Posts by Greybeard

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Just why would god create dinos??

by highdose in

the jw answer to this is that there must have been some purpose for them that we don't yet understand.. but dinos were pretty violent, basic animals who killed without mercy.

i know not all of them but alot of them did.

the ones that were vegetarian ate huge masses of vegatation, how is that productive to the earth?.

Greybeard

Just why would god create dinos??

I believe their is enough scientific evidence regarding the benefits we now receive from

dinosaurs isn't there? Maybe not, I thought there was...

I wonder about mosquitoes and things like that more myself...

Are dinosaurs mentioned in the Bible?

by Matt Slick

There is not a definitive yes or no to this, but it seems as though the Bible does mention dinosaurs. In Job 40:15-24 there is a description of a fearsome creature.

Behold now, Behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass like an ox. 16 Behold now, his strength in his loins, and his power in the muscles of his belly. 17 He bends his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together . 18 His bones are tubes of bronze. His limbs are like bars of iron. 19 He is the first of the ways of God. Let his maker bring near his sword. 20 Surely the mountains bring him food and all the beasts of the field play there. 21 Under the lotus plants he lies down, in the covert of the reeds and the marsh. 22 The lotus plants cover him with shade. The willows of the brook surround him. 23 If a river rages, he is not alarmed. He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth. 24 Can anyone capture him when he is on watch, with barbs can anyone pierce his nose?

Some have said that this might be a hippopotamus or even an elephant. But, it speaks of the power and the muscles of his belly (v. 16) and that his tail is like a cedar tree, which is huge (v. 17). This would not support a hippopotamus or elephant explanation. A crocodile has also been considered, but it doesn't eat grass (v. 15). So, no one knows for sure what it is, but whatever it is, it's formidable. Could it be a dinosaur?

Taken from here: http://carm.org/questions/other-questions/are-dinosaurs-mentioned-bible

Peace out

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Songs you play when very sad

by JRK in

jw
friends

here is one i am listening to:.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsfl6atx1i4&feature=related.

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Greybeard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys_kOkttIbs

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Songs you play when very sad

by JRK in

jw
friends

here is one i am listening to:.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsfl6atx1i4&feature=related.

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Greybeard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgbhiXp7hZs

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How do you know when the Governing Body speaks for itself, and when it is supposed to speak for Jehovah?

by dgp in

in the catholic church, the pope is considered "infallible" when he speaks ex cathedra.

that is to say, he is not infallible when he speaks about things that don't have to do with religion.

for example, he may say whatever he pleases about economics, but no one will hold that catholic economists will have sinned against god if they consider that the pope is wrong.. the important point here is that the pope is thought to be infallible only when he speaks about matters strictly related to the church.. the wikipedia has this:.

Greybeard

"However, the prophet who presumes to speak in my name a word that I have not commanded him to speak or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die. And in case you should say in your heart: "How shall we know the word that Jehovah has not spoken?" when the prophet speaks in the name of Jehovah and the word does not occur or come true, that is the word that Jehovah did not speak. With presumptuousness the prophet spoke it." Deuteronomy 18:20-22

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What Are Songs That You Just LOVE?

by minimus in

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friends

i'm a lover of r&b, soul, funk.

i like rock and very little country.. one of my favorite songs is by r&b legend al green.

it's "let's stay together".

Greybeard

JUST FOR LAUGHS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN6MxLYB8hM

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What Are Songs That You Just LOVE?

by minimus in

jw
friends

i'm a lover of r&b, soul, funk.

i like rock and very little country.. one of my favorite songs is by r&b legend al green.

it's "let's stay together".

Greybeard

Here YOU GO!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie9sY_zp9xg&feature=related

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New Song - "Blinded By New Light"

by RayPublisher in

the generation wasnt right (repeat).

Greybeard

@ exwhyzee,

YOU are very good! I recognize talent when I hear it. Could you please e-mail me at greybeardjws(@)gmail(dot)com?

thanks,

Greybeard

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New Song - "Blinded By New Light"

by RayPublisher in

the generation wasnt right (repeat).

Greybeard

Here is the recording, to download it to your computer, right click on this link and download:

http://www.jwstruggle.com/media/audio/Blinded-By-New-Light.mp3

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"Satan's Star" Re-examined

by JWStruggle in

i put on my blog recently an article reviewing the evidence regarding whether the star of bethlehem was guided by god or satan.

as we are well aware, this is a "pet point" of the witnesses and assists the wt viewpoint with regard to christmas and all things "pagan".. .

http://www.jwstruggle.com/2011/09/satans-star-re-examined/.

Greybeard

@ Cantleave

Its a Myth that you can't leave the Borg... You can ;)

I think Mythbusters should do a show on that! But then... One of them would need to become a dub!

WHAT A AWSOME IDEA!!!

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So why

by bushido8000 in

it has become very apparent to me very quickly that this forum is dominated by ex-jws.

i have many questions and topics to present but i first want to know who i am presenting these questions and topics to so i have 2 questions that i would like as many of yall to answer as possible.. .

question 1: did you leave the organization out of the blue or were you first disfellowshipped?.

Greybeard

Hi Bushido,

I was a hard core JW all of my life. There is no way I would have listened to "apostate" words for a second. However, for a long time I prayed for God to not let me be blind and here is why... It really bothered me that all these people who were not JW's were going to be destroyed for not "seeing the truth" of the Watchtower. That is about 5 or 6 billion people who will die because they are not Jehovah's Witnesses. This really bothered me. If that doesn't bother a JW than they will most likely NEVER see the light IMO. The GENERATION "new light" was a real joke to me that I couldn't buy. Time ran out, it wasn't "new light."

I thought to myself, if I wasn't a JW I would probably never become one based on all the wrong predictions including the generation change. I had these thoughts as a full believing loyal JW. So I prayed for help and I asked Jehovah/YHWH to not let me be blind. It wasn't long after that I found myself disfellowshipped and wrongly so IMO. I got a DUI, I was VERY repentant and in TEARS... They said I only told them because it was going to be public knowledge. They DFed me and said, "We hand you over to Satan." I was in shock... That was a earth shaker for me. Now I look back on it as a answer to my prayer the way it all happened. I decided sense I wasn't a JW I would now look at everything I could on them. JWFACTS.com was at the top of my list. A "worldly" friend sent a link to it right after I was DFed. It didn't take me long after that to find out "the truth about that truth." (TTATT) I did go back to get reinstated (to talk to my kids) then faded and I am still faaadddddiiiinnnngggg out.

I see Paul Grundy is on this thread! I just want to say Hi Paul and THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK!!! AWESOME JOB!!!

So may I ask you Bushido, what is your story? Do you still think they have the truth or are you looking for answers to questions they cannot answer?

Your brother,

Greybeard