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  “The Jesus-followers’ first 200 years”

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the archaeologist digs and then sifts through remnants from the past, assembling the discoveries into patterns so that stories of the past may be brought back to life.. with almost 850 direct quotations from 50 books, my study sifts remnants from the first 200 years of christianity and sorts them into patterns that may help others to assemble a vessel that can hold ideas, or to form a skeleton where muscle and flesh, heart and mind, may be applied.

  a comprehensive contents listing is provided at the rear of this study.. my study, “the jesus-followers’ first 200 years” is available at:.

  http://www.jwstudies.com/the_jesus-followers__first_200_years.pdf .

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  smiddy

  It looks like I`m going to be busy for quite a while , thanks Doug , it looks like something I have been seeking without realizing it.
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  Jesus (if he exists) has a heart of stone - a saga about the hurt of children in his church.

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jesus is supposed to care for little children.

  mark 10 is often quoted to illustrate his concern.. mark 10:13-16niv.

  the little children and jesus13 people were bringing little children to jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them.

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  smiddy

  How many children die before they reach the age of 10 years in the world today for whatever cause ,and have done so for thousands of years .

  Of course his Father , the Almighty God , had no problem executing children along with their parents on numerous occassions , did he..... Like Father like Son.
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  Mega-Church buys JW Assembly Hall property in Indianapolis

  by OrphanCrow in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  and yet another sale of watchtower property.... http://www.ibj.com/articles/59973-suburban-mega-church-expanding-into-downtown-with-big-purchase.

  suburban megachurch expanding into downtown with big purchasea historic church building at the corner of 12th and delaware streets has been purchased by a large congregation expanding into the downtown area.. traders point christian church in whitestown is spending $2 million to renovate the 35,300-square-foot structure and should have it ready for worship early next year, rev.

  james stanley said.. the neoclassical, limestone building has been used as a place of worship since it was built in 1912 and had been owned by the jehovah’s witnesses since 1978.. the location at 1201 n. delaware st., across from the benjamin harrison presidential site, will be the third for traders point.

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  smiddy

  The hypocricy of the G.B. knows no bounds. Next time you have an oppurtunity to talk with a JW , ask them the question as per OP , how they have two standards , one for the R&F and another for the G.B.

  No doubt they will deny it as apostate lies that the media publishes .

  Then bring up about the child sex scandals of the R.C.Church and they will believe everything the media says about it.
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  In memory of a lost doctrine - the vindication of Jehovah's name

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i start this thread in response to a comment by a jw apologist called simonsays on another thread.

  he claimed to have read all three volumes of vindication by rutherford (my sympathy if true).

  he further implied that it didn't matter that old jw literature said wrong and stupid things, saying:.

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  smiddy

  It may have been helpful to the flock when they brought out the book " Let Your Name Be Sacntified" that they had the right pronunciation of GOD`s name .

  How could you sanctify his name if you don`t really know what his name is. Or vindicate it for that matter.
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  The glaring inequity between the 144,000 & the Great Crowd

  by deegee in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  there is a glaring inequity between the 144,000 & the great crowd (gc):.

  the gc will experience:.

  1. the great tribulation - a gruelling/horrifying time which has never occurred before.. 2. armageddon.. 3. a thousand years of “loving” molding and refinement.. 4. a second armageddon at the end of the thousand years.. the 144,000 will experience none of these things.. isn't it strange that the gc has to prove themself so much but the 144,000 don't???!!!

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  smiddy

  nibbled

  Their are a number of scriptures that clearly show Satan and presumably the Demons as having access to both the heavens and the earth in tempting and misleading humans and the nations up until and including this century.

  Just to cite a few of many more.

  1Ch.21:1

  Job 1:6

  Zec.3:1

  Mt.12:26

  Mt.16:23

  Mr.1:13

  Lu.10:18

  Lu.22:3

  2Cor.11:14

  1Th.2:18

  That`s just a few scriptures that show quite clearly that he has had free reign over earth and heaven to actively decieve and mislead humans as he did to Eve according to the Bible

  Of course the Bible could be full of contadictions ,
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  Second in the Medal Table - Well Done TeamGB

  by konceptual99 in

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  2. physical

  can't believe it - gb is currently second in the medal table, with more golds and silvers combined than even china.

  given the size of the nation it's an incredible achievement and we have won in some sports where other countries typically dominate.

  i can't imagine we will stay in second but i am happy to enjoy the moment.. well done to the whole of team gb!.

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  You guys can`t boast , look at Australia 23million compared to you guys , C`mon lets give credit where it`s due. LOL
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  I have to get this off my chest...cult equals guilible

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  two weeks ago while visiting a friend in north carolina, i agreed to go with him to the sunday public talk.

  the public talk was about how the witnesses have the direction of angels while going in service.

  the speaker told some real doozies and you could hear the "oohs and ahhs" from the audience.

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  smiddy

  Jehovah`s Witnesses follow a Bible Canon that was formulated and approved by apostate Catholic Christians of the 3rd Century and endorsed by apostate Christian Protestants of the 16/ 17 th Century

  Go figure
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  Hello all

  by WhiskeySix in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am new to this site and wanted to say hi.

  my wife and i are recently disassociated.

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  smiddy

  A warm welcome to you both , you will get the best education about JW`s that you could never get at a KH .

  What was the straw that broke the camels back ? so to speak ?

  just curious.
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  What'll you do when you get lonely and nobody's waiting by your side?

  by glenster in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  go to iceland and catch a really big fish.

  http://www.vulture.com/2016/08/eric-clapton-caught-a-massive-salmon-in-iceland.html.

  http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vulture/2016/08/13/13-eric.w529.h352.jpg.

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  smiddy

  Good thing somebody had a camera ready , otherwise we would have had doubts .
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  Lowell Goddard - ‘treated sex abuse victims with contempt’

  by darkspilver in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  full page width headline along top of page 14 of the uk's observer newspaper (sunday 14 august 2016) states.

  judge ‘treated sex abuse victims with contempt’lowell goddard accused by lawyer of walking off inquiry before ruling on victims’ applications.

  remainder of article appears to be the same as online version that is now available at:.

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  smiddy

  It just makes you wonder how far up the scale of Government / promminent people , are shielded from prosecution against child sexuall abuse , pornography , etc ,. etc.

  Within this inquiry .