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  Most Awkward, Embarrassing, Comical things you Experienced as a Witness ?

  by flipper in

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  many of us i'm sure experienced embarrassing or comical moments as a witness.

  some things we'd rather just forget , i'm sure, but some things helped us think on our feet, quickly in helping others .

  here are a few of mine.

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  Our JC

  by besty in

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  2. experiences

  dear brothers .

  you are aware that i am not present this evening following medical advice from our family doctor.

  i will attempt in this letter to give you some idea of why that is and how i feel.

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  What movie or TV show would U recommend 2 break thru cognitive dissonance?

  by Open mind in

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  talk about "food at the proper time"!!

  i was just perusing this forum and stumbled across a post by abandoned called "the joy of sect".

  it's a simpson's episode where homer joins a cult.

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  Did Prince Just Say Goodbye to the Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by ithinkisee in

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  http://allied.blogspot.com/2007/02/prince-says-goodbye-to-jehovahs.html.

  any music fan who watched the super bowl last night could rightly walk into work this morning and say, "did you see the bears and colts play football during prince's concert?".

  (reprinted from the link above).

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  John 1:1 in Coptic Translation

  by slimboyfat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  apparently there has been quite a stir in jw apologetic circles recently about the translation of john 1:1 in the early sahidic version of john.

  i don't know if this has been discussed here before - if someone could give a link to a previous thread they know about on the subject that would be great.

  here is what i gather: .

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  I promise to stop after this one, one more rant...

  by wanderlustguy in

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  2. friends

  is not talking about the planet or why we are alive, but why are you reading this?

  why have you sought out this place?

  only you know those answers, and i definitely don?t know anything about anyone, but here is the answer for me.

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  The Tree of Life, Asherah, and Her Snakes

  by Leolaia in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the garden of eden narrative in genesis 2-3 (j) is generally thought to have a mythological background, and its sumerian and akkadian parallels have been widely noted: the resemblence between the tale of adapa and the story of adam and eve's deception regarding the death-dealing fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, the story of adam's creation and life with the animals and the tale of enkidu from the epic of gilgamesh, the edenic blessedness described in the tale of enmerkar, and so forth.

  the canaanite and phoenician parallels however are not noted as often -- though these would be more pertinent to the native judean context of the eden narrative.

  this post will explore some of these parallels in an attempt to trace the mythological background of the eden story, which is complex and multi-layered.

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  Circuit Accounts Servants Confesses how the SCAM WORKS!!

  by JT in

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  2. friends

  yes, i too have wondered how an assembly that is held in a fully paid for assembly hall, with no food service, could possibly have $10,000 in expenses.

  i suppose the bethel speakers have transportation expenses - maybe $1000 or so.

  as for rent on the assembly hall, well you have already paid for it once, why pay again?

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  What's The STRANGEST Thing You've Seen At A Kingdom Hall?

  by minimus in

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  i saw a fight break out on the platform between an elder and a unbelieving husband who accused the elder of f---ing his wife.

  he then threw the lectern on the floor and pushed the elder.

  it was cool.......

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  Where Do I Go Now?

  by individual in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  with all the problems in the 'truth' and all the things that we know are wrong with it there seems to be aspects of their theology (i.e the sequences of the world powers, statue in daniel, the promise of world restoration again found in daniel) that to me still make sense.

  although i cannot follow a religion that believes in the destruction of all humanity barring those that respond to their own preaching work i still believe in a creator and cannot accept the teachings of other religions that have no purpose for the earth and believe that mankinds only destiny is in heaven.

  my mind keeps telling me that if god was behind a religion it would be so much better than that of the jws.

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