guess if they're phyically attracted to each other 95% of JWs commit at least "loose condduct." I know me and my friends did. and, most of those marriages are dead now.
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What would you do if all the gas dried up?
by jayhawk1 inokay, we know all the gas won't dry up soon, but it sure is expensive.
i got to thinking, what would i do and what would others do if there simply wasn't any gas to buy?
myself, would it no longer be worth making payments on my home and moving to another one closer to work?
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Cygnus
BTW, gas won't dry up.. We have enough oil to last us 40-60 years at least. By then alertnate fuels will be ready and marketable. sorry for all the edits and typos tonight, my hands and ribs are killing me (came down with pleurisy again tonight)
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Faking time cards
by mkr32208 ini wonder if those of us who have simply faded started sending in time cards that we just made up.
you know massive placements hundreds of return visits if they would count them or just toss them out?
also how hard would it be to set up a ficticius congregation with all of us as members?
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Cygnus
: Also how hard would it be to set up a ficticius congregation with all of us as members?
impossible.
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U.S. Branch Letter in September KM
by TheListener inseptember km, page 1 - u.s. branch letter.
dear kingdom publishers:.
with the start of the new service year, there are 9 new circuits in the united states branch territory, making a total of 41 new circuits in the last five years.
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Cygnus
Also, they quote an older sister, whos has likely waiting for Armageddon for a long time. I would think preparations, building, and post-Armageddon readiness for would get her exicted, not new printing facilities.
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YOUR CRAVING WILL BE FOR YOUR....
by tijkmo ini [jehovah] shall greatly increase the pain of your pregnancy; in birth pangs you will bring forth children, and your craving will be for your husband, and he will dominate you.
i was thinking about this scripture recently....what does it mean to crave something..these are some of the comments wts have to say on the subject
the commentary on the old testament, by c. f. keil and f. delitzsch, describes this "craving" as "a desire bordering upon disease.
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Cygnus
Good thoughts. Men have similar cravings though, I know I do (caty )
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Update: New Governing Body Pics - Have fun!
by Neo inthe twelve men who exert control over the lives of 6,000,000 people and who could put a stop to all the harm caused to families if they wanted to:
as i said in another thread, most of them started partaking the emblems after 1935. that's a clear sign that there's a corrosion of the "remnant" doctrine, because now most of the governing body are considered "replacements" of 'anointed ones who have fallen away'.
i finally found out the new gb members' ages.
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Cygnus
Outlaw, I agree, but look at all the mistakes the Catholic church made over the years and they're a billion strong.