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  Need confirmation: WT bought an entire mountain in China to mine the granite needed for new WT HQ

  by WingCommander in

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  someone asked for a second source on this, so i'm putting this out there to those who may have visited the new wt hq lately and know it to be true.

  i had read from others on the ex-jw subreddit that had taken a tour recently at wt hq, that they had been shown photos of a mountain in china, and told that this is where all of the granite is being mined from and shipped over to new york to use at the site of the new wt hq.

  apparently, it was cheaper for them to do this and have the local brothers in china mine it, then having to by tons upon tons of granite here in the usa, even wholesale.

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  The story is crazy. There would be NO cost savings.

  Yea a Banned Religious group is going to start or buy a mining company in China to get some rocks cheep.

  No problems with the Chinese government, you just bribe them to get what you want.

  No problem getting skilled labor to run a mining company. We get the 32 underground JWs to work there from all over the country. And they can have Morning Text, and WT studies at lunch break.

  And saying they are going to China for High Quality granite? :) Interesting little article about that - http://www.ehow.com/info_12183280_chinese-granite-problems.html
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  Need confirmation: WT bought an entire mountain in China to mine the granite needed for new WT HQ

  by WingCommander in

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  2. friends

  someone asked for a second source on this, so i'm putting this out there to those who may have visited the new wt hq lately and know it to be true.

  i had read from others on the ex-jw subreddit that had taken a tour recently at wt hq, that they had been shown photos of a mountain in china, and told that this is where all of the granite is being mined from and shipped over to new york to use at the site of the new wt hq.

  apparently, it was cheaper for them to do this and have the local brothers in china mine it, then having to by tons upon tons of granite here in the usa, even wholesale.

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  That sound just nuts, and made up.

  All the "brothers" in China are underground, and buying a mine would not be cheaper than buying granite which is just a commodity.

  By the way - Tons of granite is not a big number when you are talking about rocks.
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  Accounts of Jesus From Hostile Ancient Sources

  by Perry in

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  from ancient accounts hostile to christinity, we can learn the following:.

  jesus was born and lived in palestine.

  he was born, supposedly, to a virgin and had an earthly father who was a carpenter.

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  Yea it's a good idea to believe some guy who is trying to sell BOOKS:)

  Amazing he has found rock solid evidence where thousands of accredited respected archaeologists and anthropologists have not.

  Of course we do have the Shroud of Turin :)
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  My life as a fundamentalist

  by joey jojo in

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  as a born-in jw, i never considered myself to be a fundamentalist.

  i always thought we were enlightened, progressive and not 'stuck in darkness' like all the other religions.. i was totally wrong.. as far as fundamentalists go, jw's are probably right up there amongst the front-runners.

  no, they do not stone people to death or go on religion-fuelled violent rampages but that's not what i'm talking about.

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  Joey all 100% right.

  It's amazing when you have the wool removed from your eyes what you are able to see.
  Yet - all religions are Cults, it's just our type is one of the really bad ones since self determination is not allowed.
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  The earth is flat...

  by rory-ks in

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  ...and the ship is sailing over the edge.. .

  such is the state of the watch tower society..

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  Unfortunately I think the Mark Twain quote applies to the WT.

  “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”
  
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  Do you know what Rahab looked like?

  by ttdtt in

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  2. bible

  hello friends - here is a new area in the kids section of the jw website - learn how to draw rahab.. 1st - she was a prostitute of jericho.

  could there be other characters to talk about with our kids?.

  2nd - it says "learn how to draw rahab".

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  Sparrowdown - you would think with us playing up those "great female role models" we would be a Pro Sex organization, but we are not:)
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  Do you know what Rahab looked like?

  by ttdtt in

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  hello friends - here is a new area in the kids section of the jw website - learn how to draw rahab.. 1st - she was a prostitute of jericho.

  could there be other characters to talk about with our kids?.

  2nd - it says "learn how to draw rahab".

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  London111 - YES - it happens all the time, as if they were real photographs of real people!

  And the stories people make up when talking about them - OMG! It is so saddening that so many treat them like more than just illustration.

  AND!!! Why are all ancient people in JW media of all types ALWAYS SO WELL DRESSED AND GROOMED!

  These are people who had NO scissors to cut hair, and almost NEVER bathed, and were in dust ALL THE TIME!

  Today they would not allow Rahab in the Kingdom Hall!
  
  
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  Do you know what Rahab looked like?

  by ttdtt in

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  2. bible

  hello friends - here is a new area in the kids section of the jw website - learn how to draw rahab.. 1st - she was a prostitute of jericho.

  could there be other characters to talk about with our kids?.

  2nd - it says "learn how to draw rahab".

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  Hello Friends - here is a new area in the Kids section of the JW website - Learn how to draw Rahab.

  1st - She was a prostitute of Jericho. Could there be other characters to talk about with our kids?

  2nd - It says "learn how to draw Rahab". Excuse me, but do we have any photos of Rahab? Do we know what she looked like?

  3rd - The drawing below looks like a Disney character. -- I don't think Rahab would have looked like that.

  4th - Where did she get that hairstyle, and who is her stylist?

  
  

  
  
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  Interesting article about the evidence of the Jewish Exodus

  by cappytan in

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  the reality is that there is no evidence whatsoever that the jews were ever enslaved in egypt.

  yes, there's the story contained within the bible itself, but that's not a remotely historically admissible source.

  i'm talking about real proof; archeological evidence, state records and primary sources.

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  When watching "In Search of Bigfoot" on the Leonard Nimoy TV show - the evidence seemed compelling.

  It's just like the WT. When you show only what you want to show, and put nothing into context with real science or archaeology, and have a point you want to make at the outset, then you can make an argument for anything. But putting all the evidence on the table invalidates those "theories" very easily.
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  JW Version Of Spring Cleaning

  by JW_Rogue in

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  2. beliefs

  from the january study edition second study article paragraph 10:.

  we can use the memorial season as an opportunity to look through our wardrobe, our movie and music collections, perhaps even the material stored on our computers, smartphones, and tablets.if i were going to a place where jesus would be present, would i feel uncomfortable wearing this clothing?if i did wear it, would it be obvious to all that i am a follower of christ jesus?would jesus be entertained by watching this movie or by listening to this music?

  if he borrowed my cell phone or tablet, would i be embarrassed by what he saw there?as you consider the subject matter of a video game, ask yourself: would i find it difficult to explain to jesus why i enjoy playing it?

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  It was a great idea!!

  I got rid of all my UnChristian books!

  Like The Revelation book, the Creation book, the WT and Awake.....