I pledge to never give a dime to any religion again. The WTBTS has some racket where they lend money rather than just use the money they have in donations to build KHs , why should people pay back money donated for the reason it's being used is why they gave it to begin with? Usually it was the electric bill was keeping them in the red but they would try and guilt you on the ,"mortgage," which was no time limit on it anyway. They get free labor to build the kh and still complain , I couldn't car less about the electric bill , they should have gone off the grid anyway with solar or maybe jehovah was going to charge for that as well
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The Guardian: How the Vatican built a secret property empire using Mussolini's millions
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/21/vatican-secret-property-empire-mussolini/printhow the vatican built a secret property empire using mussolini's millionspapacy used offshore tax havens to create 500m international portfolio, featuring real estate in uk, france and switzerland.
david leigh, jean francois tanda and jessica benhamouthe guardian, monday 21 january 2013 15.23 est behind pope benedict xvi is a porfolio of property that includes commercial premises on london's new bond street.
photograph: alessandra benedetti/corbisfew passing london tourists would ever guess that the premises of bulgari, the upmarket jewellers in new bond street, had anything to do with the pope.
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The account of Ananias and Sapphira at Acts 5 categorically proves the Bible is not inerrant
by yadda yadda 2 ingo and read it again at acts 5: 11. ananias and sapphira drop dead at peter's feet for "playing false to god/holy spirit" by not giving all of the money to peter that they got from a field they sold.
ananias and sapphira were christians.
they wanted to help the poor and so sold one of their possessions, a field, and gave most of the money to peter.
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Maybe some people just can't seem to follow the story . Saints are not supposed to lie , maybe the holy spirit was the only thing keeping them alive and when GOD withdrew it they died from ailments that were inflicted by nature .. sounds like heart disease to me ... mmm I don't think the church invented the story since they are the greedy party these days. The money was to be used to share with food and necessities not for some millionair preacher to buy a new car or house
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The Guardian: How the Vatican built a secret property empire using Mussolini's millions
by AndersonsInfo inhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/21/vatican-secret-property-empire-mussolini/printhow the vatican built a secret property empire using mussolini's millionspapacy used offshore tax havens to create 500m international portfolio, featuring real estate in uk, france and switzerland.
david leigh, jean francois tanda and jessica benhamouthe guardian, monday 21 january 2013 15.23 est behind pope benedict xvi is a porfolio of property that includes commercial premises on london's new bond street.
photograph: alessandra benedetti/corbisfew passing london tourists would ever guess that the premises of bulgari, the upmarket jewellers in new bond street, had anything to do with the pope.
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I don't remember the local cong disclosing their bank statement but they seemed to always run in the red when it comes to money as during the MS meeting brother brow beater would remind everyone where the contribution box was and get all pushy about it . Never did like that guy . Now I know they got money from all this fracking going on around here but they claimed it was put in a safe place without showing any proof .
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The account of Ananias and Sapphira at Acts 5 categorically proves the Bible is not inerrant
by yadda yadda 2 ingo and read it again at acts 5: 11. ananias and sapphira drop dead at peter's feet for "playing false to god/holy spirit" by not giving all of the money to peter that they got from a field they sold.
ananias and sapphira were christians.
they wanted to help the poor and so sold one of their possessions, a field, and gave most of the money to peter.
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according to what jesus had said about the LF they were required to sell everything they own and give gifts of mercy to the poor , snce they couldn't follow through on it they were cursed instead of blessed . The story does make sense and shows that after entering the covenent you are under very close watch and are required to live in a way that GOD outlines .IMO
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Are we on the brink of another world war?
by slimboyfat ini don't want to be an alarmist or anything... .
but i read this article in the economist today that argued it is only a matter of time until china and japan exchange shots over some small islands in between the two countries, it could escalate to full scale war, and the united states is treaty bound to come to aid of japan.
on top of that the united states is making diplomatic visits to various countries borderning china in a move that is viewed extremely negatively in beijing.
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I think war is inevitable , it's all about big buisness and the winner take all , the real scary thing is that today they have such powerful weapons , the nuclear ones could irradiate the whole planet those idiots in power did all sorts of sick crazy things with them to begin with , they tried to blow up the van allen belt even while thinking the whole atmophere could catch fire . absolute complete lack of any common sense or morallity behind anything these freaks with the finger on the button have. I don't doubt that there are other weapons not known of that are extremely deadly .
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Review of Memorial Talk
by pixel inthis is my personal review of the memorial talk for this year.
take into account that this is a new "outline".
i put "outline" in quotes because.
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Yah , I'm familiar with that amelia , been member of the board for a long time , the way I see it he is talking about when he puts and end to the world and destroys his enemies and delivers his great crowd then there wll be no need for it . There is still need of it because it's how you enter into the new covenent , there are still LF members around even tho I'm not impressed by the ones I see claiming it , You can only aprove of yourself it's not the church decision who GOD elects .
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The account of Ananias and Sapphira at Acts 5 categorically proves the Bible is not inerrant
by yadda yadda 2 ingo and read it again at acts 5: 11. ananias and sapphira drop dead at peter's feet for "playing false to god/holy spirit" by not giving all of the money to peter that they got from a field they sold.
ananias and sapphira were christians.
they wanted to help the poor and so sold one of their possessions, a field, and gave most of the money to peter.
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I think the resurected jesus judged them as fakes , you can read his judgements against congregations in revelation , they aparently did the uforgiveable speaking against the spirit
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Review of Memorial Talk
by pixel inthis is my personal review of the memorial talk for this year.
take into account that this is a new "outline".
i put "outline" in quotes because.
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they are so stupid they igore pauls consel on, the lords evening meal , he says if you aren't going to eat and drink then don't go at all. Instead the WTBTS turns it into another fear fest then they pannick because the number of partakers rises , they do invite people not in the know on the event to come to it, so you do wind up with those that think it's just another mass .I still think it relevent for the elect to enter the covenent and to show they remain in it , I don't know where they come up with the ,"observer", class, I do think most of them are nuttier than a snickers bar anyway
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Are we on the brink of another world war?
by slimboyfat ini don't want to be an alarmist or anything... .
but i read this article in the economist today that argued it is only a matter of time until china and japan exchange shots over some small islands in between the two countries, it could escalate to full scale war, and the united states is treaty bound to come to aid of japan.
on top of that the united states is making diplomatic visits to various countries borderning china in a move that is viewed extremely negatively in beijing.
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i think tho this the first time in history a country got trillions of dollars in debt , it's absurdly insane to even comprehend the incompetence involved . I think most of it went to the MIC to fight wars that really didn't threaten US sovereignty , If you believe 19 hijackers pulled off 911 in the manner the US gov. wants you to believe then I suppose you are just as disillusioned now as when in the ORG. True they said the world was going to end but that message was started by JC hiself , they keep sticking the foot in their mouth when it comes to promises, such as the generation of 1914 .
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Are we on the brink of another world war?
by slimboyfat ini don't want to be an alarmist or anything... .
but i read this article in the economist today that argued it is only a matter of time until china and japan exchange shots over some small islands in between the two countries, it could escalate to full scale war, and the united states is treaty bound to come to aid of japan.
on top of that the united states is making diplomatic visits to various countries borderning china in a move that is viewed extremely negatively in beijing.
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i don't know how you can say the world is coming up out of the toilet , during the time of US existence it has been at war for over 200 years and now a war on terror that could last indefinitly . They are destroying our constitution and creating a survieled society , they have no answer for the tillions in debt that our pitiful politicians created and now expect joe six pack to pay back while they bail out the corrupt bankers bonuses and all .. gee things look real promising , I think the WT had it right about the world and it's being run by morally bankrupt idiots tho .