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  I started my first " Mens Gym" session today

  by smiddy in

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  i`m no fitness fanatic by any stretch of the imagination though throughout my life i have strived on & off (more often than not , off ) to maintain some level of fitness activity.. i retired about 10 years ago and for the first few years i joined two table tennis clubs , social activity,though not anymore.. and i have become more of a couch potato these past few years with the internet and netflix and the club as my main concern of activity if you can call it that ,and it has been bothering me ,so finally i did something about it.. only a few doors down from me is a medical health clinic with a gym that caters for seniors like myself , so i bit the bullet and joined up .. and i`m proud of it.. if it kills me in the process then i`ll die doing what i want to do at my age.. sorry to bore you with this post ,but what did you expect a future mr. universe ?.

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  Zeb ,thats good to hear ,most people are friendly especially if you or they are walking a dog ,

  Pardon my ignorance but whats camel-bak ? and what part of the world are you in ?
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  I started my first " Mens Gym" session today

  by smiddy in

  1. social
  2. physical

  i`m no fitness fanatic by any stretch of the imagination though throughout my life i have strived on & off (more often than not , off ) to maintain some level of fitness activity.. i retired about 10 years ago and for the first few years i joined two table tennis clubs , social activity,though not anymore.. and i have become more of a couch potato these past few years with the internet and netflix and the club as my main concern of activity if you can call it that ,and it has been bothering me ,so finally i did something about it.. only a few doors down from me is a medical health clinic with a gym that caters for seniors like myself , so i bit the bullet and joined up .. and i`m proud of it.. if it kills me in the process then i`ll die doing what i want to do at my age.. sorry to bore you with this post ,but what did you expect a future mr. universe ?.

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  slidin Fast ,that sounds like a good idea , though like you I suppose wavering is not going to be on our agenda

  See ? I`m sending positive vibes already .What part of the world are you in ?
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  I started my first " Mens Gym" session today

  by smiddy in

  1. social
  2. physical

  i`m no fitness fanatic by any stretch of the imagination though throughout my life i have strived on & off (more often than not , off ) to maintain some level of fitness activity.. i retired about 10 years ago and for the first few years i joined two table tennis clubs , social activity,though not anymore.. and i have become more of a couch potato these past few years with the internet and netflix and the club as my main concern of activity if you can call it that ,and it has been bothering me ,so finally i did something about it.. only a few doors down from me is a medical health clinic with a gym that caters for seniors like myself , so i bit the bullet and joined up .. and i`m proud of it.. if it kills me in the process then i`ll die doing what i want to do at my age.. sorry to bore you with this post ,but what did you expect a future mr. universe ?.

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  jwleaks ,thanks for the suggestion , however I`m more into walking nowadays and as you know it is a pretty place to walk or ride around.

  Going across the lake on the foobridge to the 90 mile beach and walking to the entrance and back is also a good workout .
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  Is Satan really the bad guy in story of creation?

  by evilApostate in

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  2. beliefs

  i wanted to take an objective look at satan in the story of creation.

  this is not meant to offend those of you who are still christians.

  i'm agnostic btw.

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  jwleaks , thanks for that , "how many has God killed " video compared to how many Satan has killed explicitly.

  Their is no comparison.

  "Jehovah comes up "Trumps " .. If you get my drift ..in the killing stakes and when you reflect on it ,mainly innocent people , old people women and children are the victims of Gods judgements for execution against nations that didnt suit his agenda . They were expendable

  The bible says that God never changes ," he is the same today as he was yesterday and will be the same tomorrow "

  The old Testament God ,Jehovah , is universally described as a God of war .

  The new testament God is universally described as a God of Love.

  Post New testament and in this day and age , and the near future ,this is what we can look forward to.

  The prophetic view of God in the book of Revelation paints him again as a God who again is bent on destroying millions of people , men ,women ,and children , surely a God of war again and people are again expendable.

  So it really is a serious question here , who really is the bad guy ? with the evidence presented before you who do you think is the bad guy ?
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  Excellent use of language in comments on this site compared with WT publications

  by Deltawave in

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  2. bible

  i think it's great.

  when i read posts on here i have to use a dictionary because of the high level of intellectual words yet, when i read a wtbts publication, i have to ignore all the bad grammar and punctuation!

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  Aw c`mon guys

  , I`ve never had to use the dictionary as much as I`ve had to do , in this one post ,give me a break .

  Edit to note : I have never had to use the dictionary for a Watchtower or Awake article ,ever .
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  Is The Governing Body The Rulers Of A Criminal Organization? Wolves In Sheep's Clothing

  by Brokeback Watchtower in

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  i think we can see that the further we proceed into the future the more criminal this organization looks due to man's more evolved social understanding,, so since this thing is gradual i'm predicting that this evolution will exterminate this cult with a capital fuck you.. since this is a religion that has exported itself(criminal activity) all over the world from usa origins i would expect the usa court system not to come to their aid when reach lawsuits come reaching from all over the world to usa based headquarters living there situated on a contaminated chemical dump site (whether it is properly been clean up it is anybody's guess (i'm guessing not))..

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  Religion is a protected species in the politically correct world we live in today

  Criticise religion ? thats hate speech , forbidden

  Look how the world press is reluctant to criticise Islam ,for being a contributing factor in the atrocities carried out in the name of that religion all over the world.

  Thats an example of an extremist group of religionists .

  The Governing body of jehovah`s Witnesses pale into insignificance in comparison ,and their effect is more subtle.

  Besides their such a small group they fly under the radar !
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  I started my first " Mens Gym" session today

  by smiddy in

  1. social
  2. physical

  i`m no fitness fanatic by any stretch of the imagination though throughout my life i have strived on & off (more often than not , off ) to maintain some level of fitness activity.. i retired about 10 years ago and for the first few years i joined two table tennis clubs , social activity,though not anymore.. and i have become more of a couch potato these past few years with the internet and netflix and the club as my main concern of activity if you can call it that ,and it has been bothering me ,so finally i did something about it.. only a few doors down from me is a medical health clinic with a gym that caters for seniors like myself , so i bit the bullet and joined up .. and i`m proud of it.. if it kills me in the process then i`ll die doing what i want to do at my age.. sorry to bore you with this post ,but what did you expect a future mr. universe ?.

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  I`m no fitness fanatic by any stretch of the imagination though throughout my life I have strived on & off (more often than not , off ) to maintain some level of fitness activity.

  I retired about 10 years ago and for the first few years I joined two table tennis clubs , social activity,though not anymore.

  And I have become more of a couch potato these past few years with the internet and netflix and the club as my main concern of activity if you can call it that ,and it has been bothering me ,so finally I did something about it.

  Only a few doors down from me is a Medical health Clinic with a gym that caters for seniors like myself , so I bit the bullet and joined up .

  And I`m proud of it.

  If it kills me in the process then I`ll die doing what I want to do at my age.

  sorry to bore you with this post ,but what did you expect a future Mr. Universe ?
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  JW.org Caption Competition

  by pale.emperor in

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  your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to go onto jw.org.

  take one of their pics from any publication and add your own speech bubbles or caption.. here's mine.

  picture taken from the watchtower feb 2017.. .

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  Thanks Steph , however do they really forgive 2 or 3 times ? The experiences I remember they cant wait for someone to stumble so they can have a JC against them.
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  "But I was just following order and directions!" The 'outsourcing' of personal responsibility

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  2. beliefs

  a thought struck me that throughout history people have often claimed that "i was simply following orders and directions" when it comes to their actions or beliefs.. instead of using logical thinking skills to determine if the course of action is correct, they just assume that it is based on a superior telling them so.. think of someone handling finances for a corrupt boss.

  if asked to hide sums of money illegally, can they just say to the authorities "i was just following directions"?.

  or as we know, war crimes have occurred in history and the same excuses have been used.. similarly, it seems that witnesses "outsource" their thinking abilities to the society and gb and think and act exactly as directed...even if such changes dramatically as have many, many teachings and beliefs.. think of all the far out and strange things in the society's history.

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  Rank & file members , ordinary publishers of jehovahs Witnesses are not representatives of the WTB&TS.and they are instructed not to claim such.

  I wonder how many JW`s actually get the sense of that .?

  The rank & file jehovahs witnesses are no more than a body of people who volunteer to give support to the organization of Jehovahs witnesses to do the preaching work.

  They are not in the employ of the WT organization and have no claim to any suit that can be brought against the WTB&TS for any cause ,civil or otherwise.

  Of course it may be a different kettle of fish for the higher ups , lawyers ,Governing Body members etc., maybe even DO , and Co `s
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  Why Is YHWH Used Regularly In OT and NEVER in NT?

  by minimus in

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  and if the name jehovah is that important why is it that jesus christ never use that name in a record of scriptures?.

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  The four Hebrew letters that represent God`s name in the Old Testament (hebrew Scriptures ) the tetragrammaton do not appear in the New Testament the Christian Greek Scriptures.

  Nor do any equivalent four letter Greek letters translated from the Hebrew , the Tetragrammaton exist in the New Testament,to represent the name of God. Their just not their.

  Those four consonants , translated in english from Hebrew as either JHVH or YHWH , contained in the Old Testament are their because they exist in the Old Testament Hebrew sources.

  And so the name Jehovah / Yahweh (preferably ) is warranted in the Old Testament .

  But the same cannot be said about that name for God or any other name for God in the new testament.because the source of these texts do not contain those four letters either in Greek or Hebrew to warrant their inclusion in the New Testament,

  Neither Jesus , the Apostles ,nor his disciples ever used the " word" Jehovah in the New testament /Christian Greek Scriptures

  Not one of them ever used that word Jehovah /Yahweh , not one of them.

  Yet in the Christian Greek Scriptures the New Testament plainly states that the name of JESUS is to be "exalted above" every other name in Heaven , on Earth , and under the Earth.

  The Bible clearly shows that followers of Jesdus Christ were by

  " Divine providence " to be called Christians ( not Jehovahs Witnesses )

  That is from the mouth of God., if you put your faith in the Bible.and not a man made organization of the late 1800`s ,when so many religions began.