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  Was Adam "born" Circumsized ?

  by RubaDub in

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  i guess we have to assume that jesus was circumcised on the 8th day but what about adam?

  he was "perfect", so did he have the weenie cut or not?.

  i would like to bring this question up at a "get-together".. rub a dub .

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  joey jojo

  Everything I've read concerning the Islamic stance on circumcision usually quotes Islamic scholars saying that it is obligatory for men unless there is a physical condition that may harm them if the procedure is carried out. It is also said to be 'an honour' for women. While perhaps not a technical requirement from the quran, any reader would be left in no doubt that muslim men are required to be circumcised regardless of the age they convert. My impression is that non- circumcision for muslims is definitely the exception, not the rule.

  When I read modern 'studies' about the benefits of circumcision, almost always, the names of the doctors/ researchers are usually jewish, indicating that the research is carried out with the goal to justify a procedure that is deeply embedded in the jewish culture.

  In litigious societies , like the U.S. , surely its only a matter of time before circumcised boys seek damages from their parents for forcing on them an un-asked for medical procedure that is potentially dangerous and if done incorrectly, can cause life-long physical problems, (scarring, pain). In 2016, the fact that a parent has the right to request a physically altering medical procedure on their children based solely on their religious beliefs is hard to believe.
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  Was Adam "born" Circumsized ?

  by RubaDub in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i guess we have to assume that jesus was circumcised on the 8th day but what about adam?

  he was "perfect", so did he have the weenie cut or not?.

  i would like to bring this question up at a "get-together".. rub a dub .

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  joey jojo

  How much energy have religious 'nuts' (see what I did there?) wasted on getting all worked up about circumcision?

  The foreskin is a normal part of the body but somehow has a bad reputation because it is associated with uncleanness.

  If your parents thought it was a good idea to have your foreskin hacked off, I have some very sad news for you that you probably already know.

  The most sexually sensitive part of the penis is on the foreskin, on the underside of the penis.

  Like any other part of the body, if its functioning normally, why remove it?

  Was the original idea behind circumcision really a health concern, as zealots continue to say, or was the real reason to deaden sexual sensitivity?
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  Survey

  by Reborn93 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i was recommended to this forum by a member of jw recovery.

  i am a former jw studying a psychology degree in the uk.

  i am conducting a survey looking at former and current jehovah's witnesses and their beliefs.

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  joey jojo

  Q: How many psychologists does it take to change a lightbulb?

  A: Only 1, however, the lightbulb must WANT to change.
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  So Long Palmyra NY Hall

  by mrquik in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ah just more evidence of the work "speeding up during the time of the end".

  i helped build this hall.

  was appointed as an ms & elder there.

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  joey jojo

  No better feeling than donating for years to assist the local congregation only to watch your hall get sold.

  All your contributions over the years amount to nothing and then the kicker is from now on, you will have to drive an extra 30 mins each way to attend your shiny new cong that has been merged with 3 others.
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  Where are they now?

  by Sabin in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  geoffrey jackson.

  terrence o'brien.

  vincent toole.

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  joey jojo

  I was actually sorry to see Vincent Toole caught up in all this to be honest.

  Maybe its just nostalgic memories from a kids point of view but out of all the C.O.'s I ever had ( and I had a lot due to moving around a lot while growing up) he was by far my favourite. I remember him from the mid 80's as intelligent and charismatic and the guy gave great talks.

  Those from Australia might recall an audio tape of a public talk that did the rounds back in the day called 'The master craftsman' that Vincent Toole gave. It was an interesting historical talk based around the blending of paganism and Christianity.

  I hardly recognised him on the ARC vids.
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  We give more to the Watchtower Society than for our local KH

  by James Jack in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been doing the accounts for our local congregation now for 3 years.

  i just thought, wow our local expenses total just $500 a month, yet we have an ongoing expense each month of $600 for the kh expansion work(ie:world wide work), $60 for the traveling overseer insurance and $54 for the local kingdom hall insurance, in addition to the operating committee expense of $525.. so, our one congregation sends $714 a month plus what the publishers contribute towards the world wide work usually between $600 to $700 per month.

  in other words, we are at least sending, for our little congregation of 75 publishers, $1314 a month!

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  joey jojo

  In Australia at the moment our exchange rate is only at about 70 cents against the US dollar. That's down about 40% from its peak 3 yrs ago.

  That's 40% less US dollars the wts is receiving from Australia even though donations in AUS dollars haven't changed.

  If you factor in the exchange rates of other countries I would guess it would be nowhere near 1 billion USD per year.
  

  
  
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  "There will be earthquakes...."

  by Fisherman in

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  given: the prophecy is true.. what did jesus mean?

  i have an app that alerts me of any earthquake all over the world.

  since i got the app, it is one earthquake after another all over the world.

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  joey jojo

  The USGS estimates that several million earthquakes occur in the world each year. Many go undetected because they hit remote areas or have very small magnitudes. The NEIC now locates about 50 earthquakes each day, or about 20,000 a year.Jan 13, 2015

  Cut and pasted.
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  Question about the number 2,520 and the book “New Heavens and a New Earth” (1953)

  by Hecce in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  question about the number 2,520 and the book “new heavens and a new earth” (1953).

  there is a footnote on page 138 of this book; it has to do with the number 2,520 being a perfect number and the result of multiplying the four perfect numbers in sequence.

  i have done the math and it works.

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  joey jojo

  I am no mathematician but a 5 min google search tells me that it depends whose definition a 'perfect number' you are using.

  According to Wikipedia the number 2520 is not a perfect number because the first 4 perfect numbers are :

  6

  28

  496

  8128.

  The definition of a perfect number is:

  In number theory, a perfect number is a positive integer that is equal to the sum of its proper positive divisors, that is, the sum of its positive divisors excluding the number itself (also known as its aliquot sum). Equivalently, a perfect number is a number that is half the sum of all of its positive divisors (including itself) i.e. σ1(n) = 2n.

  This definition is ancient, appearing as early as Euclid's Elements (VII.22) where it is called τέλειος ἀριθμός (perfect, ideal, or complete number). Euclid also proved a formation rule (IX.36) whereby is an even perfect number whenever is what is now called a Mersenne prime. Much later, Euler proved that all even perfect numbers are of this form.[1] This is known as the Euclid–Euler theorem.

  It is not known whether there are any odd perfect numbers, nor whether infinitely many perfect numbers exist.

  However, if you are trying to attach an esoteric meaning to a number that fits your agenda, then maybe anything can be a 'perfect number'.
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  Did you know that Satan bump nesties with Eve.

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  some christians explanation for evil in the world.

  i came across this "serpent seed".. it claims that cain was the offspring of eve and the talking serpent (sorry i'm lmao while.

  writing this) that christians much later identified as satan.

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  joey jojo

  If you also factor in the story of Lilith and Adam, sounds like it was a wild time back then.
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  I predicted a lottery number from a pattern, is the lottery NOT random or is random held to a universal force?

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. social
  2. current

  i've studied and observed several lottery patterns.

  this one is now gone so nothing lost by revealing it.

  i had a certain history search and noticed that almost each week the past few months a list of numbers not used recently were being used 1 per week.

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  joey jojo

  Yep, you got lucky.

  The study of chance, risk and chaos theory is a fascinating and complex line of study. I can recommend a book called 'against the gods, the remarkable story of risk '.

  Basically, unless you are god, you cannot predict a random pattern of numbers similar to a lottery draw.

  Most gambling systems, like counting cards in blackjack give the gambler minuscule improvement in his chances to avoid catastrophic failure.

  Someone else in this thread also mentioned large groups of numbers, which are needed to have any chance to recognise any sort of pattern.

  Insurance companies use these numbers to calculate how much risk they can afford based on the probability of a particular event happening once or reoccurring.