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  Proof of Noah's Flood - Presently watching a Documentary about Europe & the Ice Age

  by *lost* in

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  first time i ever heard anyone say there was 'proof' of noah's flood.. very interesting,.

  showed a trawler, where the team dredges regularly in the north sea - for animal bones, massive land animal bones, mammoths.. he said, originally, the bones were sent for analysis, and the dr stated, they were proof of noah's flood.. the north sea area was a land mass of dry grazing lands.

  and it was very similar to africa.. many bones were found in london, of lions, hippos, etc ... when they were digging out the underground.. .

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  Each time there are findings of a sort, religiously inclined people attach a significance to it, matching their particular theology.

  

  The Broadcaster, July 16, 1925
  
  
  
  
  The Broadcaster was a four-page, second-class publication, that hoped to reach hundreds of thousands of persons through the mails. Later, this publication was discontinued, because so many failed to reach their destination. Witnesses everywhere were then called upon to put their efforts into distribution of The Golden Age, a magazine the circulation of which today is not merely in the hundreds of thousands, but in the millions. It is now known as Awake!
  
  1969 The Watchtower, October 15, page 637
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  Another one...nine felony counts - Sun Valley, CA

  by Dagney in

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  2. child-abuse

  http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/church-usher-charged-with-sexual-abuse-of-boy-parishioners-217825121.html.

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  church usher charged with sexual abuse of boy parishionersmarcelo lozano, 34, faces nine felony countsby melissa pamer| thursday, aug 1, 2013 | updated 1:51 am pdtview comments ()|email|printadvertisementan usher at a jehovah's witnesses congregation in sun valley was charged wednesday with sexually abusing four boys he met at the church.. marcelo lozano, 34, is expected to be arraigned wednesday afternoon at van nuys superior court with nine felony counts, according to the los angeles county district attorneys office.. lozano, who was an usher for the churchs spanish congregation, allegedly abused boys who ranged from 8 to 15 years old between 2006 and 2013.. he is charged with two counts each of aggravated sexual assault of a child, continuous sexual abuse and oral copulation of a person under 14. and he faces one count each of forcible lewd act upon a child, lewd act upon a child and sodomy of a person under 14 with 10 years difference.. prosecutors will recommend that the defendants bail be set at $1.8 million, the das office said.. lozano faces a maximum term of life in state prison if convicted on all charges.. the los angeles police department is still investigating the case, the das office said.. .

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  "Usher" . . . "Ministerial servant" . . . no difference.

  Both, 1. Timothy and Titus attributes 'soundness in mind' only to elders, not ministerial servants.

  You are expecting to high of a standard with these God-fearing people.
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  Considered for Recommendation as Elder but Declined

  by ProfCNJ in

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  2. beliefs

  hi folks.

  one of the elders was sent to our house to talk to me the possibility of being recommended as elder.

  he did not know however that one of the elders who is a friend of mine had already divulged this future meeting.

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  bats in the belfry

  Family is so much more important - choose wisely.

  Remember Lot's Daniel's wife!

  

  The Watchtower 2012, August 15, page 28
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  Zone Visit; Brother Splane visits Ireland

  by VM44 in

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  2. friends

  see verse 8b and 9.. .

  see verse 28 and 33.. .

  see verse 38.. .

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  bats in the belfry

  He referred to the vision of the great crowd. We have the opportunity to be part of it as it is open to all. The prophecy started its fulfilment at Pentecost 33 CE.

  As always - too bad no recording device was converting their bits into bytes.

  Those 8 GB crackheads truly have no more HS than the rest of mankind.
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  Found this on WikiHow .....

  by notgoinback in

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  2. beliefs

  i found this while i did a search on wikihow:.

  http://www.wikihow.com/become-one-of-jehovah's-witnesses.

  also note #7 (recognize the authority of the "faithful and discreet slave") and the last bullet point on the warnings section:.

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  bats in the belfry

  How do you like their warnings section on domestic violence:

  Warnings

  • The Selma and Steve reference above is used to highlight how The Watchtower has encouraged members to react to some cases of domestic violence stemming from religious differences. Most outside the faith (and likely many individuals inside) would recommend any victim of domestic violence contact the proper authorities.

  JWs definition of "proper authorities"

  • Most outside the faith (if not all) will call the police.

  • Likely many individuals inside the faith will call the elders, which, in turn, will call Bethel.
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  Prayers that God answers. Any examples?

  by punkofnice in

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  2. beliefs

  when i believed in god i tried not to pray for anything selfish.. after a while i began to think that a lot of things i was asking my imaginary friend in the sky for were selfish for some reason.. i do not ever remember a single thing i prayed for ever being answered.

  if there was the appearance of an answer it was because i did mental gymnastics to make it fit the delusion that god had actually answered me.

  there was never an obvious message/answer from god.

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  bats in the belfry

  punkofnice >>> God will provide money if it is HIS will to do just so. (1. John 5:14)
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  JW.org passwords

  by slimboyfat in

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  what are the passwords for on jw.org?

  are there different levels of pass?

  have the passwords ever been leaked?

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  bats in the belfry

  Would someone trying to get access not use something like the Tor Network ?
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  There are more Jehovah's Witnesses in Portugal than there are Scientologists in the whole world

  by cedars in

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  2. friends

  it would be nice if this little nougat of information could be more widely known - especially by journalists.. the quoted figures for scientology are taken from tony ortega's 2011 article in the village voice, which quotes former scientology pr executive jeff hawkins as saying.... "i know that event attendance internationally was somewhere in the region of 25,000 to 35,000. the international 'bodies in the shop' (people actually in the orgs that week for service) was 16,000 to 18,000. ias was struggling to get 40,000 members.

  based on this and a lot of other information i was privy to, i estimate the actual number of scientologists at a maximum of 40,000. that's on the high side.".

  portugal is one of 33 countries with more than 40,000 active jehovah's witnesses - demonstrating the gulf in size between the two faiths.. the following list shows all countries with more than 40,000 jws according to their reported peak publishers for 2013.. .

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  “ Every generation has had its share of “false prophets.” So their mere existence today does not prove that we are living in the time of the end of this system of things. But the rapid increase in their number and in the number of persons they are misleading, along with the fulfillment of all the other things Jesus foretold for our day, does! Never before have so many religious leaders, political rulers and counselors striven to give people guidance. And never before have so many people been misled. ”

  1981 Awake!, December 8, page 15
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  Who really is to blame for the marriage breakdowns?

  by Quarterback in

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  another young couple has bit the dust, in our congregation.

  that's close to 20.. we'll probably hear a special needs talk, and of course the couple will be counselled to get back together, and they are not scripturally free to marry.. comments will be made that it's is the fault of the younger ones, today.

  apparently younger ones are selfish, but, are they?.

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  snare&racket >>>

  In 2013 marriage is a legal right and a means to publicly announce our commitment along with legal benefits, but that aside its about two people living together.

  Isn't that also exactly what Adam and Eve supposedly did before God came along and gave them a marriage certificate?
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  Do you remember your Baptism Talk?

  by bildad in

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  do you remember anything from your baptism talk or the brother who gave it?.

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  bats in the belfry

  Revising the baptismal questions so many times made talking about the very subject superfluous.