Posts by mynameislame

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May 2014 Kingdom Ministry (KM - 05/2014 PDF)

by WatchTower87 in

instruction: press the 'skip ad' button top right, you should then see the download screen more easily.

no virus ;-).

km - 05/2014 pdf : http://adf.ly/fhkoa.

mynameislame

WatchTower87,

Just curious wht the adf.ly link is for? You don't seem to need it. I can get directly to the file on sendspace without going through the advertisement.

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Who's visiting Las Vegas?

by Quarterback in

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friends

i'm welcoming your trip tips, and want to know about fun things to do.. i'm staying at caesars.

Confused?

by nomorepain13 in

i have been going to meetings since i was a child, long story short only recently i've started taking the truth seriously, i am not baptized but just an unbaptized publisher.

truth is i am so lonely in the congregation.

the other young people in the cong don't like me because they dont think i am going to "stay" for long, i've even worked on the ministry with an older brother and asked her am i giving the wrong impression to people?

mynameislame

Think long and hard about why you want to stay. Not why you should stay but why you want to. Then ask yourself if you will really get what you want by staying.

If you have prayed about it, and I assume you have, take a hard look at the answers you are getting. Don't let fear cloud your judgement when you do. It is very easy to ignore the answers because of fear of being wrong.

If the JWs told you about all kinds of good things that will happen to you by being a JW then ask yourself if any of them have come true. (sounds like you have been around them long enough to know)

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Some help to overcome the Gravity of shunning

by Island Man in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcnri1vduyq.

mynameislame

I love that show, funny and good natured. I think I have watched them all on youtube.

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Born-In Girls--Did You Have a Doll at KH

by Band on the Run in

when i was preschool, i had several dolls.

meetings were so hard at that age.

in fact, they were agony my entire life.

mynameislame

Interesting, I don't remember thinking about this before or any specific rules but I also don't remember ever bringing toys to the hall or seeing anyone with them. Some moms brought wooden spoons.

What a weird religion.

It's like they use a dartboard to choose the rule uh I mean suggestion of the week.

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Try out Ubuntu Operating System

by lambsbottom in

hi everyone,.

just wanted to encourage y'all to try out ubuntu, the free and amazing operating system (alternative to windows) at ubuntu.com .

i can help anyone if they don't know how to install it.. also, don't forget to use openoffice.org office suite over microsoft office.

mynameislame

Chromium OS is going to be a popular OS going forward. Windows 8 is terrible and costly. Linux, including Ubuntu, can be challenging for the casual user. This makes both of them less desirable. Although I haven't played with Chromium, I hear it’s simple, cheap and pre-configured to take advantage of the cloud. I like the idea but I’m not a big fan of Google using all my personal info. Unless the next version of Windows is a lot better I'll likely be moving to some version of Linux at least on my primary computer.

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What is the GB Giving Back?

by kneehighmiah in

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in harmony with acts 6:1-7, what is the gb giving back to the r&f?

the post about the cos being retired and recent wt articles about caring for older ones made me think.

the gb is doing everything to cut costs while at the same time asking for more sacrifices.

mynameislame

Thanks for the laugh pbrow..

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Photon Glue, new super material from some very smart kids

by designs in

using light on a filament thinner than a strand of hair and lined with mirrors researchers have been able to bind organic and inorganic materials to be used in solar cells and lighting.. this is cool stuff.

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http://phys.org/news/2014-03-photon-enables-quatum-mechanical-state.html.

mynameislame

Whats wrong with kids these days! When I was young I was out preaching about the glue that brings everlasting life.

So many amazing things to learn about in th world. I wonder if the JWs think of stuff lilke this when they talk about having a fullfilling life in the new system? I always had the feeling that it was more about going back 200 years and everone would be farming and stuff.

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Wheat/weeds parable defeats "organization' teaching

by Zoos in

in his illustration at mathew 13: 24-30, jesus made it clear that the wheat and weeds were to grow together until the harvest.

this parable runs contrary to the concept put forward by the wt about getting out of the world and running to their organization for salvation.. first of all, the parable says that the weeds will be gathered, bundled and burned first then the wheat will be gathered into the storehouse.. wt teaches that we need to gather up the wheat first.

not only are they doing it backward, they are teaching that true christians must isolate themselves inside a special wheat organization, separate from the weeds.

mynameislame

My random thoughts after reading your post and those verses in Matthew

The parable says that the weeds will be gathered, bundled and burned first

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they are teaching that true Christians must isolate themselves....

Seems clear which group they are in then doesn't it?

Then again, a few verses down Jesus said:

47 “Also, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea. It gathered all kinds of fish. 48 When it was full, they pulled it to the shore. Then they sat down, gathered the good fish into containers, and threw the bad ones away.

This time around the good product was separated out first or at least at the same time.

In both cases it was the Angels doing the work not some earthly organization.

In my opinion neither of those parables seem to indicate that the the bad fish and weeds would be the vast majority

Finally Jesus asks:

51 “Have you understood all of this?”

“Yes,” they answered.

We are still arguing over this today so I have a feeling that the diciples may have been a little quick to answer in the afirmative.

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Arguments to prove Noah's Ark story is just a myth

by will-be-apostate in

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i've been thinking for a while about the topic mentioned in the title and came to the conclusion that the flood story from the bible provides a very good starting point for proving the bible wrong.. in the following paragraphs i'll be only presenting ideas and potentially logic errors, and possible answer.

i didn't do any serious research yet, for in order to answer various questions a good base in specific branch of science is required.. according to the bible (the internet) the volume of the ark was 137.16 m * 22.86 m * 13.716 m = 43006 cubic meters (roughly).

if we was to subtract the volume of the interior structure (elements like walls, stairs, etc.

mynameislame

What about the population of humans around the time of the flood?

I don't know how accurate the estimates are but the site I found suggests there would have been between 15 and 20 million people on earth at that time.

http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/