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  2021--04--Spanish--Manual!

  by Atlantis in

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  2021--04--spanish--manual.

  yes, it is the manual you are thinking about.. .

  https://filetransfer.io/data-package/tlunj3mg#link.

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  john.prestor

  Nice work man. Keep it up.
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  How long did people worship Zeus? Was it longer than Christianity's 2000 years?

  by pistolpete in

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  how long did people worship zeus?

  was it longer than christianity's 2000 years?.

  most answers say this but they do vary..

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  john.prestor

  Before Sumerian times, there's no writings, so it's difficult to know what people believed or practiced. There are much older depictions of hybrid beasts, as Anony Mous points out, which probably hint at some kind of mythology.
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  7/2021 WT Highlights

  by neat blue dog in

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  .. darn, the beard trope is back.

  bible student has beard, then shaves when coming in the truth.. .

  it's also kinda weird that this jw met what looks like his biological brother in the door to door work.

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  john.prestor

  Well said BluesBrother.
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  7/2021 WT Highlights

  by neat blue dog in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  .. darn, the beard trope is back.

  bible student has beard, then shaves when coming in the truth.. .

  it's also kinda weird that this jw met what looks like his biological brother in the door to door work.

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  john.prestor

  That's great. The comparison between the two reeks of sexism, yes.
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  Do You Think White People Are Being Discriminated Against?

  by minimus in

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  some call it reverse discrimination.

  whatever you want to refer to as, in your opinion, are white people being unfairly picked on?

  it seems acceptable that if you are white you are viewed with disdain.

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  john.prestor

  It's pretty rare but it can happen. I'll leave it at that.
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  2021-April-15----Announcement!

  by Atlantis in

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  2. friends

  2021-april-15--announcement.

  https://filetransfer.io/data-package/s6fcrai1#link.

  mr. magoo!.

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  john.prestor

  Cheers man. You're on the winning side.
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  Clap for the Carers (or Don't it's Forbidden)

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, in the uk, during the early stages of covid there was a groundswell of appreciation for the nhs for their front-line sacrifice.

  this was crystallised into a regular clapping/whistling/noise making session every thursday at 8pm.. "harmless" you would have thought, "a gesture of appreciation", "what could possibly be wrong with joining in on that innocent activity?".

  well, the co during his recent rounds had a different view.

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  john.prestor

  You're not supposed to say that, we're all supposed to know it and leave it unsaid :P
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  2021-April-15----Announcement!

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  2021-april-15--announcement.

  https://filetransfer.io/data-package/s6fcrai1#link.

  mr. magoo!.

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  john.prestor

  Interesting as always. We appreciate it.
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  Clap for the Carers (or Don't it's Forbidden)

  by Slidin Fast in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so, in the uk, during the early stages of covid there was a groundswell of appreciation for the nhs for their front-line sacrifice.

  this was crystallised into a regular clapping/whistling/noise making session every thursday at 8pm.. "harmless" you would have thought, "a gesture of appreciation", "what could possibly be wrong with joining in on that innocent activity?".

  well, the co during his recent rounds had a different view.

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  john.prestor

  The horror. The horror.
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  Differences between Christians and Jehovah’s Witnesses

  by Badfish in

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  2. beliefs

  christians are saved by grace alone though faith alone in christ alone to the glory of god alone.. jws are “saved” by their faith in the men in brooklyn, ny through their works (number of hours spent in field service, record of meeting attendance, and moral excellence or law-keeping (not breaking the long list of rules made by those men in brooklyn).. christians believe that jesus is capable of paying for the sins of mankind because he is god manifest in the flesh.

  christians believe that the temple of jesus’ body was torn down and raised again on the third day, thus fulfilling the scriptures.. jws, on the other hand, believe that jesus is the created being, michael the archangel, manifest in the flesh, and that although he became a man and underwent physical death, he was not physically raised from the dead.. christians read jesus’ words: “truly, truly, i say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.“ therefore, christians partake in communion.. jws, on the other hand, have a yearly ritual ceremony in which they publicly reject communion.

  they make a public spectacle of refusing the new covenant.. christians believe that salvation is monergistic - that god works through the holy spirit to bring about the salvation of an individual through spiritual regeneration, regardless of the individual's cooperation.

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  john.prestor

  Oh for Christ's sake, Jehovah's Witnesses claim to be Christians, they talk about Jesus and God, do we really need to do this comparative thing? Most to all of us can agree that their teachings and practices are problematic without calling them non-Christians when they evidently are.