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  2 Dead, 3 Missing in Texas Boating Accident

  by Funchback in

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  questions to consider after reading the article:.

  since the jws claim to adhere strictly to bible guidelines and they make certain rules or interpretations of the scriptures, should the survivors who were baptized face a judicial committee for putting their lives and the lives of others at risk?

  after all, they got on a boat that basically was being operated illegally (too many passengers and not enough life jackets).

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  TheOldHippie

  A tragedy, I am sorry when I read such things - no matter what religion the people have. Please don't call them names; they were stupid, no doubt, because theyshould have had life-jackets and they should not have been out at night, and they regretfully have followed in the footsteps of the thousands who if alive would have said that "If we had only known", "If I could get a new chance". There is bloodguilt here on the part of the family heads, for the children. But please don't call them jackasses or whatever has been used - they are dead, and the survivors are in deep mental trouble. Their own fault, yes, but we should try to comfort nonetheless.

  I wonder why the reporter gave the religion - is that ususally done? Would it have been stated that "the families were Catholics"?
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  Muhammed (pbuh) In The Bible - Fact or Fiction??

  by Muslim in

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  in the name of god, most compassionate, most merciful.

  he will glorify jesus (pbuh), and he will guide mankind into all truth.

  in the above verses we read "if i go not away, the comforter will not come unto you; but if i depart, i will send him unto you.

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  TheOldHippie

  Perhaps the major problem of Muhammedanism (puh!) is that they fail to have a real understanding of Jesus (puh!) and the essence of Christianity (puh!), but in stead stick to a strange, superfluous critisism or streams of words about - as some here stated - this well-hidden majority of true scholars, who have converted because of their understanding of what the other uninformed scholars have somehow failed to see thru the centuries.

  Peace be upon you (puh!).
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  march sep. 27

  by Realist in

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  how many people are expected to show up for that march?

  if there are gonna be only about 10 people it will be rather a victory for the wt .

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  TheOldHippie

  10 people showing up and 35,856 stating that "we'll be there with you - in spirit ........ but, eh, arh - unfortunately, I'll have to go shopping that very moment!"

  Something like that you fear?
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  Near Death experiences- the scoop by CNN

  by kelsey007 in

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  a study suggests the oft-reported sensation of leaving the body during a brush with death may have a simple explanation in the body itself.. these "out-of-body" and "near-death" experiences -- in which people resuscitated on the operating table speak of being drawn toward a brilliant light, or looking down on their own bodies -- may be influenced by a portion of the brain misfiring under stress, the study suggests.

  the paper describes one patient's visions while she was being evaluated for epilepsy and does not wrestle with issues of the soul.

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  TheOldHippie

  "One things for sure: we'll all find out one day........."

  But oh boy, would I have given out a fortune to have found it out a little bit beforehand!
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  Last night my dad tried to commit suicide

  by cruzanheart in

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  i'm still blown away by it.

  when i went out the door this morning to take the kids to school (7:15 a.m.) i turned on my cell phone and there were two messages from his retirement home, both saying that he had fallen at about 4:30 a.m. and was being taken to the hospital.

  i called the hospital and they told me that he said he had taken 18 xanax in an effort to kill himself.

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  TheOldHippie

  Farkel, we have exchanged e-mails on a similar occurence recently - you know what we are talking about. You also know I would not have used quite the same words as you did, but then you also know that we are in agreement on this one.

  I am sorry to hear this, quite simply very sorry. OK, I'm what some of you yell at as a dub, but those of you with whom I have exchanged more private messages, know there are more sides to a case than meet the eye (sure a wrong sentence, but I guess the "enlightened ones" can understand what I try to tell in this foreign language). Please receive my honest statement that I am sorry when I hear such things. They should not occur. They are what I have been trying to write about all the time.
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  ARMAGEDDON IN 1975 - TIMELINE OF QUOTES

  by UnDisfellowshipped in

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  1975 - 6000 end of 6th 1,000-year day of man's existence (in early autumn).. .

  october 8th 1966 pages 19-20 *** [not available on watchtower's official cd-rom].

  4:1-11) hence, the fact that we are nearing the end of the first 6,000 years of man's existence is of great significance.. in what year, then, would the first 6,000 years of man's existence and also the first 6,000 years of god's rest day come to an end?

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  TheOldHippie

  Amidst the sadness, I will just refer to the voice of soundness, the quote you gave as this one:

  *** All Scripture is Inspired of God and Beneficial Book (1963, 1983, and 1990 Editions), Pages 286-287 Study Number 3 - Measuring Events in the Stream of Time ***

  13. Of what significance is this today? The first edition of this book, published in 1963, stated: "Does this mean, then, that by 1963 we had progressed 5,988 years into the 'day' on which Jehovah 'has been resting from all his work'? (Gen. 2:3) No, for the creation of Adam does not correspond with the beginning of Jehovah's rest day. Following Adam's creation, and still within the sixth creative day, Jehovah appears to have been forming further animal and bird creations. Also, he had Adam name the animals, which would take some time, and he proceeded to create Eve. (Gen. 2:18-22; see also NW, 1953 Ed., footnote on Ge 2 vs. 19) Whatever time elapsed between Adam's creation and the end of the 'sixth day' must be subtracted from the 5,988 years in order to give the actual length of time from the beginning of the 'seventh day' until [1963]. It does no good to use Bible chronology for speculating on dates that are still future in the stream of time.-Matt. 24:36."

  If only this voice had been listened to, but I guess it was too quiet, and then the book was not translated to all languages, either, and not read too much, either ................
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  Near Death experiences- the scoop by CNN

  by kelsey007 in

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  ap) --

  a study suggests the oft-reported sensation of leaving the body during a brush with death may have a simple explanation in the body itself.. these "out-of-body" and "near-death" experiences -- in which people resuscitated on the operating table speak of being drawn toward a brilliant light, or looking down on their own bodies -- may be influenced by a portion of the brain misfiring under stress, the study suggests.

  the paper describes one patient's visions while she was being evaluated for epilepsy and does not wrestle with issues of the soul.

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  TheOldHippie

  Mighty interesting - and mighty scary to persons like me, who so desperately hope for paranormal phenomena to be true, and seem therein the proof for souls, spirits, the departed and - Afterlife ..........

  One questions, though, is of course if it is not possible for spirits of some kind to stimulate areas in the body, and thus produce such phenomena? If some doctor theu electrical stimula can do that, surely a spirit can also?

  I don't know.
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  While JW's stagnate, others grow

  by Gopher in

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  http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/3238618.html

  mormons, evangelicals led '90s church growth

  published 9/18/2002 .

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  TheOldHippie

  SaintSatan, I was not critizising anything here, just pointed out what Gopher also says, that we are comparing apples and oranges. I do not see where in my post I tried to deny any group their right to define anything they want to, for themselves.
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  BIZARRO ARTICLE...LOONEY!!

  by nakedmvistar in

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  found this article on the net....i thought it to be the weirdest thing i have ever read.. by diana huston.

  i was a member of a mind control cult religion for 20 years.

  the religion is known as the watchtower bible and tract society, otherwise known as jehovah's witnesses.

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  TheOldHippie

  "A friend and myself tried warning people through the news media with no success. She finally had a complete nervous breakdown and has never fully recovered."

  1. I wonder why the news media did not take this as serious as they should have?

  2. That she had a complete nervous breakdown was not THAT surprising, all things considered .......
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  Can JWs attend other churches?

  by SusanHere in

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  i have an odd situation that came up during a recent visit by my long-time jw sister.

  on sunday she agreed to attend our meetings (lds) with us "to see how other churches do things".

  i was totally blown away.

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  TheOldHippie

  Wolfgirl and Crownboy, who state that "Yeah, it's forbidden even for weddings and funerals", are mistaken. It is not "forbidden". I don't like the word "forbidden", because one has one's own free will, but that's another thing. Attending funerals and weddings are not considered a wrongdoing by others, never have I heard one comment about it, and those who have, must have encountered those lovely easily stumbled ones.