All these silly questions about which time zone...
It's the "Mayan" time zone - central Mexico time, sillies!!! 
ziddina
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Dec.21st and the countdown to the Mayan Apocalypse
by designs indecember 21 marks the winter solstice and the end of a cycle called the 13th b'ak'tun.. 1.will we see a few who want to join the celestial parade ala those who wanted to hop on a comet a few years ago.. 2.should koolaid and vodka be banned dec. 20th.. 3.will the wt.
come out with an article making fun of those who 'falsely predict the end of the world' .
i'll take bets on #3.
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ziddina
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Which of the 5 weekly meetings did you hate the most?
by RULES & REGULATIONS init was always stressed that the five weekly meetings were like the fingers on your hand.
each one was just as important as the next.
which of the meetings were the most boring,bothersome and difficult to listen to?
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ziddina
Hah! ALL of them... My idiot parents, dragging me into that dmnd cult and to all those meetings - YUK!!
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Yahoo News gives JWs a mention
by Splash inunder the topic of failed end of the world predictions, jws 1914 date gets outed:.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/mayan-apocalypse-2012--five-doomsdays-that-never-happened-143929918.html.
splash.
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ziddina
Hee hee!!!
What Mrs. Jones said...
He actually said 1874:
Russell taught that Jesus invisible rulership began in 1874.
"Our Lord, the appointed King, is now present since October 1874, A.D., according to the testimony of the prophets, to those who have ears to hear it: and the formal inauguration of his kingly office dates from April 1878, A.D." Studies in Scriptures Series IV (1897) p.621
and when nothing happened he moved it to 1914. What a happifying cowinkydink!
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Who would you like to see on the Governing Body(TM) {just for fun!}
by punkofnice ini would like to see richard dawkins assume control.. he'd shake those paedophile loving twats up!.
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ziddina
Cedars... top of page 2.... Isn't that Ricky Gervais????
OH!! The character he plays - DUH!!
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Who would you like to see on the Governing Body(TM) {just for fun!}
by punkofnice ini would like to see richard dawkins assume control.. he'd shake those paedophile loving twats up!.
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ziddina
Bill Maher!!! And live to you, via the "resurrection" - Tim Minchin!! Eddie Izzard!! Ricky Gervais!!
The place would be 100% more efficient within a month...
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JW.org reports on the Sandy Hook shooting...
by cedars infrom the official jw website.... .
school shooting in connecticutdecember 17, 2012 | united states.
on friday, december 14, 2012, a shooting took place at an elementary school in newtown, connecticut.
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ziddina
Dang!! The next thing you know, they'll all be acting like Baptists!!!
[Bringing casseroles and pot-lucks for people having troubles is a FAMOUS Baptist behavior...]
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JW.org reports on the Sandy Hook shooting...
by cedars infrom the official jw website.... .
school shooting in connecticutdecember 17, 2012 | united states.
on friday, december 14, 2012, a shooting took place at an elementary school in newtown, connecticut.
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ziddina
"Cedars,
You certainly have set a big agenda.
Preaching to the choir isn't going to persuade significant numbers of people to abandon JW's. ..." Scotoma, page #3
Ah, Scotoma...
Though the efforts of Cedars and many others at informing people of the cultish beliefs and level of control within the Watchtower Society is commendable and may assist many to exit...
The most significant factor in persuading people to leave is the behavior of the Watchtower Society, itself...
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What was it about Bethel that woke you up?
by cognisonance inone the how many exbethelites thread it was mentioned that some think one either leaves down the path towards apostasy or as a 100% true believer.
i'm curious what experiences did you face at bethel that woke you up (or started to at least)?.
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ziddina
Yer welcome, guys!!
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Link for the Bethel Dwelling Manual
by greenhornet ini guess this is what the new system will be like.
enjoy the link every one.
and buy the way it is my birthday today.
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ziddina
Happy Birthday Green Hornet!!
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my first pagan tree!
by Aussie Oz inwell, i went to a xmas tree farm today and cut down a pagan tree.
brought it home much to the delight of the wife and daughter.. been 40 years!.
i often wondered why i couldnt come at a tree for the last 12 years out of christianity.
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ziddina
HEATHEN tree, man, HEATHEN tree...!!
http://www.ecauldron.net/forum/index.php?topic=4116.0
Yes - from the Latin paganus=village.
It was picked up form there by the church C14th to mean much the same thing - still civilian but this time not a soldier of God.
Heathen comes from the Old English hæthen It hasthe same meaning as pagan but also has the meaning barbaric, uncivilized.
Latin predates Old English by a long shot. And so do the crusades.
One of the reasons I asked is because is because heathen is commonly used as an insult so I wondered why they would prefer it topagan but I think I just figured out a perfectly good reason for Asatru/Norse/Germanic religion followers to use it. If it is an Old English word it will have a Germanic root somewhere. I can see why a Germanic word would be preferable to a Latin word for those people.
The main reason I asked is if someone says "I follow a Heathen path" it is meaningless to me if I don't know which paths refer to themselves as Heathen because I only have the dictionary definition of the word to go on - not the special purpose meaning applied here. That information has been supplied so now I will know what the Heathens here are referring to.Us heathens prefer the term precisely because it is Germanic in root. Northern Europe, with the exception of part of the British Isles, was never conquered by the Roman Empire. so, sure it may be childish, but it's our way of thumbing our noses at the southerners
. It's one of *our* words, not one that came from Latin.
. It's one of *our* words, not one that came from Latin.