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  The origin of the word Lullaby

  by StarTrekAngel in

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  2. bible

  reading around the subject of lillith, the alledged, rebel first wife of adam, i stumbled upon this link and many others that link the custom of singing babies to sleep as an ancient jewish superstition.. http://www.jeanniemusick.com/lilith-world/lilith-as-the-origin-of-the-lullaby/.

  some of the research could probably be argued but looking at it from the wt perspective and mirroring their usual reasoning, i could imagine the following.... ... it appears that the word "lullaby" originates from the the hebrew "lilith-abi", which means "lilith be gone".

  jewish mothers used to sing these songs to their babies in bed in hopes that they would be protected from this baby snatching demon called lilith.

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  Lilith the first wife of Adam ! Gen.1:27 Well I`ll be buggered ,you learn something everyday on this site .

  I never learned that at a WT study ?
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  Research Opportunity

  by researchstudentsophie in

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  2. bible

  my name is sophie, and i am currently in the class ap research.

  the aim of ap research is to have students enter into an academic conversation that exists about a specific topic or issue.

  for my research project, i have chosen to evaluate the social stress levels, or sense of belonging, within members of the jehovah’s witnesses community, due to my personal background with the religion.. the following attachment will help me collect data for my research.

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  smiddy3

  Hi Sophie welcome to this site ,would you care to elaborate a bit more about your personal involvement with the religion of JW`s ?

  And the questions relating to this survey are they applicable to ex JW`s as most of us here are ?

  Or are ex Jehovah`s Witnesses not what you are looking for .

  I have chosen to evaluate the social stress levels, or sense of belonging, within members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses community,

  If you are looking for current practicing / believer`s among JW`s to participate in this survey ,then good luck with that ,it just won`t happen .

  I have been away from JW`s for 26 years after being in it for 33 years if I qualify I would consider taking the survey if you provide me with a little bit more info about yourself .

  Thank you.
  
  
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  Removing Mr. Trump from office.....

  by mikeflood in

  1. social
  2. current

  former fbi deputy director mccabe confirms: there were discussions within the department of justice about invoking 25 th amendment to remove trump from office.... .

  i mean the us democracy isn't a third world country, a least the people involved should be reprimanded, they acted like trying a coup d'etat..

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  I`ll go out on a limb here,

  ,What is wrong with a system that he/she who gets the most votes by the American people is elected to the Presidency of the Unite States Of America .?

  A candidate who gets the most votes by the voting public still gets to be defeated for the presidency ?

  How absurd is that ?

  The majority of people vote for a candidate to be president and you have a system that negates the will of the people ? and you call that democracy ?

  I love you people ,

  but you do have some screwball ideas.
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  The realization of a dream – Record a song CD | António Madaleno

  by TJ Curioso in

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  2. entertainment

  the realization of a dream .

  who knows me knows that i have always loved to sing.

  since i was a child, my love for singing and music made me always hum and accompany songs on radio and tv.

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  Good luck with this post T.J.C.
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  Please tell me I wasn't the only PIMO elder to do this...

  by Solzhenitsyn in

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  2. experiences

  so a recent post by a troller linked to a youtube vid of the midweek meeting stream: https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5119948566298624/great-announcement.

  just assuming everyone knows that this is the congregation in pt.

  richie, fl that wt uses for all the shut ins approved for logging into www.stream.jw.org with the privilege of getting their meetings at home.

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  Now we have TIMO ,PIMO ,PIMI ,so I suppose we should also have TIMI ,is that it ? all I have to remember ? or is some bright spark going to come up with another brainwave.
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  I'd like to see something like this

  by frozen2018 in

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  2. friends

  a dragon aurora over iceland.

  i've seen auroras, both northern and southern, but nothing like this.. .

  while not nearly as spectacular as a dragon aurora, if you think of it take a look at the super snow moon tonight.

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  That is spectacular, it is for real isnt it ? not doctored in any way ?

  Only one time have I ever seen an Aurora Australis ,when I was a teenager in Melbourne Victoria Aust.

  And i will never forget it but nothing as spectacular as that .
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  Smiddys wedding anniversary

  by smiddy3 in

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  2. family

  today feb.18 2019 is the smiddy`s 58th wedding anniversary..

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  We are past doing anything special now listener we just went down to the local club and had a few drinks with some friends and that was about it.

  Our highlight was 8 years ago when we flew into the USA from Australia for our 50th wedding anniversary and loved every minute of it ,LA ,L.Vegas, SFCisco,Grand Canyon, Carmel, Cannery Row, Sausalito ,just to name a few

  excuse the spelling.

  And met and conversed with a lovely actress Jillian Armanante at the farmers market in LA.

  How can we beat that ?

  I look forward to hearing how your 30th goes ,keep me posted .

  Take care
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  Smiddys wedding anniversary

  by smiddy3 in

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  today feb.18 2019 is the smiddy`s 58th wedding anniversary..

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  Black Sheep amazing but we still do ,baldeagle thank you I do my best hoping I help someoneespecially newbies& lurkers, thanks LUHE.
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  This Is It...

  by JW_Rogue in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just finished watching the talk by tony morris on john cedars channel.

  sounded to me that he was hedging his bets.

  on the one hand he says "this is it" and out of the other he says prophecies are best understood after they are fulfilled.

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  Wasn`t Germany the KOTN and Great Britain was the KOTS in Russell / Rutherford days ? then it became the USSR as the KOTN after that ,then they weren`t sure who was going to emerge as the KOTN and now its down to the lone Russians without there satellite nations ,and the KOTS is the Anglo/American alliance.

  All of these flip flops while the Reigning King Jesus Christ sits on his throne ruling amidst his enemies since 1914 ?

  It doesn`t look good for the next 900 years of Jesus Christ reign judging by his first 100 years on the job.

  Especially with all of the downsizing ,cutbacks and lay-offs of long standing Bethel volunteers who have been put out to pasture to fend for themselves ,selling off of KH`s and Branches around the world.

  Not to mention how Jesus Christ as the reigning King is dealing with or handling all of the Child sexual Abuse cases that have sprung up all over the world..... ON HIS WATCH ?
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  Does anyone know how many kh's are/Have been sold?

  by purrpurr in

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  2. friends

  are we at least able to estimate?

  and where are the funds from these sales going?

  the official line is of course that it's to build halls in africa etcbut i don't believe it .

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  These sales will contribute to helping us to transition from our current position to the revised operating budget that the Governing Body is working towards.

  Anybody want to guess what that means ? I thought Jehovah was running this show and the GB were just following suit.

  It seems like the GB is running the show and Jehovah is just following suit .