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  Having It Both Ways As A Jehovah's Witness

  by Bangalore in

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  having it both ways as a jehovah's witness.. source : thejehovahswitnesses.com (site no longer exists).

  increase in jws evidence of divine blessing.

  when people are joining the jws in large numbers, they say it is evidence of jehovah's blessing.

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  Thank you for keeping it brief Bangalore . . . seriously . . . you could have gone several pages recounting the duplicity of the WTS
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  Share in the final witness NOW! the Watchtower

  by Aussie Oz in

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  wt 1950 1/15.

  share in the glorious treasure of giving the final witness now, that you may feed on the fruits of victory.

  the time is shorteven satan knows that!

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  This old world has been weighed in the balances and found wanting, its days are numbered, its hours are numbered, as God knows its final hour

  Maybe it's hours are numbered . . . but there have been 534,360+ hours since that was published . . . still counting.

  Nearly all those who read and understood this paragraph are now dead . . . sad really
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  GLOBAL FLOOD . . . Did it Really Happen?

  by sizemik in

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  this question became an off-topic sidetrack in another thread.

  i thought it might be worth some debate so posted here .

  the debate is basically between mainstream geological understanding of the earth's history and "young earth creationism" in particular with how the evidence relates to the occurrence of a global flood in the recent past.. a couple of points from the yec website www.icr.org are raised as examples in order to kick things off .

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  @Larsinger58

  You think God created a global flood without thinking the whole thing through?

  No . . . I think men created a global flood without thinking the whole thing through
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  GLOBAL FLOOD . . . Did it Really Happen?

  by sizemik in

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  this question became an off-topic sidetrack in another thread.

  i thought it might be worth some debate so posted here .

  the debate is basically between mainstream geological understanding of the earth's history and "young earth creationism" in particular with how the evidence relates to the occurrence of a global flood in the recent past.. a couple of points from the yec website www.icr.org are raised as examples in order to kick things off .

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  The Ark may not be a myth . . . but it's role in a Biblical world-wide deluge is.

  Nobody can say for sure the Ark did not, or could not, have existed . . . you'll get no argument from me on that.

  What is scientifically ludicrous . . . is it's described role in a Biblical Global flood . . . THAT is just "pure crap" . . . scientifically speaking of course.
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  Need help confronting my father..sorry for the length

  by grewupjw1969 in

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  i'm 42 and was a born-in although i have never been baptized.

  as a teenager i had a lot of problems and eventually ran away several times.

  at the age off eightteen i confronted my dad about an extra marital affair he was having.

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  Many JW parents disown and shun their children . . . just for leaving the religion. Add to the equation the fact that you are not his biological child and you have had some rough times in the past, can only make distancing himself more justified and easier.

  Having said that . . . if you want to close the distance, then Nuggets suggestion is the answer. Not only does it give you the opportunity to carefully fashion what you want to convey . . . but it means you will be "heard" uninterrupted. A letter can also be read and re-read.

  Good luck with it.
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  Flock Book

  by Iconoclast in

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  hi guys,.

  i used to have a copy of the flock book but no longer.

  i went to the same link as i downloaded before and it's no longer working, pulled down by big brother, no doubt.

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  sizemik

  I have access to a file copy if you wish to PM your email
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  GLOBAL FLOOD . . . Did it Really Happen?

  by sizemik in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this question became an off-topic sidetrack in another thread.

  i thought it might be worth some debate so posted here .

  the debate is basically between mainstream geological understanding of the earth's history and "young earth creationism" in particular with how the evidence relates to the occurrence of a global flood in the recent past.. a couple of points from the yec website www.icr.org are raised as examples in order to kick things off .

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  the prisoner No6 . . . Farkels grumpiness aside . . . your post simply establishes that Noah (and countless others) knew how to build a sea-worthy boat. Many ancients knew this as their existence relied on such knowledge . . . in Noahs case having lived for six hundred years, he had plenty of time to work out such a simple engineering exercise.

  40,000 animals is not enough considering there are 250,000 known species today . . . not including the Arthropods for which you can add another 900,000 known, and possibly another 5,000,000 uncatalogued . . . the majority of arthropods are not equipped to survive an event akin to the Biblical flood. The Ark may not be a myth . . . but it's role in a Biblical world-wide deluge is.
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  GLOBAL FLOOD . . . Did it Really Happen?

  by sizemik in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this question became an off-topic sidetrack in another thread.

  i thought it might be worth some debate so posted here .

  the debate is basically between mainstream geological understanding of the earth's history and "young earth creationism" in particular with how the evidence relates to the occurrence of a global flood in the recent past.. a couple of points from the yec website www.icr.org are raised as examples in order to kick things off .

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  The continents drift over the molten rock and thus slide and sometimes crash (slowly) into each other. It is the reason why we have the Himalayas and other large mountain ranges.

  Thanks for introducing the Continental Drift aspect BP. I believe the plethora of evidence now accumulated about this phenomenon propels it beyond the theory stage.

  Many rock types, both metamorphic and sedimentary, have a distinctive composite make-up . . . much like a fingerprint. This makes matching common sources to be established with certainty. Granites are a good example. We have here in South Island NZ a seam of granite at the south end of the island which ends abruptly at the Great Alpine Fault. The same seam emerges from the fault at the northern end . . . some 450 km's away. This 450 km shift is estimated to have occurred over the past 30M years drastically changing the shape of NZ in the process.

  Mid-ocean spreading is also an observable and measurable feature . . . powered by heat convection within the molten mantle, driving continental drift and demonstrating how ancient sea floors become land, mountains etc . . . as you pointed out. Continental drift is indeed the reason why evidence of previous climatic conditions are reflected in the geological history.
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  GLOBAL FLOOD . . . Did it Really Happen?

  by sizemik in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this question became an off-topic sidetrack in another thread.

  i thought it might be worth some debate so posted here .

  the debate is basically between mainstream geological understanding of the earth's history and "young earth creationism" in particular with how the evidence relates to the occurrence of a global flood in the recent past.. a couple of points from the yec website www.icr.org are raised as examples in order to kick things off .

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  sizenik,

  Here is all you need to know. It is way over a 100 pages, but it demolishes the bullshit about a global flood. It was written years ago by my good friend Alan Feuerbacher while he was a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts who was ALSO a dub at the time and was trying to DEFEND the notion of a global flood.

  Thanks for the link Farkel. I have read the article by Alan Feuerbacher. The same link was posted earlier in the thread also, but I appreciate your comments.

  I engaged in tertiary studies in Earth Sciences back in the 70's . . . but still managed to shelve all that good learning to accommodate a 25 year ride on the crazy train.

  It's a pet interest nowadays, so I am interested in additional facts. I guess I just like to drag this one out periodically and kick it around for a while. It tends to drag out the genuine lazy assholes who haven't bothered to dig any deeper than to believe the half-arsed bullshit the "creation-scientist" community specialise in. Debating this subject periodically might open some minds . . . possibly. Aside from that it's an easy argument to kick Biblio-Scientific bums with.

  Alan F's article is comprehensive and sound. Being written from the JW perspective guilds it in gold for the XJW. It's interesting to hear he is a personal friend . . . be sure to thank him for me if you get the chance. It's a great article.

  Anyone interested in the subject should read it.
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  GLOBAL FLOOD . . . Did it Really Happen?

  by sizemik in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this question became an off-topic sidetrack in another thread.

  i thought it might be worth some debate so posted here .

  the debate is basically between mainstream geological understanding of the earth's history and "young earth creationism" in particular with how the evidence relates to the occurrence of a global flood in the recent past.. a couple of points from the yec website www.icr.org are raised as examples in order to kick things off .

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  The obstacles the Global flood scenario has to overcome are fundamental and manifold.

  What's intriguing is how quickly detractors to the theory are seen as the bad guys . . . the decievers . . . the ungodly.

  Or is that just me . . .