Posts by jgnat

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How do you measure a Jehovahs Witness?

by Londo111 in

im just thinking outloud and, of course, you are welcome to think aloud with me.. (1) there are the metrics used in the yearbook totals.

the average publisher count measures only those who reported time.

likely, most of those who attend the memorial are those inactive or somehow associated in some way, shape, or form.. (2) there is meeting attendance.

jgnat

Baptisms, surely.

the blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor (Matthew 11:1-19)

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ (Matthew 25:31-46)

They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. (Acts 2:42-47)

I'd say the measurement is in works and miracles, wouldn't you? Not time. Not literature placements.

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How do BACs and JWs explain animals that practice "homosexual" activities?

by booker-t in

i absolutely love watching the animal channel and just observing the animal kingdom has really brought up some serious questions for any devout anti-gay religions such as born-again christians(bacs) and jws.

some animals such as deers practice lesbianism when there is no male deer around.

i almost fell out of my chair when watching this.

jgnat

From my evangelical background, I would have attributed this to the fallen nature of Adam, and by extension, all of nature.

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Rutherfordian Science

by AlanF in

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the wise man j. f. rutherford wrote about the "cause of the flood" in his 1927 book creation (pp.

here he informed us of "jehovah's" view of the scientific "annular flood theory" of one isaac newton vail, which the watchtower society had been promoting for decades:.

annular means that which has the form of a ring, or ring-shaped.

jgnat

Where was the dead body of Jesus? Did the disciples disappear it?

by opusdei1972 in

i am currently an skeptic, but i have to admit that i can't assure that all the stuff of early christianity was false.. for instance, we know that the genuine letters of paul were written before the destruction of jerusalem.

so, paul affirmed that jesus resurrected, though he was not there when it supposedly happened.

but, if jesus did not resurrect, why didn't the jews expose this falsehood?.

jgnat

http://www.skepdic.com/incorrupt.html

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What did you do with old WT/Awake magazines?

by naazira in

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when you were a witness, what did you do with your old watchtower (public/ study versions) and awake magazines?

i know for some throwing away a magazine is comparable to burning a quran.

i never threw them out!

jgnat

Make furniture.

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What did you do with old WT/Awake magazines?

by naazira in

jw
friends

when you were a witness, what did you do with your old watchtower (public/ study versions) and awake magazines?

i know for some throwing away a magazine is comparable to burning a quran.

i never threw them out!

jgnat

National Geographic

Huibby would keep the magazines, put them in the cases, AND get the bound volume. Those plastic cases sort of reminded me of the National Geographic cases. But NG is prettier.

I cured hubby of that when we moved.

25

Thirty problems only a Canadian would understand

by jgnat in

i got 29. how many do you get?.

http://www.tickld.com/x/30-problems-only-canadian-people-will-understand.

jgnat

Rocky and Bullwinkle

Rocky and Bullwinkle.

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The Watchtower 11/15/2014

by wifibandit in

http://bayfiles.net/file/1jpu5/qhxxxl/w_e20141115.pdf.

select "premium download".

(thanks breakfast of champions).

jgnat

The desire to be part of an exclusive club is as old as secret decoder rings.

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2014/02/27/movie-legends-revealed-there-was-no-decoder-ring-in-a-christmas-story/

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Chariot is on the move, but slowly

by Quarterback in

here is the thing.

the gb is playing this up.

they are feeding the hopes of millions about changes to come.

jgnat

You forgot the new logo. Big whup.

It sounds like the way that the China bureacracy changes. They give a little rope, "freedom", shake out the dissenters, then clamp down again. Lately China decided that market economy is "good", so China is booming. It's nothing like a democracy though. Citizens don't have a say.

Kind of like the WTS. It's all top-down management.

https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_x_li_a_tale_of_two_political_systems

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Ferguson Shooting (Is my thinking on this all wrong.......)

by out4good3 in

i think everyone here can agree that walking down the street, even in the middle of the street, is not cause for having a clip emptied in your ass......... i can understand how the black community would be outraged by the injustice of seeing another black man dead in the street at the hands of the police under mysterious circumstances....... i hope that i'm not succumbing to the attempts to assinate the already well impuned character of the dead man...... however.

i can't help but think that this could all have been avoided by exercising the proper discretion with fore-knowledge of the disadvantages people of color have when they are dealing with law enforcement in the united states.

it is not as if this disadvantage has only since recently came to light.

jgnat

Data.

Median family income for black households; $20-$30 thousand a year.

Median family income for white households; $60-75 thousand a year.

http://www.city-data.com/income/income-Ferguson-Missouri.html

Is this a normal distribution in the US?