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  Major Blunders of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses!

  by wannabe in

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  they never would have taken the position of the faithful slave; but they would have taken the position as the house, for that is what the anointed class in the first century, was!

  but never would any of the true anointed class, have taken the position as the ones appointed over the house; as does the governing body of jehovah's witnesses.

  " {matthew 24:23-26} the governing body of jehovah's witnesses will tell you; 'look!

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  notverylikely

  Mark Twain once wrote: "I'm sorry I wrote such a long letter. I didn't have time to write a short one."

  Awesome, I gotta remember that :)
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  Pastor to burn Koran

  by beksbks in

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  us pastor says will burn koran despite petraeus concernshttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100907/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestusreligionislampastor.

  tue sep 7, 9:21 am et end .byline washington (afp) the pastor of a small florida church said tuesday he will go ahead with his plans to hold a koran burning this week, despite warnings by the us commander of the afghan war of violent reactions in the islamic world.terry jones, who heads the dove world outreach center in gainesville florida, said he had given "serious" consideration to the concerns expressed by general david petraeus over plans to torch a koran to mark the ninth anniversary of the september 11 terror attacks, but said he would proceed anyway.. "we are taking the general's words very serious.

  we are continuing to pray about the action on september 11th," he said.. nevertheless, he said "we have firmly made up our mind" to go ahead with burning the muslim holy book.. "i mean, how long, when does america stand for truth?

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  Neither is killing our people like burning bibles

  Nice diversion! I mean, nice in the sense that it ham fisted, slow obvious and easily refuted. Since the building, the people building the mosque, the bible OR the Koran killed anyone, your strawman fails on ALL levels.
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  Pastor to burn Koran

  by beksbks in

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  us pastor says will burn koran despite petraeus concernshttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100907/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestusreligionislampastor.

  tue sep 7, 9:21 am et end .byline washington (afp) the pastor of a small florida church said tuesday he will go ahead with his plans to hold a koran burning this week, despite warnings by the us commander of the afghan war of violent reactions in the islamic world.terry jones, who heads the dove world outreach center in gainesville florida, said he had given "serious" consideration to the concerns expressed by general david petraeus over plans to torch a koran to mark the ninth anniversary of the september 11 terror attacks, but said he would proceed anyway.. "we are taking the general's words very serious.

  we are continuing to pray about the action on september 11th," he said.. nevertheless, he said "we have firmly made up our mind" to go ahead with burning the muslim holy book.. "i mean, how long, when does america stand for truth?

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  If they stopped efforts to build Ground Zero Mosque, I wonder if this guy would stop the Koran burning.

  One of those things is not like the other things.
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  Do you know any JW's who commited a 'sin' in the past but never confessed it to the elders?

  by XPeterX in

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  what did he/she do?did you cover it up?were the elders ever informed?i know a jw friend who gambled a few times and never told the boe,neither did i..

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  Like, all of them?
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  Question: How, exactly, does philosophy underpin science?

  by bohm in

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  i have seen the statement in the title thrown around a few times (bts, i think looking at you), and i thought i would throw out the question and see what happened.

  i properly need to a few definitions: science will here be defined as both physics and mathematics which in turn is defined as: .

  physics: stuff that happends in a laboratorie and stuff written about what happened or is expected to happend in nature.

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  bts and notverylikey in answer to your question, there's a whole host of stuff. 2 already mentioned. Imagination mentioned by bohm, telelpathy by snowbird, colour, beauty and what it is .. need I go on

  Yes, you haven't showed how any of those things can't be measured or quantified or why they are outside science :)
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  Question: How, exactly, does philosophy underpin science?

  by bohm in

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  i have seen the statement in the title thrown around a few times (bts, i think looking at you), and i thought i would throw out the question and see what happened.

  i properly need to a few definitions: science will here be defined as both physics and mathematics which in turn is defined as: .

  physics: stuff that happends in a laboratorie and stuff written about what happened or is expected to happend in nature.

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  Logic seems to be a branch of philosophy. It is not limited to boolean logic.

  Stop it, you got me all agreeing with you all over this thread and I'm questioning my decision to build a shrine to fight you to the death. (just kidding about the shrine part, I think it's cool we've clearly got a little common ground to build from)
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  Pastor to burn Koran

  by beksbks in

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  us pastor says will burn koran despite petraeus concernshttp://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100907/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestusreligionislampastor.

  tue sep 7, 9:21 am et end .byline washington (afp) the pastor of a small florida church said tuesday he will go ahead with his plans to hold a koran burning this week, despite warnings by the us commander of the afghan war of violent reactions in the islamic world.terry jones, who heads the dove world outreach center in gainesville florida, said he had given "serious" consideration to the concerns expressed by general david petraeus over plans to torch a koran to mark the ninth anniversary of the september 11 terror attacks, but said he would proceed anyway.. "we are taking the general's words very serious.

  we are continuing to pray about the action on september 11th," he said.. nevertheless, he said "we have firmly made up our mind" to go ahead with burning the muslim holy book.. "i mean, how long, when does america stand for truth?

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  What a moron.
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  Women as weaker vessel - explain?

  by Libelle in

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  ok, the mr. constantly rolls his eyes and tells me i just don't understand anytime any of his literature shows up with something along the lines of "women are the weaker vessel.

  " apparently (at least in his own little mind), it does not mean women are these delicate, breakable, weaker things, but something else... something more subtle.

  anytime he's ever explained it to me (which has been a few years, i reckon), it's come out sounding like reason for women being second class citizens... is he just putting his own spin on it?

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  Thanks dude. I am just planning for 10, 15 years from now and to not play THEIR game (the WT, that is), but to teach them that they don't even know what the game is, at least when it comes to my kids and my life.

  Besides, she was my wife for 13 years. It's not like I suddenly stopped caring about her. We just can't be together anymore.
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  Women as weaker vessel - explain?

  by Libelle in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ok, the mr. constantly rolls his eyes and tells me i just don't understand anytime any of his literature shows up with something along the lines of "women are the weaker vessel.

  " apparently (at least in his own little mind), it does not mean women are these delicate, breakable, weaker things, but something else... something more subtle.

  anytime he's ever explained it to me (which has been a few years, i reckon), it's come out sounding like reason for women being second class citizens... is he just putting his own spin on it?

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  It should NOT be what your potential earning can be that determines your child support or alimony payment, but what you are ACTUALLY making that should be the factor.

  Well, she hasn't earned in years and would have to start all over at the bottom. I can (did last year, will again soon as I get another job, working on it :)) earn enough to support 3 middle class families. I won't be hurting :)

  I would rather give up the money and live regular middle class than upper middle class so she can be a mom and not have to worry about working, juggling kids, finding a sitter, etc.

  Of course, if she ever gets married again that all goes away....

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  AND I want my boys to know when they are older that I did everything to take care of them AND their mom. Even though she won't be my wife, she will always be their mom and since she is staying and becoming a stronger JW, I need to go above and beyond to counter the BS they will without a doubt start that non-JW's are bad people, your dad isn't a JW, etc., etc. I want to be able to say "If they are such good people, boys, what did they ever do to help?". I want them to KNOW that I did more than I had to, I went above and beyond for them and to take care of their mom.
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  Question: How, exactly, does philosophy underpin science?

  by bohm in

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  2. friends

  i have seen the statement in the title thrown around a few times (bts, i think looking at you), and i thought i would throw out the question and see what happened.

  i properly need to a few definitions: science will here be defined as both physics and mathematics which in turn is defined as: .

  physics: stuff that happends in a laboratorie and stuff written about what happened or is expected to happend in nature.

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  Sicence uses logic. Logic is philosophy.

  Branches of philosophy are concerned with logic, others, not so much. The parts that are what help to teach critical thinking skills and logic.