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  Are Any Of You Afraid of Dying At Armageddon?

  by minimus in

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  i'm not but i know some jws that have drifted but when things like 9/11 catastrophes occur, they're right back at the kingdom hall.. do you ever worry that the great tribulation might occur and you will die?.

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  paul from cleveland

  I used to be... now I'm more worried about the personal Armageddon I'm going to have if I can't find work soon. I'm picking out the bridge I'm going to live under now.
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  I'm dying here in Cleveland

  by paul from cleveland in

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  this economy is killing me.

  many sleepless nights..

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  paul from cleveland

  This economy is killing me. Many sleepless nights.
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  armageddon, fred franz and the year 2000 - questions

  by Aussie Oz in

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  i have read that fred franz said armageddon would come by/in 2000.... been through search and the cd library but other than quotes of how bad the world will be by then, i cant seem to find anything.. any help?.

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  paul from cleveland

  Titus, what language is your 1989 Watchtower?
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  Yes Yes Yes !!! Gold Gold Gold for CANADA !!!

  by Simon in

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  oh canada !!

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  paul from cleveland

  It was Lake Placid in 1932 when America won the medal count.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses and Amway

  by paul from cleveland in

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  maybe you're all familiar with this subject already but i just came across it tonight.

  it's an article about whether or not amway is a cult.

  the similarities between jehovah's witnesses and amway are incredible.. http://www.cocs.com/jhoagland/amcult.html.

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  paul from cleveland

  Maybe you're all familiar with this subject already but I just came across it tonight. It's an article about whether or not Amway is a cult. The similarities between Jehovah's Witnesses and Amway are incredible.

  http://www.cocs.com/jhoagland/amcult.html
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  Where is the best place in the world to live?

  by highdose in

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  could be just a whim, but highdoses feet are feeling itchy today.

  i'm young, unattached was thinking about upping sticks again maybe.. .

  can i get any recomendations from anyone?.

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  paul from cleveland

  you can move to Cleveland and get a job with me at the steel factory.

  
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  JW Science Quote (2-5)

  by TD in

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  in his 1898 novel, war of the worlds, h.g.

  wells depicted the earth under attack by a race that had evolved past the need of eating to obtain nourishment.

  these beings, in fact, had no digestive organs of any sort:.

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  paul from cleveland

  TD, Thank you for that explanation. That was much more clear to me.
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  JW Science Quote (2-5)

  by TD in

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  in his 1898 novel, war of the worlds, h.g.

  wells depicted the earth under attack by a race that had evolved past the need of eating to obtain nourishment.

  these beings, in fact, had no digestive organs of any sort:.

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  paul from cleveland

  TD, What I gather from your post is that, to God, the sacredness of life is more important than the sacredness of blood so when it comes down to an issue between the two, we should choose life. We know this because of all the other laws God has made regarding life and how important it is to him. It is taking the blood issue in the context of the whole bible. Like was mentioned before, the life itself is more important than the symbol of it.

  However, some of your post is too hard to understand:

  Consequently, apart from serving as a good example of how the inductive fallacy of hasty generalization can be coupled with the deductive fallacy of argumentum ad ignorantiam, their hypothesis would be worthless.

  Would you please explain the first part of your post, about the reasoning methods JW's use, in simpler language?
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  JW Science Quote (2-5)

  by TD in

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  in his 1898 novel, war of the worlds, h.g.

  wells depicted the earth under attack by a race that had evolved past the need of eating to obtain nourishment.

  these beings, in fact, had no digestive organs of any sort:.

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  paul from cleveland

  thanks leavingwt, I understand the point. I agree with that.
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  JW Science Quote (2-5)

  by TD in

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  in his 1898 novel, war of the worlds, h.g.

  wells depicted the earth under attack by a race that had evolved past the need of eating to obtain nourishment.

  these beings, in fact, had no digestive organs of any sort:.

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  paul from cleveland

  TD, I appreciate your trying to reason with me. I'm being sincere when I say that I really can't see the point the way you're explaining it to me. To me it just seems like a technicality that ignores the principle of the law. In my mind it's like saying that the scripture that condemns 'men who lie with men' wouldn't apply if they had sex standing up.

  I have changed my mind on this issue, however, because of the point Agonus made:

  Throwing away a human life in deference to the "sancticty of blood" is making the symbol of life (blood) more important than the gift of life itself.

  It's like a lightbulb went off in my head. Maybe that's the same point you were making but I just couldn't get it from the way you explained it.