Posts by cappytan

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Is 40 days without food the best choice?

by John Aquila in

in chapter 4 of luke it says jesus went into the wilderness and he ate nothing but fasted forty days and forty nights..

now i dont know about any of you but i once got on a 5 day liquid diet and only lasted 2 days.

i was so hungry that even when i fell asleep i started dreaming a hot brunette was handing me a couple of slices of pizza.

cappytan

Maybe Jesus watched Fat Sick and Nearly Dead and happened to have a juicer and plenty of Kale with him.

The guy on that show did a 60 day fast.

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I'm studying with Jehovah's Witnesses!!

by Kulotti79 in

jw
friends

hello all... i currently studying the bible teach book and i'm just curious what information does the study conductor record about the student and is it passed on??

and they keep on saying "the truth" which is starting to get on my nerves.

lol.

cappytan

...But for some reason I'm drawn to this particular sect.

"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink."

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Is 40 days without food the best choice?

by John Aquila in

in chapter 4 of luke it says jesus went into the wilderness and he ate nothing but fasted forty days and forty nights..

now i dont know about any of you but i once got on a 5 day liquid diet and only lasted 2 days.

i was so hungry that even when i fell asleep i started dreaming a hot brunette was handing me a couple of slices of pizza.

Just ask simple questions and make street witnesses move along

by OnTheWayOut in

you don't have to know much to talk to jw's and show them they don't want to really discuss the matters.they consider a discussion on the matter they are pushing to be "confrontational.".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfw_txpmsj8.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lqtadagucq.

cappytan

It is also worth noting that had the Witnesses asked him to stop filming and he continued he should be charged with harassment under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.

The Apostate agenda is a mission from God. "We must obey GOD as ruler rather than men."

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Elders in Spain Steal Millions from Congregation

by cappytan in

these men are appointed by holy spirit,.

here is the source: http://www.economiadigital.es/es/notices/2015/01/la-fiscalia-imputa-una-estafa-de-mas-de-170-millones-de-euros-a-una-congregacion-de-testigos-de-jeho-65161.php.

basically, if you don't know spanish, it boils down to this: (my personal editorial of what i've read).

cappytan

From the article: The events date back to 2001...

That much money could very well have been bilked over that long of a period.

170,000,000 / 13 = 13,076,923 per year.

13,076,923 / 1,300 = 10,000 +/- average.

Factor in that perhaps there were some brothers that were exorbitantly richer than others and may have contributed large sums of money, or there may have been folks that died that had the "hospital" fund as their life insurance beneficiary.

Regardless, it seems plausible for this to be true.

If it is true, I'm sure there will be more said about it and more will come out.

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EDIT: Well, took me a while to do the math, and during that time, y'all ended up saying the same things.

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Elders in Spain Steal Millions from Congregation

by cappytan in

these men are appointed by holy spirit,.

here is the source: http://www.economiadigital.es/es/notices/2015/01/la-fiscalia-imputa-una-estafa-de-mas-de-170-millones-de-euros-a-una-congregacion-de-testigos-de-jeho-65161.php.

basically, if you don't know spanish, it boils down to this: (my personal editorial of what i've read).

cappytan

Simon said: Wow, that's quite a sizeable conspiracy - not just 2 or 3 in a single congregation.
Just re-read the article.

Loose translation:

...more than 170 million euros collected, based on false promises, among more than 1,300 members throughout Spain.

This may very well have been on a circuit-wide level.

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Elders in Spain Steal Millions from Congregation

by cappytan in

these men are appointed by holy spirit,.

here is the source: http://www.economiadigital.es/es/notices/2015/01/la-fiscalia-imputa-una-estafa-de-mas-de-170-millones-de-euros-a-una-congregacion-de-testigos-de-jeho-65161.php.

basically, if you don't know spanish, it boils down to this: (my personal editorial of what i've read).

cappytan

These men are appointed by Holy Spirit,

Here is the source: http://www.economiadigital.es/es/notices/2015/01/la-fiscalia-imputa-una-estafa-de-mas-de-170-millones-de-euros-a-una-congregacion-de-testigos-de-jeho-65161.php

Basically, if you don't know Spanish, it boils down to this: (my personal editorial of what I've read)

A group of 14 elders, under false pretenses, asked the congregation for donations to build a bloodless hospital in Spain that wouldn't commit the sin of administering blood transfusions.

From the article, I can't tell if it's 14 elders in one congregation or 14 elders combined from several congregations.

However, the article states that they collected over 170 million Euros. (The equivalent of over 190 million dollars at today's exchange rate.)

They then spirited away some 80 million of the funds to banks in Switzerland.

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LURKERS: Wouldn't Jehovah read these brothers heart condition before appointing them through his Holy Spirit? Think about that the next time you talk about how wonderful your elders are.

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EDIT: Just a side thought, 190 million dollars could pay for a lot of "needed" Kingdom Halls.

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The "martydom" of witnesses!

by stuckinarut2 in

arrrghh...it amazes me!.

i have just seen more witnesses from "my" congregation manning the "literature carts".. it is over 40c / 100f temp, with very high humidity as well... and there they are...in the heat...like martyrs....earning "god points".. they are being ignored by the very few passers by....all of whom are trying to get out of the heat.. what is the point!?!

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