Posts by TOTH

in another thread, i made the statement that the bible seems obsessed with numbers, particularly 7,12, and 40.. the perfect example is while it sometimes lists different tribes of israel names the count is always twelve.. http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/tribes.html.

what were the twelve (or thirteen) tribes of israel?

genesis 49 numbers 1 numbers 13 deuteronomy 33 ezekiel 48 revelation 7 1 reuben reuben reuben reuben reuben reuben 2 simeon simeon simeon - simeon simeon 3 levi - - levi levi levi 4 judah judah judah judah judah judah 5 zebulun zebulun zebulun zebulun zebulun zebulon 6 issachar issachar issachar issachar issachar issachar 7 dan dan dan dan dan - 8 gad gad gad gad gad gad 9 asher asher asher asher asher aser 10 nephtali nephtali nephtali nephtali - nephthalim 11 joseph (children of) joseph joseph joseph joseph joseph 12 benjamin benjamin benjamin benjamin benjamin benjamin 13 - manasseh manasseh manasseh manasseh manasses .

TOTH

Numbers are an esay way to explain patterns. They are easy to remember too. I wonder if anyone has considered using prime numbers to explain biblical stuff.

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Self-help book weirded me out

by JRK in

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i have been having emotional issues lately, and recently purchased a book on emotional healing.

ther were a few good things in the beginning, and the last half had some good suggestions.

it was just the stuff in between that really weirded me out.. it was almost like reading a jw publication.

TOTH

I always wondered about these books being called "Self Help" books. If I go to someone else for help isn't that just regular help? LOL

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Wisdom From a Former Elder

by Conan The Barbarian in

there is a brother in our congregation who moved in a few years ago.

i know he had handled many difficult matters, as others had told me this.

when he moved in, i was told that he came with a sterling recommendation, but declined to serve.

TOTH

Almost sounds like he was in the ARMY too...

Maybe he is among us here?

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Marco Rubio Is Top Choice For VP Among GOP Voters In Poll

by Bangalore in

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marco rubio is top choice for vp among gop voters in poll.. .

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2012/02/20/marco-rubio-is-top-choice-for-vp-among-gop-voters-in-new-poll/.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/20/2651719/poll-florida-senator-marco-rubio.html.

TOTH

I'm Hispanic and I still don't know about this guy. They say a Latino with a CLIPBOARD is a menace because they get a swelled up head and push everyone around. I shudder at the thought of one that high up in government. I can't wait til his CUBAN heritage is brought into question. Cuban refugees bring Communism to our shores...Blah Blah Blah

JK

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Baby I Love Your Way

by TOTH in

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when i was about 16 years old i began recording some of the music i was learning how to play.

i can still remember the scoldings i got too.

whether it was a blues instrumental i wrote or a cover song, i caught hell for it.

TOTH

Thanks L-KL!

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Baby I Love Your Way

by TOTH in

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when i was about 16 years old i began recording some of the music i was learning how to play.

i can still remember the scoldings i got too.

whether it was a blues instrumental i wrote or a cover song, i caught hell for it.

TOTH

When I was about 16 years old I began recording some of the music I was learning how to play. I can still remember the scoldings I got too. Whether it was a blues instrumental I wrote or a cover song, I caught hell for it. And my folks weren't even really all that active in the org most of the time that I was in high school. Invariably the overlords would hear about me doing SOMETHING musically and here we go again. I performed at a Guitar Concert at the school's Performing Arts Center in my senior year. My friend Bill, a girl named Denise, and I did a Neil Young song. Me playing with WORLDLY kids a Neil Young song...God FORBID!

I really wish like hell that my folks NEVER heard of the stupid wt. My life would have been much happier I think.

Here is one of the first things I recorded. I believe it was in 1978 when I was about 16.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=216d1cAJavQ&context=C49de380ADvjVQa1PpcFNLYPCrPxMELuFYfBybJ8tPhGotTna-AvY=

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Jehovah's Witnesses Governing Body Annointed???

by mind blown in

if the gb now admit their interpetations or writings (wt) is not spirit inspired ....(only admiting the early christians writings (bible was inspired)...how can they even believe they are of the annointed????

russel and friends believed they were of the annointed, and we know how their end time interpetation dates went......and later gb...."this generation" and 1914......1975...... interpetations ended.

watchtower: 23. march 1, 1979.

TOTH

I read somewhere on this board awhile back that certain members of the gb are not even anointed at all. How they can justify this is beyond me. I mean honestly, if the so-called anointed members are not inspired, how can other sheep lawyers going to be able to channel Jah's will????