the ipad that i am using to type... the lexus that brought me here to starbucks
LOL! An acquaintance just joined the Nerium pyramid cult, too.
Took me two seconds of Googling: The guy who runs it used to be with Prepaid Legal / Legal Shield.
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Amway
by enigma1863 ini was curious, how many jws end up getting caught up in pyramid scemes like amway.
i was caught up in there online program quixstar for a little while several years ago.
i noticed there are several similarities between amway and a cult..
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Merry Christmas And Happy New Year
by Scott77 into the faithful christians,merry christmas and happy new year.
what a great blessing we are!
is not that wonderful?
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May the holiday spirit be with you nowand throughout the new year!
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U.K. JW Pedophile -- Sentenced !
by Rabbit informer teacher jailed for trying to abduct girl in holywellmar 12 2009 by our correspondent, western mail.
a former teacher, businessman and senior jehovahs witness who tried to abduct a five-year-old was yesterday jailed for six years.. robert edward bill, 54, was told by a judge that he was still in denial about his predatory interest in young children despite a series of convictions.. he has been found guilty at separate trials of the attempted abduction of the girl in holywell two years ago, of indecently assaulting a seven-year-old 10 years ago, and of possessing 730 pornographic images of children.. prosecuting at caernarfon crown court, simon medland described how the girl had been returning home from a playground when bill, for malign purposes, drew up in his car and asked: have you seen a cat?.
by chance the girls uncle arrived at the scene at that moment and her mother, who had been watching from a window, ran to her.. mr medland said bill of the roe, st asaph, denbighshire, had been driving slowly around areas where he was likely to come into contact with children that same day.
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UPDATE:
Why was he allowed into Spain?
PUBLISHED: December 12, 2012 at 4:00 pm • LAST EDITED: December 12, 2012 at 4:19 pm
Lead, Malaga • 0 Comments
EXCLUSIVE by Frances LeateURGENT questions are being asked why a dangerous sex offender who preyed on young girls was allowed to come to Spain and allegedly re-offend.
Spanish police have been searching for Robert Edward Bill, from Wales, since November 19, when a 12-year-old Spanish girl was bundled into a silver Peugeot in Velez Malaga.
Now his son has called for a change in the law to prevent dangerous sex offenders like his father coming abroad in the first place.
Stephen Bill, 26, from Preston, told the Olive Press: “I think it is ridiculous that European law allows him the right to build a new life in Spain around people who know nothing about him or his past.
“My father is a dangerous man and in north Wales everyone knows about his convictions.
“But over in Spain, expats had no idea. It just shouldn’t have happened.”
The girl, who has told of her terrifying ordeal on Spanish TV, was able to escape from the car seconds before the man sped off with her inside.
The incident mirrored Bill’s previous conviction in 2009, in which he was found guilty of the attempted abduction of a girl of five from a street in Holywell, north Wales.He was also found guilty of indecently assaulting a seven-year-old girl and of possessing 730 pornographic images of children.
Police are still involved in a major manhunt for Bill, an ex-Jehovah’s Witness.
He moved to Spain on August 9, despite a UK judge describing him as having ‘an unhealthy sexual and predatory interest in young children’.
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"Look! I am making all things new."
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Jesus- Messiah or Agent of the Roman Empire
by designs inseveral modern scholars doubt that a real yeshua ben yoseph lived but was rather a literary device, fiction if you will.
other sources maintain that yes there was someone like this person but much has been lost and distorted to create a history for certain followers and its religious influence on cultures in the region.
a more cynical approach, if you will, comes from the victims of the 'propaganda' contained in the new testament.
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I was discussing this with a relative about "turn the other cheek" and "go the extra mile" other not-so-original teachings that had their origins in the occupying Roman army. Just a little too convenient!
Imagine losing your ancestral lands that went back over a thousand years.
You mean like the natives of Palestine for the past 2,000 years who lost their ancestral lands to Europeans?
"Ancestral lands" for the ancient Hebrews? Their very own scriptures celebrate murdering their merry way across Canaan to steal grazing land, when they weren't wandering around aimlessly in the desert.
Primitive tribal nomads moving flocks around in tent clans, up to their ankles in goat crap. There's a certain resentment in the OT for settled city dwellers (builders and tool-users), the same way the Watchtower resents educated people.
Where is their distinct Hebrew art, architecture, pottery, etc. until they came into contact with more civilized peoples? Even their alphabet was adapted from others. Jerusalem itself was built by previous "pagan" inhabitants.
They were pirates and pillagers. Probably the best thing that ever happened was the civilizing influence of Babylonian captivity. Agriculture, mathematics, technology, all sorts of shiny pretty things they could never dream of on their own.
The Romans gave them much leeway to operate their disgusting animal sacrifice bank-and-barbecue system. But I can see the Romans eventually saying "enough is enough" and creating a scenario by which there is one last sacrifice for all time. -
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A great picture for proving that JWs aren't weird and cultish...
by cedars init's a shame this is only in the study edition, so the general public can't see how normal and down-to-earth the witnesses are in how they perceive themselves.... .
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The open hostility of the "angels" is over the top!
Supporters and protectors? They're more like brute enforcers in a slave labor camp… Mr. Hefty on the right is just jones'n to crush that worldly woman's skull if she doesn't accept the tract.
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Pronouncing it RIGHT
by Christ Alone inwhat rules do you follow when pronouncing foreign names/places/things?
i was remembering that when we were studying the daniel book for the book study back in the day, someone released a pronunciation guide.
i remember studying it closely so i could pronounce all the names right (especially on the section of daniel 11).
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If you want to hear the Divine Name pronounced correctly, visit any congregation on Long Island, NY
Which is properly pronounced, LAWN-GUY LIND.
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more abuse in today's watchtower study
by solomon intoday's study picks on the most vulnerable among us.
the mentally ill. .
the watchtower apparently hasn't learned that depression and mental illness are that a medical condition.
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When you face adversity, take advantage of the help Jehovah has providedBible study, meetings, field service. Hmm... Where are the spirit-appointed "gifts in men" when you need them?
Could this be just another legal department article to avoid liability because clueless, uncaring elders dole out bad advice?
From the following article, What Kind of Spirit Do You Show?:
Elders may make mistakes that affect us personally. If that happens, how inappropriate it would be for any member of the congregation to react according to the world’s spirit, vehemently demanding “justice” or that “something be done about this brother”! Jehovah may choose to overlook certain minor failings. Can we not do the same? Because of what they perceive as defects in the elders, some individuals who engage in serious wrongdoing in the congregation have refused to appear before a committee of elders assigned to help them. This could be likened to a patient who loses out on the benefits of a treatment because he does not like something about the doctor. -
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Go ahead, tell me how you really feel - Modern Christian Art
by jgnat ini've stumbled across a most creative artful photography, placing jesus in contemporary scenarios.. http://www.thejourneysproject.com/c-294-fine-christian-art.aspx.
for a mere $1,000 i too, could have jesus working his makeover in my bedroom.
ooh, la la.. i am having strong and mixed reactions to this work, and i welcome your input..
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Please, lady, we're scared. This creepy guy keeps following us around!Just pretend you're our mommy?
Run along and quit touching children! I'm running late for my manicure.
Man-Diaper Jesus ponders: Should have listened to mother and become a fireman.
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Go ahead, tell me how you really feel - Modern Christian Art
by jgnat ini've stumbled across a most creative artful photography, placing jesus in contemporary scenarios.. http://www.thejourneysproject.com/c-294-fine-christian-art.aspx.
for a mere $1,000 i too, could have jesus working his makeover in my bedroom.
ooh, la la.. i am having strong and mixed reactions to this work, and i welcome your input..
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