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  Peter in Babylon? - 1 Peter 5:13

  by Bobcat in

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  11 years ago

  for any looking over the wt study article for 3-30-2014, paragraph 9 refers to peter spending time in babylon.

  the paragraph speaks of peter living in babylon as if it were a well established fact.

  in fact, the only evidence for this idea is 1 peter 5:13.. see here for a writeup that analyzes 1 peter 5:13 and whether "babylon" really means the city of babylon.

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  snowbird 11 years ago

  I think he's cryptically speaking of Rome.

  This would have been about the time of that crazy Nero who viewed Christians as his worst enemies, so of course Peter would have been wise not to reveal their actual location.

  Also, Josephus reports that all the Jews had left Babylon by the time Peter wrote his letters to the Jewish Christians.

  The WT doesn't want Peter in Rome because this weakens their argument that Peter wasn't the Rock to whom Jesus referred in Matthew 16.

  Doesn't it feel great to be able to research for ourselves?

  Blessings.

  Sylvia

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  3 days ago Apostate walks into Watchtower headquarters gets a new Bible Leaves his business card

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  11 years ago

  bo juel jensen from norway was visiting new york 3 days ago .

  he is an apostate activist and a child abuse survivor .. this is the video.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odluwssd_qy.

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  snowbird 11 years ago

  I couldn't make anything out but the "sorry" part, but if he simply said something about redirection, why apologize?

  Sylvia

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  Crazy things witnesses have said to householders.

  by LogCon in

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  11 years ago

  a hungarian brother used to come up with some humdingers.

  he was a child when his family escaped from hungary when the soviets came storming in about 1957. he would be at the door, a young person would answer, and he would ask him, 'what do you think of the situation?

  ' meanwhile the person is thinking, 'huh?".

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  snowbird 11 years ago

  LOL.

  Sylvia

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  "Foursquare" at Dachau

  by Quendi in

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  11 years ago

  i hope someone can give me a quick answer to this question.

  the 1974 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses tells the story of the movement in germany with much detail about experiences witnesses had during the years of the third reich.

  one of the stories was about life in the dachau concentration camp when it was under the command of a man nicknamed "foursquare.

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  snowbird 11 years ago

  http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=141386

  This is the right one.

  Sorry.

  Sylvia

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  "Foursquare" at Dachau

  by Quendi in

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  11 years ago

  i hope someone can give me a quick answer to this question.

  the 1974 yearbook of jehovah's witnesses tells the story of the movement in germany with much detail about experiences witnesses had during the years of the third reich.

  one of the stories was about life in the dachau concentration camp when it was under the command of a man nicknamed "foursquare.

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  snowbird 11 years ago

  http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/index.php?s=4eefa356e4768ce130186c74cda08cb8

  I found this quite intriguing.

  Take care, Quendi.

  Sylvia

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  Don't Expect This Site To Change Anybody's Religious Opinion

  by minimus in

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  11 years ago

  just sayin.

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  It takes a big-hearted person to woMAN up and apologize.

  Sylvia

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  The Empty Cupboard

  by compound complex in

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  14 years ago

  for dear snowbird and any others who occasion upon strange fiction [?

  ] .... [inspired by six feet under].

  ruthann awoke to the soft pad, pad padding of snowflakes falling en masse, gauzily observable, outside her curtainless bedroom window.

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  snowbird 11 years ago

  LOL @ Rip.

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  In need of advice...

  by mobumpkin in

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  11 years ago

  hi i am new here thank you for letting me join.

  i first of all want to say i am not here to bash the religion.

  there are good people in the congregation but also bad ones.

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  snowbird 11 years ago

  Tell your sister in no uncertain terms to back off.

  Do not argue, beg, or plead.

  Simply say, enough already, I'm not taking any more of your mess, and if we have to thrash this out in a court of law, I'm all for it.

  I had to do that to two of my self-righteous JW sisters, and it produced instant results.

  My thoughts will be with you.

  Love and blessings.

  Sylvia

  Edited to add: Welcome and hope you stay with us for a while.

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  From among you yourselves men will rise and speak TWISTED things!

  by The Searcher in

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  2. beliefs

  11 years ago

  prime example: the bible says - (john 5:28, 29) "do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment."(rnwt).

  the wtbts explain verse 28 this way - in every reference of this verse; w99 4/1 p. 18 par.

  17 - "yes, jesus christ promised that all those in jehovahs memory will be resurrected.".

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  snowbird 11 years ago

  And, WT wishes Hebrews 9:27 would just vanish.

  Sylvia

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  Come On And PLAY!!!

  by snowbird in

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  15 years ago

  this here is very educational.. http://www.funtrivia.com/tournament/jwd-trivia-quiz-75350.html.

  come on, y'all.. sylvia.

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