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  A "My Book of Bible Stories" tale that I've always hated

  by JimmyPage in

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  i've always hated story #53: "jepthah's promise".

  i always felt sorry for the daughter who had to spend the rest of her days at the tabernacle because her father made a numb-nuts promise to god.

  who did he think he was, making promises for other people?

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  Judges 11
  
  30 Then Jeph´thah made a vow to Jehovah and said: “If you without fail give the sons of Am´mon into my hand,
  
  31 it must also occur that the one coming out, who comes out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the sons of Am´mon,
  must also become Jehovah’s, and I must offer that one up as a burnt offering . ”
  
  
  39 And it came about at the end of two months that she made her return to her father, after which he carried out his vow that he had made toward her.
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  Hello my name is Olga

  by JimmyPage in

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  hello my name is olga.

  i first learned the truth from c.t.

  russell.

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  betterdaze

  cameo, you're scaring the living you-know-what outta me.
  
  And the cat, too!
  
  ~Sue
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  Hello my name is Olga

  by JimmyPage in

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  hello my name is olga.

  i first learned the truth from c.t.

  russell.

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  betterdaze

  Welcome, Sister Olga!
  
  See, all you Opposers, how Jehovah lovingly cares for his 19th century colporteurs?

  You of little faith, maybe he'll do similar for Michael Jackson in the New System of Things! *

  ~Sue

  * resurrect him as a creepy old white lady. Oh wait...
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  Question for JW Lurkers: Did Jesus Pray Using the Name "Jehovah"?

  by cabasilas in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  a listing of prayers by jesus in the new testament can be found at this site:.

  http://www.praylikethis.org.uk/theprayersofjesus.html.

  (i can't say that the list is exhaustive, but i think it is at least representative.).

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  Since Jesus did not utter "Jehovah" when referring to God's "name," doesn't it make more sense that Jesus is referring to God's character, authority or reputation?

  Yes. Jesus always spoke of the Father, NEVER the bloodthirsty Hebrew war diety YHWH / Jehovah. His "name" means the Father's reputation. Period.
  
  This is why the "God is love" concept can never fit with YHWH / Jehovah "god" of the Hebrews, no matter how much Christians try to conflate or superimpose characters.
  
  Jesus rejected that ancient hateful diety, as well as his contemporary Jews, especially the Pharisees and their spiritual slaves, who worshipped and were bound to YHWH.
  
  YHWH was never the same as the Father. Jesus rejected YHWH worship, rebelled against the YHWH worshippers, and for that he was put to death.
  
  ~Sue
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  Maps of War: History of Religion

  by betterdaze in

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  how has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries, and where has it sparked wars?

  map gives us a brief history of the world's most well-known religions: christianity, islam, hinduism, .

  buddhism, and judaism.

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  betterdaze

  [Bump]

  http://www.mapsofwar.com/ind/history-of-religion.html

  ~Sue
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  Jehovah is really speeding up the work!

  by betterdaze in

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  haven't heard that one in ages.. have you?.

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  ~sue.

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  ssn: Missing two from a six pack, That explains it.
  
  Outlaw: The Pioneer Shuffle, LOL!
  
  Heaven: Young ones leaving probably account for the most "activity in the ministry" today.
  
  Billy the Ex: Faster in no time is correct. As in "never."
  
  Slimboy: Thanks for the adjustment: "Jehovah is really speeding up the work, BUT all shall take place according to scripture... in its own time."
  
  ~Sue
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  40 Years (a Generation) Past 1874, That's All it Was!

  by OnTheWayOut in

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  here's the real simple version of the complicated doctrine of when jesus supposedly returned and the last days arrived/ended/started.

  william miller said that jesus' return would be in 1844.

  (see the great disappointment at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/great_disappointment ) people who believed what he said were known as "millerites.

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  Wendell died in August of 1873, probably confident that his 1873 to 1874 date was correct.

  And Russell died in October 1916, knowing very well that his 1914 date was dead wrong!
  
  (Methinks Russell was forced to up-date it to 1915 to account for the lack of a "year zero" in newer editions of Studies in the Scriptures.)

  It saddens me that I bothered to understand it at one time.

  
  
  Yet posts like this, based on documented history, serve an educational purpose for those still in. Please be proud of that.

  ~Sue
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  Look! I Am Making All Things New

  by betterdaze in

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  are they actually still placing this brochure?

  it came out when i was a teenager, and i'm over 40 now!.

  yet i found it tacked up on my supermarket's bulletin board, with a message scrawled: .

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  Snagged a few more pubs over the weeks... They all say "Please Take," so I do! They are duly deposited into the paper recycling bin.
  
  But there's never any local contact info.
  
  You would think, IF they really had love for their fellow man and wished to save them from Armageddon, or at least start a "Bible study,"
  they'd write the phone number to the local Kingdom Hall on it.
  
  What a waste of time, effort, paper. *Sigh*
  
  ~Sue
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  Jehovah is really speeding up the work!

  by betterdaze in

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  haven't heard that one in ages.. have you?.

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  ~sue.

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  betterdaze

  Haven't heard that one in ages.

  Have you?
  
  ~Sue
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  Watchtower in Michael Jackson's Will???

  by Confucious in

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  wallstreet journal today is reporting about mj's will.. they are saying that it's his mother, three children and "one or more" charities.. what do you think the odds are that the wt is one of them?.

  i remember for the jackson's victory tour (a very long time ago) - that they donated most of that tour money to a "unnamed" charity.. and i always suspected that the wt were the recepients.. and thoughts?.

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  Here's a list of MJ's known charity work, no Watchtower mentioned.
  
  Also:
  
  HEAL THE WORLD
  
  Michael Jackson set up The Heal The World Foundation in 1992. The foundation focuses on children aiming for there safe and healthy deveopment to be the world's priority. It aims to make the world aware of the rights and needs of all children around the world, also to help improve the world we live in, without violence and free of diseases.

  More information can be found at the Heal The World's website at: http://www.healtheworld.com [site no longer in operation]
  
  HEAL THE KIDS
  
  Develpoed by Heal the World Foundation, Heal The Kids was launched in year 2000. Heal The Kids was set up to develop a campaign to help parents and adults around the world to educate them on the importance of reprioritizing their lives in order to bring children into the main focus in order to imbue them with the love and devotion which they so badly need and to stop the cycle of neglect. Give all at risk children more support and consideration from all sectors of society.
  
  More information can be found at the Heal The Kids website at: http://www.healthekids.net [links to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's site]
  
  

  Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is the author of the as yet unpublished manuscript, “Inside the Soul of Michael Jackson.”

  
  ~Sue