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  What does a JW look like?

  by JH in

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  i remember many years ago, a sister in her 40's who just joined, told me that i looked like a jw.

  she said i have the face of a jw.... .

  i've never been so insulted in my life.....

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  What false beliefs do worldly people have of the JW's?

  by JH in

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  when you went out door to door, or just talking with non jw friends or family, what false beliefs did some have of the jw's?.

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  That they don't believe in Jesus.

  Yeah, I've seen this misunderstanding as well. But, now that I think about it; it makes sense as to why this belief has circulated around other Christian churches. Think about how Jesus Christ has been relegated into a less promient role by the JW faith. * He is not the mediator for 99% of JWs. * 99% of JWs do not partake at the Lord's Evening Meal. * 99% of JWs cannot identify themselves as Christ's brothers. * JWs give more of their allegience and adoration toward the Organization and the "Faithful Slave" than they do Jesus. * JWs believe that Jesus' ransom was sort of a "half-ransom" or down payment, as JWs must also perform endless works for the organization to gain salvation - a concept that is nowhere to be found in the NT. * Jesus has been placed into a sort of ghostly, behind the scenes role and has been assigned the role of being the Governing Body's advisor or consultant. JWs cannot have a personal relationship with Jesus Chirst. They must have a personal relationship with the Watchtower Society instead. Perhaps those individuals had good reason to say that JWs don't believe in Jesus.
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  Check Out These Amazing Sculptures

  by Arthur in

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  tonight, i found a story on reuters about an australian artist named ron mueck.

  the story was about an exhibit he is doing at the royal scottish acedemy in edinburgh, scotland.

  you can find pictures of most of his work on the following website: http://jamescohan.com/artists/ronmueck.

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  Seems to have a penchant for naked things

  These pictures are nothing. Go to the link that I provided, and you will see his other stuff. There was other pictures of his work that I thought about posting, but decided not to as it might have offended someone and got removed.
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  Mike Malloy!

  by the sage in

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  who listens to mike malloy air america internet 10 to 12 pm central time?

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  Ah, yes, Mike Malloy. The intellectual treasure chest who refers to George W. Bush as "Chuckle Nuts", Laura Bush as "Pickles", and refers to Republicans as "bastards". I find him to be very crass, yet I still like listening to him for some reason.
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  Check Out These Amazing Sculptures

  by Arthur in

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  tonight, i found a story on reuters about an australian artist named ron mueck.

  the story was about an exhibit he is doing at the royal scottish acedemy in edinburgh, scotland.

  you can find pictures of most of his work on the following website: http://jamescohan.com/artists/ronmueck.

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  Tonight, I found a story on Reuters about an Australian artist named Ron Mueck. The story was about an exhibit he is doing at the Royal Scottish Acedemy in Edinburgh, Scotland. You can find pictures of most of his work on the following website: http://jamescohan.com/artists/ronmueck

  Here are pictures of some of his work:
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  IS JEHOVAH A PERVERT?

  by jayhawk1 in

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  sometimes i wonder how something made it into the bible in the first place.... genesis 38, the story of judah and his daughter-in-law tamar.

  background judah's firstborn son er was bad in jehovah's eyes, so jehovah put him to death.

  genesis 38:6. so judah being the good father that he was gave tamar to his second son to have sex with and have children in the name of the fallen er... we pick up reading in genesis 38:9.

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  Isn't it interesting that the omnipotent power of the universe supposedly allowed his name to be removed from several ancient manuscripts, but saw to it that lurid sexual escapades and hedonistic violence by his beloved servants were retained intact.

  If one were to make a movie from all of these Old Testament accounts, it would be rated NC-17, therefore unacceptable for Witnesses.
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  Coffee time with the dubs - Where did you go?

  by truthseeker in

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  to name a few that are popular with my old congregation.... .

  dunkin' donuts.

  quik chek.

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  We usually just had cake and coffee with this return visit of mine:
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  Evolution - and the Long Overdue Synthesis

  by metatron in

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  when you look at the evolution vs creation controversy, the impression you get is similar to hezbollah and the.

  israelis encountering their differences!

  on the one hand, we have the view that a bearded fellow on a throne specifically.

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  That's not strictly true as the order of creation in the bible is directly at odds with the order of biological evolution. For instance plants do not occur first in the fossil record like they do in the genesis account and the first flying creatures are not contemporaries of the first sea life

  I see what you are saying. Actually, the two different creation accounts place the different creations in different orders, but I guess this is a minor point anyway. I guess my point was that the language of Genesis really can't be used by fundamentalists as absolute "proof" that evolution is unscriptural. But, I personally have no interest in trying to reconcile a piece of Hebrew literature with evolutionary science, since all of the archeological evidence shows that humans have been here for at least 2 million years, thus proving that the Garden of Eden account is nothing more than a mythological story.
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  thirdwitness and other pseudo-scholars: Let's discuss the Hillah Stele

  by AuldSoul in

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  2. beliefs

  thirdwitness and other pseudo-scholars, .

  firstly, i offer this disclaimer: i am not a scholar.

  but i can add and subtract.

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  Why on earth does anyone even care what thirdwitness and scholar have to say? Everybody already knows what they will say:

  Watchtower Society's interpretations = Good / Godly / YES

  Archeology and Historical Records = Bad / Worldly / NO
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  Which cities are worth a visit?

  by DannyBloem in

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  what cities are worth a visit of at least 3 days?.

  the cities i can think of:.

  (not ordered in any way.

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  Maybe the holocaust mesuem is a bit out of place there, as there are some more historical places here where there are museums of that kind....

  Yeah, I just remembered that the Smithsonian has a U.S. history museum. I haven't personally been inside, but I hear that it is probably the best U.S. history museum anywere.

  And also, the National Archives has the Declaration of Independence, and some other neat stuff on display.