This should answer any questions about The Flood:
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280the flood, mammoths, elphants, and food.
by Crazyguy inmy question is since it looks as though mammoths were alive after the flood and we know elephants are then how much food was needed to feed just these four animals for the time they were on the ark.
also was the ark, 500 feet long, big enough to hold the amount of food needed for just these 4 animals.. .
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October 2nd, 2014: The World Ends Tomorrow, Taking all Bets!
by Oubliette inon october 2, 1914, charles taze russell, founder of the watchtower, announced that the gentile times have ended!.
tomorrow will be exactly 100 years since his historic announcment.. to commemorate this centennial occasion, i will gladly take bets in any amount of money that the world will not end tomorrow and that on friday, october 3rd, 2014 gmt, we will still all be here, for better or worse.. any die-hard jws interested in taking the other side of this friendly little wager?
still hoping the big "a" is coming tomorrow and your loving god, jehovah, is going to commit mass genocide and execute 99.9% of earth's population because they don't follow the dictates the 7 members of the "faithful and discreet slave," aka, the governing body of jehovah's witnesses?.
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October 2nd, 2014: The World Ends Tomorrow, Taking all Bets!
by Oubliette inon october 2, 1914, charles taze russell, founder of the watchtower, announced that the gentile times have ended!.
tomorrow will be exactly 100 years since his historic announcment.. to commemorate this centennial occasion, i will gladly take bets in any amount of money that the world will not end tomorrow and that on friday, october 3rd, 2014 gmt, we will still all be here, for better or worse.. any die-hard jws interested in taking the other side of this friendly little wager?
still hoping the big "a" is coming tomorrow and your loving god, jehovah, is going to commit mass genocide and execute 99.9% of earth's population because they don't follow the dictates the 7 members of the "faithful and discreet slave," aka, the governing body of jehovah's witnesses?.
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Watchtower Legal Department targeting Facebook and Youtube users
by Londo111 infrom an email i received of a conversation had with people from patterson:.
it seems that the wts legal dept.
has been working with the fb [facebook] legal dept for about a year and also with youtube whoever they are, to enforce transparency.
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The WTS has finally reached an agreement with FB to enforce the true identity policy for anyone who wants to use facebook.
I call bullshit on that. Anyone here really think Mark Zuckerberg gives a rats ass about the WTS and their dwindling numbers? Sounds more like this was born from the 6th Floor "Rumour Dept" in order to scare the crap out of the R&F.
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CO's visit ends with a bombshell!!!
by nowwhat? inat the end of his final talk he said of the gb: they are telling the higher ups , "start getting ready we're not going to be around much longer!
" and we expect the angels to release the four winds any day now!
" my first thought was why are you building a corporate country club then?!
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At the end of his final talk he said of the GB: they are telling the higher ups , "start getting ready we're not going to be around much longer!" And we expect the angels to release the four winds any day now!"
Ya. Funny I remember them saying the exact same thing when the Revelation Climax Book for Dummies first came out in what---1986? What a bunch of loons. I'm not on here that much anymore but I thought someone told me that Crooklyn has recently also said that there's "going to be a great thinning out" in the Borganization. I guess they have to try and give some half-assed explanation as to why so many are abandoning ship. How much do you want to be that they'll make it out to be "the Great Apostacy as fortold in the scriptures"?
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9yr old girl kills her gun instructor with an uzi
by EndofMysteries inhttp://www.cnn.com/2014/08/26/us/arizona-girl-fatal-shooting-accident/index.html?hpt=hp_t2.
"a 9-year-old girl learning to fire a submachine gun accidentally killed her instructor at a shooting range when the weapon recoiled over her shoulder, according to arizona authorities.
another reason to go against those arguing that young children should be taught how to use guns.
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Jim Penton's beloved wife Marilyn died today.
by AndersonsInfo inher suffering is finally over.
marilyn has been battling cancer for about three years and at times it looked like she would win.
but in the last few months the cancer spread.
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OldFlame asked: Mary did I know them it has been so long since I have been around this site . I didnt even know if it were still alive . Does Simon still have it ?
I'm not sure if you knew them or not. Jim was one of the very, very few people that got his PhD while he was a Witness and he taught at the University of Lethbridge for a number of years. He got The Axe for bringing to light many of the Borg's twisting of words to make their own interpretation of the bible seem 'correct'. He and Marilyn were lucky in that they were able to get all of their family out and I think the entire congregation was dissolved out there.
I was actually over at their place for supper a couple of months ago and Marilyn had made a wonderful saffron rice with lots of veggies and shrimp. It was delicious. I just couldn't believe how quickly she went downhill.
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Jim Penton's beloved wife Marilyn died today.
by AndersonsInfo inher suffering is finally over.
marilyn has been battling cancer for about three years and at times it looked like she would win.
but in the last few months the cancer spread.
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I just got back from seeing Jim. I know he's in shock but he's strong and has good support from family and friends. I first met him and Marilyn about 7 years ago through Mouthy and we immediately hit it off. Marilyn was an absolute sweetheart and reminded me very much of my own mother. I know she's been battling ovarian cancer for the last few years and took chemo a couple of years ago. For a time, it seemed to have worked for her and we were all so happy.
Then a couple of weeks ago, Jim called me at work and left a message telling me that Marilyn was in the hospital and that the cancer had come back and there was no hope. He broke down sobbing and I started to cry. I went to see her that night and was shocked at the change in her from about 6 weeks previously. I had planned on going tonight after work to see her again, but it was too late.
I'm not sure what I believe about God or an afterlife, but if there is something beyond this life, then Marilyn has surely earned 'her wings'.
RIP my friend.
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Well my JW elder dad has lost his job...
by BU2B inas a little background, my dad became a jw in 1980 i think, went to bethel, married my mom in 86' went back for another year and then i came along... he worked in the auto repair shop at bethel while he was there, and upon leaving, continued working in this field.
my whole life they have been the type of jw parents that tell you how you will never get to high school, never graduate it, never get married in this system, never have children in this system etc.. i say this to illustrate the end is just around the corner attitude they have always had, probably because they fully bought/buy into the hype at the conventions/wt articles.
my father has no plan in place for retirement, and he is physically slowing down doing such hard laborious work.
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my mom has skill as a seamstress. Even if she got a medium paying job and my dad was on unemployment for a while until he could find work, they could make it. She would rather just continue with her pioneer lifestyle, hoping others take care of her needs.
Which is exactly why you should not let them move in with you. If you did, your parents would view this as a 'gift from Jehovah' and see how He blesses you when you put the King-dumb first? If your parents are forced to give up their pioneering and UI and go get jobs like regular people, it might make them question why they weren't blessed by putting spiritual things first. And we all know that that is the first step out of the Borg.
"...shouldnt looking for employment be the first thing she should be doing instead of trying to move in with her sons family?..."
Not from the Witness point of view. Witnesses are simply not taught that looking for work should be No. 1 on their list of things to do. Knocking on doors is supposed to take precedence over everything else in life. If you do that, then Jehovah will miraculously provide for you!! The fact too is: many Witnesses are simply lazy. After years or decades of doing nothing but going out with your friends knocking on doors every day, most Witnesses do NOT relish the thought of having to give that up to go get a regular job. Real jobs require set hours, demanding customers and can be quite stressful. Plus, you're always looked down upon when you give up pioneering for work to pay the bills. Obviously you aren't relying on Jehover enough. Your parents' hinting that they want to move in with you would solve their problem! They could sell their home, live with you guys for virtually nothing and continue on with their cozy life. Glad that your wife is on board with you on this.
Also they could downsize, sell their home which has good value, and move into an economical apartment. Even the money from the sale would help them for a long while.
It could, but eventually, that money is going to run out. Mortgages are eventually paid off. Rent is never paid off. If they move in with you and they can't pay the rent, surely you're not going to kick out your pioneering parents?!
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The resolution was actually passed!
by stillin inwho would have thought that enough people would raise their hands when the resolution was put before the congregation tonight?
based on the pledges that the publishers put on those little pieces of paper, the congregation is promising the wts that they will send $1,000/month to support the society's building funds.. there is a traditional monthly shortfall of about $100 with the basic monthly bills usually around $1,000.
i didn't raise my hand.
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Contribution boxes: As noted above, on May 1, 2014, each Kingdom Hall should have only two types of contribution boxes, one labeled “Local Congregation Expenses” and one labeled “Worldwide Pedophile Defense Work.”
Aaaaah, got it. I wonder how much longer it'll be before they're passing these around on Sundays:
