That would make him part of the "John Class".
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The Heavenly Toilet
by drew sagan ini think i have come across the most sarcastic and moronic article i have ever read in the watcttower magazine.
just check this out: .
*** w63 4/15 p. 238 identifying the resurrected ***.
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Judge's Decision on JWs Stir Up Jews
by Kenneson ina judge in israel has ruled that the haifa convention center must rent space to jehovah's witnesses because it offers its goods and service to the public.
it cannot discriminate because of religious beliefs.
the ruling has been ratified by the attorney general's office.
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RunningMan
So, if I invited the public to a Satanist recruitment drive, and wanted to rent a kingdom hall, I guess they couldn't stop me, could they?
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Canadians - Watch National Post
by Uzzah inon either saturday or monday for a very powerful article regarding the jw's.. more to follow.
uzzah.
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RunningMan
Tremendous placement - right on the front page.
I would have to say that the article treated the issue very carefully. It did not lambaste them like the Toronto Star did last week. However, the reference to being offered daughters should have caught a few eyes, and categorized them along with the most inbred of the Mormons.
The public views this issue very negatively. There is probably nothing that JWs can do that would assassinate their reputation more than denying medical treatment to children. And yet they keep doing it. Whenever an article like this gets printed, their popularity drops another point (it now stands at negative 1,567,985).
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RunningMan
My son has Crohn's disease. He had surgery when he was 14. We live just down the road from Winnipeg - well 350 miles down the road, but close enough.
At the time, we were still JWs although not exactly exemplary. When the nurse asked us if we would accept blood or if there was any religious objection to medical treatments, my wife and I were in different places. I told the nurse that we would not accept blood, but if it became necessary, ask us again. She got the picture quite clearly.
Last year, my son had another surgery. This time he was 18, and filled out the form himself. He elected to accept blood if necessary.
In both cases, it was not required.
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Anyone from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area?
by AuldSoul inplease pm me if you would like to meet up.. auldsoul.
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RunningMan
Not there myself, but I have cousins in Harrisburg.
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I walked out in the middle of the Watchtower Study yesterday............
by RULES & REGULATIONS ini'm down to 1 meeting per week and that is even becoming difficult to attend.i read blondie's excellent reviews of the weekly watchtower study and that keeps my sanity when reading the weekly study.
yesterday,i walked out in the middle of the study and went home because of some comments that were made after the reading of paragraph 5.here is blondie's study article and one comment that was made at the meeting.. .
clearly, jesus was concerned that his followers too could become distracted by satan's world, even to the point that they might "return to the things behind.
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RunningMan
There is a word for those faithless brothers of 1914 and 1975 who thought that the end was not near. Today, we refer to them as being.... RIGHT.
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The Truth About the "German" Christmas Pickle Tradition
by GermanXJW inwhen i was recently in the us, i was asked if it was true that we put a pickle/cucumber in our christmas tree for the kids to search for.. the answer was: no, and hardly anyone in germany has ever heard about that custom.. the truth is that some people from the us do this believing it to be a german tradition.
believe me, it is not.. here is a report on the origin (seems to be a clever marketing idea):.
http://german.about.com/library/blgermyth11.htm.
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RunningMan
A very old Christmas eve tradition in Germany was to hide a pickle deep in the...
I've been trying to convince my wife for years that she should let me hide the pickle on Christmas eve.
Actually, this is very easily explained. You see, "pickle" is the German word for "candy cane". It's a very easy mistake to make, kind of like the German origin of the word "smurf".
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It's official... Richland, Washington... here we come!
by Bryan inwe finally made the decision last night... though we will miss our ex's in texas... we are headed to washington.. for those who are not familiar with washington, richland is not green and wet like the seattle area, but more like an arid dessert.
the are does have some of the best school averages in the country.. we'll be there next month.
any kingdom halls there?.
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RunningMan
I had KFC in Pasco, once. It was good, but kind of greasy. Hope that helps.
As for Kingdom Halls, isn't Tri-City arena home to a series of district conventions every year?
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Grand Canyon / Sedona
by sandy inmy fiance and i visited the grand canyon and sedona last weekend and i was deeply impressed.
i'd never been to either place before then.. the grand canyon was so unreal!
it was snowing there which was just beautiful!
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RunningMan
I spent a week at Enchantment Resort at Sedona a few years back. The scenery (and the resort) were truly spectacular. And, the grand canyon isn't too bad either. I'm still amazed that the temp on the floor of the canyon was 120, while at the top it was actually a bit cool. I also took the Grand Canyon Railway trip on the way in.
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Carbon Dating Question... sort of...
by LtCmd.Lore inok, first of all i would like to point out that i don't fall for the lousy story of the canopy being over the earth before the flood, thus nullifying any carbon dating that dates back more that 5000 years.
but the witnesses do, so therefore it may become neccasary to confront them on it.. so here's the question.
and it may seem like a stupid one to anyone who knows anything about the subject: if there was a canopy of water covering the earth interfering with the radiation... wouldn't it reduce the amount of radiation reaching the surface, therefore making the carbon atoms degradate at a slower pace instead of faster?
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RunningMan
The canopy would have no impact at all on the rate of decay. It could conceivably alter the amount of carbon 14 ions in the original speciman. With an unknown starting point, we would be unable to accurately determine the time lapse.
Carbon dating works like this: all living things have a certain amount of carbon 14 ion, which is caused by eating organic things that have been bombarded by the suns rays. If we find a dead speciman, measure the carbon 14 that is left, then calculate backwards using the half life, we can determine how many years have passed since it died.
However, a canopy thick enough to produce the flood would prevent light from reaching the earth, making life impossible. It would also produce air pressure high enough to flatten us like pancakes, and a host of other problems.
Carbon dating can be calibrated by comparing it to other forms of dating (tree rings, ice core samples, etc), indicating that the scenario presented by creationists did not happen.