Sounds like you had a great time FTS its good to catch up with old friends and have a good social outing.
smiddy3
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Celebrating China's Spring Festival (aka Chinese New Year).
by fulltimestudent inlate yesterday there was a phone call from an old friend who i had not seen for some 5 years.
let's go out to dinner to celebrate the spring festival.
i should explain that my friend had just arrived that morning from china, had slept for a few hours and then called me.
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What holidays are they talking about?
by carla inin the elders manual under apostasy,.
"1) celebrating false religious holidays: (ex.
32:4-6; jer.
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smiddy3
Don`t forget to have a VB,Fosters ,Carlton draught or any other true blue Ozzie beer zeb mate.
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I just bought an original copy of the 1920s Millions now living will never die.
by Tobyjones262 inso i picked up an original copy of the 1920 millions book.
can anyone give me some of the most crazy wrong predictions in this book?
its a rare book that is a bit hard to find.
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I was always a bit dubious about people who said the JW`s predicted the end was coming in 1925 ,I always understood that 1925 only dealt with the "resurrection of the faithful men of old " such as Abraham Isaac and Jacob.?
To rule as princes in all of the earth ?
Did I just answer my own question ?
Can you highlight where they state that the end would come in that year 1925 ?
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I was a fan of Glenn Miller in the 50-60`s bought records of his music swing music as it was called.
I also liked the movie about him with Jimmy Stewart playing him.
The rumour was that his plane was accidently bombed by an American bombing raid while he was entertaing the troops during the war and we never saw or heard from him again.
Other great bands of that era were Tommy Dorsey ,Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman all excellent musos.
Thanks for the memory
smiddy
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At the mouth of 2-3 witnesses a matter is established .Gods word the bible proves a generation is 50 years +, or - 5 years
by smiddy injehovah`s witnesses make a big deal about the 2 or 3 witnesses in judicial decisions yet they ignore that evidence when it suits them.. firstly :.
regarding the length of a generation matthew ch.1:17 gives a strong clue ,their are 3 lots of 14 generations mentioned which equal 42 generations from the time of abraham to jesus .. watchtower publications give abrahams birth as 2018 bc......they also give jesus birth as of 2 bc a period of 2016 years .
2016 yrs.
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smiddy3
I bump this thread for the many newbies and lurkers who have visited this site with regards to a ballpark figure for the Biblical years of a generation.
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"Do not make for yourself an image of God ..."
by stuckinarut2 ina thought struck me regarding the biblical directive found in a few places including exodus 20:4.
"do not make a likeness of god in the form of any creature that is on the earth or heavens ".
it would seem disrespectful to use "dirty" creatures to describe perfect beings?.
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Genesis : " Let us make man in our image according to our likeness" isnt that self explanatory ,their are many GODS and they all look like us .
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The Wisdom of The Elders
by minimus inthey are touted as real spiritual men.
the have knowledge, understanding and wisdom.
you should consult with them before you make important decisions.
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That`s very telling blondie. If it was/is a policy , that should be brought to the attention of law enforcement authorities and politicians I believe .
Isnt it unethical ? immoral ? to become aware of crimes committed by an individual and not report it ?
Wouldn`t that make you complicit in the crime ?
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"Straining the gnat, and gulping the camel"
by stuckinarut2 inwhile watching the annual meeting videos on the official jw channel, i was struck with this scriptural expression:.
"they strain out the gnat, while gulping the camel" matt 23:24. this section was full of condemnation for the wicked religious leaders who were focusing on minor silly things rather than deep important topics.. the amount of silly things the gb focuses on is amazing!
they pedantically focus on things like proper pronunciation of words, (such as s lett joking about how isiah is best said), while missing major issues and topics like the proper handling of child abuse issues, or the court cases being lost worldwide!.
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Maybe their level of IQ is beginning to show and what level of education they have achieved ?
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2019 Elders Manual and a Whole Lot More!
by Atlantis insingle zipped folderhttps://we.tl/t-uiqj87wimd.
2019-02-02-musical preludeshttps://we.tl/t-zyfpnodizd.
s-21-e congregation's publisher record (2018-12).pdfhttps://we.tl/t-i9qamx3s0q.
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Thanks Atlantis and jwleaks ,I`ll drink to that .And I thank the Universe for the Internet in this day & age.
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They really are pooping their pants over these latest "signs"...
by undercover ini've seen a few threads/posts where some of y'all have heard from jw contacts and how they've stepped up their 'the end is close' rhetoric because of the earthquake/tsunami in japan.
i usually take those things with a grain of salt.
there's always some jw whose cheese has slipped that reads prophecy into every little thing that happens.
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smiddy3
JW`s get excited over any and every natural disaster /war / uprising / catastrophe/ fires /floods/political upheavals/religious conflicts anything you want to name and they will believe the end is imminent .
Their like robots their programmed that way to respond the way they do.
Its sad.
And the majority will never learn .
140 years that Armageddon is imminent ? And a Paradise which by the way is never mentioned in the Bible is to follow the big A?