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  Changing your profile name

  by wizzstick in

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  2. tech-support

  hi all,.

  quick question - is it pssible to change your profile name?.

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  FadeToBlack

  Good question. I'd like to change mine to 2370.
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  Major goof in the Sept 1 WT article on Babel and the origin of languages

  by marmot in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just wanted to point out something that another poster brought up in the thread on the agm rumours, the writing department included a photo of a cuneiform tablet in their article on the origin of languages with a caption that states it is from 3000 bc.

  this would pre-date the global flood myth and the fanciful tower of babel story altogether, hah!.

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  FadeToBlack

  @Shirley: that's where I thought you were heading... I feel like a third wheel. Carry on. I need to dig up all the old threads about Job now. Thanks.
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  Major goof in the Sept 1 WT article on Babel and the origin of languages

  by marmot in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just wanted to point out something that another poster brought up in the thread on the agm rumours, the writing department included a photo of a cuneiform tablet in their article on the origin of languages with a caption that states it is from 3000 bc.

  this would pre-date the global flood myth and the fanciful tower of babel story altogether, hah!.

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  FadeToBlack

  Shirley, when was Job written? I seem to recall some earlier threads that suggest from the langauge that it was actually one of the oldest texts. Certainly not Hebrew. But yes, I get the whole 'sphere/circle' thing.
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  Major goof in the Sept 1 WT article on Babel and the origin of languages

  by marmot in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just wanted to point out something that another poster brought up in the thread on the agm rumours, the writing department included a photo of a cuneiform tablet in their article on the origin of languages with a caption that states it is from 3000 bc.

  this would pre-date the global flood myth and the fanciful tower of babel story altogether, hah!.

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  FadeToBlack

  Ok. So we are all good. My apologies...
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  Major goof in the Sept 1 WT article on Babel and the origin of languages

  by marmot in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just wanted to point out something that another poster brought up in the thread on the agm rumours, the writing department included a photo of a cuneiform tablet in their article on the origin of languages with a caption that states it is from 3000 bc.

  this would pre-date the global flood myth and the fanciful tower of babel story altogether, hah!.

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  FadeToBlack

  And I don't see anything pedantic about what GoodStein pointed out. He was just stating the facts. Aren't we all interested in what is true and what is not?

  Just added: my mistake to assume Goodstein is male.
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  Major goof in the Sept 1 WT article on Babel and the origin of languages

  by marmot in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just wanted to point out something that another poster brought up in the thread on the agm rumours, the writing department included a photo of a cuneiform tablet in their article on the origin of languages with a caption that states it is from 3000 bc.

  this would pre-date the global flood myth and the fanciful tower of babel story altogether, hah!.

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  FadeToBlack

  If you are interested in Sumeria, take a look at the book: The Sumerians, Their History, Culture and Character by Samuel Noah Kramer. He includes an interesting aside regarding a possible connection between the name 'Shem' and Sumer by his teacher and colleague Arno Poebel published (and largely ignored) in the American Journal Of Semetic languages in 1941. It starts on page 297. He was curious given their pre-eminence and influence at the time, why there is no mention of them in the bible.

  My own thought was that it was just more evidence that the Hebrew scriptures were written long after everyone had forgotten that the Sumerians even existed.
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  Do Witnesses Have Any Aspirations Anymore?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  when i was a kid, my family wanted me to reach out for any type of "privilege", whether it be cleaning the rest room or being an attendant.

  obviously, reaching out to be a ministerial servant and elder were high on the list.. since college was a no no, we were to aspire to be something within the congregation.. i wonder if anyone aspires to be anything in the organization, at this point in time..

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  FadeToBlack

  I think a lot of them would like to win the lottery. Indirectly of course (ahem) since they are not allowed to participate. But if Aunt Bess were to win, surely she would like to shower a bit of cash our way, right? Unless of course we were shunning her since she no longer accepted every bit of drivel from the GB.
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  Major goof in the Sept 1 WT article on Babel and the origin of languages

  by marmot in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  just wanted to point out something that another poster brought up in the thread on the agm rumours, the writing department included a photo of a cuneiform tablet in their article on the origin of languages with a caption that states it is from 3000 bc.

  this would pre-date the global flood myth and the fanciful tower of babel story altogether, hah!.

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  FadeToBlack

  There is so much wrong with that article, I don't even know where to begin. But let's throw this out there for a start.

  If everyone before the event was speaking the same language (according to JW history this has to be sometime after 2370BC(E)) and the idea behind this was to thwart mankinds attempts to advance, how could a new group speaking Egyptian build the great pyramids before Abraham got there?
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  Discussion w/ Wife: I Welcome Your Suggestions

  by breakfast of champions in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  so these last few wts have definitely eroded my wife's faith in the org.

  she is definitely seeing the bs, and i even overheard her talking openly about it to a family member.

  good for her!.

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  FadeToBlack

  I thought Jesus said the identifying mark of true christains (his followers/disciples) would be the evident love among themselves (John 13:35). He didn't mention anything about an organized preaching work or doctrinal viewpoint about war.
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  OMG Have you seen this?? This site is sooo hysterical. It reminds me of The Onion, but for exJW's

  by noni1974 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://jehovahstrumpet.com.

  i read the cat baptisim article and i doubled over laughing.

  one time when i was a kid i asked why my kitty couldn't go to the kh with us and my mom told me that animals were perfect and didn't need to go to the kh.. .

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  FadeToBlack

  I sure reads like a former poster from here that used to do the QFR thing. He had the WT style down pat. SD-7?