Topics Started by HappyGuy

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Frustrated with Holidays
by maninthemiddle in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i know we have all talked about the fact that holidays today don't mean what they did in the ancient past.

i don't like the word pagan, becuase of all the negative conatations associated with it.

but with something as simple as valentine's day; that the history beyond the known facts that a christian known as valentine was martyed on feb 14th, why is there so much disdaine for it?
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Borg cubes will reach us in approximately 20 hours
by sd-7 in
1. jw
2. friends
borg message incoming.

on screen.. borg: blizzard is irrelevant.

even though this is a judicial matter, it's really a shepherding call.
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response from Ray Franz on generation change
by isaacaustin in
1. jw
2. friends
thanks for your letter and the thoughts contained.

others had commented on the latest shift of the interpretation of this generation.

as you recognize this allows for an unending extension of time and likely stems from an awareness of the approach of the year 2014 marking 100 years since the date of 1914.. .
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God and Suffering
by AK - Jeff in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
a few weeks back, in the midst of the haiti tragedy, much discussion took place in cyberland about the tolerance [or indeed the insistence on] suffering by a loving god.

the furor over haiti has settled a bit [as unfortunately most tragedy is wont to do far too quickly in the human mind], but this persistent matter continues to chew at my subconscience.

today i came across this:.
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Need some support
by ~Jen~ in
1. jw
2. friends
i don't post very often but i'm in need of some support.. i left my husband and the jw's back in the summer.

we have 3 kids and have joint custody of them.. i've spoken to my family once - back in the fall and it was a great conversation - my parents (dad is an elder) said that they just wanted me to be happy however that is.. last week i got a voicemail from my mom saying that she loved me and thought about me every day.

i was so happy.
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Greenland discovery
by designs in
1. social
2. current
dna tests were performed on a human from the saqqaq tribe in greenland from 2500 years ago and suggest these siberians migrated some 5500 years ago to the region.

his gene sequencing tags him as siberian and linked to modern inuit but not to central and south american native tribes.. how do these discoveries reshape your views on human migration and the history of the human gene pool and those outlined in the bible.. ie active uninterrupted civilizations at the time of the biblical flood.. .
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Don't ask questions
by linp24 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
several weeks ago, a witness poster said that the rank and file at his cong were told by elders not to ask questions.

i may have misunderstood what the poster was saying.

has anyone on the forum heard anything like this?
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Nature of God; history of triad gods; monotheism; validity of long standing beliefs
by In in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i'd love to hear more from the scholars on the site here.

i've done some reading, but can't really sort it out myself and don't have much time for research.. the question is (after reading the proskenuo thread): if jesus is part of a triad god, i'd like to know how far back triad god's go in terms of human history?.

is there any evidence in the old testament for a triad god?
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What Biology teaches us about the nature of God....
by HappyGuy in
1. jw
2. friends
the biologist j. s. b. haldane liked to say that if biology had taught him anything about the nature of the creator, it was that he had an inordinate fondness for beetles".. nearly 70% of all species of animals are insects, most of those are beetles.. .
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So where do you do the research?
by ConnieD29 in
1. jw
2. friends
ok so i'm really trying to figure out what i believe about the bible, god, religion, etc... where do you research or find something to study that isn't tainted with someone else's beliefs or opinions?

this might be a dumb question, but i seriously don't even know where to start.. .

thanks,.