Yan Bibiyan

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  Elder father sent me an email about Feb 2012 WT - my resposne

  by TheStumbler in

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  2. bible

  i'm not sure if any of you will remember but i posted on here six months ago about a correspondence i was having with my dad, an elder, about who would die in armageddon.

  i was asking some tough questions about children being killed in armageddon and i could tell he uncomfortable with the answers he was giving.. i drafted an email in resposne to his email but in the end i decided not to send it in the interest of maintaining friendly relations.. .

  last week, out of the blue, my dad sent an email link to the february 2012 watchtower article about armageddon and said it would answer some of my questions.. here is my response which is a critique of the feb 2012 wt article and some of the broader ethics concerning 'armageddon'.

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  Yan Bibiyan

  The Stumbler,

  Your replies to your father are very well composed, stripped of emotion and backed by iron-clad logic. I can only see one flaw; forgive me for nit-picking, but if corrected, it's ammo taken out of a potential response.

  Your 0.001% number is incorrect. It should be either 0.001 of global population, or 0.1% of global population. 0.001% of global population puts JW membership at about 7,500. (See you are wrong, what else is wrong in your logic, you are an angry unrepentant apostate twisting facts to make your point).

  Best of luck in waking up your dad! Your efforts, as frustrating as they may be, are nothing short of noble.

  EDIT: And please don't start me on illustrations. If I hear one more time the "..not drinking, but injecting alcohol in your veins" analogy related to blood, I may just do that on a massive scale and be done with it once and for all...
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  7-7-7

  by Yan Bibiyan in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no, this is not a boeing-made aircraft.. it is not just a notch up from 6-6-6 either (although, it would be fitting).

  7 billion people on earth.

  7 million jehovah's witnesses.

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  Yan Bibiyan

  No, this is not a Boeing-made aircraft.

  It is not just a notch up from 6-6-6 either (although, it would be fitting)

  7 Billion people on Earth

  7 Million Jehovah's WItnesses

  7 members of the governing body

  This makes the average person's chance of survival in a purported massacre event 1/1000...not really great, but in the minds of many equal with the odds of a 3 number lottery game.

  On the other hand, not only being on the right side of the fence, but being at the helm of 7 million blind followers is having a chance of 1/1,000,000,000 (yes, ONE in ONE BILLION - comparable with the odds of hitting the PowerBall!)

  Thats what I call a sweet setup.

  No wonder thems molded bozos feel so special...
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  Sunday talk on 144,000

  by 2tone in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have been meaning to post this.

  just havent got around to it till now.

  this talk was a couple sundays ago.

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  Yan Bibiyan

  C'mon, Even an idiot knows that 144,000 = WolframAlpha)
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  WT Sells First Property for $7.1M

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  just found online.

  the first of several properties in brooklyn heights that were recently put on the market by the jehovah's witnesses has been sold.

  the price paid was $7.1 million, slightly under its asking price, according to massey knakal realty services, the brokerage that was retained to sell three of the witnesses' buildings valued at a total of $18.45 million in the neighborhood.. the five-story, 20-unit elevator building at 50 orange st. was sold in an all cash deal, said robert knakal, chairman of the brokerage.

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  Is NY a non-disclosure state?

  Deeds and accompanying RE instruments should be a public record. Unless, of course, title is taken into trust with a token consuideration of, say $10, to make the transaction binding. Then it looks like the WT has something to hide
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  Elder father sent me an email about Feb 2012 WT - my resposne

  by TheStumbler in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i'm not sure if any of you will remember but i posted on here six months ago about a correspondence i was having with my dad, an elder, about who would die in armageddon.

  i was asking some tough questions about children being killed in armageddon and i could tell he uncomfortable with the answers he was giving.. i drafted an email in resposne to his email but in the end i decided not to send it in the interest of maintaining friendly relations.. .

  last week, out of the blue, my dad sent an email link to the february 2012 watchtower article about armageddon and said it would answer some of my questions.. here is my response which is a critique of the feb 2012 wt article and some of the broader ethics concerning 'armageddon'.

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  Yan Bibiyan

  This contrasts with the public edition which says millions will die, when in reality it should say billions

  Well, OK. Sixty-Nine hundred and Ninety-Three million people will die.

  See, they are still right. Sleek laguage and all.
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  Active JW understands flaws in WTS doctrine but believes in the Bible

  by flamegrilled in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  perhaps this is a common topic for newbies on the site, but i have browsed for a while and not seen this exactly answered.. as an active jw who understands the flaws in wts doctrine, but believes in the bible, how do i identify a form of worship that meets all the criterea:.

  1) by this all will know you are my disciples if you have love among yourselves (john 13:35).

  sure i know that not all jws do this, and that people from other religions or non-religious people do this also, but as an official doctrine jws will not kill one another in war, and in general there is a genuine effort to exercise "agape" love not widely found in the world at large.. 2) preach the good news.

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  Yan Bibiyan

  "A little REAL Christian love for you, flamegrilled?"

  "Well, WHY NOT!"
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  Should we attend our first Birthday Party?

  by Flicka in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so we have only been fading for the past few months but already made up our minds that we are completely out.

  we never managed to make any friends in our cong but we befriended our neighbours.. so our neighbour invited us to her b-day party in a few weeks time.

  she knows that we are/were witnesses and that we are fading.. i don't see a b-day celebration as being wrong anymore.

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  I was under the impression that celebrating YOU OWN or your child's BD is a punishable offence....As to attending someone else's, no biggie..

  Or, am I totally off base?
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  Help! I'm on a different computer

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have tried to post on my other computer and i can log on and type but it won't show up!

  i incorrectly removed some stuff off my computer and now i cannot post.

  any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

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  Yan Bibiyan

  You have waaaaaay too many posts anyway

  Seriously though, in additoin to the browser issue, make sure you have the latest Java console. Google it and the download from Oracle should be easily spotted.
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  Pros about being a jehovah's witness

  by raxxxx in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  can you personally think of any pros of being a jws?

  anything that you have experienced that was and still is beneficial to you now from when u were a jw?.

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  WTS successfully counters claims it is a "false prophet"

  by trthskr in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  greetings.. http://www.jehovah.to/xlation/fp.html.

  "do not interpretations belong to god?".

  but as the saying goes; you can never satisfy a critic.. .

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  Yan Bibiyan

  Simon (mod), please cut off his link juice.