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  Red Moon Over China

  by fulltimestudent in

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  perhaps the recent lunar eclipse was heaven's way of demonstrating approval of the tremendous changes in china.. here's some images from the china daily:.

  the total lunar eclipse as observed in shenzhen, south china's guangdong province, april 4, 2015. the moon slipped fully into earths shadow saturday, starting a total lunar eclipse for nearly 12 minutes what guangdong astronomical science association says it was the shortest such eclipse of the century.

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  JeffT

  That's kind of a lot of trouble isn't it, Jeff?

  Yeah, I know I'm kind of funny that way. I have this fetish about trying to learn about stuff for myself.
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  Active posters: What education have you had, what degrees do you possess?

  by EndofMysteries in

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  from so many posts and conversations on here, you'd think over 1/2 the posters here possess doctorates in theology, physics, biology, etc.

  i'm curious aside from the books and research people have done here, what degrees they have.

  to start, i just got an aa and going straight through full time to an mba.

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  JeffT

  Magnum, are going to finish the degrees? I got my BA just before I became a dub. That resulted in my turning down a chance to get an MA in education. If I had not gone back later to study Business I would seriously regret that. As it was, I feel like I finished my education. (and took some heat in my congregation for doing so).
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  These guys crash a Kingdom Hall on Memorial, video included

  by Crazyguy in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=7mars2mtaui.

  to funny nice job....

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  JeffT

  I hate this stuff. I don't think anything positive is accomplished by being rude and disrespectful to people.
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  Red Moon Over China

  by fulltimestudent in

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  perhaps the recent lunar eclipse was heaven's way of demonstrating approval of the tremendous changes in china.. here's some images from the china daily:.

  the total lunar eclipse as observed in shenzhen, south china's guangdong province, april 4, 2015. the moon slipped fully into earths shadow saturday, starting a total lunar eclipse for nearly 12 minutes what guangdong astronomical science association says it was the shortest such eclipse of the century.

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  JeffT

  Well, I must confess, Morpheus, that I am a rather ignorant sort of fellow, so indeed I did not know that the eclipse (if that is what you implied) was seen everywhere.

  I would suggest studying your subject before you post a bunch of nonsense about it.
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  Active posters: What education have you had, what degrees do you possess?

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  from so many posts and conversations on here, you'd think over 1/2 the posters here possess doctorates in theology, physics, biology, etc.

  i'm curious aside from the books and research people have done here, what degrees they have.

  to start, i just got an aa and going straight through full time to an mba.

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  JeffT

  BA in English and a college level certificate in Business Managment/Accounting, plus course work in business law, HR, real estate management, economics, finance and investment.
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  The 50 Ways to Be Disfellowshipped

  by Wild_Thing in

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  i was wondering ... what are all of the "official" reasons provided by elders for disfellowshipping someone?

  i know the most common reasons are adultery and fornication, but what about the others?

  a couple of years ago i traveled back to my hometown` and one of my old jw acquaintances told me that her grown son had been disfellowshipped for refusing to stop associating with another disfellowshipped person.

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  JeffT

  The "Shepard the Flock" book lists the following DF offenses:

  manslaughter

  attempted suicide

  porneia

  brazen/loose conduct

  child sexual abuse

  pursuing a romantic relationship with someone not free to marry

  gross uncleanness

  misuse of addictive drugs

  apostasy

  drunkenness

  gluttony

  stealing

  lying

  fraud and slander

  obscene speech

  greed/gambling

  fits of anger/violence

  As pointed out above a couple of these are so broad as to include just about anything.
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  Some Questions About Jesus

  by Coded Logic in

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  why didn't jesus ever write anything?

  why are there no letters to jesus?

  no painting of jesus from that time?

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  Due to the ban on idolatry, the Jews didn't not make busts or paintings of anybody. The Romans would not have considered him a suitable subject for artwork.
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  Abortion?

  by Protarded in

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  scenerio.

  your daughter gets pregnant.

  your little girl whom you've invested your life and love.

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  We have a ten year old granddaughter living with us. Her father (our son) got his act together and is back in college. Her mother is around, but only sees her from time to time. (I don't want to go into the nature of the complications, they're in the past.) My wife and I wouldn't trade her for the world, although we sometimes are forced into facing the fact that we were younger last time we did this.

  It worked for us, but I recognized it might not for everybody.
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  How do you feel about religion as a whole?

  by FatherFirst in

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  it just seems to me religion in general primarily makes truly bad people worse, not genuinly good people better; and in many cases has even made good people do bad things in the name of their religion.

  just curious, a personal poll if you will.

  what are you guys' current views on religion as a whole?

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  JeffT

  I could tell you lots about that once you tell me how it is in anyway connected to your bizarre assertion that, " 500/1000 years ago when much of the world was warring tribes religion is what brought peace"

  I'm with Cofty on that one. I quick look at Wikipedia brought up this:

  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_wars_by_date

  If religion ended war 500-1000 years ago (or even made a dent at getting started) I'm not seeing it.
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  Indiana "Religious Freedom" (right to discriminate)

  by Simon in

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  sickening to see the photo of the religious zealots all stood around the governor signing into law the right for people to discriminate against others (gay, lesbian, trans-gender) based purely on religious dogma.. if religious people want those freedoms then the can't have it both ways - they cannot complain if *they* are discriminated against.. "sorry, we don't like zionists, get out".

  "oh, it's some special mass and you can't work your shift?

  you're fired!"..

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  religions aren't necessarily incorporate, sole proprietorships, government entities, etc

  Name a religion in this country that is not a legal entity.