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  Parting Letter

  by Konagirl in

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  a friend of mine was compelled to reach out to as many members as possible in her congregation, by sending them the following letter that i would like to share.. to my brothers and sisters,.

  i’m sure you’ve realised by now that something isn’t quite right with me as i haven’t been around in months.

  the truth is i have been going through a crisis and the last few months have been the hardest time of my life.

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  waton

  "The real question we should ask is found in John 6 ---" Konagirl,

  to add:

  How do we, or watchtower followers hope to get everlasting life without partaking of the symbolic body of Christ, i.e. The bread and wine?
  
  
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  Is it mathematically posible for Noah and his sons to have populated the earth?

  by Fisherman in

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  bible says flood occurred approximately 4000 years ago.

  that is about *200 generations of breeding to get to the population on earth now.

  keep in mind that the population increase is geometric.

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  waton

  Fisherman, thanks for telling us that jw, watchtower beliefs are wishful thinking. . that is scary, the deity is telling us, help is coming as surely as the fairytales are true, really happened as told.
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  Exercise Patience Regional Convention

  by Rattigan350 in

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  the theme of the in person convention this year is "exercise patience".

  looking at the convention map, they are really using their assembly halls and they are using smaller civic centers or city arena.

  no more huge stadiums.. are they not expecting a great crowd?

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  waton

  credit wiki images pro bono, free spreading droppings of already always old light, patiently.
  
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  WTBTS & JW's apply this Bible principle

  by BoogerMan in

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  (1 corinthians 9:18) "that when i declare the good news, i may offer the good news without cost,....".

  yup, a joke - which is anything but funny..

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  waton

  well, Paul was making tents to finance his campaigns, wt buy, sells real estate and builds with free slave labour and sells to.
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  1942 Book "The New World"

  by Debra Ann Romano in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i grew up in a magnificent, 3-story, greek revival house on the once very rural staten island ny.

  the house was originally part of a huge compound, cannery, farm, and wbbr radio station owned by the watchtower society.

  my late grandparents purchased 1065 woodrow rd in 1957 and that is where i spent the next 12 years of my life.

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  waton

  that is an amazing old timer network on this site! bravo to the brave non new worlders.
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  Ruining the Earth2.0

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  few years ago i did a thread that i hope has helped some folks.

  maybe it is time to 'recycle' it.. did the writer of rev 11:18 (ruin those who ruin the earth) somehow anticipate the modern environmental situation, or did he intend something more in keeping with the bible's general concerns of morality and sin?.

  secondly, how does the context help to interpret it?.

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  waton

  As a witness to the effect of the jewish people's holocaust, of the of area bombings, wholesale rapes, ethnic cleansing, the ongoing aim to deliberately destroy whole clans, tribes, nations, MAD ly, agent orange, The narrow greek word definitions notwithstanding, I would think the intent, the ultimate application of Rev 11:18 to apply to total warfare, the deliberate destruction of life and means of life.

  In nature all activities seem to improve the planet. debris from decaying life makes the best soil and oil. We can with ingenuity and willpower do the same with all our activities.
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  While I don`t believe the Bible about GOD or other religions about a GOD ,I do wonder ?

  by smiddy3 in

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  i do wonder about the universe as we know it .

  it does boggle my mind ,and how such a variety of life does exist on this planet ,from the microscopic to the most advanced life forms.. in such an abundance .?.

  and then looking out there in the universe the multitudes of stars like our sun and planets exist that we have no knowledge of boggles my mind .. so ,maybe i am spiritual in some sense..

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  waton

  put more meaning into our present life. It is a sure bet, even if there is no afterlife. but Reason has it, that if there is an after death reward, why should it not be given to those that did a master job on the first run? A current life concurrent what you perceive to be the purpose of existence of the universe?
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  Ruining the Earth2.0

  by peacefulpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  few years ago i did a thread that i hope has helped some folks.

  maybe it is time to 'recycle' it.. did the writer of rev 11:18 (ruin those who ruin the earth) somehow anticipate the modern environmental situation, or did he intend something more in keeping with the bible's general concerns of morality and sin?.

  secondly, how does the context help to interpret it?.

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  waton

  For me , right or wrong, it was not a bed room issue. I always associated the verse with ruining the planet, its life through the potential of an all nuclear war. Bible writers could not anticipate modern developments but the ultimate ruin must be the meaning.
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  Is it mathematically posible for Noah and his sons to have populated the earth?

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  bible says flood occurred approximately 4000 years ago.

  that is about *200 generations of breeding to get to the population on earth now.

  keep in mind that the population increase is geometric.

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  waton

  It is not just interpretation. applying mathematics and physics analysis to the noah saga as told, sinks the possibility of ever have happened. and

  pulls the foundation from under those that hope for a non existing replay with fire.

  "faith work without work is dead." the Ark never worked as designed. resign yourself.
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  Is it mathematically posible for Noah and his sons to have populated the earth?

  by Fisherman in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  bible says flood occurred approximately 4000 years ago.

  that is about *200 generations of breeding to get to the population on earth now.

  keep in mind that the population increase is geometric.

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  waton

  How would they prove that?

  There is no question that ice floats (wt argument that this unusual property of water gives us liquid water, because it kept the oceans from freezing from the bottom up.} water gets less dense as its temperature falls, not rises.

  Antartica would have floated 4000 years ago, the rising tide lifts all bodies. even the atmosphere.

  we know the deluge date. No anomalies from a global catastrophe in the cores corresponding to that era detected. Imagine 9000 meters of water falling as snow on top of the ice, in 40 days, the mark that would make. The change in radiation levels from losing that water canopy shield.

  good thing the titanic Ark did not hit a floating iceberg the size of Antartica.