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  Do you play the lottery?

  by Iamallcool in

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  for me, i have only purchased just one powerball ticket in my life, that was few years ago and i am thinking about buying some more in the near future.

  maybe i should push my luck even more this time.

  i am going to buy 10 tickets.

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  If your not in it you cant win it

  I have won $13,600 on KENO 7 spot jackpot

  And $2000.00 on a store syndicate with the lottery

  plus plenty of smaller prizes.

  smiddy
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  Comment from Examining the WT Daily May 22

  by Dreamerdude in

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  somehow i missed this silly comment in the wt study las year.

  i just have been daydreaming.

  but wt wants tomane sure i get the point.. "after the death of the apostles, satan fomented apostasy, which flourished for many centuries.

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  It makes you wonder why Jehovah`s Witnesses accept the Bible Cannon used by Protestants .( Apostates)

  or for that matter why they accept the name of GOD Jehovah coined by Apostate Christendom .

  One of their excuses for using that name was because it was universally accepted in Christendom (Apostates)

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  Was Jesus really a Jehovah`s Witness ? He never identified himself as such , in word or deed.

  by smiddy in

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  also he never chastised the jews for not identifying themselves as jehovah`s witnesses following isaiah`s statement at ch.43 :10-12 , so many years before hand.. and he had ample opportunity to do so on numerous occasions .. jesus himself never used the divine name /jehovah or any other equivalent , in any of his sayings attributed to him by his contemporaries .. sure he acknowledged god as his father and that he did his fathers will , but he never acknowledged him by a personal name such as jehovah or anything like it.. and lets not forget acts 11:26 it was first in antioch that followers of jesus by divine providence were to be called christians , not jehovah`s witnesses,.

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  Also he never chastised the Jews for not identifying themselves as Jehovah`s Witnesses following Isaiah`s statement at ch.43 :10-12 , so many years before hand.

  And he had ample opportunity to do so on numerous occasions .

  Jesus himself never used the divine name /Jehovah or any other equivalent , in any of his sayings attributed to him by his contemporaries .

  Sure he acknowledged GOD as his father and that he did his fathers will , but he never acknowledged him by a personal name such as Jehovah or anything like it.

  And lets not forget Acts 11:26 it was first in Antioch that followers of Jesus by Divine Providence were to be called Christians , not Jehovah`s Witnesses,

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  Alan Young Nov.19, 1919 – May 19, 2016

  by glenster in

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  alan had a long pleasant life, a batch of kids, and worked long into his life.

  http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-0521-alan-young-20160520-snap-story.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bcxgim5ws8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/mister_ed http://web.archive.org/web/20050203185303/http://www.mister-ed.tv/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/alan_young

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  Well that brings back memories , Mr. Ed was a favourite in our household., so many years ago.

  Wholesome family entertainment when your children were young.

  I didn`t realize how much he contributed to his profession as an actor.

  RIP Alan young.

  smiddy
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  Convention coming to a city near YOU...

  by Sugar Shane in

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  ...and it's our duty to warn non-jws, or half awake jws about these events, as they start appearing in newspapers throughout the us, and abroad.

  it almost comes out as a promotional ad for the jw convention.

  the 'current events' editing staff of this paper likely has no idea what their promoting.

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  Emily Thornton has not answered my e-mail , nor has she acknowledged receipt of it , of course she could be a JW herself or have family members she does not want to upset .

  Looking at the responses to her article in the paper , I guess she has got the message..

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  Beyond

  by Coded Logic in

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  any star trek fans out there?

  what'd you think of the new trailer?.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvq3y8bhz2s.

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  I`m looking forward to it , and any other quality sci-Fi  movies or TV shows that come my way .

  smiddy
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  Jokes for MARY

  by rebel8 in

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  *disclaimer: these are just jokes!

  mary is having a really crappy time playing the cards life has dealt her right now and that is no joke.

  but since we know how fond she is of jokes, maybe we can cheer her up.*.

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  An Italian guy could not decide which girl he should marry out of two he had his eye on , Maria or Sophia

  His friend suggested he go to church and pray for guidance.

  Not being an overly religious man of any one persuasion he thought he would cover his bases by going to three .

  First he went to the Baptists , he prayed looked up to heaven ....nothing

  Then he went to the Church of England , he prayed looked up to heaven ....nothing

  Next he went to the Catholic Church , he prayed looked up to heaven , and lo and behold ....their it was on the rafters ...Ave Maria.

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  A violation of the separation of Church and State?

  by Londo111 in

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  so i went to dmv this morning.... can someone explain how this does not violate the separation of church and state?.

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  If you went inside the building and made a formal complaint about it , you might see some action., if no one complains nothing gets done.

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  Galatians 5:26 was used in and before the 1960`s to not be involved in competitive sports for yourself or for your children

  by smiddy in

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  myself and my peers in the jw organization in the 1960`s discouraged our children from entering into competitive sports because of the jw policy , regarding that scripture .. has their been a radical change since then ?

  a re-interpretation of that scripture ?.

  why i ask this question is : here in victoria australia where afl football ( aussie rules ) is often regarded as a religion , especially to the state, victoria , we have, according to the media , a devout jehovah`s witness playing professional afl football at a competitive level.. and at their latest win , the team , including alec rance a jw of the richmond club was enthusiastically singing the club victory song along with his teammates on their win .. are their other examples of this in other parts of the world or is this an australian hiccup.. smiddy.

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  Alec Rance is an unbaptized publisher and he is 26 years old , eh?

  So he can`t be an Elder or MS and is not a suitable marriage mate for a JW sister .

  Oops , he is already married

  J-Witness rules aren`t made for everyone it seems.

  smiddy
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  let it be resolved: The remnant can not be the generation of Mat. 24.

  by prologos in

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  debating challenge: since the wt doctrine of the anointed generation must conform to bible teachings, and math 24 stipulates that the "generation " outlives "all these things" , and the anointed do not, how could they possibly be the generation, overlapping or not?

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  Lieu ,

  And that`s why their are more than 40,000 Christian sects , all claiming to be the" Truth"

  smiddy