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  If 1914 is wrong then how is it that it was such a landmark year?

  by awakening in

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  this is the question that came up in my mind.

  now dont get me wrong i know the dates from 607 - 1914 are rubbish, but how would you explain to a witness when they will automatically say, look at the momentus year 1914 was.

  that is evidence enough that 607 is correct!.

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  Sulla

  Very interesting improvisation by that elder, Bonnie_Clyde. Depends on how you want to count.

  From the book, A World Undone: The Story of The Gret War 1914-1918, by G.J. Meyer, we have a handy little timeline which I quote in part below, along with a running tally of belligerents.

  July 28: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia (2)

  Aug. 1:Germany mobilizes, declares state of war with Russia (4)

  Aug. 2:German troops enter Luxembourg (5, but no actual declaration of war)

  Aug. 3:Germany declares war on France (6)

  Aug. 4:Germany declares war on Belgium (7)

  Aug. 12:Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary (8)

  Oct. 29:Turkey enters war on side of Austria-Hungary and Germany (9)

  Of course, Monenegro and Japan declared war during this time period. Making the number 11, if you count Luxembourg.

  So, maybe drop Luxembourg, since there was no official declaration of war. So, you get 10 again! On the other hand, The Ottoman Empire actually declared war in November (or had it declared on them), not in October. So, now we are back down to 9.

  Well, 9, 10, or 11 are all very close to 10. So prophetic completeness is confirmed!
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  New Pope about to come out

  by new22day in

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  maybe she'll be really progessive..

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  Sulla

  I would have hoped that you could grasp the distinction, talesin, between the opinion of some writer at Time magazine (whatever that is -- I seem to recall some people used to read it back in the day) and tha actual teaching of the Church. That you do not grasp this distinction is a little sad to me. Of course, still thinking betrays his moniker whenever this sort of thing happens, so that's another reason not to encourage him, isn't it?

  But have we all agreed that the Church doesn't teach homosexuality is a sin? Or are we still trying to blow past that distinction because it gets in the way of the conclusion we wanted? Wait, don't answer that: I bet I know.
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  NEW NWT'S Distributed at 2013 Conventions?

  by TheSnarkyApologist in

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  chatter on the street is that there exists a very high possiblility of the new newworld translation being distributed.

  it comes from a reliable sources, but who knows.

  has anyone heard anything about this?.

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  Sulla

  I can't go back to the Revelation book a fourth time!

  Oh, there you are mistaken. Very much mistaken, I'm afraid. And a fifth time! And a sixth! A thousand studies of Revelation! Until the generations overlap!
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  New Pope about to come out

  by new22day in

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  maybe she'll be really progessive..

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  Sulla

  Now...lets have a look at your new popes idea about children raised by homosexuals.

  No, actually. Let's deal with your incorrect claim. Once you are prepared to admit that the Church does not teach homosexuality is a sin, then maybe we can move on. I suspect you won't care to deal with it because you are... well, you know. The b-word.
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  New Pope about to come out

  by new22day in

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  maybe she'll be really progessive..

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  Sulla

  I too am glad I don't hold any bigotted religious ideas, like homosexuality is a sin.

  This is what I mean when I say you are an ignorant bigot. The Church does not teach that homosexuality is a sin, yet you are ignorant about that fact. You repeat your ignorance because you are a bigot. QED.
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  In All Honesty Would You Have NOT Given Blood To Your Child If He or She Needed it?

  by minimus in

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  as a "faithful witness", i never had to deal with this on a personal level.

  i imagine the pressure must be extreme with the elders and others "supporting" you to do the right thing.. do you think you would have given blood to your family member, especially your child if you were in that situation..

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  I believed in the resurrection and eternal life in paradise. Of course I would have refused to give consent to blood.

  Wow. That's a lot to answer for.
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  New Pope about to come out

  by new22day in

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  maybe she'll be really progessive..

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  Sulla

  Still thinking, happy in the warm bath of bigotry and ignorance. Good to see the personal growth since leaving the JWs.
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  New Pope about to come out

  by new22day in

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  maybe she'll be really progessive..

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  Sulla

  Still looks fake. If the purpose is to fool people into thinking he is christ like and humble...it obviously worked (for some).

  Hmm. If the purpose was to fool people, then it worked. And if the purpose was not to fool people...

  JWs generally have no familiarity with the Maundy Thursday liturgy (though, as with most JW intellectual lacunae, it does not keep them from forming an opinion), so the gesture is lost on them. In this, as with lots of things, I identify with St. Peter's view: 'You will certainly not wash my feet.'

  In any case, it is a most unsettling liturgical practice, which makes it perhaps the most interesting. It's tough to fake the considerable humility required to participate in it, even if that level of humility doesn't stick for long.
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  In All Honesty Would You Have NOT Given Blood To Your Child If He or She Needed it?

  by minimus in

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  as a "faithful witness", i never had to deal with this on a personal level.

  i imagine the pressure must be extreme with the elders and others "supporting" you to do the right thing.. do you think you would have given blood to your family member, especially your child if you were in that situation..

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  Sulla

  Two thoughts about this matter struck me in the minutes after my daughter was born. First, there was, simply, no way possible that I would instruct doctors not to transfuse.

  Second, I reflected on the fact that my parents would rather have seen me dead than transfused. I asolutely know this.
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  Disgusting characters in the Bible. Know any?

  by punkofnice in

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  in a recent thread zed is dead commented on lot being a scumbag.. it seems the wbt$ uses these filthy perverts as 'good examples(tm)'.. even when i was in i thought david was a piece of crap.. i vote king david as a lowlife scumbag.

  murderous, adulterous, and treacherous.

  (obviously he was copying that imaginary sky twat = god!!)..

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  Sulla

  Odd that a story going waaay back, prior to the iron age, probably prior to the bronze age, would have a character whose name means "blacksmith."