Posts by maninthemiddle

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On JWN .. are you a teacher or student ?

by caliber in

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likely most poeple feel that they at times can and should be both , that is a teacher or a student.

i know i have learned and gained much insight into many things here.. but most often.

fail to make acknowledgement... not sure why i guess i hate for a person to feel i am flattering them or kissing up.

maninthemiddle

Yknot is also our librarian, faithful and discreet, I might add.

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How the house of cards comes crashing down, in the WTS' own words.

by poopsiecakes in

"rejecting or trivializing the genesis account about adam and eve creates a domino effect that undermines nearly every major teaching in the bible!

such a way of thinking leads to a host of unanswered questions and a faith with nothing to stand on.".

footnote: "these include teachings about gods sovereignty, human integrity, good and evil, free will, the condition of the dead, marriage, the promised messiah, a paradise earth, gods kingdom, and many others.".

maninthemiddle

I can agree with this. For me it was looking into the reasons why a global flood could not have happened, then while reading a watchtower on it (don't ask) it said that Jesus said the flood happened.. Matthew 24:37-41

I think that was when I realized there was no baby in the bathwater (to steal a term often thrown around)

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Memorial Partakers guesses?

by AK - Jeff in

the last four years:.

with all the changes in the 'generation', 'sealing', doctines, etc.

- there have been unexpected [i imagine] jumps in this number.

maninthemiddle

Where is 144,001 when you need him?

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"Something from Nothing" (Discussion with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss)

by leavingwt in

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taped live on feb 4, 2012.

(2 hours).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh9uvnrarf8.

maninthemiddle

Bump....

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what do u think of ACTS 15?

by xtreemlyconfused17 in

(please pardon my english quotes from the bible.

i'm trying to translate from swahili, i cant find my english bible lol).

so i had my bible study yesterday and my teacher came with an elder.

maninthemiddle

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/192766/1/Was-There-REALLY-a-First-Century-Governing-Body

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/153024/1/Dispelling-JW-Myths-Governing-Body

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Is U.S. last world power?

by 2tone in

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unfortunately i was out in service the other day.

just to get my 2-3 hours in for the month.

this lady who has invested over 60 years of all her life into the org made a comment.

maninthemiddle

She is correct, they did say that at the DC this year. Remember the statue with the iron/clay toes? They claim that is US/Britain alliance, and since it is the last superpower on the statue, there can be none after it.

It is a great way to whip up the masses into a frenzy.

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Circuit Leasing selling on JW.ORG ????

by yknot in

so i was poking around jw.org a lil recently...... noticed this advertisement was still present in the 'privileged' section (ie you gotta have login access).

this was posted on jw.org a little over a year ago (as shown in pic) but since it is still viewable......figured it is fair-game for jwn fodder.

thoughts?????.

maninthemiddle

Hey yknot, good to hear from you!!!!!!!

Mickey, how about we offer to buy it on Oct 15 2014?

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The largest landlord in the Brooklyn Heights ... sells off more reale state.

by koolaid-man in

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120111/real_estate/12011997.

second witnesses property fetches $4.1mpurchase price of the brooklyn heights carriage house seen as 9% below the asking level.

sales are from the group's 34-property, 3.2 million-square-foot portfolio in the area.print email reprints commentby amanda fung @amandafungjanuary 11, 2012 1:37 p.m.inshare210updated: january 11, 2012 3:39 p.m.the second of eight brooklyn heights properties put up for sale last year by the jehovah's witnesses has sold for $4.1 million, just a month after the first of the properties was snapped up.. the two-story, 4,172-square-foot carriage house located at 165 columbia heights fetched just 9% less than its asking price, according to streeteasy.com, which said the transaction closed on jan. 10. ellen newman of the corcoran group was retained this summer by the witnesses to market the four-bedroom, four-bathroom house and four others in brooklyn heights.. ms. newman confirmed the sale.