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  Heard a rumor: Guy Pierce died this morning

  by respectful_observer in

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  2. friends

  didn't see any other threads, apologies if one already exists.

  apparently died of a massive stroke this morning.. r_o.

  (completely unconfirmed.

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  TheOldHippie

  Guy Pierce was a Cheyenne.
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  The Birth of the Universe - Scientific Breakthrough

  by cofty in

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  researchers working with a telescope at the south pole beleive they have glimpsed light from the first "trillionth of a trillionth of a tillionth" of a second after the big bang.. a lot of work has still to be done to confirm the findings, but if it holds up it is one of the biggest discoveries ever.. _________________________________________.

  ...inflation came with a very specific prediction - that it would be associated with waves of gravitational energy, and that these ripples in the fabric of space would leave an indelible mark on the oldest light in the sky - the famous cosmic microwave background.. the bicep2 team says it has now identified that signal.

  scientists call it b-mode polarisation.

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  TheOldHippie

  "is of absolutely no interest in Dubland"

  Oh yes, to some of us
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  2014 District Convention Key Talks

  by EndofMysteries in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just listing all of the key talks from friday thru sunday, the program is up on jw org too.

  friday.

  "10:20 symposium: appreciating the thrones of divine rulership".

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  TheOldHippie

  I do not quite know if you are being sarcastic, or if you are misunderstanding the JW "words", but this part of your comment is not QUITE what the talks are about, is it?

  "10:20 Symposium: Who WILL inherit God's Kingdom? Those who are poor (aka those who don't plan for retirement, don't get higher education, who give all their money to the GB so they can travel 1st class and enjoy life as the R@F do all the work)"

  Poor here refers to those who are aware of their spiritual needs and do their best to obtain knowledge.

  "Those who become as young children (aka those who reject education, who don't think critically, and accept without question all utterances from the GB)"

  Refers to there being no rivalry etc among them.

  "3:00 Enter the Kingdom Maimed, Lame, or One-Eyed (aka damage control for end not coming and living in poverty and unable to take care of health needs, and encouragement to reject taking care of health needs and finances to further worship the GB first)"

  Refers to turning away from or distancing oneself from what might ruin one's spirituality, such as materialism, pornography, alcoholism etc.

  .........

  As I said, either you are being - successfully - sarcastic, or you are not too familiar with JW words.
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  Research Guide for Jehovah's Witnesses - 2014 edition

  by Magnum in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did i miss something?

  admittedly, i haven't been keeping up the way i used to.

  i just saw on jw.org a publication entitled "research guide for jehovah's witnesses".

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  TheOldHippie

  Annual indexes, bound volumes and the CD are available, so there is no reason for worrying too much, is it? This new tool was advertised at last year's DC as a simplified research tool dealing with specific topics, that would not be a substitute for the CD, but be helpful for those not having a CD in their language, those in field service thru new devices connecting to the WOL etc.
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  The Most Insane Thing Ever Printed by the Watchtower?

  by Leolaia in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i found this while perusing through old golden ages at the new york public library.

  it is so patently ridiculous and offensive, i thought i'd just post the thing without comment.

  *** g27 11/30 pp.

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  TheOldHippie

  Departmental Ditties and other Verses (1886)

  • I have eaten your bread and salt.
    I have drunk your water and wine.
    The deaths ye died I have watched beside
    And the lives ye led were mine.
    • Prelude, Stanza 1.

  • I have written the tale of our life
    For a sheltered people's mirth,
    In jesting guise—but ye are wise,
    And ye know what the jest is worth.
    • Prelude Stanza 3.

  • A fool there was and he made his prayer
    (Even as you and I!)
    To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair
    We called her the woman who did not care),
    But the fool he called her his lady fair
    (Even as you and I!)
    • The Vampire, Stanza 1.

  • Call a truce, then, to our labours let us feast with friends and neighbours,
    And be merry as the custom of our caste;
    For if “faint and forced the laughter,” and if sadness follow after,
    We are richer by one mocking Christmas past.
    • Christmas in India, Stanza 5.

  • The toad beneath the harrow knows
    Exactly where each tooth point goes;
    The butterfly upon the road
    Preaches contentment to that toad.
    • Pagett M.P, prelude

  • And a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
    • The Betrothed, Stanza 25.

  • A scrimmage in a Border Station—
    A canter down some dark defile—
    Two thousand pounds of education
    Drops to a ten-rupee jezail—
    The Crammer's boast, the Squadron's pride,
    Shot like a rabbit in a ride!
    • Arithmetic on the Frontier, Stanza 3.
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  THE TWO BABYLONS as a template for Watch Tower dishonesty in history

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  proof isn't proof at the watchtower.

  "proof" is a reconstruction like frankenstein's monster kept alive by flashes of "new light" made up as needed to revitalize a quivering monstrosity.. at first glimpse it looks like science.

  when the smoke clears it is madness and obsession riven with fierce contrarian nincompoopery.. ****.

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  TheOldHippie

  It was sold by WTB&TS, could be obtained in like manners as Byington's "The Bible in Living English", but they did not buy the printing plates or printing rights or anything, it said on the title page it was issued by some prinitng agency whose name slipped my mind just now - Loisseaux Brothers or something like that. So nice comment, EdenOne - it is rather difficult to promote your works after your own death. Much anger here.
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  Israel National News reports a most amazing story about JWs

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. friends

  http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/flash.aspx/288677#.ux9165ao7l9.

  court rejects missionary lawsuit against netanya schools for voiding leasethe tel aviv magistrates court has rejected a claim by a missionary group, saying that the school they had been renting space in unlawfully voided their contract , and asking the court to instruct the school to pay nis 108,000 in compensation and mental anguish, as well as legal expenses.. it began when a missionary group, via a non-profit organization called "mitzpe l'yisrael", rented space at the raziel school in netanya to conduct daily afternoon activities.

  shortly after signing the rental agreement , the school authorities discovered that the group was, in reality, the notorious missionary sect of "jehovah's witnesses".

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  When writing to the Israel branch, the name of the organization is not for example "JW in Israel" etc, but "Watchtower Association of Israel, RA" - so is WT is the name they use (in order to get any letters thru at all ) then why could they not use that name, their official, when trying to rent a location?
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  ATMs in assembly halls

  by Xanthippe in

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  2. beliefs

  i only heard about these atms last year on this forum.

  the poster seemed to be saying they are for donating only, is that correct?

  absolutely gobsmacked over this, don't the brothers see any correlation between this and the likes of jimmy swaggart?

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  TheOldHippie

  Making this a problem or something to be shocked about - I just don't get it. Maybe you still use cash to a great extent in the US? I don't know. But I do know that here in Europe cash is used to only a very very small extent. If a child comes around to my house selling cookies, or selling the Sunday newspaper, there is a wild chase around the house to try to find some cash, and ususlly we don't succeed. At the assemblies, only very few carry cash. So why not use machines? I seriously don't get the exitement.
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  Statement by David Clohessy, Director of SNAP: JWs predator escapes consequences

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  http://www.snapnetwork.org/pa_jehovah_witness_predator_escapes_consequences .

  pa--jehovah witness predator escapes consequences .

  posted on snap website by barbara dorris on march 01, 2014 flag .

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  TheOldHippie

  North Korean officials have repeatedly stated in North Korea there are no homosexuals. Following their line of thought, one might wonder why, and also make a rather qualified guess at what the punishment for paedoes would be ..................

  Up against the wall.
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  Will the jw's get all excited about Russia in the Ukraine?

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  usually when world events like this take place the dubs start into how the end must be so close they can almost taste it.

  maybe there will be some speculation about the king of the north and south again.

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  TheOldHippie

  JWs will not get exited. But the evangelicals at my work ARE exited and preparing for a great war, and one of them is constantly checking if there are any troop movements towards Israel.