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  The Code of Hammurabi

  by sinis in

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  if any one steal the property of a temple or of the court, he shall be put to death, and also the one who receives the stolen thing from him shall be put to death.. .

  the owner of the lost article receives his property, and he who bought it receives the money he paid from the estate of the merchant.. .

  shall be put to death.. .

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  my vote for the largest JWN post - ever. I honestly didn't think the site would even take a post that large.
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  After Exiting the Witnesses - Are you O.K. Not Knowing about the Future ?

  by flipper in

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  it seems that religion has always been considered the opium of the people.

  or at least many tend to gravitate towards religion to have or solidify some sort of future with a supreme being overlooking them hoping to have a reward either in heaven or in the jehovah's witnesses case - living forever in a " paradise earth ".

  it seems that people can't just live day to day and let each day come to them with whatever happens.

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  I'm 100% OK not knowing the future - if God needs to kill me to make the world a better place, I guess the end really does justify the means. But yes, I don't think the universe gives a hoot about me.
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  When did this forum go apostate?

  by B_Deserter in

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  i was curious because i had heard simon was a jw when he started this forum.

  i was looking through the old posts, but couldn't really pinpoint one that was a "turning point" so-to-speak.

  simon must have left the j-dubs at some point.

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  @White Dove - you're probably using firefox. For some reason, the Best Of threads only work in Internet Explorer.
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  US foreclosures a mess

  by diamondiiz in

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  bankers or fraudsters?.

  60 minutes the next housing shock.

  edit: can't get the video to show up.

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  @designs: heck no; that's called great trading.
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  2nd attempt - Big AHA moment for me !

  by Lozhasleft in

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  wontleave posted this on another thread:.

  jesus is truth and when an organization tells you they're "truth", they're calling christ a liar unless they are an exact representation of him.. wow !!!!

  of course...how could i have never noted this???

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  I'm sure the "in the truth" phrase goes back probably at least 50 or 60 years. I'd love to find the background on this phrase, but I doubt it's "grass-roots" in any way.
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  My bet on how WTS will extend next Armageddon date

  by RADHESYAM in

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  so they have been pushing armageddon off since they began.. we all know the previous dates but right now they are pushing this "overlapping" generation b/s.. .

  my bet for the next "new light":.

  'matthew 24:14 says that 'this good news will be preached in all the inhabited earth as a witness to all nations and then the end will come' thus wecan conclude that as there are still villages such as those in the peru which have never met white men or outsiders, until those villagers receive the truth, amrmageddon cannot come!

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  The thought that the preaching work doens't have to be completed "in all the inhabited earth," even though the scripture says it does, comes from Matt 10:23:

  "(Matthew 10:23) When they persecute YOU in one city, flee to another; for truly I say to YOU, YOU will by no means complete the circuit of the cities of Israel until the Son of man arrives."
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  If One More Person Calls Me "Boo" LOL

  by PublishingCult in

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  seems to be the trend today to call another, a friend or loved one, "boo".

  it was cute about five years ago when it was seldom used.. it's old, it's overdone, it's done by everyone, it should stop now.

  find a new pet name you damned boo-hooers .

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  I have never, ever, heard of this.
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  Sometimes You Just Gotta Score One For the Cult Members

  by PublishingCult in

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  i really don't care much for jw's at my door, or at anyone's door.

  this chauvinistic, fanatical bully-a-hole, however, is one of the worst examples of a christian i have ever seen.

  the jw's handled themselves very well in the face of this ridiculous bullying and taunting by this so-called christian attempting to school the jw's about god and the bible.

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  WWIT: I'm pretty sure that was the "Christians" intent, being that it was being filmed..
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  2011 DC Invitation

  by LostGeneration in

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  couple of things i found kind of interesting.

  on the front it has the wording "qualify to live in the paradise" or something to that effect.

  just another weird thing that jws teach, having to "qualify" for the paradise, based on your works of course.. the back has the image of daniel with the world powers on it, the bottom has a circle with a "?

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  @ MS

  "Three dramas? They must have finally figured out that dramas are the only thing that keeps people in their seats and paying the dollars. "

  fixed that for you...
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  Is it me or do the JW's act like the Circuit Overseer is Jesus himself?

  by stillstuckcruz in

  1. watchtower
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  i'm sure many have noticed that.

  now obviously many more will go out in fs than usual and such because the co brings more "insight" on fs than the usual brothers.

  understandable i guess.

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  Were you unaware? The CO's are the 20th century Apostles.