Topics Started by never a jw

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Then Is Finished The Mystery Of God!--PDF--+QB
by Atlantis in
1. watchtower
2. bible
qb= question booklet.. abaddon means "a bad one".

apollyon means "satan the devil", finished mystery.

now jw's are taught the abaddon & apollyon are jesus christ.
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The 144,000 and the Great Crowd of Revelation
by Leolaia in
1. watchtower
2. bible
8-11; ch.

as in ch.

like the "great crowd", they are "of every race, language, people, and nation (cf.
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The facts on crucifixion, stauros, and the "torture stake"
by Leolaia in
1. watchtower
2. bible
finally, i will look at biblical and patristic evidence bearing on the crucifixion of jesus in particular.

we need to examine the earliest known descriptions of the kind of crucifixion adopted by the romans and the specific terms they used to refer to it.

apparently the society believes that crux still meant "stake" in the second century a.d., when tacitus composed his annals.
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The status of women in early Christianity
by Leolaia in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the watchtower society maintains a very strict gender dichotomy in its organization.

this is news to no one.

although men -- in many cases, unqualified men -- are expected to reach for advancement within local congregations (e.g.
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Your Most DREADED Dub Word
by GetBusyLiving in
1. social
2. current
i wanna hear the word that made you either physically nauseous or burst out in uncontrolable laughter.

please demonstrate it in a sentence as well.

mine was 'enthused' (my fingers were shaking as i typed).
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Rutherford Exposed: The Story of Berta and Bonnie
by Farkel in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
it was made by a women who in later years wore crotchless panties and bras which had holes in the nipple areas.

he not only knew the woman in question (she's now deceased), he has met her numerous times.

up until recently this secret of her year's long sexual affair with rutherford was kept by the family.
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Holy mountains in Canaanite myth and the Bible
by Leolaia in
1. watchtower
2. bible
baal's mountain: mount casius

baal's mountain was biblical zaphon, known in ugaritic as sapan, in hittite and hurrian as mount hazzi, in akkadian as ba'lisapuna, in greek and latin as casius (< kasios), and in modern arabic as jebel 'el-aqra', which stands at a height of 5,660 ft. about 25 miles north of ras shamra and 2.5 miles from the coast.

i will climb to the top of thunderclouds, i will rival elyon ('l'wn).
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Reasons To Believe (Dr. Hugh Ross)
by stevieb1 in
1. jw
2. experiences
is everyone familiar with dr. hugh ross and his organization reasons to believe?

i have learned much from this ministry.. hugh ross is a trained scientist and pastor who specialises in marrying the bible with science (both of which are records of truth).

he has an msc and phd in astronomy and was a post-doctoral fellow with the california institute of technology.
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Joseph Rutherford and Burlesque
by Amazing in
1. jw
2. friends
no one really expects 'perfection' of their fellow humans, even of those in high station.

our past president, bill clinton certainly demonstrated that men in high station can and do give into acts that are not accepted by the public at large.

likewise, i doubt anyone expects that joseph rutherford would be perfect, but we would expect that as a human, he had his ways.. what about "true" spiritual leaders?
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She was a fine sister
by silentlambs in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
she was a fine sister with a history that went back six generations with jehovahs witnesses.

her family boasted well over 1000 jw family members, many of which had high station within the organization.

this proud heritage was marred by another fact in the familys history this sister had not disclosed.