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  200-Year Anniversary of The Even Tide (1823) by John Aquila Brown

  by Chevelle in

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  this is my first post.

  i am a pimo who has been lurking for a while and i hope to make new friends here.. for now, i would just like to highlight that this year marks 200 years since john aquila brown wrote that crazy book(let) of speculations that charles taze russell practically copy/pasted into his "studies in the scriptures" which eventually affected all of our lives in one way or another.. cheers.

  chevelle.

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  Phizzy

  A warm welcome Chevelle ! I think the start of "belief" was at least before 9,000 BCE, the finds in Turkey show that "belief", and if you like "organised religion", was already strong enough by that time to build Temples etc.

  John Aquila Brown was no doubt as guilty as William Miller in influencing C.T.Russell, an Adventist, to proceed with his own version, highly plagiarised, of predictions. Russell learned nothing from "The Great Disappointment" of 1844/5, and proceeded to make the same mistake as Miller at least twice, following in his footsteps Boozer Rutherford did the same thing with 1925, and Mad Freddie Franz with 1975. JW org are Serial Offenders in Committing the religious Crime of False Prophecy !

  Looking forward to hearing more from your good self !
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  Removing verses form the NWT

  by Phizzy in

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  the jw org has removed certain verses from their nwt version, claiming usually that what is removed is not found in the oldest mss, that claim is fair enough, until you ask a simple question, this :.

  " if you are going to remove interpolations from the bible, where do you stop?"..

  the org.

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  Phizzy

  I agree fully with the point made above that the NWT is not unique in this removal of verses not found in early MSS, and my question applies to all who do it,

  I know of course the selection of the approved Canons of Scripture excluded a lot of whole Works and other bits no doubt, but working with what we have, as I said, where do you stop ? Why exclude just a few ? there are hundred of interpolations from beginning to end, Gen. to Rev.

  I think they should be included, but marked off in some way, with an explanation.
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  What novels would you recommend?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  i used to have a large-ish novel collection but my current collection is scaled-down because i was forced to move back to bolton 4 years ago and didn't have enough room for them all in my suitcases.. i currently own just 9 novels.. salem's lot (stephen king).

  three by john ajvide lindqvist:.

  let the old dreams die.

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  Phizzy

  I've just started reading Thrillers by Linwood Barclay, very good , if you like a good Thriller. His first and latest Books are exceptional, the ones in between are excellent. There is a trilogy,obviously you will need all three, they run one in to the other. The first one comes to no sort of conclusion, you need volume 2 to hand !
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  Removing verses form the NWT

  by Phizzy in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the jw org has removed certain verses from their nwt version, claiming usually that what is removed is not found in the oldest mss, that claim is fair enough, until you ask a simple question, this :.

  " if you are going to remove interpolations from the bible, where do you stop?"..

  the org.

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  Phizzy

  The JW org has removed certain verses from their NWT version, claiming usually that what is removed is not found in the oldest MSS, that claim is fair enough, until you ask a simple question, this :

  " If you are going to remove Interpolations from the Bible, where do you stop?".

  The org. does not recognise/acknowledge the many hundreds of interpolations that there are, but the question above is valid, and poses a problem for them, and all who do this in their Bible versions.
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  I miss this from A$$€mb£i€$

  by punkofnice in

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  hellas chocolate bars.

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  Phizzy

  Small World ! Me and about five other guys from our Congo. were camping on that same Rec. ground as Stan! because it doesn't get dark fully at night that time of year in Bonnie Scotland, we used to go out for a few beers etc then we would play football until about 3 in the morning, stagger noisily back to our tents, then get rudely awakened by nearby Bros getting up about 7am !

  It was up those stairs we went Cofty ! I didn't witness the incident you had with the cakes, I would have laughed no end, and probably you would then have thumped me, so probably a good thing !
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  I miss this from A$$€mb£i€$

  by punkofnice in

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  hellas chocolate bars.

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  Phizzy

  Beth, Punky is in the U.K., as am I. So food available to us was not the same as you got, and vice-versa no doubt.

  In 1965 IIRC, at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, for an "International Assembly" they cooked fresh doughnuts every morning, us lads knew a sister who was cooking 'em, and used to pick up a good few Doughnuts that were still red hot ! (The sister cooking 'em was NOT hot, and married).

  We travelled up there from Kent on a Special train, hired by the Org, all J.W's, us lads had a bet as to how many different young sisters we could snog on the return journey !
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  “Lazarus, come out!”

  by Fisherman in

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  many people here have expressed faith in evolution and in other theories—but in all honesty, do you have any hope whatsoever in your heart or in the back of your mind ?

  truthfully..

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  Phizzy

  " It all depends how you see it ."

  It all depends on whether you view it through the prism of Facts and Evidence, or if you ignore those two things. But each to his own !
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  BBC & Gary Lineker

  by BoogerMan in

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  whether you like or loathe the guy, agree or disagree, surely he has a right to express his opinions freely on twitter?.

  every bbc employee who appears on tv or speaks on the radio, should now be paranoid about any opinions they've put on their social media accounts, because if the bbc are prepared to censor/silence lineker, they'll go for anyone.. oops: looks like the bbc can dictate what their staff can & can't say in their social media accounts.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/editorialguidelines/guidance/individual-use-of-social-media.

  pity they weren't as strict with their high profile paedophile, mr. savile..

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  Phizzy

  " Breaking Godwin's Law is the hallmark of shallow thinkers."

  I agree that is often the case, but it is difficult to think of an analogy that is more striking than the one Lineker used, about the language of this U.K Government. If you can think of a more striking one, I would be obliged ! I often get tempted to use the rise of Fascism in the 20's and 30's as an example on other Sites when commenting on matters political, but old Godwin speaks in my ear, and I struggle for another.

  Certainly one thing Lineker has done is broken the Media silence against the language of Mind Controlling propaganda.
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  Breaking News: Anthony Morris III no longer serving on the Governing Body

  by WingCommander in

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  this has been announced on the jw's official website, in the "jw news" section.

  this is not a joke.

  anthony moron da turd is out as a gluttonous body member!

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  Phizzy

  " It's commonly viewed as a secret society for a reason." Not a secret society, we all know it exists, but rather " a society of secrets" , secrets SO embarrassing they hope to keep a lid on it !
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  I miss this from A$$€mb£i€$

  by punkofnice in

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  hellas chocolate bars.

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  Phizzy

  Ah Norwich ! went there a couple of times, by car, we had to park the car a little way from the Stadium, a walk along the canal to go get, left the wife and kids , went to get the car, but, Lo and Behold ! a handy Pub right on the towpath ! Phizzy had a crafty pint, before collecting the family, then went out for some more in the evening !

  Got to make the whole thing as pleasant as you can, ain'tcha ?

  I found out after I left the org. some sensible JW's hired a barge and moored next to the Pub as their accommodation !