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  Kingdom Support Services Used Equipment - violin for sale

  by OrphanCrow in

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  found on this site here: http://used-tools-equipment.com/.

  for the low price of $3500, you can own this lovely instrument:.

  orren v. heath 1937 american violin no.

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  Drearyweather

  Listener - no that was just Stock Footage they bought. The did not shoot that video

  I think they only bought the music in the video, not the video
  
  
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  This week's (Jan 29th - Feb 4th) CLAM meeting "terrorist attack" video ...

  by freddo in

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  this week's clam meeting has a video from jwborg entitled refreshing those “toiling and loaded down” about the organisation's response to two terrorist's attacks in new york (twin towers) and paris (bataclan 2015).. to me it is more about a back slapping "look what we do for you" than a "left hand not letting the right know" (matt 6 v 3) action of love and care.. ... ... ... ... ... .... if you've read this far - by contrast please google "didi bataclan paris" to read about a true unsung hero.

  not forgetting the true heroes of 9/11 .... ... ... ... ... ... .

  am i too cynical?.

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  Drearyweather

  Freddo,

  Sorry for derailing the discussion.

  Regarding your question, you are not being cynical because the video is a propaganda video which is made by the WT to further their ideology.

  Now about my comment, contrary to what steve2 is implying in his comment, I did not mean to say that I am not sympathizing with other non-jw's who lost their loved ones in the attack. It was just that while watching the video I saw a couple who lost their son in the attack. Hence rather than concentrating on the ideology behind the video, which I can do for hundreds of other videos that they have produced, I tried to think about the parents and what they must have gone through. Being an Indian, I may never have known who all lost their lives, neither would have visited the memorial, so took this a chance to think about the people I saw in this video. Just that.
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  Masturbation is not sinful, unclean, or wicked [Rebuttal to leaked Bethel video regarding masturbation]

  by Mace.Bean in

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  [the following information is intended as a response to the leaked bethel video regarding masturbation.

  if you are not aware of that video, please check it our before attempting to comment.].

  masturbation is not sinful, unclean, or wicked.

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  Drearyweather

  Mace Bean, You start speaking about masturbation but then give examples of wet dreams.

  Jw's don't consider emission due to wet dreams as sinful.
  
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  This week's (Jan 29th - Feb 4th) CLAM meeting "terrorist attack" video ...

  by freddo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this week's clam meeting has a video from jwborg entitled refreshing those “toiling and loaded down” about the organisation's response to two terrorist's attacks in new york (twin towers) and paris (bataclan 2015).. to me it is more about a back slapping "look what we do for you" than a "left hand not letting the right know" (matt 6 v 3) action of love and care.. ... ... ... ... ... .... if you've read this far - by contrast please google "didi bataclan paris" to read about a true unsung hero.

  not forgetting the true heroes of 9/11 .... ... ... ... ... ... .

  am i too cynical?.

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  Drearyweather

  I learn something new everyday: I did not realize that only JWs lost loved ones in the attack.

  Thank you for making fun of my comment. This is the only thing I can say. Have a nice day sir
  
  
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  This week's (Jan 29th - Feb 4th) CLAM meeting "terrorist attack" video ...

  by freddo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this week's clam meeting has a video from jwborg entitled refreshing those “toiling and loaded down” about the organisation's response to two terrorist's attacks in new york (twin towers) and paris (bataclan 2015).. to me it is more about a back slapping "look what we do for you" than a "left hand not letting the right know" (matt 6 v 3) action of love and care.. ... ... ... ... ... .... if you've read this far - by contrast please google "didi bataclan paris" to read about a true unsung hero.

  not forgetting the true heroes of 9/11 .... ... ... ... ... ... .

  am i too cynical?.

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  Drearyweather

  For JW's here in India, this video would be more of an informational video of what happened to other JW's during 9/11.

  For me, rather than comment on intention behind the video, I take this time to sympathize with the JW's in the video who lost their loved ones in the attack.
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  Will paradise be like a 24/7 Disneyland vacation package?

  by Sour Grapes in

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  2. beliefs

  i was thinking about the jdub paradise this morning and all of the pictures in the watchtower company's literature illustrating the new system of things.. here is a partial list of what you see in the pictures:.

  pet pandas, lions, elephants.

  people always on a picnic with lots of beautiful fruits and vegetables.

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  Drearyweather

  Sour Grapes: I can't imagine......window washer elders running Paradise.

  Here we go again. Why do people have a problem with window washers?
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  Don't Try to Choose Your Beliefs

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  beliefs are not things to be chosen like new clothes; authentic beliefs happen to us without our conscious attention.. i have often seen comments from ex-jws to the effect that they are now unsure about what they 'ought' to believe.

  others express offense when their chosen beliefs are challenged and well-meaning bystanders protest that everybody is entitled to believe whatever they wish.

  this misunderstanding of what it means to believe something is unhelpful.. it's natural to want to quickly replace our old beliefs when our worldview has collapsed around us.

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  Drearyweather

  The Cambridge Dictionary defines belief as the feeling of being certain that something exists or is true.

  If one can question the existence of God, then each and every religion, sect and cult and religious belief out there can be debated or debunked.

  Can all beliefs be classified as right or wrong? or does it depend upon perspective?

  For e.g. Are the following random statements actually beliefs or perspectives?

  I believe in God

  I believe that God does not exist.

  I no longer believe in the truthfulness of politics because of the high rate of corruption in my country

  I don't believe in the arrangement of marriage.
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  It saddens me to know that marriages break up because of religion and the blame, whose fault it is ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  a jehovah`s witness couple who have been married for many years and some with children of various ages and have been serving in their congregation meeting attendance, fs and bible studies with their children for many years .. and then one of them begins to have doubts about what they are being taught and what they actually are supposed to believe now that some changes have been made with nu-lite.. the doubts grow and then the the use of the internet to investigate further some of the claims of the gb/wt religion .. with the wealth of information available on the www it now becomes impossible to continue to be an active member of the jehovah`s witness religion without being an utter hypocrite .

  you no longer believe them anymore that they alone are gods chosen people in this day.. however your spouse does not see things the way you do not at all and after many months of arguments bickering threats the ultimatum is something like if you don`t believe what i believe that you have left jehovah we can`t live together anymore ,i want a divorce unless you come to your senses.. who is the one here breaking up the marriage ?.

  isn`t it in the majority of cases the jw who ends the marriage ?

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  Drearyweather

  Who is the one here breaking up the marriage ?

  In your example, it is the JW mate who is initiating the divorce. But only in the example that you have given. I would not be generalizing that it is always the JW who initiates the divorce.
  

  Isn`t it in the majority of cases the JW who ends the marriage ? because of religious differences ?

  Can't say conclusively unless we have studies that establish this; which we don't have. We can say only from the experiences that we have personally seen. But the cases may wary and there may be many other underlying problems in the marriage other than religious differences.

  I have personally seen many couples who have kept their marriage intact even though one of them have left JW's. There are many on this board too.

  Is it even a scriptural reason for divorce differences of a religion.?

  No
  
  

  The Jehovah`s Witnesses blame the one who rejects the WT beliefs as the one who has split up the marriage

  I would say that whenever any marriage breaks for whatever reason, both the parties blame each other.
  
  

  Do Jehovah`s Witnesses break up marriages or do those non believing spouses break up marriages of Jehovah`s Witnesses.?

  Each marriage is unique and hence this differs case to case. It is next to impossible to generalize because in a broken marriage, both will blame each other for their troubles.
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  References to YHWH in ancient documents

  by Doug Mason in

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  page 15 of awake!

  2017 provides an image that shows hebrew writing with the statement: “the personal name of god written in ancient hebrew characters appears abundantly in early manuscripts of the bible”.. alongside that image, the awake!

  provides a listing to show “the rendering of ‘god’s name’ in various languages”.. the facts do not support either assertion that the watchtower society makes:.

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  Drearyweather

  Thanks Doug, Thats really good research. I am not that much into this stuff, however had a few questions:

  1. Is it true that the tetragrammaton in multiple forms of hebrew does appear in the early manuscripts more than 6000 times?

  2. Isn't Yahweh a generally accepted vocal pronunciation of YHWH and Jehovah is an anglicized pronunciation? If Jehovah shouldn't be used, then what is the justification of using Jeremiah, Jesus, Joshua, etc, which are also not the actual pronunciations?
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  Why did the Governing Body come behind the curtain?

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  in the movie the wizard of oz, while the whole yellow brick road gang was being addressed by the great and powerful wizard of oz, the dog toto ran off to the side, pulled back on a curtain, and showed that a normal-looking humbug of a person was operating cranks and levers.

  for a short while, the normal-looking man kept yanking levers and cranking cranks, and said into the microphone (which made the great and powerful wizard speak the same words) "pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!

  i am the great and powerful wiz .

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  Drearyweather

  This goes booth ways.

  If they were still hidden, you would have accused them of being arrogant and pompous.