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  Things That Make You Go Hhmmm. . .Samson

  by dark clouds in

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  for a long time i have thought about yahweh, and the kind of deity that he was.

  leader, savior, protector of the israelites, quick to strike down anyone who dared oppose him.

  his compassion seemed to be masked beneath his jealous nature, but he had his reason and it was for "spiritual cleanliness".

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  How should i DA or DF myself in April?

  by TheApostleAK in

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  i'm thinking of daing myself at the end of april.

  what things should i do during april?.

  a) doing 70+ hours in field service?.

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  trying to understand

  by DixieDarlin07148 in

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  i'm 18 and my boyfriend is 16 and an active jw.i'm a baptist and very stong in my belief and love of god.my boyfriend and i haven't been together that long but were very serious and plan on getting married (when the time is right).we both know that we have no intentions of raising our children jw but as baptist and he tells me that he wants to get out of jw but right now its very hard for him because he still lives with his parents and his mother and oldest sister are very active jw.and i understand all that its just that because i love him so much i want to understand about his life and the way he was raised and what he was raised to believe but hes made it very clear that he doesnt want to explain it or talk about it hes told me some stuff but very little.i'm just wondering about their beliefs and what the jw's have to say about us dating and just any information anyone can provide!!!

  !thank-you very much!!!!

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  Book Recommendation: The Bible Unearthed

  by GinnyTosken in

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  i recently finished reading the bible unearthed: archaeology's new vision of ancient israel and the origin of its sacred texts by israel finkelstein and neil asher silberman.

  here is part of a review that drew my attention to the book:.

  the book reaches its conclusions from a huge array of archaeological evidence of different kinds, some quite clever, such as the analysis of camel bones; others representing new trends in field archaeology, such as settlement surveys.

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  Hello to all

  by Mr Angry in

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  hello to all.. i have been a lurker here for about 2 weeks and been so impressed at the friendship shown and the honest debate i thought i would join in.. my name is rick and my jw story is at http://www.jwfiles.com/jws-leaving/rick.htm if your interested.

  it also saves a lot of unecessary typing here.. i use the user name of mr angry so as not to be confused with the rick that was on h20.

  to confuse the matter further rick is not my real name as i have family still in the truth (how i hate that term) and i dont wish my real identity to be revealed at this stage.

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  So Whats Driving You To Make Posts?

  by Englishman in

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  why do you bother to post on this site?

  what good does it do you?

  what do you gain from posting?.

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  Abraham & Sumerians

  by patio34 in

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  i have been reading some on sumerian mythology.

  now, it's said the sumerians predated hebrew writings by several centuries or longer.

  the sumerians are the first writers.

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  What would you have done without the WT?

  by expatbrit in

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  imagine that you had never heard of the watchtower.

  imagine that your life and that of your families had never been influenced by wt teachings.. i know for a fact that the wt's philosophy on further education contributed to my not achieving what i should have at school.

  this is not to shirk the responsibility for my grades; ultimately they were my responsibility.

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  Neanderthals and the Bible?

  by uncle_onion in

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  i am doing some research on neanderthals.

  we know that this species existed and by very recent dna test we can tell that they are definitely not human.has any one done anything on this subject or the accuracy of carbon dating?

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  "Hey there all you lurkey ones..."

  by Simon in

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  hmmn, doesn't quite work does it?

  ok...we'll stick with 'thirsty' then .

  why not register and make a post or two...ask a question...make a statement...whatever !.

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