Hi
I was looking forward to meeting you at the apostacurry but it wasn't to be (for now)
Wow 5000 posts in a year!!!
It took me 5 years to hit 500
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Reflecting on a year of freedom
by fullofdoubtnow inthis is my 5000th post, and on wednesday it will be a year to the date since i was announced as no longer being one of jehovahs witnesses.
i sent my da letter a few weeks prior to that, but i suppose it became official when it was announced.
so i thought i'd look back on the last 12 months, and see where i am now compared to then.
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Something happened at church yesterday
by lovelylil inso my hubby wanted to go to church yesterday.
it was a non-denominational one in the town next to ours.
i went along because he feels he needs a church to attend to keep him on the right track.
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No.
Follow your instincts and try somewhere else.
Just PLEASE don't go down the "If that's what's church is like I'm never going again"
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Football Jokes
by Y I Man inthis one is realy bad!.
liverpool's new signings.
story off bbc news, the scousers are getting some new signings in: .
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LOL
yes that's terrible!
Our friends from across the pond won't have a clue who or what you're on about!
And Neville will never play for the Scousers (Everton don't count!!!) He's still a real Red.
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GREYS ANATOMY
by tijkmo inlove it..... not a big fan of medical dramas but this rocks.
just watched the bomb episode and had to look up the song that was played.... anna nalick...breathe (2 a.m.).
brill...thought you'd like to know .
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Hey I think we're a bit behind you.
Stop giving away the plot!
Tij
Another good track (practically unknown in the UK) was Kendall Payne's, Scratch. Played when she resusitated the old dear who wanted to be left to die.
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What proof is there that the JWs were chosen by Jehovah to be His people?
by VM44 inwhat proof is there that the jws were chosen by jehovah to be a "people for his name"?
growth in numbers is not proof, other religions also have displayed such growth over the last 100 years.. material prosperity is not proof as other religions also have considerable wealth, both in cash, property and real estate.. printing the watchtower and awake!
magazines certainly is not proof!.
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Lawrence.
Have they ever officially changed that ridiculous interpretation.
I don't know one single JW who didn't think saying the trumpet blasts corresponded to particular talks at a convention was ridiculous.
I vote that the single most stupid "fulfillment" they ever claimed
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What proof is there that the JWs were chosen by Jehovah to be His people?
by VM44 inwhat proof is there that the jws were chosen by jehovah to be a "people for his name"?
growth in numbers is not proof, other religions also have displayed such growth over the last 100 years.. material prosperity is not proof as other religions also have considerable wealth, both in cash, property and real estate.. printing the watchtower and awake!
magazines certainly is not proof!.
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They're the only ones called Jehovah's Witnesses
They are the only ones who use God's New World Translation.
They're the only ones who preach
The only ones who correctly discerned Christ's invisible return in 1914
The only ones who correctly identified that the generation of 1914 wouldn't pass away.
They are the only ones dispensing Food at the Proper Time.
The only ones who adhere to GOD'S standards on beards, suits and ties, length of hair and skirts.
The only ones with any moral standards
The only ones with love amongst themselves.
How much more do you want?
OOOH that was my 600th post
(Emo, I'm working, I'm working)
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The book of Revelation, the word of God, or one hell of a drug trip?
by free2beme inwhat more confusing and off the wall book in the bible, can there be, then the book of revelation.
it has all sort of odd things being talked about, all sorts of weird events that seem to only be connected when you twist the mind to the maximum of your imagination.
so many people, in religions, have tried to explain this off the wall book and yet refuse to face the fact that it might just be complete imagination of nonsense.
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Wrong bloke.
Ezekiel. 3 years or so laying on one side staring at a brick.
Then wheels within wheels and loads of strange creatures.
LSD.
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I'm Comin' Out...
by tall penguin inof the avatar closet, that is.
whatcha think?
:) tall penguin
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I'd have "come out" avatar wise ages ago if I had even then foggiest idea how to do it!!!
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What does the color of your car say about you?
by beautifulisfree in.
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http://ptenthusiasts.org/forum/showthread.php?t=55247.
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The three wise men
by Simon injust a thought.... looking through the greatest man book, something just occurred to me which i can't recall has ever been highlighted (but please correct me).. i always thought it a bit strange that jehovah allowed the three pagan astrologers to find jesus especially as they were obviously guided to him by satan's star (remember they were led to herod first who wanted to kill the messiah).
what purpose did it serve?.
well, a few pages earlier in tgm book, we see mary presenting a dove as a sin offering at the temple - this was the cheapest offering that was acceptable which must have meant that they were pretty poor at the time.. shortly after the three wise men visited the family had to flee to egypt when herod started to kill all the young boys in an attempt to kill jesus.. what would they need to travel and live as exiles for a couple of years?.
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I read a really interesting answer to this question a few years ago.
When Daniel was captive in Babylon he was made head over all the wise men by Nebuchadnezzer because he alone could interpret the dream about the image of various metals
The assumption is that as Prefect over the "wise men" Daniel actually taught them his beliefs and told them about some of the Jewish Messianic prophecies.
One of these was regarding the "Star"
So the astrologers, who were also astonomers, were aware of the prophecy concerning the appearance of the Messiah.
They said that they had seen the star and come to "Worship the King"
So the "wise men" were not pagan astrologers. They were believers. Descendants of Daniels contemporaries. Living in a foreign land.
I don't have the details to hand but I'll did them out and post them when I do.
They are found in a book by Arnold Fruchenbaum.
They make very interesting reading.