Thank you Caleb, I really enjoy your posts. We have an English historian (from just up the road from me in Pimlico) Simon Schama. He made a series (with accompanying book)called ' The History of the Jews' - well worth watching - one episode was devoted to the Sephardim of Spain. His own families roots lay in Sephardic Spain and as he examined a beautifully illustrated Tanakh and he became quite emotional and also angry at the wanton destruction of so much Sephardic culture. You see this book had something no modern Jewish Holy book has, trully beautiful illustrations of angels, of people animals etc . Despite everything that the Jewish people had been through in the last two thousand years, this destruction of such a rich culture is what grieved him the most.
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A problem with the book of Daniel
by wozza inleft the wts some years ago, but just before i left we were studying the daniel book that they produced in the book study .. i noticed something wrong in the bible account of daniel and brought this up at the end of the study when the conductor asked if everyone understood that nights study,.
i think i may have started a topic here some years ago about this event ,it was a time when i started to question the wts in my heart and mind.the scriptures are lengthy so i will just shorten things by describing the stories in daniel and how one point really got me thinking about things and perhaps made the brothers wierd out about me sand distance themselves ,here it is..........dan ch 1-4. daniels ( who came to be called belteshazzar)in babylon along with shadrach,meshach & abednego ,daniel,after praying with these 3, interprets and states what nebuchadnezzars dream is( we all know this ,the image with the head of gold body of iron and copper etc) and they are rewarded by being positions of authority.
daniel made ruler of the province and chief prefect over babylons wise men ,the 3 were made overseers of the administation of the province ,all very important jobs ,.
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The Last Time I Set Foot in a Kingdom Hall
by Oubliette insaturday, september 19th, 2015: .
earlier today snugglebunny posted a pic of today's "daily text" which is based on a paragraph from the november 15th, 2013 article.
that magazine contains the now infamous maxim: .
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Fantastic, I don't know if you teach kids or adults, but since I had my twins (9) I have immense respect for their amazing, inspirational teachers. Their teachers mean the world to my kids and have an enormous impact on their young lives.
What a difference - imparting knowledge that will benefit for a lifetime instead peddling lifelong bondage.
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Did anyone see Jackson state "celebrating Christmas not a df'ing offence"?
by Crazyguy ini have seen posts on several you tube sites stating that jackson said during his rc testimony that jw's don't shun, celebrating christmas is not a disfellowshipping offence, birthdays are ok and ones doesn't have to agree with jw doctrine.
i have read most of the posts on other threads while and after his testimony but never read any of this?
did he really say these things or is someone on the net just stirring up some bs?.
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The False Hope of the Watchtower
by Perry inthe watchtower has long denied the substitutionary sacrifice of jesus.. ot picture of nt salvation:.
on the night of deliverance from pharaoh, the sons of abraham were to slaughter a spotless lamb, eat its flesh and smear some of the blood over the doorway and on the door-posts of their home.
because they were under this blood arrangement and had the lamb inside of themselves after they ate the passover supper, the angel passed over that house as he delivered gods execution judgment.
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am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live;yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. – Galatians 2:20
thank you for explaining this Perry, I often had problems understanding this from a wtbts perspective.
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That old time religion............JW.Org
by punkofnice ini had a secret conversation with a dyed in the wool jw recently.. they told me that they felt that the organisation now was a different religion to the 'good old days' when knorr was the boss.
the books were more interesting.
the zeal was there.
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😂😂ðŸ˜ðŸ˜‚😂oh Watchtowerfree
Been getting the giggles all day about ghis one
And overlappingeneralizations comment about the software accent recognition!
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counting time
by Sabin inyesterday jw knocked on my door, i was sitting in the office with the window right next to it, they couldn't see me & i decided not to answer.
they stood there for what seemed ages & as i watched something hit me.
they were here only because they were on the territory.
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Sabin very thought provoking
Islandman love the comparison
! muah 💋 ! to you two for great posts!
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This is just sad. Texas muslim ninth grader arrested for bringing clock to school
by StarTrekAngel inthis is how you force good talent to be used for bad things.
specially considering his young age.. http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/northwest-dallas-county/headlines/20150915-irving-ninth-grader-arrested-after-taking-homemade-clock-to-school.ece.
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He may have been a harmless smart kid or he may have been an ISIS/ISIL supporter or some kind of trouble maker. Waiting for the rest of the story.
I'll take a guess. He's a typical 14 year old - very very smart and very immature
"It's a clock man, it's a clock . Don't get all blown out of shape !"
(Laughs himself silly)
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This is just sad. Texas muslim ninth grader arrested for bringing clock to school
by StarTrekAngel inthis is how you force good talent to be used for bad things.
specially considering his young age.. http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/northwest-dallas-county/headlines/20150915-irving-ninth-grader-arrested-after-taking-homemade-clock-to-school.ece.
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Geoffrey Jackson & His Wife Attend IC Held In Zimbabwe
by baldeagle inhttps://www.newsday.co.zw/2014/09/11/came-saw-made-zim-richer/.
if this subject was already considered i apologize for that.
it was sent to me this afternoon regarding the international convention recently held; august 22-24 in zimbabwe.
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JWFacts Is Loraini of Islander decent? She looks like she is. Interesting, since he spent many years with his wife as a Special Pioneer in the South Pacific
yes I think so. Apparently she was a good friend of theirs back in the day and worked with he and his wife in the Islands. she sure looks Samoan anyway.
