Posts by cantleave

a harvard professor is claiming a fragment of papyrus seemingly mentioning that jesus had a wife is an ancient document and not a forgery, following a series of tests.. the text is written in coptic and contains a dialogue in which jesus refers to "my wife.

"karen king, a professor at the harvard divinity school, writes in the harvard theological review that the papyrus is almost certainly a product of ancient christians and probably dates to eighth-century egypt, based on carbon dating and chemical tests on the ink.. none of the testing has produced any evidence that the fragment is a modern fabrication or forgery, prof king and her team concluded.. the fragment, which has some legible lines on the front and on the back, contains the words: jesus said to them, my wife .... she will also be my disciple.. james yardley from columbia university, and alexis hagadorn from columbia university libraries, used a technique called micro-raman spectroscopy to determine that the carbon character of the ink matched samples of other papyri that date from the first to eighth centuries ce.. malcolm choat from macquarie university examined the fragment at hds and offered an independent assessment of the handwriting.. prof king first announced the existence of the fragment in september 2012, at the international coptic congress in rome, where she dubbed it "the gospel of jesus's wife.".

cantleave

Cofty you can't argue against unreasonable belief systems.

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Circuit Overseer says the Theocretic Ministry School may become a thing of the past

by Brother Mike in

my congregation was in charge of host week where the d.o.

spend the week with a congregation the week before an assembly.

didn't show up because he was "sick" so the c.o.

cantleave

Silver Sword is the new bible Paula

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Please explain God's wisdom in Judges19;22-30

by jam in

the just of the account, two people enter a city and can not .

find lodging.

an old man invite them to stay with him (levite).. this is so weird, all the men of the city come to have sex with.

cantleave

It makes me despair at those who claim to take their moral code from the bible.

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Essay by Barbara Anderson: "What's in a Name?"

by AndersonsInfo in

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whats in a name?

posted on april 15, 2014 by barbara anderson http://watchtowerdocuments.org/whats-in-a-name/ .entry-meta-icons .entry-meta .

.entry-header one morning at bethel in 1989, after the usual text discussion before breakfast, there was an announcement to the staff about the legalization of jehovahs witnesses in poland.

cantleave

Great observation.

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Sex really that bad?

by Batman89 in

i was just thinking randomly.

why/how are sexual desires really that much of a sin??.

sexual energy is one of the highest forms of energies known, why would god put this strong desire in us only to have us repress it through his"word the bible"??.

cantleave

There is nothing wrong with expressing your sexuality. The people who say there is, are living their lives by ancient edicts that have no relevancy in modern society, and wish to impose their twsited values on others.

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Did You Go To The Memorial?

by minimus in

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i didn't and i don't care about it..

cantleave

My 5th memorial missed. TBH I didn't even know when it was until a couple of days back, I really don't give a f*ck about what they do anymore.

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Any gay exJW's?

by Trapped in JW land in

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was just wondering how many gay exjw's were on this site, and how did you deal with being in this organization?

and also, how did you end up leaving?.

cantleave

Yes there are lots.

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What usually happens after the memorial?

by Frazzled UBM in

do members of the congregation usually have a meal together after the memorial?

does the fact that my wife has decided not to travel across town to her filipino congregation and is going to the local one instead and wants to be picked up when it finishes at 8 pm mean that she hasn't been invited to a meal with her filipino congregation and that she is being socially excluded by them?

i think this is good news but i don't want her to get caught up with the local congregatin because i don't want them coming around to pressure her to attend when she is irregular.

cantleave

We used to go home.