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  The Ease Of Creating A "Miracle"

  by metatron in

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  http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwi/articles/angelofmons.aspx.

  i post the above as a comment on various ideas that the gospels might be invented.

  perhaps we will never know.. the 'angels at mons' incident happened only a century ago but still illustrates how an exciting story can become widely accepted as history.

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  Met

  Thanks -- yes, reply box often lacks the range of functions.

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  Since most JW's HATE giving talks and doing meeting parts, why does the Watchtower Society still require it?

  by yadda yadda 2 in

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  i loathed giving talks and doing meeting parts.

  i dreaded all assignments.

  i was intelligent enough and always did a good job, but all my jw life (born in to mid-30's) i enjoyed giving talks about as much as a visit to the dentist.. i am sure that 90% of all jw's similarly dislike it.

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  Comment from Milton Henschel, IN SEARCH OF CHRISTIAN FREEDOM, p. 232:

  "And what will the brothers do if we give them more free time?
  Probably use it in watching TV."

  Ray Franz's Response:

  "Whether they consciously think of it in this connection, the men in positions of leadership also know that the Watch Tower organization has produced a publishing empire of tremendous size, one that has taken decades to build up. That publishing system with its large, expensive branch offices and printeries and the impressive, multi-storied dwellings for those operating these, are a source of considerable pride and a frequently cited evidence of divine blessing and prosperity. Any diminishing of the pressure on Witnesses to engage in door-to-door activity with the publications flowing from that system could eventually cause that empire to crumble or require its being largely dismantled. I seriously believe that for many of those in the organizational leadership, the very idea of this is unthinkable."
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  When you reply, have you had 2 different boxes?

  by compound complex in

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  curious, as the first choice has no extras (icons?

  ) -- whatever they're called.. next reply, on the same topic, you'll have three lines of icons..

  thanks.. cc.

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  The bad box now!

  Thanks, rip.

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  the kings speach

  by fakesmile in

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  just watched on netflix and had to laugh.

  one of the few positives of being raised a d2d salesman it that public speaking was never a problem unless you do it too much.

  my teachers hated me for being the one to ask the questions only a few others had.

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  "[. . .] one might say Before delivering his address the Governor ate a peach. But to say, Before the speech he ate a peach is to introduce an unintended levity and mar the passage with an unwanted jingle."

  A DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN USAGE, by Bergen Evans and Cornelia Evans, page 401.
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  Reminder about "You have a PM" topics

  by Simon in

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  you don't need to post them !!.

  people can see if they have a pm.. topics like this are simply noise and just make work to clean up so please don't post them..

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  Thanks, Simon:

  I wondered why I had 5 messages unread. Thought it was an error. No, I missed some old messages, up to 5 years old.

  Too late to reply . . .

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  1st Time in 3 Years JW's call at our Door - Two 30 yr. long Time JW's

  by flipper in

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  i thought i was back on the jw radar after my jw daughter had a local elder call on me back in 2011 - but apparently not.

  he obviously didn't let his elders know i lived here, no record was kept for posterity and just called my daughter telling her that her " dad has differences with the organization " because he never called back on me as he promised to talk again.

  as i'm just inactive for 10 years.. so these two older jw ladys come knocking yesterday - one lady about 57 and the other lady older about 71 yrs.old ( i asked how long they had been jw's and told me they both have been in 30 years.

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  Hey, Flipper:

  Seems you've witnessed to quite a few of my friends!

  CoCo Double Agent
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  When you reply, have you had 2 different boxes?

  by compound complex in

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  curious, as the first choice has no extras (icons?

  ) -- whatever they're called.. next reply, on the same topic, you'll have three lines of icons..

  thanks.. cc.

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  Curious, as the first choice has no extras (icons?) -- whatever they're called.

  Next reply, on the same topic, you'll have three lines of icons.

  You?!?!?!

  Thanks.

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  Do you make your own soup?

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, soup lovers:.

  i have a huge kitchen at my disposal (not my own); vegetables, cans of this and that and spices are scattered about, prepared to go into a cauldron of minestrone i started a few days ago.

  i'm preparing ahead so as to freeze the leftovers to heat up later at home over my hotplate.. nothing like a 6-burner gas range to simmer over!.

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  compound complex

  Seems we have two different reply boxes.

  Can't wait to try the different recipes! Yes, cofty -- the meal can wait; often, the soup is enough.

  Thanks again.

  CoCo
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  Do you make your own soup?

  by compound complex in

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  greetings, soup lovers:.

  i have a huge kitchen at my disposal (not my own); vegetables, cans of this and that and spices are scattered about, prepared to go into a cauldron of minestrone i started a few days ago.

  i'm preparing ahead so as to freeze the leftovers to heat up later at home over my hotplate.. nothing like a 6-burner gas range to simmer over!.

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  Thanks!
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  The Ease Of Creating A "Miracle"

  by metatron in

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  http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwi/articles/angelofmons.aspx.

  i post the above as a comment on various ideas that the gospels might be invented.

  perhaps we will never know.. the 'angels at mons' incident happened only a century ago but still illustrates how an exciting story can become widely accepted as history.

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  Any further thoughts, Metatron?

  I read the entire article and enjoyed it immensely!

  Gratefully,

  CoCo