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  Watchtower — Not One Female!

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  watchtower not one female!.

  today i uploaded a new article to my blog taking a fresh look at a now 40-year-old watchtower illustration of what it terms the modern-day theocratic organization of jehovah's christian witnesses.

  something is missing in the picture.

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  I love your posts Marvin.

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  Amber Alerts???

  by KingDavidwasframed in

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  2. experiences

  http://tommygunzrlz.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/amber-alert/.

  why can't we have aa's for our kids?.

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  God I'm angry. I'm so sorry K. Like Jamie says---make sure you keep sending them messages. If they decide they've had enough, they will know where to go. Never let them forget that they have a choice and you will never give up on them.

  Now I gotta go kick something. Freaking evil cult.

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  Watchtower admits Bible Teaches Trinity & hellfire!

  by williamhconley in

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  2. bible

  the wathtower admits that by reading the bible alone without their help, people will believe in the trinity, hellfire, visible return of christ, heavenly hope for all christians etc etc.. here's the quote:.

  "from time to time, there have arisen from among the ranks of jehovah's people those, who, like the original satan, have adopted an independent, faultfinding attitude... they say that it is sufficient to read the bible exclusively, either alone or in small groups at home.

  but, strangely, through such 'bible reading,' they have reverted right back to the apostate doctrines that commentaries by christendom's clergy were teaching 100 years ago..." (watchtower, aug. 15, 1981, p. 29).. why would people revert back to christendoms doctrines unless the bible actually teaches them!.

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  Interesting paragraph. Comical really.
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  Meddling

  by The Quiet One in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  wt july 15, 2011 page 18 paragraph 15 "meddlers in other people's affairs".

  it is not our right to tell others how to run their personal affairs'' anybody here ever been told to do something/how to do something by an elder or other jw?

  in regards to job situation/family for example, with no direct scriptural backing...

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  LOL QB. When a woman wears a tie, she's not obligated to wear it as tight as a man. They can choose too, but it's still fashionable to leave some play up there. And I don't wanna hear any complaints about ties until you wear a pair of nylons!!!! LOL

  ALSO--the cuyote and rr used signs. Snarky, evil little signs.
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  Meddling

  by The Quiet One in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  wt july 15, 2011 page 18 paragraph 15 "meddlers in other people's affairs".

  it is not our right to tell others how to run their personal affairs'' anybody here ever been told to do something/how to do something by an elder or other jw?

  in regards to job situation/family for example, with no direct scriptural backing...

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  I know a sister who felt anything with talking animals was wrong since Satan was the first to make an animal appear to talk

  Oh this is interesting. I was looking through a book of different publishers to get their rules on submittals. One christian press had a rule against any stories with talking animals. It didn't make sense, and I wasn't interested in them anyway, so I never looked into it. Now I think I know why.

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  Sayonara (Good-bye) - Off Course (Kazumasa Oda, 1982)

  by possible-san in

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  2. entertainment

  sayonara (good-bye) - off course (kazumasa oda, 1982).

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkqtuegks1c.

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  Very Pretty. My exhusband lived in Japan for 6 years and my daughter has studied the language for 11 years.

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  Soldier Slit His Wrists Because his Mother is a Jehovah’s Witness

  by RedCrayola in

  1. social
  2. current

  armenian soldier slit his wrists because his mother is a jehovahs witness?.

  friday, 02 september 2011. on aug. 29, artur grigoryan, 19, who had been serving in a military unit in ararat marz (province) for six months, citing family issues, asked for permission to leave the base for a few hours; however, he did not return that day.

  as reported by the newspaper zhoghovurd (people), someone saw artur grigoryan by accident the following day in yerevans arabkir administrative district, in an area known as the molokans yard, with his wrists slit.. according to the paper, the young man had slit his wrists because his mother is a jehovahs witness.. head of the defense ministrys military police division aram ter-sahakyan told the paper that an investigation was launched and material was prepared which will be sent to the military prosecutors office.

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  Yeah EE, the reaction was completely out of balance. This is not a normal brain reacting here. But I still wonder if it's a crime in Armenia---could he have been reacting to a perceived threat to his future? This phrasing is odd:

  Ter-Sahakyan said there are suspicions that Grigoryan’s mother was a Jehovah’s Witness.
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  Soldier Slit His Wrists Because his Mother is a Jehovah’s Witness

  by RedCrayola in

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  armenian soldier slit his wrists because his mother is a jehovahs witness?.

  friday, 02 september 2011. on aug. 29, artur grigoryan, 19, who had been serving in a military unit in ararat marz (province) for six months, citing family issues, asked for permission to leave the base for a few hours; however, he did not return that day.

  as reported by the newspaper zhoghovurd (people), someone saw artur grigoryan by accident the following day in yerevans arabkir administrative district, in an area known as the molokans yard, with his wrists slit.. according to the paper, the young man had slit his wrists because his mother is a jehovahs witness.. head of the defense ministrys military police division aram ter-sahakyan told the paper that an investigation was launched and material was prepared which will be sent to the military prosecutors office.

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  I don't understand this. Slitting your wrists because someone is a JW? Strange reaction. I can't blame the JW's for this one, the man needs help. What is the climate in Armenia. I notice there are "suspicions" his mother is a witness. Is this a crime there?

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  Common Misconceptions Re: Evolution

  by cantleave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is another cut and paste, but i make no apology (unless it has been posted on here already), as it is very informative.

  evolution is one of the best supported, most elegant, and most powerful theories in all of science.

  as it stands, it is the best explanation that we have for the diversity of life on earth.

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  I am taking 2 anthropology courses right now, the first time since becoming a believer in evolution, and the study is absolutely fascinating. FIRST I've had to purge, and am still purging, misconceptions drilled into my head by the WT. The idea that a theory is a guess or an opinion was a hard one for me. So today I think i finally got it straight.

  A hypothesis is an idea. From there every possible attempt is made to FALSIFY it. If they can't prove it wrong, it passes onto theory. There are no absolutes, because science is always learning new things---and theories get adjusted as new hypotheses are tested. We don't have all the details, but we have not proven evolution wrong yet.

  With religion, no attempt is made to falsify---it is all excepted on faith and it is the facts that are suspect, not the belief. However if you apply the scientific method to the creation account, it crashes. It is very easily falsified. This is why creationism is not science--no real attempts are made to falsify it---yet that is the scientific method and it can't be science without it.

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  Chimps see Daylight for 1st time in 30 years-EMOTIONAL!!!

  by ohiocowboy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i get so angry at mankind some times.. sorry again, but firefox won't let me link the website so you will have to copy and paste-sorry...it is worth it though!.

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  http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3797606/lab-chimps-see-daylight-br-for-first-time-in-30-years.html.

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  Wow that was moving. wanna cry now! I might need monkey kisses, but am not allowed to ask!