Posts by Prognoser

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Do you think our society is on the verge of collapsing?

by jam in

not to sound like the gloom and doom cult we were apart,.

but are we heading for an collapse in our society?.

iam sure we all are familiar with the signs that bring about.

Prognoser

Steve2, longevity may have increased, although I have doubts about that claim, but disease and cancer is on the rise. So, yes, you may live to 80 or 90, but it will accompany more suffering from the proliferation of diseases and cancer.

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She refused to Return His Calls After a First Date, Then in Rage, He Rants Out, Very Revealing

by Scott77 in

nb: this is internet re-post lindsay mannering's article.

enjoy reading.

comments (538)|likes (81)if ever there was a reason to hide under the covers with a box of wine and swear off menfor good, this might be it.

Prognoser

Prog, really, get some therapy. Your fixation with other people's sex life is disturbing.

Maybe I can get psychoanalyzed and told that I suffer from pathology and authoritarian behaviour at the hands of my Christian beliefs. Why, didn't you know, morality is a conspiracy by the Church to repress everyone's sexuality and turn them into heartless fascists.

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She refused to Return His Calls After a First Date, Then in Rage, He Rants Out, Very Revealing

by Scott77 in

nb: this is internet re-post lindsay mannering's article.

enjoy reading.

comments (538)|likes (81)if ever there was a reason to hide under the covers with a box of wine and swear off menfor good, this might be it.

Prognoser

Cagefighter, I wonder if a woman of the 1950s would ever dare to cut a guy off like that. Would similar actions, by the guy, have been considered courting back then?

First sign of evasiveness, I split. This is why.

Is it me, or is there an epidemic of flaky women—and men—out there?

Poor guy just had enough. Part of the break down between men and women is men don't feel respected anymore.

You can thank the sexual liberation movement for that.

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She refused to Return His Calls After a First Date, Then in Rage, He Rants Out, Very Revealing

by Scott77 in

nb: this is internet re-post lindsay mannering's article.

enjoy reading.

comments (538)|likes (81)if ever there was a reason to hide under the covers with a box of wine and swear off menfor good, this might be it.

Prognoser

I think one of the reasons men want feedback even after a dud date is so they can learn what not to do in the future. (Sadly, dating doesn't come naturally to all men)

This guy has good grammar and punctuation at least!

I wonder how many times the two of them checked their personal electronic devices during the date.

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The WT likes to point out faults of Papacy

by bobld in

the wt will do endless research on the r.c.c and the faults of popes.as can be.

seen in their publication.. are not the popes and the r.cc.

humans and will make mistakes.. is it any different from god's choosen nation and all the kings and .

Prognoser

Is there a growing sense of sympathy for Catholicism among Jdubs that anyone is noticing?

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Is it possible to compare the Elders Manual to the Mishnah (early Talmud)?

by I_love_Jeff in

mark 7:13 thus you nullify the word of god by your tradition that you have handed down.

and you do many things like that.

" read mark 7:1-13 for further details.. .

Prognoser

I just downloaded the Elders book through bit torrent. Will see what I can find.

Wow, it's also available at Wikileaks! http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Jehovah's_Witnesses_Elders'_manual:_Pay_Attention_to_Yourselves_and_All_the_Flock_(1991)

Here is the direct download at Wikileaks: http://wlstorage.net/file/pay-attention-to-yourselves-and-all-the-flock-1991.pdf (This one is from 1991)

The one on Bit Torrent is from 2010: http://thepiratebay.tn/thepiratebay.se/torrent/6330100/jehovah_s_witnesses_power_pack

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Why didn't God disfellowship Jesus for breaking the laws of the Talmud?

by I_love_Jeff in

jesus loathed the talmud and broke as many of its laws as he could on any occasion that presented itself.

so if jesus broke the laws of the talmud, wouldn't he have been disfellowshipped if he did the same thing to the watchtower.

a jehovah's witness can be disfellowshipped or disassociated if he/she breaks this rule in the elder's manual: rebellion against jehovah's organization.. what say you?.

Prognoser

So Christ condemned the traditions of the Mishnah (early Talmud) and those who taught it (Scribes and Pharisees), because the Talmud nullifies the teachings of the Holy Bible. So the modern day Pharisees (Jehovah's Witnesses) have their own compact version of the Mishnah which is the Elder's rule book? Perhaps we can find some similar points made in both books (THe Mishnah and Elders Book?

I_love_Jeff, you are correct.

I don't know if you could say that fairly, since 'nullifies' is a rather strong word. The oral laws were are attempt to comply or spell out the principles found in the Torah into specifics (as were dietary laws, kashrut, etc), but things get lost in translation sometimes in law where the "rubber meets the road".

King Solomon, I like how you pretend the Talmud is merely supplementary to the Torah SheBitchtav.

Amont the three levels of study in Judaism, the Bible (Torah SheBichtav) is the lowest form. The next best is the Mishnah. The highest is the Babylonian Talmud (the Germara). The Mishnah makes up the formative writings of Judaism founded on the Oral Law (Torah Shebeal Peh) of the first century A.D. Pharisees which Jesus confronted in His lifetime. As you can see, in Judaism the Torah can refer to either the Pentateuch (five Books of Moses contained in the Christian Bible) as well as the more authoritative Talmud (non-Biblical). There is a big difference between the two, and contrary to what King Solomon is saying, the Talmud has the most authority in Judaism and is not merely a spelling out of principles found in Torah SheBichtav. The Talmud contains huge amounts of laws and practices completely absent from and unrelated to laws in the Bible.

If someone presents you with "The Torah", ask them which one it is. They will probably be surprised you know there is more than one.

As far as the Kabbalah is concerned, consider that it is sometimes claimed that the Zohar (principal work of the Kabbalah) is not a basis for rabbinic law. However:

Not only did the author of the Shulchan Aruch not guard himself against the influence of the Kabbalah, he listened to it willingly as far as a great hahakhic scholar like him could reconcile his views with it. —Y. Katz, Jalahah ve-Kabbalah (Jerusalem, 1983), p. 76.

Additionally,

Rabbi Steinsaltz said that Kabbalah, despite a mystical and esoteric nature that's shrouded in mystery, is 'part of the Torah in the same way Talmud is part of the Torah.' —David Lazarus, Canadian Jewish News, Nov. 7, 2007.

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Watchtower magic?

by perfect1 in

at the risk of extending the illuminati thread, does anyone know about enochian magic and the watchtowers?.

http://www.golden-dawn.org/enochianintro.htm.

a harlot and a wild beast!.

Prognoser

Very likely, metatron. Freemasonry is a similar mishmash of beliefs, repackaged as some secret knowledge only the very intelligent can acquire through obedience to their superiors. The occult is all smoke and mirrors as far as I am concerned. Didn't the Bible say that many would be taken in by "lying signs and wonders"? As well as Lucifer appearing as an angel of light?

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