Posts by maninthemiddle

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Memorial musings
by undercover in
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things i thought about during the memorial talk last night:.

i don't know if it was just the memorial i went to or if this was across the board, but it seems that the talk was dumbed down a bit more than it had been in the past.

not that it wouldn't surprise me if was dumbed down.
maninthemiddle

explain how Adam brought sin into the world and passed it on through his DNA
I heard the same thing, but it isn't in the outline. it also isn't in the reference from the outline.
And don't you love how someone has to pass the emblems in front of the guys who just walked all around the all carrying them? I mean, if they wanted to, they could have taken a nibble or sip any time they wanted. Why all the ritual?
I also had the same thoughts while fully "in". This was getting along way away from doing something in a good "spirt" and going to rote following of rules for the sake of rules.
I have heard that there are specific directions given for how to do this, I have not read this persoanlly.
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Lead Codices Now Called Fake
by Quendi in
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2. bible
well, that huge sigh of relief we're hearing is from brooklyn.

evidence is mounting that the lead codices found earlier this year which depicted jesus being executed on a cross are fakes.

so jehovah's witnesses can still maintain their assertion that christ was executed on a stake and not a cross for now.
maninthemiddle

I was afraid that. Too bad.
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pot calls kettle black
by therevealer in
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maninthemiddle

therevealer, bugging your kids to go to the memorial?
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this seems interesting, or not?
by therevealer in
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maninthemiddle

I should have added this. I think this answers your quest, if I understand it correctly.
*** w09 6/15 p. 24 par. 16 The Faithful Steward and Its Governing Body ***
16 Are all these anointed ones throughout the earth part of a global network that is somehow involved in revealing new spiritual truths? No. Although as a composite body the slave class is responsible for feeding the spiritual household, not all individuals of the slave class have the same responsibilities or work assignments. (Read 1 Corinthians 12:14-18.) As noted earlier, in the first century, all were involved in the vital preaching work. But only a very limited number were used to write the books of the Bible and oversee the Christian congregation
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this seems interesting, or not?
by therevealer in
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maninthemiddle

Does this answer it?
*** w09 6/15 p. 22 par. 10 The Faithful Steward and Its Governing Body ***
10 However, were all spirit-anointed Christians involved in overseeing the preaching work and in preparing spiritual food? No. The apostle Paul tells us: “Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform powerful works, do they?” (1 Cor. 12:29) Although all spirit-begotten Christians engaged in the preaching work, only a very limited number—just eight different men—were used to write the 27 books of the Christian Greek Scriptures.
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Any seen the movie Agora?
by poppers in
1. social
2. entertainment
i just watched this on netflix.

very interesting.

here's the synopsis from amazon:.
maninthemiddle

Bump, I just saw this, very good movie. So much real history in it.
Especially using the bible to stop Hypatia ( a woman) from being a teacher, amoung oter things.
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pot calls kettle black
by therevealer in
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maninthemiddle

Kimbo, do you think that nonessential emails means these talks that end up making the GB look crazy? I think of Anthony Morris' talk that went around lasst year.
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Have you seen this movie..Agora
by maninthemiddle in
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2. friends
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1186830/.

this is an interesting movie.. most interesting to me is that while fictional, there is a lot of underling fact in here of things that really did happen.

it depicts the christians sacking the library of alexandria.. here is the imdb summary.. alexandria, 391: hypatia teaches astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy.
maninthemiddle

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1186830/
This is an interesting movie.
Most interesting to me is that while fictional, there is a lot of underling fact in here of things that really did happen. It depicts the Christians sacking the library of Alexandria.
Here is the IMDB summary.
Alexandria, 391: Hypatia teaches astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy. Her student Orestes is in love with her as is Davus, her personal slave. As the city's Christians, led by Ammonius and Cyril, gain political power, the great institutions of learning and governance may not survive. Jump ahead 20 years: Orestes, the city's prefect, has an uneasy peace with Christians, led by Cyril. The Christians enforce public morality; first they see the Jews as their obstacle, then women. Hypatia has no interest in faith; she's concerned about the movement of celestial bodies and the brotherhood of all. What place is there for her?
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does this agree with their new generation
by therevealer in
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maninthemiddle

no, see Moses' generation overlapped with Jesus' generation. They died out after 70ce. The 1914 generation that overlapps with our generation is the....wait, I am confused.
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pot calls kettle black
by therevealer in
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maninthemiddle

It's not just you.
Although the "there is no middle ground" irks me more than the rest.