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The resurrection fantasy, the last desperate illusion?
by Slidin Fast in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
as people get older they inevitably lose more of their friends and family.

the doctrine that binds them to the truth like superglue is the doctrine of the resurrection.

they ache to see their dead rise.. so ... i die.
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Bible School for Single Brothers
by Eustace in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i heard through the grapevine that those who graduated the bible school for single brothers around the end of february have already gotten their assignments.. i thought they were usually given assignments only after about a year?.

also while in the past not every graduate of the bible school for single brothers was given an assignment, in this class all were given one.. this smells like a bait and switch to me.. what's going on?.

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Logical Fallacies in WT Publications
by Oubliette in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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Easter - Important!
by free2beme in
1. jw
2. friends
easter, celebrating someone rising from the dead.

stop!!!

if they rose from the dead, it is a zombie and you need to know a couple things.. 1. do not let it bite you, as it trying to eat you and if it doesn't the bite will turn you zombie.. 2. shot for the head!!!!
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Unemployment is down, but why did America set a record 47.8 million on food stamps?
by moshe in
1. social
2. current
in the usa a new record was set on food stamp enrollments, which seems ironic.

you would think as unemployment drops , food stamp usage would be dropping, too.

maybe those government unemployment numbers are fake numbers.
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Indie film maker John Upton Jr. shot and killed over shubbery dispute
by designs in
1. social
2. current
john upton jr. gained acclaim in the 1990s for his documentary on the abuse of romanian orphans under the communist dictator ceausescu.

20/20 featured his documentary.. in an ongoing dispute with his neighbor, michael vilkin, over a privacy hedge the dispute ended with vilkin shooting upton first in the stomach and then in the head.

vilkin is claiming self-defense.
20
Arrghhhh just Shoot me!!
by BU2B in
1. jw
2. friends
aargh just shoot me, my wife just came home from field service bi&*&ing about her friends inactive/faded husband.

the thing is he and his wife use the excuse that he is sick from irratable bowel syndrome.

however he works 50+ hours a week.
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" You Jehovahs? Yeah? I knew cuz you're black. If you were white, you'd be Mormans! Ha! Have a good one!"
by Theocratic Sedition in
1. jw
2. friends
just got back from field service.

white guy driving a delivery truck waived at my partner and i, rolled down the window and yelled this.

he meant no harm, just a jovial fellow working on a saturday.
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He Is Risen, the axial component of christianity
by designs in
1. social
2. current
sunday hundreds of millions and possibly up to two billion people will join in some service in observance of the resurrection of jesus.

it is the central issue which takes the teachings of jesus from the philosophy of doing good to others to the ultimate truth which it claims.

it was the axial argument of the apostle paul in 1 cor.
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Governing Body Put Down Education Because The Sad Facts Show Higher Education Leads Lower Bull Tollerance
by frankiespeakin in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
as lamented by members of the governing body higher education is causeing many to leave the organization and so it is demonized by them.. subjects the governing body would hate to see young one study are numerous.

they would like to keep things very simple it is easier to control people.

they would prefere to go backward in technology to the time the first printing presses back in the 16th century, that is the level they work best at.. .