Posts by snowbird

but i don't go to any church.. i have always been impressed at how smart, polite and nice jehovah's witnesses are and i always make time to speak to them when they call at my door.

snowbird

Hello and welcome, Lilly.

40-something years ago, I was also impressed with the Jehovah's Witnesses.

I thought they were the most wonderful people, and wanted to be just like them.

Little did I know that they were under the control of the Governing Body of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York!

This body decides what literature the JW's will distribute, which Bible verses will be used in their ministry, even giving instructions on how to dress while in the door-to-door witnessing work.

There is absolutely no freedom to express individual views or research biblical material other than that of the Watchtower.

So, don't let that facade fool you.

Ask questions and check things our for yourself.

I guarantee you that you're in for an eye-opening experience.

Blessings.

Sylvia

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What Ailed Those Pilots ... ?

by snowbird in

the pilots and crew of the missing plane, was something wrong with all of them?.

sylvia.

snowbird

What on earth were they doing way down there???!!!

Sylvia

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What Ailed Those Pilots ... ?

by snowbird in

the pilots and crew of the missing plane, was something wrong with all of them?.

sylvia.

snowbird

Still, so many questions to be answered.

Sylvia

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40 Years Today

by Still Totally ADD in

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friends

yes that's right reopened mind and me have been married 40 years ago today.

we had a little party today at our uu congregation.

we brought wine for the pot luck dinner we had today.

snowbird

So happy for both of you.

Blessings.

Sylvia

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This is my first post

by Make Lemonade in

i wanted to express appreciation to the members of this forum.

there are resources here that are deep.

like we heard from the stage, "what is your depth and breadth of bible knowledge?

snowbird

Your experience is similar to mine.

I began studying right out of high school because I was disillusioned with my church and life in general.

Though the hype surrounding 1975 was somewhat muted down here, I knew about and believed the statement of Jesus of Nazareth at Acts 1:7.

Therefore, I was not disappointed at all when nothing happened.

Later on, when I found out about the cover-ups, failed past doctrines, and the mangling of the Holy Scriptures, I was out of there.

Again, welcome.

Blessings.

Sylvia

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Is there going to be a Borg anymore.?

by Slidin Fast in

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friends

i find this hard to express properly but it seems to me that the rate of change is getting so rapid that nothing will be left of anything recognisable.

we used to say that any one coming back after 50 years would not recognise the "truth".. the entity existing now is totally different from 10 years ago.

it seems reasonable to suppose that this will continue to the point that nothing before 2010 will be safe to read for joe publisher (or possibly 'local instructor') so that he isn't corrupted or confused by old light.