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  christmas puddings

  by tornapart in

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  in our last ca it was said from the platform that the gb has said we shouldn't buy food that is only produced at certain times of the year.

  although not specified i imagine they meant turkeys, christmas puddings, easter eggs, hot cross buns etc.

  the reasoning that it's attached specifically to pagan festivals.

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  Didn't hear this. Can it be verified? Who said it? Which talk? Outline?
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  Bethel - the house of the canaanite god El

  by mP in

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  how ironic, that in hebrew the word for god is actually the name of a canaanite god el.

  ive recently been facinated by the etymology of word, particularly those in the bible.

  anyone can change the meanings or definition of words like we have witnessed with the generation, but the word itself cannot be changed.

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  Why are you stuck with Allah. Muslim religion is not an old religion and the moon crescent with the star was borrowed from other cultures (Christians/- Greeks, etc).

  

  

  Cleopatra's and Mark Antony's twins:

  

  120BCE 4 drachmas coin from Syria depicting eclipse of Jupiter (Zeus from moon) of 17 January 121BCE:

  (Zeus holds star on hand and crescent over his hand)

  

  For more images see here:

  http://krisaion.pblogs.gr/tags/imiselinos-gr.html

  Notice the first one: 3200BCE!!!
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  Bethel - the house of the canaanite god El

  by mP in

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  2. scandals

  how ironic, that in hebrew the word for god is actually the name of a canaanite god el.

  ive recently been facinated by the etymology of word, particularly those in the bible.

  anyone can change the meanings or definition of words like we have witnessed with the generation, but the word itself cannot be changed.

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  The PIE words for sun and moon were *soh 2 wl and *méh 1 ns, and there were also derivatives from *kand "shine" and *lewk "bright, light". The Proto-Semitic words for sun and moon were *šamš- (whence Akkadian šamšu, Hebrew šemeš, and Arabic šamš) and *warihh- (whence Akkadian warhhu and Hebrew yâréach); the Arabic word for "moon" (qámar) is from a different root. The Proto-Semitic pantheon included, separate from *Ilu (the sky god), the sun goddess *Šamšu and the moon god *Warihhu. The Akkadian name for the moon god was Sîn. None of these use "el" or "la" as names for the sun and moon.

  Semetic root: l.v.h. or l.a.h. or l.v.h.a. = shine, lighten, see carefully and clearly.

  Derivatives:

  Greek root: λυκ (=light) > λυ'χνος, λυχνι'α, Λυκι'α, Λυ'καστος, Λυ'κτος, Λυκει'ος, Λυκι'ων, αμφιλυ'κη, λευ'σσω, λευκο'ς (=white), Λουκα'ς (=Luke)

  NOTE: [λυκο'φως* (= twilight ), λυκαυγε'ς, λυκα'βας] DO NOT COME FROM THE SAME ROOT AS ERRONEOUSLY MENTIONED IN DICTIONARIES.

  * λυκο'φως IS NOT λυκ + φως. λυκ= light φως=light. light + light ?! Even a 6th grader could understand this!

  Latin: lux, luceo, luna, lumen

  Goth: liuh-ath

  German: lioth, light

  Slavic: luca, luci

  Sanskrit: ruk, roke

  NOTE: I had to use apostr. for accents as accented Greek letters do not appear correct (at least in Firefox which I am using).
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  Look at these beautiful Buddhist principles - why would Jehovah kill anyone following this?

  by yadda yadda 2 in

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  check out these sublime buddhist mindfulness trainings by a famous buddhist monk.

  now why would this man or any adherent of such beautiful teachings be destroyed at armageddon?.

  (for some reason i can't cut and paste webpage addresses using google chrome.

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  Words, words, words...

  Buddhism is as much responsible for the bloodshed of millions as Christendom is-innocent people are killed because they are not Buddhists even today!

  F*** them all.
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  Apostates defeated once again.....

  by nananana in

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  2. beliefs

  before the mentally diseased apostates could get their hands on and dissect any information regarding the convention that hadn't been released to regular publishers/elders...the society released the district program on the official site completely and utterly slaying every single demented apostate on the face of the earth.

  now have fun dissecting it kiddos, while we big kids get a taste of solid, spiritual meet this summer.

  continue drowning in misery while god's people go on rejoicing and enduring these last days.

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  Instead of all this s***, can someone post the damn program here so we can make our guesses as to what will be the new publication-if there is going to be any.
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  Bethel - the house of the canaanite god El

  by mP in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  how ironic, that in hebrew the word for god is actually the name of a canaanite god el.

  ive recently been facinated by the etymology of word, particularly those in the bible.

  anyone can change the meanings or definition of words like we have witnessed with the generation, but the word itself cannot be changed.

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  Leolaia: Thanks for your little research. You actually proved that I am correct. Did you understand what you wrote? Once again thank you.

  mP: You mixed the bits of information. Try again.

  Servant: abd

  God: Al

  God's Servant: abd-al (Arabic: Abdoullah)

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  Gate: bab

  God: Al, El

  Gate of God: Bab-al, Bab-el. Greek/English: Babylon.

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  English: night

  Greek: nix

  Latin: nos

  Goth.: nahts

  Anc. Scandinavian: nott

  Slavic: nosti

  Sanscrit: nis

  from Semetic verb: naha which means: reach the end, reach the limit.
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  Scans of WT vs. bound volume: Paul saying work finished "by end of 20th century" changed to "in our time"

  by tomrobbins in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  hello, looking for the actual scans.... i have looked through the search function here on jwn but can't find the actual scans of the magazine that states something like: "paul said that this preaching work will be finished by the end of the 20th century" and then scans of the bound volume of that same issue where the wording is changed to something like: "paul said that the preaching work will be finished in our day".

  there are the direct quotes available in the jwn search but i'd really like to have the actual scans of the pages.. does anyone have the pdfs that they could post?.

  my jw mom was ripping on the mormons for changing their doctrine in printed word the other day... so this would be interesting to have on hand if she brings stuff like that up again.. thanks!.

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  Happiness book was writting something similar. So that time another young boy told me that he asked an elder to make sure that the end would come before 2000 and the elder confirmed it.
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  World Could End Soon (Oh, Crap)

  by metatron in

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  2. friends

  i hate gloom and doom but sadly..... http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-solar-storms-20120505,0,6214500.story?page=2&sc=7369001384796169482.

  this is no laughing matter.

  a major cme or flare could wipe out civilization by destroying power grids everywhere.. this is why i get so angry about global warming hysteria - there are far more serious threats that could emerge in months, not decades ahead.. i also understand that a small asteroid is scheduled to come breathtakingly close to hitting earth in two years.

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  ziddina: Thanks mini-dragon for correcting me! At least it is bigger than your fire spitting mouth.
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  Bethel - the house of the canaanite god El

  by mP in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  how ironic, that in hebrew the word for god is actually the name of a canaanite god el.

  ive recently been facinated by the etymology of word, particularly those in the bible.

  anyone can change the meanings or definition of words like we have witnessed with the generation, but the word itself cannot be changed.

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  NOLAW

  There are Semitic loanwords in Greek (especially via Phoenician) but Greek does not derive nor have its "roots" in Proto-Semitic. This perhaps sounds like another "crank" idea...

  Avail yourself with a proto Semetic dictionary. It is not simply a few words that were borrowed.

  Titans fought against the Olympian Gods (Ol-ympian or El). From the opposing mountains included rocks were thrown (βαλλω). Compare 1. With the struggle between the Semetic gods you already posted 2. With the etymology of Balearic Isles in wikipedia. If you don't put the bits together you will fail-as the wikipedia contributor did-to see the common root.

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  Now back to the theme:

  Why Beth-El?

  We already have these 'Semetic loanwords?' all over Europe:

  El-las (Greece)

  Al-bania

  Al-ps

  Ol-ympus

  Al-ba

  Al-bion (England)

  El-vetia (Switzerland)

  .... (the list is endless)

  Why didn't the WT use the term Bethyah? Why?
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  World Could End Soon (Oh, Crap)

  by metatron in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i hate gloom and doom but sadly..... http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-solar-storms-20120505,0,6214500.story?page=2&sc=7369001384796169482.

  this is no laughing matter.

  a major cme or flare could wipe out civilization by destroying power grids everywhere.. this is why i get so angry about global warming hysteria - there are far more serious threats that could emerge in months, not decades ahead.. i also understand that a small asteroid is scheduled to come breathtakingly close to hitting earth in two years.

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  Apart from fun, the super volcano of Santorini gives signals that an eruption may take place soon. Given the history of the volcano a super eruption might be the end of our modern civilization.