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Rutherford's Paradise - Film Footage of Beth Sarim

by RayPublisher in

i just added this to my youtube channel, jwstruggle.

i know that we have some resident authorities on the history around jf rutherford and i am anxious to see what they make of it.

(leolaia i'm talking to you lol!).

startingover

Sure glad you found that and are sharing it with us. After the picture of the little house on the hill that is labeled as being Beth Sarim, the next pictures and footage of the construction are of Beth Shan. The one picture says "goat barn" which housed the shelter would confirm that. Wonder what the big tank was for that they were burying? Possibly fuel? There was an airstrip on the propery too but I think that may have come at a later date.

I have never seen moving pictures of Rutherford before, he did like to use the tongue didn't he. Just like it is now, when people know they are on being filmed they do strange things so for me personally I will try not to attribute the actions to being drunk. Funny they would show him drinking whatever out of the cup, seems out of place.

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Putting the Universe in Persepective

by startingover in

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this is amazing, it may take a little time to load, make sure you see the whole thing.. http://cavemancircus.com/2013/06/27/putting-the-universe-in-perspective/.

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startingover

This is amazing, it may take a little time to load, make sure you see the whole thing.

http://cavemancircus.com/2013/06/27/putting-the-universe-in-perspective/

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MAN is a late arrival--why blame him for everything?

by Terry in

almost every watchtower publication we've ever seen begins in the garden of eden.

we are told the earth was created for man.

we are told man was given a paradise and that his disobedience introduced to the world sin and death.

startingover

Very good Terry! Thanks

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Would you pay $600 for a demonic experience

by NewYork44M in

at the very moment i signed oni saw the quote related to demonic experiences next to the $600 question about the stones.. given my desire to increase efficiency i thought it might be good to combine the topics.. i am very dissapointed that i have never had a demonic experience.

the fact that i don't believe in demons may have impacted my lack of experience.

however, i would never spend $600 to seen any group or person - even if they were naked.. so, how about you?.

startingover

Who would I be paying the $600 to? If it was sitting in escrow, absolutely. I have no doubt I would get my money back. But to be honest, I would really like to have the experience and would gladly pay the $600

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The Only True Doctor A Parable

by goatshapeddemon in

a friend of mine recently found out a few years back that she had an aggressive form of breast cancer.

she went to many doctors, but all of them told her she had to have a mastectomy and undergo radiation therapy.

that seemed really unappealing to her.

startingover

Great parable, thanks for posting it!

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The true story of the Bible regarding God's view of Genocide

by Christ Alone in

yes, i already know the atheist's anger towards god, and the attempts to erroneously state that he advocated genocide, which .

i am ready to hear all the anger directed towards the god that these men and women state that they don't believe in.

they might as well be angry with the fsm.

startingover

So you pick the name Christ Alone and them start this thread like you did. And you expect to come across as not being biased?

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Homeless HitchHiker saves Woman from Jesus Attack w Hatchet

by SixofNine in

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how great would it be for it to turn out that this dude is an exjw (watch it till the end, you'll understand):.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckfbgdzor_0.

http://youtu.be/4y7i1ascs5o.

startingover

The original story reported by the news was that the hitchhiker tried to control the guy using the blunt end of the axe. When that didn't work he used the sharp side. They said there was a lot of blood.

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Unstoppable Ravens, Saw this Thought of You...

by cantleave in

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startingover

I thought of unstoppable when I read this:

Capitalization is important. Compare these sentences.

I helped my Uncle Jack off a horse.

I helped my uncle jack off a horse.

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An atheists grieve

by Borges in

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i'm reading here almost every day (kind of adicted i think).

but due to the fact, that my english isn't very good, i abstain from commenting most of the time.. nevertheless i'd like to share some thoughts with you.. .

when i learned the tatt over a year ago i quickly became an atheist.

startingover

Great thread. I appreciate your comments NC, I agree with you.

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The Final Solution.. to the Anointed question.

by cyberjesus in

this cult who thought at some point that all of them were going to go to heaven realized that their numbers were growing therefore they had to create another group to explain the delay on their own rapture and their predicted end of the world.

they then created a separation of categories... the originals, the old ones, in other words the anointed, a selected groups that you cant be part of because only 144,000 are selected, so they had to come up with all sort of excuses why the end was not coming.

so many explanations to jesus words.. they were buying time, the end had to come at any moment, 1941... 1975... before the end of the century.... but at the last moment this cultish doctrine back fired on them... the number of the originals kept growing... these "divinely" (self) appointed group who wrote countless letter of bible interpretation to gods headquarters kept increasing.

startingover

I think you nailed it