I used to get a kick out of the Haloween issue of the Awake.
BREAK FREE FROM SUPERSITION!!!!
Instead of believing in departed souls - believe in demons that can take over your mind and drive you crazy.
scotoma
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Do you think there is magic/spirit forces in voodoo, ju ju men etc?
by quellycatface inwhat do you think?.
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Letter Read At Special Talk
by scotoma inthe watchtower arranged to have a letter read announcing that elders would now be apponted by circuit overseers.. any elders on this forum know how this will be different from the current arrangement for appointing elders.. it would be nice to see a schematic with boxes showing how it used to be and how it will be in the future..
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scotoma
The Watchtower arranged to have a letter read announcing that Elders would now be apponted by circuit overseers.
Any elders on this forum know how this will be different from the current arrangement for appointing elders.
It would be nice to see a schematic with boxes showing how it used to be and how it will be in the future.
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If someone refers to the "greek scriptures" is that a sign of JW indoctrination?
by scotoma ini recently had a casual conversation at a bar on the subject of atheism.
they used the expression "greek scriptures".
i didn't pursue it but it made me wonder..
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scotoma
I recently had a casual conversation at a bar on the subject of atheism.
They used the expression "greek scriptures".
I didn't pursue it but it made me wonder.
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What a wonderful age in which to live
by fulltimestudent inwhen i was young ( quite a while ago now) an old lady lived near us.
sadly for her, she had had surgery to remove her whole nose and what was fitted with a very obvious prosthetic nose, a nose that was instant fascination for small boys, who would often jeer at her.
i called her to mind and the difficulty she likely faced whenever she went out when i read this report.. scientists grow cartilage to reconstruct nose.
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scotoma
FTS.
I have considered moving to a different country...but I don't have money.
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What a wonderful age in which to live
by fulltimestudent inwhen i was young ( quite a while ago now) an old lady lived near us.
sadly for her, she had had surgery to remove her whole nose and what was fitted with a very obvious prosthetic nose, a nose that was instant fascination for small boys, who would often jeer at her.
i called her to mind and the difficulty she likely faced whenever she went out when i read this report.. scientists grow cartilage to reconstruct nose.
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scotoma
... and if you don't have money???????
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No peace in Israel
by scotoma inspeculation about "peace and security" ends with the failure once again of israel and palestine to reach an agreement.. .
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scotoma
Speculation about "peace and security" ends with the failure once again of Israel and Palestine to reach an agreement.
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FINE-TUNING our thinking by clarifying our VOCABULARY of conscience
by Terry inare you confused?.
is your thinking and reasoning ineffective because of ambiguity?.
do you sometimes find yourself unclear about what certain words mean?.
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scotoma
In any serious discussion the two most important questions are:
1. What do you mean? That handles the easy part. People can define things anyway they want. Even if they have some obscure meaning to a word you can accept that to move the argument along. Legal documents will start off defining the way terms will be used.
2. How do you know? This usually involves an If-Then statement of relationship or a series of causes and effects.
Most theories collapse at the "How do you know?"
Take any Watchtower and read every sentence and precede it with "How do you know..." Then do that with every explanation.
You don't have to spend much time on religious concepts because you quickly arrive at a tautology.
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The WT and it's views on depression.
by quellycatface inas a few of you may remember, i suffer from bipolar.. when working at the uk home office, i was signed off by my doctor with depression and anxiety.. in the space of 11 months i was assessed by 2 home office doctors, both diagnosing me as unfit for work.
i eventually left.. how therefore, can stupid little people in the kh say you'll be better doing fs, ministry school and being regular at meetings??.
they have to be the most un-empathetic bunch of people on the planet.
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scotoma
Unfortunately there really is a lot of garbage therapy. And there are garbage drugs.
There are also very good and expensive therapy and good drugs for specific mental problems.
The vast majority of people everywhere are maladapted and don't know their own minds.
But the human specialty is adaptation. Sometimes we over do it.
A book about ritual mutilation of male sex organs, fathers having sex with their daughters, stabbing infidel women in their pregnant wombs, sex addict kings with hundreds of wives, armies instructed on the proper way to humiliate the virgins they collected in battle etc. somehow doesn't seem like a person with mental problems ought to be devoting many hours of consideration.
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US Official Predicts End Of World Power Status
by metatron inhttp://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/03/28/americans-must-adjust-to-a-world-dominated-by-china-feds-bullard-says/.
an alliance could emerge that suddenly upsets the balance of power , making anglo-america number 2. already, the brics nations seem to be moving towards a loose alliance on many issues.
either way, things are moving in china's direction.
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DJS
This isn't the Watchtower interpretation. The JW prophecies are rooted in dogma. People who are dead now figured they knew what Daniel and Revelation means.
Economics is not just about money. In this case you have the USA trying to dominate the world and you have players that are going to stop that.
Look at revelation a little more.
Babylon the Great is described as being the key consumer of the worlds merchandise.
Babylon is NOT the churches as the Watchtower claims. Religion makes up only 3% of the ECONOMIC activity in any country. JW's don't understand that the Wealth of any religion is relatively small. They spin this idea that Governments are going to turn on religion to plunder its "hidden wealth". Governments don't need more real estate or objects of art. Some of the poorest countries in the world have plenty of land. Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Germany, Switzerland don't need land. They need people who know how to produce and sell their goods, handle the money.
Revelation says Babylon the Great's "traveling merchants were the top ranking men in the earth"
You know what's interesting about that statment?
You can actually count the "top ranking men in the earth". Well, Forbes magazine does it for us.
There are 72 people listed on forbes list of the people who rule the world. "Rule the World" good phrase for "top ranking men in the earth"
29 of the top ranking men listed are Americans.
Russia has 4 so it comes in 2nd
China,India,Mexico,Switzerland and the UK come in next with 3 each
France, Germany, Japan, Saudia Arabia, South Korea come in next with 2 each
The rest on the list have one person each in which case they are a politcal leader and usually wealthy.
So if Babylon the Great is false religion wouldn't you expect to see them dominate the list?
Do you know how many religious leaders make the list?
Only 2. Pope Francis and Ali Hoseini-Khamenei (Iran)
I can understand why you may not want to hear these things. Of course you think any discussion of prophecy is absurd.
But some things need to be explained and not simply ignored. The entity called Babylon the Great whose traveling merchants were the top ranking men in the earth is destroyed by a union of a country that appeared slaughtered to death and a union of10 other countries that never were in the empire game. Putin is trying to build that Union. And he will succeed.
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US Official Predicts End Of World Power Status
by metatron inhttp://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/03/28/americans-must-adjust-to-a-world-dominated-by-china-feds-bullard-says/.
an alliance could emerge that suddenly upsets the balance of power , making anglo-america number 2. already, the brics nations seem to be moving towards a loose alliance on many issues.
either way, things are moving in china's direction.
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scotoma
As soon as you see that The Wild Beast in Revelation is the same succession of kings as listed in Daniel's various visions you will see the whole picture becomes more coherent.
The seventh head of the beast in Revelation is Russia.
Babylon the Great is the USA.
In Revelation who is on top?
The Harlot rides the Wild Beast. AND has a kingdom over all the kings of the earth.
The 7th head of the beast is an extension of the Roman empire just like the feet of Iron (Rome) and Clay (Various Nationalities that Don't stick together except for the Iron Roman Style of rulership)
The 7th head appeared slaughtered. That's the death of the Soviet Union. Think about it. Is there any other major player on the world stage that has died. And now it is back. BOY IS IT BACK! Obama says it's not the cold war. Then what is it. I lived through the building of the wall in Berlin. I lived when Russian tanks rolled into Hungary. I remember the Tanks in Czecholslovakia. I remember the Cuban missile crisis. Whether you want to admit it or not 40,000 Russian troops ready to roll into Ukraine is a serious statement to the West. How does the west react? They dare Putin to do anything. You don't dare a man of impulsive action who is in his senior years. Push. Push. Push. Isn't that what Daniel the 11th Chapter about?
When the beast that was (Soviet Union) died then suddenly it wasn't. Maps had to be printed to erase all the SSR's after the various territories.
The beast came back as old fashioned Russia. It looked like a lamb. It spoke of open markets, private ownership. What did Russia get for that.
What did Russia get for allowing Germany to Reunite. What did they get for pulling their troops out of eastern europe. They had the word of Bush Sr. that those countries would remain neutral and Nato wouldn't move in. Clinton THE GREAT (Liberal? Democrat) pushed Nato into Poland, Hungary, Czech, Slovakia, . Any schoolboy who has studied history knows that Russia would not allow Nato to reach it's borders in Ukraine and Georgia but especially Ukraine - the Birthplace of Russia.
The stage is set. Let the play begin.