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  The wonders of God's creation - Example 1, the tsetse fly

  by jambon1 in

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  there are 23 species of tsetse flies.

  diseases transmitted by tsetse flies kill 250,000300,000 people per year.. why create such a thing?.

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  You walk upright do you Sab?
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  The wonders of God's creation - Example 1, the tsetse fly

  by jambon1 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  there are 23 species of tsetse flies.

  diseases transmitted by tsetse flies kill 250,000300,000 people per year.. why create such a thing?.

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  Maybe you should see things from the tetse fly's point of view.. I'm sure he's quite happy with things..
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  Emblem stupidity, and the bizarre dance of the confused memorial-taker

  by cedars in

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  well, i went along to the memorial with mrs cedars.

  it was my first since my "awakening" just less than a year ago.

  apparently i made a lot of people happy by being there (even if it was only building up false hopes), the most important of which were my family.

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  Undercover: Did you bother to pay attention to the talk? Any different than years past? (I'd like to see someone do a count on how many times they say "Jesus" vs "anointed" or "144,000")

  Did they mention the number of partakers from last year?

  The 144,000 barely got a mention and yes to the numbers.. but too much said about Paradise and the 'other sheep
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  Emblem stupidity, and the bizarre dance of the confused memorial-taker

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, i went along to the memorial with mrs cedars.

  it was my first since my "awakening" just less than a year ago.

  apparently i made a lot of people happy by being there (even if it was only building up false hopes), the most important of which were my family.

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  My first since I 'awakened'... I just felt terribly sad. It was well organised, the talk was delivered extremely well by a very sincere brother and the prayers were heartfelt.

  But the bread was already broken and the wine had a hair in it...

  I just feel sad.
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  Catholics know more about WTS history than most JWs do!

  by tornapart in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a very concise and i would say accurate history of the wts and given a much more kindly and sympathetic examination than the catholics have ever received from the wts.. i'm impressed.. http://www.catholic.com/tracts/history-of-the-jehovahs-witnesses.

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  tornapart

  Biometrics.. here's something on this site:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/scandals/122538/1/Russells-Cancer-Cure

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/136464/1/Russell-and-the-Miracle-Wheat-Scandal

  and this about the 'millenium bean'

  The Watch Tower
  January 1, 1912

  PROLIFIC BEANS FOR SEED

  Sister Smith of Nebraska recently discovered one stalk of beans which she declares yielded so prolifically that she calls it the Millennial Bean. She desires to get the beans into the hands of others, and at the same time to make a donation to our Tract Fund for the sending forth of free spiritual food to the hungry. Accordingly the beans have been sent to our office.

  We believe the project quite a proper one, and if the beans be as prolific elsewhere as in Nebraska, we would be glad to purchase them at the rate of five beans for one dollar. (We have heard of seed wheat selling at one dollar per grain.) However, in view of unfriendly criticism of enemies, we think it best not to sell these beans, but to give them free to our subscribers who have gardens, and who will request them –five beans each.

  Sister Smith writes that they should be planted one bean to the hill, and the hills six feet apart. They should be planted in April. They keep bearing right along for weeks, and five should supply a small family. They will be ready to ship in February.

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  The Watch Tower
  March 1, 1912

  “MILLENNIAL BEAN” SEED SUPPLY EXHAUSTED

  The requests for five of the prolific beans for seed by far exceed the supply donated by Sister Smith. We have filled the orders first received.

  In reply to various inquiries from those who requested these seed beans, we are informed by Sister Smith that there are advantages in planting them in an onion bed or row– at a distance of six feet. An insect, which proves destructive to the bean plant, seems to dislike the onions, and is thus kept away. After the onions are harvested, the beans grow very fast, if the ground is kept loose on the surface. It is also suggested that great care should be exercised in gathering the pods, not to injure the bushes, by pulling, or breaking off the leaves. If the first crop of beans is allowed to remain on the bushes until fully ripened, there will be no additional yield and the bush will die. If they are to bear repeatedly, the pods must be removed as soon as large enough to eat, we are told, and then new blossoms take the place of the first crop
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  Catholics know more about WTS history than most JWs do!

  by tornapart in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a very concise and i would say accurate history of the wts and given a much more kindly and sympathetic examination than the catholics have ever received from the wts.. i'm impressed.. http://www.catholic.com/tracts/history-of-the-jehovahs-witnesses.

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  they got 1 thing wrong, it was't the return of jesus the jw's (bible students) were looking forward to in 1914, but the arrival of armageddon, jesus had already returned in the 1870s

  You're right FSP, I missed that!
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  Catholics know more about WTS history than most JWs do!

  by tornapart in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a very concise and i would say accurate history of the wts and given a much more kindly and sympathetic examination than the catholics have ever received from the wts.. i'm impressed.. http://www.catholic.com/tracts/history-of-the-jehovahs-witnesses.

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  Interesting bit on 'how they make converts'. It screams 'cult' but they refrain from using the word...

  and this is telling....

  "Their sect operates no hospitals, sanitariums, orphanages, schools, colleges, or social welfare agencies. From their perspective it will all disappear in a few years anyway, so they don’t expend their energies in these areas"
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  Catholics know more about WTS history than most JWs do!

  by tornapart in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a very concise and i would say accurate history of the wts and given a much more kindly and sympathetic examination than the catholics have ever received from the wts.. i'm impressed.. http://www.catholic.com/tracts/history-of-the-jehovahs-witnesses.

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  This is a very concise and I would say accurate history of the WTS and given a much more kindly and sympathetic examination than the Catholics have ever received from the WTS.

  I'm impressed.

  http://www.catholic.com/tracts/history-of-the-jehovahs-witnesses
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  How many generations do YOU see?

  by 00DAD in

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  I've got a pic like that.. my mum, me , my son+dil and grandchild.. that's 4 generations... OK I'm mentally diseased.. well I guessed it already.. :)
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  Matrix moment - what was it and when did you share it?

  by MMXIV in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  for those of you who had a moment like that from the matrix when you realised what you'd believed was fundamentally flawed or a lie - what caused that defining moment and how long was it before you could share your thoughts?.

  mmxiv.

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  Actually, I guess that was the start.. my REAL Matrix moment was after reading CoC in 2 days 6 months ago.