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  Russell Not a Mason!

  by johnnyc in

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  this is some research i did showing that russell, was not, in fact a freemason (aka mason).

  it is from the website: .

  http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/anti-masonry03.html .

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  Gerard

  Denial, denial, denial.
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  "Scams" on Oprah Today - Insight on Why People Still Become JWs

  by Seeker4 in

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  oprah today had a program on scams, things like the mega-millionaire stuck in nigeria that needs your bank account numbers to get his money out of the country, and for that he'll split the millions with you; you've just won the australian, irish etc lottery, just send money to pay the taxes, etc.

  those kinds of things.. well, everyday people are still falling for that stuff.

  there are some tremendously gullible folks around who won't take a few minutes to research the authenticity of these too-good-to-be-true scams on the internet.. and for these same reasons, people are still becoming jws.

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  I'm getting scammed right from my cell phone now , twice just recently I had someone call my cell phone claiming that I have won a trip to some exotic

  location for 2 weeks and all I have to do to claim my prize is to press the number 1 on my keypad and they would make the appropriate arrangements...right

  So be aware of that one if it should ever happen to you.

  How exactly they take your money by you pressing key #1 on your cell phone?
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  General Mobilization in the US

  by Klaus Vollmer in

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  here is a link

  can somebody confirm that?

  http://www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/government/fraud/us_government/news.php?q=1227479352

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  Elvis shot JFK
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  China's Space Walk Was FAKE

  by What-A-Coincidence in

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  what about the us spacewalk?

  was that fake too?

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  Elvis shot JFK
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  China's Space Walk Was FAKE

  by What-A-Coincidence in

  1. jw
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  what about the us spacewalk?

  was that fake too?

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  Were American, Canadian, European, Australian and Rusian radars sabotaged to detect a "fake" Chinese manned mission floating overhead?

  As an experienced scuba diver, I know those images were not taken under water, whera a flag flutters in a very paricular way; those flying objects you see are not bubbles, they are amorphous pieces of debris being released; the “studio lights” are a small lighting system for the hull-mounted camera, all spacecraft use them for space-walks.

  Come on! We are not talking about mutant dinosaurs playing Jazz on bicycles! No coverup here, only good-ol' tried and tested science and technology.
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  Help please...need information...

  by lavendar in

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  does anyone know of an old wt book that proves the jw's used to vote in elections??

  any help would be very much appreciated!.

  lavendar .

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  Gerard

  This is the closes I found:

  http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/index.php/watchtower_quotes/do-not/vote/

  *** Watchtower 1950 November 15 pp.445-6 Subjection to the Higher Powers ***

  22 In some countries today the legislature wants to make all the adult citizens responsible for the government. To enforce the democratic way upon them they are required by law to vote in the national elections. Under such circumstances what are Christians to do, since they are under divine command to keep themselves unspotted from this world? By dedicating themselves wholly to God through Christ they have vowed their unswerving allegiance to the kingdom of God, and they cannot divide their allegiance. So how are they now to proceed? Can they register as qualified voters? Yes. The apostle Paul held onto his Roman citizenship and fought for its rights, even appealing to Caesar in defending his right to preach the gospel. In lands where military conscription is in force Jehovah’s witnesses register the same as all others within the age limits, and they write down their relationship to the matter. They remember how Joseph and Mary complied with Caesar’s decree and traveled to Bethlehem-Judah in order to be registered at their home town. (Luke 2:1-5, NW) But it is when these ministers of Jehovah’s Word are called up for induction into the army that then they present themselves and take their stand according to God’s Word and pay to him what belongs to him. Likewise where Caesar makes it compulsory for citizens to vote. After they have registered and when election day comes, they can go to the polls and enter the voting booths.It is here that they are called upon to mark the ballot or write in what they stand for. The voters do what they will with their ballots. So here in the presence of God is where his witnesses must act in harmony with his commandments and in accordance with their faith.

  23 It is not our responsibility to instruct them what to do with the ballot.They must act in accord with their conscience as enlightened by the study of God’s Word. In lands where voting is not compulsory, the ministers of Jehovah’s Word remember that his people are theocratically organized. According to the divine law under which they are organized the popular vote of the majority does not put servants in office, but all appointments in the theocratic organization are from God and through those whom he puts in authority in his organization. Even in his visible organization the individual members of the congregation do not vote democratically and put qualified men into positions of overseers and ministerial servants by majority vote. No, but the appointments to all official positions of service are made by the spirit of God and through the governing body according to the Scriptural requirements. Even the governing body which make the appointments are under instructions from the "superior authorities", God and his Christ. To them it is written: "Never lay your hands hastily upon any man; neither be a sharer in the sins of others; preserve yourself pure." (1 Tim. 3:1-13 and 1Ti 5:22, NW) So the ministers of Jehovah’s Word do not possess the vote within his organization. As for the governing body, it does not lay its hands hastily upon a consecrated person, lest it should become responsible for his sins in office due to a hasty appointment of an undependable, unqualified person.

  24 Since they do not exercise the popular vote to put even consecrated servants into office even within the theocratic organization, they consider it improper to exercise the democratic vote by which unconsecrated persons are put into worldly political offices. They do not choose to share in the responsibility for the sins of such worldlings in governmental offices. They want to preserve themselves pure from this world. They abide by God’s appointments through his theocratic organization, and they accept his appointment of Jesus Christ to the kingship of the righteous new world.
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  ONE CREATIONIST EXPLANION FOR DINOSAURS DEMISE

  by badboy in

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  they didn't arrive on time at the ark.. can't remember where i read it?.

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  Believe it or not, the new Museum of Earth History in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA, a creationost museum, has "scientific exhibits displayed in a totally biblical setting with explanations quoting biblcal passages." Here's the one on Dinosaurs:

  Were Dinosaurs on the Ark of Noah?
  Yes. From a biblical standpoint, it is extremely clear that God created all land animals on day six of the creation week (dinosaurs are land animals), and that He gathered two (male and female) of each kind of land animal into the ark. Therefore, dinosaurs were included in this group. This is reinforced by statements in Genesis 7, which say that all animals with the breath of life came by pairs into the ark.

  educate: Did Dinosaurs Live with Man? Evidence from fossilized footprints, ancient artwork, literature and fossils all strongly support the fact that dinosaurs and humans did co-exist:

  Human and dinosaur tracks have been found together in several places, including the famous tracks near Glen Rose, TX.

  
  

  Museum: http://www.moeh.org/main/discover.htm

  Considering their ridiculous conclusions, it is unbelievable they can be so hypocrites to mention science and bible in the same sentence.
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  nu-cle-ar ..or .. nucular......menustrayshun or menstruation

  by caliber in

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  how do you pronounce n.u.c.l.e.a.r.it is not pronounced as if it were spelled n u k u l a r - so why do so many public officials & supposedly learned people say it the wrong way?

  i'm talking several presidents (present & past) college educated people, newscasters, etc.

  do they not realize how ignorant they sound because the can not pronounce the word correctly??

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  The cell nuculus contains DNA.

  The nuculus of society is the family.
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  Hey, did you know they taught there was no Nitrogen in Eden??

  by LisaAnn in

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  bro.

  alford's talk "the wonders of creation" at cedar point assembly september 1919, according to the sandusky register:.

  [talking about the flood] .

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  Gerard

  Bullshit! Nitrogen in the atmosphere is unavailable for metabolism. It must be 'fixed' to solids or liquids so plants fungi and animals can uptake it.
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  Report of Rutherford's death in San Diego paper

  by startingover in

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  i know i have seen a scan of this document.

  can anyone direct me to it?.

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  Gerard

  Lots of good references here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Sarim