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  Why I Believe The Bible, A Nuclear Scientist Tells His Story

  by whereami in

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  this guy obviously hasn't done enough research.. http://www.watchtower.org/e/20040122a/article_01.htm.

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  Which goes to prove what I have said for years namely that education does not always equate with common sense.The guy is obviously learned in one field of academics but he must be a book short of a library to believe in the Watchtower publications.

  The guy needs to obtain a doctorate in relgious beliefs ,Hebrew and Greek would help as well.He might be a scientist but that doesn't even qualifiy him to teach driving instruction and I bet he is not even an expert on the history of the New World Society and it's many twists and turns.

  He is definatley out numbered by the nuclear scientists who think the Witnesses are a load of cobblers.
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  Mockery in the last days.

  by edmond dantes in

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  who are the mockers and scoffers?

  jehovah's witlesses claim that as we are in the last days and that mockers will be plentiful.i would suggest that the ones doing the most scoffing are the ones disseminating so called 'divine truth.'.

  they mock every other religion but their own.

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  Who are the mockers and scoffers?

  Jehovah's Witlesses claim that as we are in the last days and that mockers will be plentiful.I would suggest that the ones doing the most scoffing are the ones disseminating so called 'divine truth.'

  They mock every other religion but their own. They mock christian clergy for sexual transgressions, transgressions abound within the Witnesss ranks.They mock charity aid yet accept their own charity status .They mock efforts to bring harmony amongst nations through the UN yet associate themselves with the same organisation they scoff at.They mock their members for entering higher education and yet they materially benefit from technical acheivments.They mock mainstream christian beliefs claiming they are pagan while at the same time claim Jehovah is a God and Jesus is a god which creates the worship of two gods ,one big and one not so big.They mock politics and yet do not try to improve the lives of ordinary people.They mock the defence of the country but sit snugly behind the shield.

  The list goes on and on.How much more can you think of?
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  Reclaiming my national identity

  by Lady Lee in

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  i love this country.

  it is the home of my childhood and though there was a lot of pain there were the good times - going off to the park and looking for frogs and snakes, getting stuck in the mud, learning to swim in lake ontario, watching my 8 yr old brother jump off the 25 foot tower in the swimming pool below.

  i was older but he had the spunk.

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  God bless Canada. What a good post.Better reason for a celebration than any of the Watchtower leaders can come up with.

  My great Grandfather emigrated to Vancouver around 1918.
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  Society to start laminating paper backed publications

  by Lady Zombie in

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  at the wednesday night ministry school meeting, a letter from the society was read announcing that wtbts paperbacked publications will begin to be laminated.

  according to the letter, this "will save approximately 2 million dollars per year," "lengthen the life of the publications," and "increase the attractiveness" of the publications.. so there's that.. .

  also, will someone please explain to me why 85% of the congregation started smiling and nodding at this.. i sometimes think that headquarters could send the congregations boxes of turds and the jws would act like it was the best thing ever..

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  To stop the large number of Witlesses leaving the org.A new special requirement at baptism will hence forth take place in that one has to agree to be laminated which makes a JW last longer.The process will take place just before surfacing from the pool.
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  announcement at service meeting

  by heathen in

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  i actually went to the service meeting last night and low and behold the announcement was about the wtbts not charging interest on the loans on kingdom halls anymore but they still had to pay back the principle balance , i never knew they charged interest but think that it was a very dishonest thing for them to do to begin with .

  you have to borrow money to pay for a building that the wtbts owns?

  to charge interest is a very worldly practice since it was against mosaic law to do so and clearly jesus would never have asked anything of the sort .

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  The burning question is why have stopped charging interest? They can't have freely declined the arrangement because as they have stated it covered inflation.Could it be that as a charity they can only accept donations or else they will get taxed on the profit?
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  IF THERE WAS AN UNSOLVED DEATH IN A KH

  by badboy in

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  how would everyone react.

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  Charlie Russell,sergeant ,decided to take another look at the crime scene by letting himself in with the key to the Kinkdom Hall. He had a quiet wander around ,by this time it was late in the evening and it was starting to go dark,so dark in fact that he had to wind up his no battery torch which came complete with fm radio and siren. He made his way carefully into the back room and sat down on an old leather chair which at the same time exuded an escape of air sound not unlike the note from a trombone as first blown by a novice to the instrument. On his left side was a small table and on it was a small excercise book with the heading " How to survive armaggedon." Emblazoned across the top the words were written in red and appeared to be dripping with blood.In smaller writing underneath somebody had written " the new ten commandments for my survival ". Charlie began to turn the page but as he did so the light from his torch went out ."Blast!" he cried and began winding away furiously giving it an extra charge.Once again he was back in the light as the winding action took effect .As he turned the page his body turned cold and shakey as he read the following ;
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  2008 Drama on YouTube. Oh boy!

  by Open mind in

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  fellow jwders,.

  let us join in giving heart-felt thanks to the loyal worshiper of jehovah who took the time to post this year's dc drama on youtube.. i'm sure the wt is cool with this.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6vfmgkwfp4&feature=related.

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  Just struggled through scene three and it seems there might be a few fishing boats coming up for sale on Ebay.

  Stop fishing guys and get back to the old stand by --- window cleaning,yep that's the one for me. It was good enough for us in the1960s so its good enough now.Boy I could have owned a whole herring fleet by now and given my surplus catch to the hungry and poor.
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  2008 Drama on YouTube. Oh boy!

  by Open mind in

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  fellow jwders,.

  let us join in giving heart-felt thanks to the loyal worshiper of jehovah who took the time to post this year's dc drama on youtube.. i'm sure the wt is cool with this.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6vfmgkwfp4&feature=related.

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  Why is this slick, polished and high tech oscar winning performance held in what looks similar to a boxing/ wrestling ring? I keep expecting them to throw off their garments and start chucking each other about in tune to the audience baying for some real action.

  Does the WWF know about this bout?
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  Adam had feminine qualities until Eve was created

  by blondie in

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  *** w56 9/1 p. 530 par.

  16 the divine origin of marriage ***and jehovah god proceeded to build the rib that he had taken from the man into a woman and to bring her to the man.

  " the man was overjoyed to receive and accept her at his heavenly fathers hand, and he named her to show she was part of himself.

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  Flaming hell ! how much can you get from one rib ? That must have been one heck of a rib.All this begs the question why was Adam given the female qualities in the first place? Did he go around trying to redecorate Eden and was always moving things about so that they were in their proper place,perhaps God got fed up of his nagging and decided to remove his womanly traits.Sorry ladies only joking.Did Adam say to God " does this fig leaf make my dangly bits look big," once to often, and to shut him up he created woman?
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  Some single older women in bad circumstances

  by LongHairGal in

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  i am saddened and angry to observe the pitiful situation some of my jw single female friends are in.

  they are over 40 and have little work record, hardly any money and in some instances compromised health issues.

  i am angry because these women were waiting for armageddon to come and save them.

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  You know it never ceases to amaze me how women and men for that matter will throw away hard won freedoms for belief in crazy religions like the Witlesses.All through history people have had to fight for freeedoms many have given the ultimate sacrifice and yet in this day and age men and women will follow blindly the ravings of religious fanatics who think nothing of enslaving other human beings.

  Not only do I find it amazing it makes me so angry. Liberty and freedom is what we all need not other so called leaders walking all over us and benefiting from all our years of hard slavery.