It's called "framing the issue/argument." See my post and included link here (off site).
Posts by Bobcat
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24Why doesn't the wt discuss the real reason many partake?
by nowwhat? init has nothing to do about feeling chosen or ruling in heaven, but rather many feel it's a command for all christians, that by partaking you are accepting christ as their saviour!
john 6-.
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What's up with old geezers in the Bible?
by eyeuse2badub inwhat the hell is the problem with the famous “men of old” in the bible?
for some strange reason those old geezers (and some not so old) could not recognize who they were screwing?.
my wife was listening to this week’s bible reading about jacob, laban, and the sisters leah, and rachael.
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Bobcat
. . . through the Moabite Boaz, it brings the line of David through Lot.
Actually, I believe it was Ruth, the wife of Boaz, who was the Moabite. The non-Israelite Rahab was also part of the lineage of the Messiah.
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Bread and wine
by road to nowhere inwe are told to have the emblems this year.
no fortified wine or boones farm.
that suits me as i like real wine.
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Bobcat
I'm curious and not too knowledgeable about wine. What is 'fortified wine'? And where does the Bible say anything about what or how the Israelites made wine?
If I understand correctly, wine was not specifically mentioned as part of the Passover. (Although I do understand it was not abnormal to have it at the dinner table.)
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What's up with old geezers in the Bible?
by eyeuse2badub inwhat the hell is the problem with the famous “men of old” in the bible?
for some strange reason those old geezers (and some not so old) could not recognize who they were screwing?.
my wife was listening to this week’s bible reading about jacob, laban, and the sisters leah, and rachael.
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Bobcat
The two children born to Lot and his daughters were named Moab and Ben-Ammi. They became the forefathers to the Moabites and Ammonites, two of Israel's long time enemies.
It could be that the writer of the account (Moses?) included it for the purpose of explaining the origins of these two peoples.
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What's up with old geezers in the Bible?
by eyeuse2badub inwhat the hell is the problem with the famous “men of old” in the bible?
for some strange reason those old geezers (and some not so old) could not recognize who they were screwing?.
my wife was listening to this week’s bible reading about jacob, laban, and the sisters leah, and rachael.
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Bobcat
This article may help explain things, both from Jacob's point of view as well as the writer of the account and why he wrote the account the way he did.
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The Canadian WTS worth.
by Lost in the fog inhow much is the wts in canada worth?
they don't audit their own accounts properly says the charity investigators, but in 2017 they had millions in their bank account.
https://charityintelligence.ca/charity-details/40-watch-tower-and-tract-society-of-canada .
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Bobcat
A little further down in the text it has "Bible" in the corporate name. It might have just been a typo or abbreviating on the part of the non-JW writing the article.
A little further down is a section entitled, "Salary Information." Under that is a line, "Full Time Staff," for which they list "0" (zero). This is the equivalent of WT claiming that the elders are clergy in court, but telling the R&F that they have no clergy. To the R&F, "full time" is a standard of prestige. Everyone at the Bethels are "full-time." But to the auditors, 'No, sorry, we don't have any full-time workers.'
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Name 3 Movies You Have Seen At Least 3 Times
by minimus ingoodfellas.
one flew over the cuckoos nest.
casino.
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Bobcat
Some of the ones already mentioned, so I'll include:
Firefox
The Enemy Below
Signs
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Are we talking about the Corona Virus?
by DATA-DOG inif you haven’t watched the joe rogan podcast dealing with this virus, you should.. i’m wondering if the deluded gb will continue to schedule meetings of large groups of dubs.
they shouldn’t and neither should any other churches.. i can only cringe as i imagine groups of people coming together at mega-churches and conventions and conferences ( if you’re pentecostal ) and infecting each other while believing they are safe.. be smart everyone.
be informed.. dd.
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Bobcat
The one thing the letter said was that none of these cancellations applies to the regional conventions. The WT has too much money to gain by keeping them. Too bad for the people that 'have' to attend.
It lays bare any claim to want to protect the sheep. Everybody is supposed to have self-sacrificing love, except the leaders. They do what's best for themselves.
Fortunately, the world will probably come to the JWs rescue and cancel them anyways.
I also have a problem with 150 people sharing/handling 3 or 4 wine cups. On the good side, I think wine is somewhat of a disinfectant. But the glass of the cup isn't.
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What is the benefit of God's Kingdom?
by Half banana inwhat is the benefit of god's kingdom?.
the watchtower said when it started out in 1879 that god's kingdom had already arrived in heaven in 1874 and that its work would be complete by 1914. .
with heroic slogans of "destroying the kings of the earth" and "all enemies of christ the king" etc by 1914, "god fearing" humankind was to have been restored to prelapsarian innocence and the earth to a global edenic paradise.
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This is how crazy it gets!!!!!!!!
by ZindagiNaMilegiDobaara ini ask you all would anyone of you throw a party and have everyone atttending just to look at the refreshments?
would you invite people to a meal only to not be allowed to eat?.
absurd you say!.
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