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  My cat died suddenly!

  by Fisherman in

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  i did not realize that they were symptoms that something was wrong with my cat -but i did notice that my cat was breathing a little differently for a period of about a few days.

  i also noticed prior and after to that, that on occasion, my cat would cry at the litter box, but that was a very seldom event.. anyway, about a week ago i noticed the symptom that my very loved cat was breathing heavy.

  so i called a taxi and i was going to rush him to emergency room for cats.

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  Sorry for your loss. I know how it can feel. I love animals & pets too.
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  Happy Valentines Day !

  by Perry in

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  today is also my 12th anniversary to my most wonderful wife.

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  happy valentines day to all of you!!.

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  Today is also my 12th anniversary to my most wonderful wife.

  Happy Valentines Day to all of you!!

  
  
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  Evolution is a Fact #17 - Belyaev's Silver Foxes

  by cofty in

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  in stalin's ussr the science of genetics was deemed "reactionary and decadent".

  scientists were sent to the gulags or simply disappeared.

  dmitri konstantinovich belyaev lost his job at the at the central research laboratory of fur breeding in moscow because of his commitment to classical genetics.

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  Let's sum up 40 years of effort:

  1. You start with a Canine

  2. 40 Years later you end up with a Canine.

  And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. - Genesis 1: 25

  Canines will never turn into docile doodle bugs no matter how much selective breeding is performed. The fox experiment is powerful proof that certain boundaries cannot be crossed with selective breeding processes, exactly as God indicated with his statements above.
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  Finding the value of God; Isn't it better to believe in a deity?

  by Caupon in

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  the question as to what believing in this entity called god entails is a fairly important question that needs to be answered first.

  to me, the key difference between a universe in which god exists versus one where god doesn't lies in the idea of teleology.

  in my view, a universe with god entails some sort of process towards an end, an end which can be characterized with words such as bliss and unity and others.

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  God is just a mechanism to make you feel that there is something after death.

  Materialism is a fairytale for some adults to bolster their vain hope that there will be no consciousness and no judgment after they die. This is impossible.

  Hebrews 9: 27 - it is appointed once for men to die and then judgment

  We ALONE among all the animals have the great gift of morality, being made in the image of the eternal God. And with that great gift comes great responsibility. All have failed this responsibility ....... except one.

  Amos 4: 12 - "prepare to meet thy God"
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  Identity Theft

  by Jerryh in

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  this forum offers the stories of folks with as many variations as there are folks and a “great crowd” of lurkers whose stories may never be offered.

  i am an outsider with a broken heart for some insiders that i love more than they know.

  after reading nearly every “apostate” book ever written, lurking, being worn out searching the wt cd, i have come to an idea that i present for your appraisal..

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  You are very welcome Jerry.

  Once I got the concept through my head, I couldn't believe it was really as simple as that. After 10 years, I'm just as ready to "throw down" with those that try to make this complicated as I was at first. Too much at stake to back off.

  Everyone should be applying greater and greater pressure on JW's to explain how their sins are forgiven outside the New Covenant as much as and as often as possible.

  But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. Gal. 1: 8

  
  

  Here's my website if any are interested: BibleReady.org
  
  
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  Identity Theft

  by Jerryh in

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  this forum offers the stories of folks with as many variations as there are folks and a “great crowd” of lurkers whose stories may never be offered.

  i am an outsider with a broken heart for some insiders that i love more than they know.

  after reading nearly every “apostate” book ever written, lurking, being worn out searching the wt cd, i have come to an idea that i present for your appraisal..

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  what is wrong with simply accepting the gospel Jesus offered and saying so.

  
  

  Nice post.

  
  

  Not only is there nothing wrong with it, it is a requirement for salvation.

  Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

  
  Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. - Matthew 10: 34-36

  
  

  But do not think that you will escape a price that must be exacted for accepting Jesus alone for your escape from the coming judgment. I at one time thought that I was smart enough, and slick enough to pull it off and have my cake and eat it too. I was wrong and the Lord meant what he said:

  
  

  For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. - Luke 12:52

  
  

  Eventually, everyone must take a public stand, regardless of price. If a person really believes that Jesus' blood is sufficient all by itself to cover their sin, they WILL escape judgment; just as the Israelites escaped judgment at the Passover of the angel in Egypt when he saw the Lambs' blood on the door header and posts.

  ONLY those under the blood will be pardoned for their sin.

  And just for the record, salvation does not save us from destruction at Armageddon, it saves us from a personal judgment AFTER we die:

  it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment - Hebrews 9: 27

  
  

  And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it...And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. ... And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. - Rev. 20

  
  

  Faith in the blood of Jesus ALONE saves us from being judged by our works - him being judged in our place and having paid the debt we owe for our wicked works.

  
  

  This is what the New Covenant offers - "forgiveness of sins" (not government positions for the 144K)

  And taking a cup, he offered thanks and gave it to them, saying: “Drink out of it, all of you, for this means my ‘blood of the covenant', which is to be poured out in behalf of many for forgiveness of sins. (NWT) Mt. 26. 27-28

  
  

  Jehovah's Witnesses have no idea what they are doing when they allow themselves to be lead into rejecting a personal membership into the New Covenant each Memorial.

  
  

  There will be a very high price to be paid for faith in a church or your works, or any combination of the two. Jehovah is a God exacting exclusive devotion. Any devotion to anything other than the blood of Christ will be rejected as idolatry, regardless of how religious it may seem.
  
  

  
  

  
  
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  Evolution is a Fact #10 - Non-Coding DNA

  by cofty in

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  every cell in your body contains a big book of how to build another you.. although it's approximately 3 billion letters long only a small fraction of it contains instructions on making humans.. imagine trying to use a workshop manual but it reads like somebody messed up at the publishers.

  there are a few paragraphs of meaningful text followed by pages of gibberish, another page or so of useful instructions then 9 more of random words.

  some of it looks like copies of original text but full of typing errors.

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  Although it's approximately 3 billion letters long only a small fraction of it contains instructions on making humans.

  I quit reading after this statement. This is a carefully worded statement designed to deflect the fact that evolutionists at first trotted forth the desperately needed proposition that 98% of human dna was junk. This was done to try and prop up the vast amounts of trial and error that the evolutionist relies upon to make sense of his chaotic world. Over the years, I have watched the "98% junk dna" dwindle little by little by real scientists to less than 20 % now. Article here.

  As more testing is done, the 20% figure will doubtless dwindle more and more, in tandem with the increase of dissenting scientists.
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  The Heresy of Neutrality

  by Perry in

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  the one thing that keeps jw's worshiping the watchtower corporations more than (or as much as) anything else is the issue of neutrality.

  neutrality is such a benign sounding word isn't it?

  it even sounds religious.

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  WT, April 1, 1992 "This "prophet" was not one man, but was a body of men and women. It was the small group of footstep followers of Jesus Christ

  
  

  he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one." - Luke 22:36

  
  

  Looks like the Governing Body "prophet" was really not a footstep follower of Jesus. JW's have disobediently refused to follow Jesus command to arm themselves to protect themselves and their neighbors. They are picking and choosing which steps to walk in.

  
  
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  The Heresy of Neutrality

  by Perry in

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  the one thing that keeps jw's worshiping the watchtower corporations more than (or as much as) anything else is the issue of neutrality.

  neutrality is such a benign sounding word isn't it?

  it even sounds religious.

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  The ONE thing that keeps JW's worshiping the Watchtower Corporations more than (or as much as) anything else is the issue of neutrality. Neutrality is such a benign sounding word isn't it? It even sounds religious. It certainly has an aire of high sounding morality to it does it not? It makes one feel superior to others that are not neutral does it not?

  The only problem with this doctrine is that IT IS NOT IN THE BIBLE, NOR WAS IT TAUGHT BY JESUS OR THE EARLY DISCIPLES!

  1. The first non-Jewish convert recorded in the bible is Cornelius, an active duty Roman army officer. No where is he told to lay down his weapons, quit his job, and become neutral before he accepted Christ as his personal savior!

  2. The watchtower is fond of quoting Jesus when he told Pilot, “My kingdom is no part of this world. If my kingdom were part of this world, my attendants would have fought that I should not be delivered up to the Jews. But, as it is, my kingdom is not from this source.” (John 18:36). BUT, they rarely if ever quote Jesus when he said, "But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one." - Luke 22:36

  3. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. 2Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 3For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 5Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. 6For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. 7Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. - Romans 13:1-7

  4. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers - 1 Peter 2: 13

  I once asked a respected elder if he would take up whatever weapons that he had at his disposal to help defend his next door neighbor (who happened to be a widow) if she was being attacked. He said cautiously, "Yes". I then asked him what difference would it make if the neighbor lived a few streets away? Or, in another state, or in another country. He said nothing and just shook his head as if I was trying to trap him.

  It was a valid question.
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  Starlight in a Young Universe

  by Perry in

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  the scientific method begins with a faith statement called a hypothesis, and then goes on to look for evidence, for or against support of the faith statement.. secular materialists often change their ideas on exactly how things have made themselves, but never whether they did.. the manifesto for this self imposed mental ban seems to be summed up by geneticist richard lewontin:.

  ‘our willingness to accept scientific claims that are against common sense is the key to an understanding of the real struggle between science and the supernatural.

  we take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfill many of its extravagant promises of health and life, in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community for unsubstantiated just-so stories, because we have a prior commitment, a commitment to materialism.. it is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, that we are forced by our a priori adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how counter-intuitive, no matter how mystifying to the uninitiated.

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  Perry and young earth creationists pull only selective biased information that supports his personal held beliefs, tossing away or avoiding information that doesn't support his beliefs, hence he practices intellectually dishonesty

  Finkelstein,

  Are you comfortable the Materialist position described by geneticist Dr. Richard Lewontin below?

  ‘Our willingness to accept scientific claims that are against common sense is the key to an understanding of the real struggle between science and the supernatural. We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfill many of its extravagant promises of health and life, in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community for unsubstantiated just-so stories, because we have a prior commitment, a commitment to materialism.

  
  It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, that we are forced by our a priori adherence to material causes to create an apparatus of investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, no matter how counter-intuitive, no matter how mystifying to the uninitiated. Moreover, that materialism is absolute, for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door."