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  Cannabis & priestly anointing oil ?

  by El blanko in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hi there fellow students .... a quick question for you all.

  do you know whether in the temple arrangement, the anointing oil used contained flower heads from the cannabis plant?

  there appears to be evidence that suggests that the word kineboisin refers to the plant.

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  Sargon

  Cannabis has been widely used in many societies throughout history. Modern men are the only ones I know who have actually outlawed it's use. It wouldn't surprise me at all to find out that the ancient Jews used it in their temple. However SS it sounds like Saul was more likely under the influence of cocaine.
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  Any Swiss here?

  by flower in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm doing a whirlwind visit to zurich in mid march and since i wont have much time i'm looking for suggestions and insider tips on how a foreigner can get the most out of a 4-5 day visit.

  the trip is work related but most of my time will be free.

  i'm so tempted to take a few extra days and hop over to italy since i'll be so close but i dont think it will be financially feasable.

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  Flower...They're probably too neutral to get involved with this board.
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  michael jacksons invitation to neverland ranch

  by Narek in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  invitation to neverland given out yesterday.

  http://www.pf0604.co.uk/jackson_index.html.

  this link now works, sorry

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  Narek,

  That link just get's me to 'page cannot be found'. However sounds like an invitation we'd all want our children to accept...not.
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  The Dark Tower, a prison without bars

  by freeman in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  three days ago i was chit-chatting with my wife about the impending cold weather and snowstorm forecasted to hit our area when the conversation unexpectedly turned a bit negative.

  she made the statement that they might cancel the meeting if the roads become too dangerous, i replied that they just might but really if she went to the meeting or not, the decision was up to her based on her best judgment.

  her retort was to the effect of not to tell her what to do and that she would go to the meeting if she wanted to.

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  I can remember the odd book study cancelled, but I don't ever remember a cancelled meeting. I remember going to one meeting after nearly 18" of snow and most of the rest of the others showed up. We were a fairly rural congregation, some people having to drive up to 15 miles.
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  North American Cold Snap: How Cold Is It Where You Are?

  by RAYZORBLADE in

  1. social
  2. current

  brrr!

  it's cold in toronto tonight/this a.m. - i believe it went as low as -26c (minus 26 celsius) .

  it was pretty freakin' cold.

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  When I got up this morning (The Hammer Ontario) it was -23, they said -35 with the wind chill factor. I went back to bed
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  All Time FAVORITE Singer Or Band

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  who or what is your all time favorite singer or band?

  even if you never saw them, if you could---you'd spend big bucks to see them.

  i love anita baker.

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  Who can forget... The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

  or Nine Days Wonder???

  The Velvet Underground

  Iggy and the Stooges
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  Demolishing an aspect of the JW's explanation for evil

  by logansrun in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  part of the watchtower's response to theodicy -- the problem of why an omniscient, all-loving god would allow evil -- is that adam and eve were given free will and chose to exercise their right to disobey god, hence bringing sin, evil and death into the world through their genes (of course the genome has been mapped and no evidence whatosever for that idea is established, but i digress).

  let's look at this problem of evil a little more closely.

  a common objection to the jws is "why didn't god just create adam and eve so that they would not sin and, hence, there would be no evil?

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  God has both free will and will not -- indeed, cannot -- do evil.

  That's because he defines what is good and evil. It's a good act to smash Philistine babies skulls against rocks, or to commit an indignity to a corpse (ie harvesting their foreskins for Jehovah).
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  What is heaven like?

  by greatteacher in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  when i was a jehovah's witness i believed only 144,000 people were going to heaven, so i am curious about what others feel about heaven.

  this question is for those who believe in heaven.

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  Sargon

  In heaven there ain't no beer!! Sounds alot like Saudi Arabia to me.
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  MAPLE LEAFS WIN STANLEY CUP!!!!!

  by iiz2cool in

  1. social
  2. physical

  can you see the headlines?

  toronto maple leafs win stanley cup!!!!!.

  yonge st. will be closed after the all night victory bash, the first such bash since 1967!

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  I'm knocking on wood, throwing salt over my shoulder and praying to the HOCKEY GODS, that this premature headline doesn't jinx the old blue and white!!
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  More Talk About Relationships

  by sandy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just wondering how long it takes to really get over someone.

  it has been about six months now since my ex boyfriend broke up.

  we were together for four years.

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  Sandy,

  Here's my words of wisdom; I'm an expert I get dumped all the time. Move on, find another. If this fails go get a cat or dog.