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  Dependence and US addiction on Foreign Oil

  by stillajwexelder in

  1. social
  2. current

  the president said in the state of the union that the us must wean itself off imported oil/energy - this has to be positive and no matter what ones politics all must agree with this surely?

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  I'll vote for that... only if it would drop the taxes.
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  Flames and hellfire - public talks in conflict?

  by jgnat in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there's no hellfire in jehovah's organization, or so we're told.

  when i put a list of public talks together, though, i found a couple of titles at odds.

  are jehovah's witness parents any less afraid of armageddon's fires?.

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  Russell was a False teacher who spoke many perverse things. Jesus warned of Ravening Wolves who would come to the Church in Sheep's clothing and lead many Astray
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  Coffee House

  by I-CH-TH-U-S in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i need a name for a coffee house.. target group -> under 30. requirements - .

  appealing name with some type of biblical founding preferably.

  we have some names such as: fusion and axis (or x-is).

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  100% Malachi

  Romans Reserved

  Ezekiel Beans
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  Did Jesus Already Come in 1918?????

  by RevFrank in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i had to ponder on this for a while .

  according to the watchtower jesus came invisiblly back in 1918..i think.

  i mean is shouldn't we be taken up to heaven in 1918?

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  Revelations 1:7 makes it clear that when Jesus returns, we'll know it!! He won't do so invisibly. This is one of many false prophecies the JW organization has had regarding the end of the world/2nd coming of Christ. I would suggest reading the Bible with an Open Mind. Don't try to straightjacket all it's passages into the mold of a few pet doctrines. And don't read into its passages ideas that are not there, not even for a Sermon. But try to search out fairly and honestly the main teachings and lessons of each passage. Thus we will come to believe what we ought to believe; for the Bible is abundantly able to take care of itself, if given a chance.
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  What did they do with them?

  by Woodsman in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  (numbers 31:17-18) 17 and now kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has had intercourse with man by lying with a male.

  18 and preserve alive for yourselves all the little ones among the women who have not known the act of lying with a male.

  the more i read between the lines the more disturbing it all gets.

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  Slaughter of Midianites.
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  Tommy Calls It Quits

  by ColdRedRain in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've been receiving messages from brother and sisters asking why i'm deleting my account.

  i really did not write my reasons for deleting my account because i don't want anyone to feel obligated to do the same.

  fact of the matter is that, i still feel that myspace may very well be a conscious matter.

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  Hope you find Christ one day.
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  blonde, ok and brunette jokes if you know any

  by Spectrum in

  1. social
  2. humour

  a guy walked into a bar with a crocodile and announced to everybody, "i bet you $10 that i can get the croc to open its mouth put my head in then withdraw it without losing my head.

  any takers?

  on getting some bets in, he took a heavy glass ashtray wacked the croc on it's head with full force, the croc opened it's mouth the guy put his head in and withdrew it safely.

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  A blonde tried to sell her old car. She was having a lot of problems because the car had 250,000 miles on it. One day, she told her problem to a brunette she worked with at a salon. The brunette told her, "There is a way to make the car easier to sell, but it's not legal." "That doesn't matter," replied the blonde, "if I only can sell the car." "Okay," said the brunette. "Here is the address of a friend of mine. He owns a car repair shop. Tell him I sent you, and he will turn the odometer on your car back to 50,000 miles. Then it should not be a problem to sell your car anymore." The following weekend, the blonde made the trip to the mechanic. About one month after that, the brunette asked the blonde, "So...did you sell your car?" "No," replied the blonde, "why should I? It only has 50,000 miles on it!"

  1. Q: How can you tell if a blonde's been using the computer?
     A: There's white-out on the screen.
  2. Q: How can you tell when a FAX had been sent from a blonde?
     A: There is a stamp on it.
  3. Q: Why did the blonde get so excited after she finished her jigsaw puzzle in only 6 months?
     A: Because on the box it said From 2-4 years.
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  Pain in mouse arm/tennis elbow~Need Advice~

  by FlyingHighNow in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so when i was in connecticut for three and a half months, my son in law had his computer mouse placed high up.

  using it eventually caused my right fore arm, just above the elbow and right shoulder to become inflamed and painful.

  i also developed some numbness and tingling in my hand and arm.

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  Hello,

  I would personally recommend using BioAstin (Natural Astaxanthin) from microalgae. It is a dietary supplement with powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits.

  Natural astaxanthin has been proven to combat inflammation in several human clinical studies involving people with:

  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • carpal tunnel syndrome
  • joint and muscle soreness after exercise

  All of the Marathon Athletes here in Hawaii will not leave home with-out it.
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  Need advise...conditional love and it's coverup

  by alamb in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  someone give me the words.. .

  my brother's wife recently had a baby.

  she was df'd shortly before their marriage but is attending meetings.

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  Hi, i don't know much about Legal subjects, but consider looking up www.prepaidlegal.com. Your gonna pay $25.00per month for the membership but it's alot better than paying $200.00 an hour. Hope it works out for you.
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  Answering JW Objections

  by Rook in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2. the father is god .

  4. the holy spirit is god .

  simply put, the doctrine of the trinity states that there is one true god, and within that god there are three co-equal and co-eternal persons: father, son, and holy spirit.

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  Yadda,

  First of all...i respect your opinion.

  The doctrine of the Trinity seems to confound people like you so much, but the very nature of God is something very important to make clear. The concept of a triune God can be kind of confusing at times. If we humans could fully comprehend everything about the nature of God, He would be a pretty small God, wouldn't he? It doesn't surprise me in the least that our limited comprehension has difficulty grasping the full nature of the One who spoke the universe into existence.
  
  You won't find the word "Trinity" used in the Bible to describe God. I'm not sure when the term was coined, but the term aptly describes the true nature of God as evidenced in Scripture. Paul may not have used the term, but I'm sure he understood the concept. We're not talking a polytheistic doctrine (three separate gods), nor are we talking about a three-headed boogieman. The existence of one God in three Persons (Father, Son, Holy Ghost) is the only logical conclusion we can draw from Scripture.
  
  First of all, we know that there is ONLY ONE GOD (Deuteronomy 6:4, 1 Timothy 2:5, Isaiah 44:6).
  
  Yet there is a plurality to God:
  - "Let us make man in our image" (Genesis 1:26)
  - "God said, 'Behold, the man has become like one of us" (Genesis 3:22).
  
  Some would say that God could be speaking to the angels in these verses, but that's simply not correct. God was speaking to co-creator(s) in these verses. The Bible tells us that Jesus - not angels - created all things:
  
  - "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made." John 1:3
  - "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him," Colossians 1:15-19.
  - "but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he made the universe." Hebrews 1:2
  
  The Bible refers to each person of the triune God uniquely. There is God the Father ("Paul, an apostle--sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead--", Galatians 1:1), God the Son (see John 1:1-18 and 5:18), and the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:18, 3:11, 12:32, John 14:26).
  
  In Luke 3:22, we find the Holy Spirit descending in the form of a dove upon Jesus, while God the Father spoke from Heaven. Three persons - but still just One God.
  
  In John 14:10, Jesus said, "Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work."
  
  So you can see, that while the term "trinity" developed after the Bible was written, the nature of God that it describes is evidenced in Scripture. Dr. John Warwick Montgomery said, "The doctrine of the Trinity is not 'irrational'; what is irrational is to suppress the biblical evidence for trinity in favor of unity....The choice is clear: either the Trinity or a 'God' who is only a pale imitation of the Lord of biblical and confessional Christianity." I am not a great theologian, and I won't pretend that I fully comprehend the triune nature of our omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent God. But I do understand the basic concept, and can easily see that it is really the only logical conclusion when scriptural evidence is assessed.