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  HELLO FOREVER!!!!

  by slipnslidemaster in

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  i, slipnslidemaster, declare myself king of the anti-whinites!!!!.

  i'm never leaving hahahahahahahahahahaha...........ad infinitum.

  see: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.asp?id=11494&site=3 .

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  Slip,

  CONGRADULATIONS!!!!

  I’m not a whiner either, but can’t declare myself Queen since I’m married and you already took the Kings’ position.
  I’m staying here too, even though I can’t be here as much as I’d like.
  Ranchette
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  The Rainbow Myth

  by Ranchette in

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  we've all heard the bibles' explanation of how the rainbow first appeared.

  now i not an expert in science but i believe rainbows have occured every since since light and moisture in the air have existed.. that would be way before the alledged global flood.. my dictionary describes a rainbow asan arch of prismatic colors found in the sky oposite the sun and caused by refraction, reflection and dispersion of light in raindrops.. my dictionary describes rain this way the condensed vapor.

  of the atmosphere falling in drops.. here's watchtowers definition of rain from the insite book page 728,. a vital part of the cycle by which water that rises into the atmosphereb as vapor from land and water surface of the globe and falls to the ground.....at an early point in the history of the preparation of the earth "god had not made it rain upon the earth "but" a mist would go up from the earth and it watered the entire surface of the ground.gen2:5,6;1:9-13. hmm,sounds like rain to me.. [b]ranchette

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  Alan,
  Hi!
  Thank you for showing up.I knew you had written wonderful info on this stuff but didn't know where to tell them to find it.I know I'm no good at explaining the technical stuff but I do think about these things and I'm sure others do too.So ,thanks a million!
  Ranchette
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  "Mire of atheism..."

  by Julie in

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  :i welcome those of your quality of character and refusal to sink into the mire of atheism or deep cynicism, .

  i found these words to be so interesting.

  i have seen posts (albeit few) that discuss the bible and whether or not it is of god.

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  I'm with ya Julie!
  I've come too these same conclusions.Like you said it's wasn't easy either.This is not what we wanted. We tried to make belief in the bible work, but found it to be like fitting a round peg in a square hole!
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  The Rainbow Myth

  by Ranchette in

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  we've all heard the bibles' explanation of how the rainbow first appeared.

  now i not an expert in science but i believe rainbows have occured every since since light and moisture in the air have existed.. that would be way before the alledged global flood.. my dictionary describes a rainbow asan arch of prismatic colors found in the sky oposite the sun and caused by refraction, reflection and dispersion of light in raindrops.. my dictionary describes rain this way the condensed vapor.

  of the atmosphere falling in drops.. here's watchtowers definition of rain from the insite book page 728,. a vital part of the cycle by which water that rises into the atmosphereb as vapor from land and water surface of the globe and falls to the ground.....at an early point in the history of the preparation of the earth "god had not made it rain upon the earth "but" a mist would go up from the earth and it watered the entire surface of the ground.gen2:5,6;1:9-13. hmm,sounds like rain to me.. [b]ranchette

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  Waiting,
  I'm sorry,I didn't mean to imply that I thought that you bought into that explanation.
  Thanks for helping me to drive my point home here.

  Karen,
  Thanks for your input too.
  I had already thought of the volcanos but not the tec. plates.
  Ranchette
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  The Rainbow Myth

  by Ranchette in

  1. jw
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  we've all heard the bibles' explanation of how the rainbow first appeared.

  now i not an expert in science but i believe rainbows have occured every since since light and moisture in the air have existed.. that would be way before the alledged global flood.. my dictionary describes a rainbow asan arch of prismatic colors found in the sky oposite the sun and caused by refraction, reflection and dispersion of light in raindrops.. my dictionary describes rain this way the condensed vapor.

  of the atmosphere falling in drops.. here's watchtowers definition of rain from the insite book page 728,. a vital part of the cycle by which water that rises into the atmosphereb as vapor from land and water surface of the globe and falls to the ground.....at an early point in the history of the preparation of the earth "god had not made it rain upon the earth "but" a mist would go up from the earth and it watered the entire surface of the ground.gen2:5,6;1:9-13. hmm,sounds like rain to me.. [b]ranchette

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  editid because of double posting.
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  Do Not Call List

  by anglise in

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  do not call list.

  an ex-jw in the uk has come up with a brainwave!!.

  he canvassed his local area and came up with a signed list of several thousand householders who did not wish to be called on again by jehovahs witnesses.. this list was then handed to the local congregations and the london bethel who were then obliged to list all those households as do not calls.. has anyone else tried this?

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  Wow,what a neat idea.
  If I remember correctly we were told that the "do not calls" would be called on once a year or six months to see if that is still their wish.Also because people move.So they will still tick people off.
  Could you imagine the stress this would put on the car capton,not only trying to read those terrible little maps but trying to figure which homes to call on!
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  The Rainbow Myth

  by Ranchette in

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  we've all heard the bibles' explanation of how the rainbow first appeared.

  now i not an expert in science but i believe rainbows have occured every since since light and moisture in the air have existed.. that would be way before the alledged global flood.. my dictionary describes a rainbow asan arch of prismatic colors found in the sky oposite the sun and caused by refraction, reflection and dispersion of light in raindrops.. my dictionary describes rain this way the condensed vapor.

  of the atmosphere falling in drops.. here's watchtowers definition of rain from the insite book page 728,. a vital part of the cycle by which water that rises into the atmosphereb as vapor from land and water surface of the globe and falls to the ground.....at an early point in the history of the preparation of the earth "god had not made it rain upon the earth "but" a mist would go up from the earth and it watered the entire surface of the ground.gen2:5,6;1:9-13. hmm,sounds like rain to me.. [b]ranchette

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  Waiting,
  Interesting explanation.
  In this possible explanation are you saying that rainbows could have existed all along but just couldn’t be seen until the canopy or barrier was removed and sunlight could then reach the earth?
  Even if this were true it still wouldn’t agree with the Bibles’ story that explains the rainbow as a miracle, gift, sign, or message from God. The Bibles’ story seems very misleading to me when the laws of science were put into motion way before the flood was supposed to have occurred.
  Man can use these very laws of science to reproduce prisms of light and other things to explain this phenomenon.
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  WHAT ON EARTH???? and random thoughts

  by VeniceIT in

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  i guess i can't leave you people alone for 4 weeks eh???

  all hell broke lose!!!!.

  i have no idea what is going on, apparenlty some are leaving for h2o and i don't have time to read all the threads.

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  Hi Venice!
  Welcome back to this wild and crazy board!
  I'll let the others fill you in because I'm still sorting it out myself.I bet you'll get mor than one take on it all.
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  Blood

  by radar in

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  having once been a public talks co-ordinator.. it was a source of bewilderment to me why no public talks were given on the subject of blood!.

  of all the public talk outlines i had to assign to speakers, none were on that subject.. now considering that j.ws are known to the outside world by two things, namely door knocking and refusal of blood tranfusions.

  it seemed strange that that there was not one public talk outline on that subject.. the only time we got a talk on it, was when i invited a local hospital liason elder to give a talk in our congregation.

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  That is strange,I had never noticed that before.
  Maybe it was because the public talk is when studies and the newly interested would normally attend and they wanted to keep the controversial subjects at a minimum for them?
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  The Rainbow Myth

  by Ranchette in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  we've all heard the bibles' explanation of how the rainbow first appeared.

  now i not an expert in science but i believe rainbows have occured every since since light and moisture in the air have existed.. that would be way before the alledged global flood.. my dictionary describes a rainbow asan arch of prismatic colors found in the sky oposite the sun and caused by refraction, reflection and dispersion of light in raindrops.. my dictionary describes rain this way the condensed vapor.

  of the atmosphere falling in drops.. here's watchtowers definition of rain from the insite book page 728,. a vital part of the cycle by which water that rises into the atmosphereb as vapor from land and water surface of the globe and falls to the ground.....at an early point in the history of the preparation of the earth "god had not made it rain upon the earth "but" a mist would go up from the earth and it watered the entire surface of the ground.gen2:5,6;1:9-13. hmm,sounds like rain to me.. [b]ranchette

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  We've all heard the Bibles' explanation of how the rainbow first appeared. Now I not an expert in science but I believe rainbows have occured every since since light and moisture in the air have existed.
  That would be way before the alledged global flood.
  My dictionary describes a rainbow asan arch of prismatic colors found in the sky oposite the sun and caused by refraction, reflection and dispersion of light in raindrops.
  My dictionary describes rain this way The condensed vapor
  of the atmosphere falling in drops.

  Here's Watchtowers definition of rain from the Insite book page 728,
  A vital part of the cycle by which water that rises into the atmosphereb as vapor from land and water surface of the globe and falls to the ground.....at an early point in the history of the preparation of the earth "God had not made it rain upon the earth "but" a mist would go up from the earth and it watered the entire surface of the ground.Gen2:5,6;1:9-13

  Hmm,sounds like rain to me.
  [b]Ranchette