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  To ItsJustlittleoldme_ URGENT

  by perspicacia2 in

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  hallo, sorry to disturb you.

  i would like to ask you something about english language.

  if i write << all night i make my bed swim >>.

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  My first gut reaction is that it makes no sense what-so-ever..

  Sorry, I don't understand how a bed can swim...
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  To ItsJustlittleoldme_ URGENT

  by perspicacia2 in

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  hallo, sorry to disturb you.

  i would like to ask you something about english language.

  if i write << all night i make my bed swim >>.

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  I'm sorry Pers,

  I have no idea what you are trying to say.. A bed swimming makes no sense to me what-so-ever...

  Can you use the phrase in the sentence (syntax) in which you want to use it? maybe then I can understand it better.

  Sorry pal,

  - Itsjustlittleoldme
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  ANyone heard from perspicacia2?

  by ItsJustlittleoldme in

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  anyone know what happened to him/her?.

  he hasn't responded to my last post, he just seems to have 'fallen' off the board?

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  Oh, I hope you are ok.. I was concerned, because I know you recently had a car accident.. Are you ok?
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  ANyone heard from perspicacia2?

  by ItsJustlittleoldme in

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  anyone know what happened to him/her?.

  he hasn't responded to my last post, he just seems to have 'fallen' off the board?

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  Anyone know what happened to him/her?

  He hasn't responded to my last post, he just seems to have 'fallen' off the board??
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  Cygnus is in bad shape

  by Cygnus in

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  just so i don't miss anybody who is interested.... my results from the ekg and the echogram showed a severe leak in a heart valve.

  i am going for an angiogram on the 15th but the cardiologist says the liklihood is great that i will need open heart surgery.

  rare for a 30 year old but if necessary, it is necessary.. no word yet on the results of the blood work for liver enzymes and hepatitis.

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  Wishing you health!!! I'll keep you in my prayers!
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  Can 'truth' change?

  by wholewheat in

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  in another thread i posted the following thought, but i wanted to post this for everyone to see and give their input.. the argument that 'truth' never changes holds no water.

  according to random house webster's dictionary, 'truth' is defined as follows,"conformity with fact or reality".. the word 'conform' is defined as,"to bring into agreement".. if 'truth' never changes, then how can something taught in science that is considered to be 'exact', later be corrected by 'conforming with fact or reality so as to bring into agreement'?

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  WholeWheat,

  What is the purpose of the society? What are they trying to accomplish? And thus far, what have they accomplished? In it's 120+ year history, what body of knowledge do they have that is unwaivering and cannot change and is to be used as the building blocks of Christianity that they have been building on for all those years? What do they know now that they did not know 120+ years ago (Again, concrete knowledge, something that you can build upon without having to knock down the foundation and start all over, as with the 'generation') Can you answer these questions for me please?

  In science, we can easily track knowledge and 'new light' over the ages..

  * We learned about fire (That hasn't changed, we may be able to make better and more efficient fires, and may be able to start fires with more ease than our ancestors, but the basics of fire still apply - We can still light a fire by rubbing two sticks together)

  * We learned about structures, and buildings (That hasn't changed, we can make more efficient structrures, stronger, etc, and use better building materials than our ancestors in biblical times, and better techniques to build them in less time, but the basic concepts of how to build a structure haven't changed - brick layers can still do it the old fashioned way)

  * We learned about anti-biotics (The antibiotic application hasn't changed, we have been able to find/develop better antibiotics than just Penicillin, but the basic application of the antibiotic hasn't changed, just the fact that we can now apply anitbiotics to other problems -- Penicillin still works just fine for what it was designed for)

  Those are examples of progressive light. Can you compare these examples of progressive light with the record that the JW's have on learning bible truths?

  Edited by - itsjustlittleoldme on 3 July 2002 12:22:58
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  Heat Advisory: Philadelphia Assembly Next Weekend

  by Room 215 in

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  calling all dubbies in the middle atlantic states unlucky enough to have been assigned to the annual sauna in philly july 11-13.. as the u.s, northeast bakes in sweltering heat and debilitating humidity, what greater first-hand evidence can you find of bethel's callous indifference to your well-being than their persistence in scheduling these pointless hum-drum events in such a notorious blast-furnace environment as vets stadium, when just across the street, at the spectrum, and in countless other venues, air-conditioned auditoriums are readily available to them?

  repeated, public warnings in the media of the health hazard to the very young and elderly posed by such conditions fall on deaf ears in brooklyn.

  cancel?

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  Hmm, call me cinical, but I'll bet that renting auditoriums without A/C that no-one else on earth would rent because of heat conditions is probably really CHEAP!!!

  Plus, no-one else on Earth would rent them, so they can say we are keeping seperate from the world

  Edited by - itsjustlittleoldme on 3 July 2002 11:14:34
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  Can 'truth' change?

  by wholewheat in

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  in another thread i posted the following thought, but i wanted to post this for everyone to see and give their input.. the argument that 'truth' never changes holds no water.

  according to random house webster's dictionary, 'truth' is defined as follows,"conformity with fact or reality".. the word 'conform' is defined as,"to bring into agreement".. if 'truth' never changes, then how can something taught in science that is considered to be 'exact', later be corrected by 'conforming with fact or reality so as to bring into agreement'?

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  If tommorrow, it was announced that the 'Law of Gravity' was found to be innaccurate and inncorrect, and was 'updated', how would this viewed in the scientific community?

  WholeWheat,

  Notice the highlighted word, LAW, above.. A law in science means it has been tested, and PROVEN to work under certain conditions.. As long as those conditions are met, the LAW applies... Therefor, the LAW of gravity will always apply under certain conditions. By updating I believe you mean to add new conditions, I'll go back to my example of the 'law of gravity' and the Feather/Bowling Ball analogy.

  Newton calculated that there is an acceleration from gravity, and hence given the mass of an object and the distance from the earth, you can calculate how long it will take for the object to hit the earth, and what speed it will be traveling when it does.. Guess what, this formula appearrs to be incorrect for objects that are either very light (feather) or for objects that are falling a great distance... The reason is something called wind resistance... (That's why a bowling ball and a feather do not fall to earth at the same speed).. In fact, I an experiment was done on the moon with a feather and a hammer, and they DID hit the moon at the same time, as predicted without wind resistance.

  http://www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/dept/phys-sci/gravity/index2.htm

  But, and this is the important concept that you seem to be missing WholeWheat, the law of gravity (acceleration) WAS NOT INVALIDATED by the finding out about wind resistance.. The LAW still works, but they did find out that under certain circumstances that another law must also have been acting on the objects. The underlying LAW was not changed, it stayed a 'fact', however, they did realize that they needed to account for another force (the wind resistance). The 'light' in this case did get progressivly brighter.. The 'foundation' was strong, and they realized there needed to be another story added to an already strong foundation law...

  In the case of the WT, can you tell me one DOCTRINE that you have that cannot change and reverse itself, and hence builds your 'foundation' of which to make new 'stories' upon? I'll give you an example of a foundation that recently was broken; the foundation that the new system of things was to happen within 'this generation'. That foundation was so prevelant in the organizations thinking that they even put it in writing in the Awake! Magazine (Before Nov 1995) stating that it was "God's promise" that he will usher in the new system before the generation of people who saw the events of 1914 would pass away! That was a 'foundation', something you KNEW to be true, a "LAW" if you will..

  Well, in Nov 1995 that foundation law was changed, and now the word Generation is basically meaningless in your new defintion. People based their entire lives on the fact that the wicked system would end before the people that saw the events of 1914 would pass away; and suddenly that 'LAW' was dissolved. Therefor, it wasn't a law, it wasn't truth, it was at best a hypothisis that was proven wrong. The LAW of gravity has been proven right, and it cannot change, new conditions can be found where it doesn't seem to work, and in those cases new 'stories' will need to be added to it to find out the reason for it not working correctly (as is the example of wind resistance), but it will always work.. The scientific community can RELY on the fact that the law of gravity is a given..

  What "LAW" or doctrine can you rely on from the GB that can never change, as that is how you build 'knowledge'.. You start at the base, build the foundation, and then add 'stories' to that foundation as time goes on, and knowledge increases. What foundation has the GB layed for you that you KNOW and have ABSOLUTE faith in that will never change, and you can build upon that "LAW" or "TRUTH"? Can you name me just one?

  From another thread: (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=31262&site=3)

  ``At times explanations given by Jehovah's visible organization have shown adjustments, seemingly to previous points of view. But this has not actually been the case. This might be compared to what is known in navigational circles as "tacking." By maneuvering the sails the sailors can cause a ship to go from right to left, back and forth, but all the time making progress toward their destination ... -- The Watchtower December 1, 1981, page 27

  ``Seeing the strenuous efforts needed to succeed in the race for life, Paul went on to say: "Therefore, the way I am running is not uncertainly" (1 Corinthians 9:26) ...Hence, to run "not uncertainly" means that to every observer it should be very evident where the runner is heading. The Anchor Bible renders it "not on a zigzag course." If you saw a set of footprints that meanders up and down the beach, circles around now and then, and even goes backward at times, you would hardly think the person was running at all, let alone that he had any idea where he was heading. But if you saw a set of footprints that form a long, straight line, each footprint ahead of the previous one and all evenly spaced, you would conclude that the footprints belong to one who knows exactly where he is going. -- The Watchtower, August 1, 1992, p. 17

  Oh, and here's an interesting tidbit I learned while looking up Newton on the Internet

  Newton was a bible scholar, and predicted the return of Christ from the book of Daniel (somewhere in 1997): http://www.prophecycountdown.com/articles/newton.html

  Of course, he did so only with Bible Chronology, never did he utter the words, "These are the words of Jehovah" or even imply that god was behind his interpretation of Daniel!
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  Two file sex abuse suit against Jehovah's Witnesse

  by TexSham in

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  i looked and didn't see this posted, so here goes:.

  http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/3588212.htm.

  posted on tue, jul.

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  Hmmm, appears that the 'snowball' is picking up momentum!!!

  I hope the two women are mentally ok now, and the scars from their past haven't effected them too badly. And I hope that the WT wakes up and realizes a few things (most likely reluctantly as they hand over money to APOSTATES <G>)
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  Did you have a good Canada Day?

  by OUTLAW in

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  the house was full yesterday!family,friends,ice cold molson canadian beer,and crown royal canadian whiskey.you need plenty of refreshments to celebrate canada`s birthday!

  (lol)everyone had a good time.how was your canada day?

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  Canada? Isn't that the third world country above the US?

  Only kidding, I've been to Canada (Quebec) many times... Too bad the natives don't speak English, though.. It's so hard to understand them!!!!

  Happy Canada day for you Canadian folk!