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  Loyalty? Today's WT The RC. It's a fix!

  by Slidin Fast in

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  today's wt has the below scripture as it's theme.

  friday of the rc has the same as it's theme.

  the silver nwt is alone in using the word loyalty in this verse.

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  Half banana

  Remember NWT = Not Well Translated.

  This is appalling. Where there might be an ambiguity in a text, a translator will attempt to give the most likely meaning intended by the original writer.

  Not so with JW org, given half a chance they will bend any scripture round to the idea of demanding slavish obedience to its cult leadership. It thinks God is guiding them, it has become so brazen in its efforts to push its non existent authority that it feels perfectly entitled to alter the Bible text. They are delusional.

  I agree with you SF,  they really do want those who leave to disappear and have no influence.
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  Start A Butterfly Garden!

  by Bonsai in

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  time to take a break from debating religion.

  take in a breath of fresh air and be healed by the wonders of nature around you.. how many of you have a garden?

  how many have a nice flower patch to go with your vegetable garden?

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  Half banana

  Loved your snail story Kaik. My two fearless farm cats would catch everything small which moves. Sadly the adventurous one Lupin got run over two weeks ago, he would travel nearly a mile to observe the activity in the village and sun himself on the benches outside the pub but this involved crossing a road. Nevertheless the two of them have reduced the swarms of pigeons which used to take all of the soft fruit in the garden. Highly focused stalking followed by a six foot leap into the air will bring down a big pigeon which is dragged through the cat-flap and eaten straight away always head first, feathers everywhere. It is only naive fledgeling birds of any kind which now visit the garden...

  Moles are amazing, can you imagine the energy and strength needed to tunnel through the ground? They are tougher than old boots, all muscle, sinew and bone and apparently taste the most disgusting of all animals. At least that was the opinion of Buckland, the pioneer geologist in the 19th century and his son, who ate their way through every animal they encountered.  Cats kill moles (thank you cats) but never in my experience eat them.
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  Crazy timeline of the bible.

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it's interesting to me anyway to see what the bible says the timeline of mankind is in relation to reality.

  abraham was born roughly 2000 bce .

  let's think about this for a moment.

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  Half banana

  The Bible is just a story book, with magic people and magic happenings...much of it on the level of fairy tales.

  Wakey wakey Jehovah's Witnesses and those who used to be but still believe the Bible!
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  Those who live their lives according to writings 2000-4000 years ago , how insane is that.?

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  when you think about it , in this 21st century of enlightenment , the explosion of information technology in all fields imaginable , yet the majority of humans of all faiths live their lives according to ancient scriptures / writings etc.for a world long past its use by date.. the bible says" faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for " none of the expectations hoped for in the jehovah`s witness religion ever eventuated , and neither has it in any other faith .. faith , of no matter what belief , is the carrot on the end of a stick leading the gullible on , and on , and on .and on.. smiddy.

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  Half banana

  Child sacrifice as with Abraham, women as chattels, marry your rapist, the list goes on...

  It would even be stupid to even live with the injunctions our great grandparents grew up with.

  Thank goodness for the internet and transparency of information...along with humanistic welfare putting human needs above those of invisible Gods.
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  Polish branch committee member (former chairman) brought into court!

  by wifibandit in

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  2. scandals

  polish branch committee member (former chairman) brought into court!.

  see also: polish forums..

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  Yet another piece of good news!
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  No historical evidence for bronze age men living to 500yrs old?

  by purrpurr in

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  2. beliefs

  the bible tells us that noah etc lived to 500yrs old as did many other characters who lived apparently to incredible years.. yet archaeological research tells us from looking at skeletons that have been dug up that the average lifespan was very short.

  if a man got to the age of 50 they would have considered that quite an achievement.

  when i was in i always wondered about this?

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  Half banana

  There are no such people with bodies "far more perfect than ours". Except in myth.
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  No historical evidence for bronze age men living to 500yrs old?

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the bible tells us that noah etc lived to 500yrs old as did many other characters who lived apparently to incredible years.. yet archaeological research tells us from looking at skeletons that have been dug up that the average lifespan was very short.

  if a man got to the age of 50 they would have considered that quite an achievement.

  when i was in i always wondered about this?

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  Half banana

  People in stories who have names which describe what they do or did demonstrate the point that they are made up. Abraham = father of the multitudes.

  Abraham probably represented an archetype, a mythical founding father, to explain the foreign settlers who came to Canaan. Archaeology shows that dispossessed and homeless bands of pastoralists from Assyria and from the and south-east, did arrive there around 1600 BCE. They are recorded as the Ebiru on contemporary stone inscriptions. In Egyptian texts at about 1300 BCE the Habiru are recorded as semi-nomadic pastoralists who settled in Canaan.

  Most of the OT was written by Jews (a name used only after the exile from Babylon) usually copying foreign sources, in an attempt to write a rosy account of their truly impoverished history.
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  No historical evidence for bronze age men living to 500yrs old?

  by purrpurr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the bible tells us that noah etc lived to 500yrs old as did many other characters who lived apparently to incredible years.. yet archaeological research tells us from looking at skeletons that have been dug up that the average lifespan was very short.

  if a man got to the age of 50 they would have considered that quite an achievement.

  when i was in i always wondered about this?

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  Half banana

  Lieu, Abraham and Moses never lived except in myth.
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  The New World , Utopian or Dystopian?

  by BluesBrother in

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  2. beliefs

  like many others on here i was raised and spent many years of my life looking forward to , and basing my life around the anticipated "new world" .this utopian paradise would "satisfy the desire of every living thing".

  we would enjoy eternal youth in perfect health,have abundant good food ,comfortable homes ,even welcome our parents and forebears back from the dead - what's not to like?i found this description of a dystopian world on the net :"characteristics of a dystopian society• propaganda is used to control the citizens of society.• information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted.• a figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society.• citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance.• citizens have a fear of the outside world.• citizens live in a dehumanized state.• the natural world is banished and distrusted.• citizens conform to uniform expectations.

  individuality and dissent are bad.• the society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world."hmm.

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  Half banana

  Propaganda and mind control...it works a treat...but only for the cult leaders.
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  Publishers in Tokyo/ Fast decreasing

  by nakanozzi in

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  2. beliefs

  these photos were taken in 2013.publishers chatting away during the field service　were quite common around my neighborhood few years ago.but they are rarely seen in these days.. .

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  Half banana

  Doesn't look like much of a conversation...like to translate?