You mean things are credible as long as they haven't been posted on Wikipedia?
freydo
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Using Wikipedia to Quote Sources
by Georgiegirl inrecently, i've seen alot of posts using cut-n-pastes from wikipedia.
.now, i love wikipedia - but - for those of you who may not be aware - wikipedia is not a credible source.
we aren't allowed to use it as a reference for any paper in university, and anyone who wants to be taken seriously as a scholar and researcher would lose all credibility by using wikipedia as a direct reference.. wikipedia is user-created - which means i can create a wiki on any subject i choose (whether i know anything about it or not).
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freydo
The subject is about the name Jehovah..Not YHWH..Not Jesus..
Not KFC`s new Chicken Sandwich without Bread..
Does it come with pickles?
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An Elder wrote anomously...
by Butterflyleia85 ini realize as an elder that i am speaking out against the very organization i try to faithfully represent, but i personally think that the governing body is wrong by teaching that only what they teach us, as printed in the watchtower publications, should be considered to be the truth.
theyve made the expression of any personal opinions or group debates over their official versions of biblical truths subject to disciplinary action often leading to someone being disfellowshipped.. .
that is why i feel that i must keep my own identity somewhat anonymous.
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freydo
For somebody trying to be anomous (is that a new word?) he doesn't act like it. How long do you think it would take the wtbt$ snoops to finger somebody in the NY area and volunteering that, "I am in my early 50s, married, with four adult sons. My wife and I own our home and I drive an older four-door Japanese sedan – a perfect car to use for field service. I work as a manager for a national company connected to the food services industry."? Maybe he's from Iowa.
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freydo
http://www.eliyah.com/thescriptures/
The Third Commandment: What does it mean? RealAudio version | MP3 version
"Many take the third commandment to mean that we should not use the Heavenly Father's name alongside a swear word or profanity. I could see where it certainly might mean this. Others say that taking His name on our lips while living a life of sin is another way of taking His name in vain. I agree with this also.
However, I have found that the third commandment means much more than this. Replacing the Heavenly Father's name with a title of our own choosing such as "the LORD", "GOD", "Adonai", or "Ha Shem" is another way of taking His name in vain. Let's look at the third commandment as written in the King James Bible:
Deuteronomy 5:11 "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold [him] guiltless that taketh his name in vain."
If we examine this verse in the Hebrew text that the King James Bible was translated from, we would not find "The LORD" or any word that carries such a meaning. What is actually there is the Heavenly Father's true name, "Yahweh". I believe it is important to consider whether or not this tradition is something the Heavenly Father would desire us to follow.
Let's take a moment and look at the Webster's dictionary definition of the word "vain".............."
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freydo
debator - I have asked two questions that you have ignored.
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The Watchtower And Bernie Madoff, How Different?
by metatron inperhaps one of you theocratic lurkers out there could tell me how the watchtower is different from bernie madoff.. both offered outrageous promises.
both took people's money.
both failed to deliver.. however, bernie madoff was caught and stopped.
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freydo
Reminds me of Abe Lincoln.
"You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time,
but you can't fool all the people all of the time."
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freydo
dabatir - "If the Bible itself has no propblem using transliterated names from one language to another why should we?"
Which corrupted and adulterated version that either renders divine names meaningless or eliminates them entirely?
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freydo
As for transliteration of names - can you think of one single world leader who's had their name changed into other languages so that it has no similarity to the sound in it's native tongue?
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The Watchtower And Bernie Madoff, How Different?
by metatron inperhaps one of you theocratic lurkers out there could tell me how the watchtower is different from bernie madoff.. both offered outrageous promises.
both took people's money.
both failed to deliver.. however, bernie madoff was caught and stopped.
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freydo
Didn't want to change the subject, but I’ve been cogitating on several threads that seem to be related. Is it that the wtbt$ has evolved into nothing but a ponzi scheme? Been thinking about the Secret Society thread where even the wt talked about members at the lower eschelons not being aware of the real criminal agenda of the higher ups. And when you compare Bernie and the wtbt$, one bilked people out of life savings and the other bilked people out of their lives. It may not have started out that way in either case, but corruption set in that justified more corruption. I’ve also been thinking about the Muslims too and their plan to build a mosque at ground zero and how the fellow on utube said they don’t even deserve to be called a religion – but rather a criminal political ideology masquerading as a religion with the intent of killing all who don’t go along with their ideology. Is that any different than the wtbt$ that teaches that only their members will survive Armageddon? And I really can’t figure out why so many people are so bent out of shape about the change in the understanding of the generation when prophesy isn’t understood often until after it’s happened, and when the real travesty is that the whole corrupt wtbt$ is nothing but one giant ponzi scheme that only the ones at the top are aware of and are using religion and mind control to achieve. Endless debating about various doctrines and interpretations is like a shell game where the real issue isn’t addressed. If it were people might find it much easier to admit that they’d been had and walk away with as many marbles as they have left. And also convincing relatives might be easier by just laughing the whole thing off and telling them that it's a ponzi scheme instead of trying to convince them about all the failed dates, doctrines, etc.
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freydo
They can't even pronounce his name properly.