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  the Governing Body - a legal entity?

  by neat blue dog in

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  i know the gb used to be one and the same as the board of directors of the wtb&ts, they made a differentiation in the '70s, and then in 2001 they completely split, all gb members resigning their corporate positions.

  but my question is, is the governing body itself a legally recognized entity?

  the reason i ask is because of a questionnaire document leaked in a recent thread.

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  baker

  So the GB is appointed by Jesus? Where is he, or where is his office? Who announces the new appointments? There will be some more just because people die and the GB all look like they are older than 65. The next new one appointed should be asked by the controlling authorities to see the documents from Jesus that he appointed the new one, or ask for Jesus to appear in court to confirm his selection, otherwise it can be proved to be a cleverly devised scheme to fool the stockholders.
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  Aliens exist and YHWH (Jehovah) was one of them.

  by Jehovah Was An Alien in

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  "the constellation of the seven stars forming the pleiades appears to be the crowning centre around which the known system of the planets revolve even as our suns planet obey the sun and travel in their respective orbits.

  it has been suggested, and with much weight, that one of the stars of that group is the dwelling place of jehovah and the place of the highest heavens; that is the place to which the inspired writer referred to when he said: "hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven" (2 chronicles6:21) ; and that it is the place to which job referred when under inspiration he wrote: "canst thou blind the sweet influences of pleiades, or loose the bands of orion" – job 38:31"

  the constellation of the pleiades is a small one compared with others which scientific instruments disclose to the wondering eyes of man.

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  baker

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoDKPe0eIZQ

  This thread is something like a movie from the 60,s Charriots of the Gods by Eric von Daniken, who was a catholic who questioned the OT and has made a career out of researching this and this research has become quite mainstream. I think he is onto something esp when connecting the landing strips in Peru built thousands of years ago,ect. Watch the movie and get your favorite adult beverage out.
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  How did you feel when they eliminated the Con. Book Study?

  by Freeandclear in

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  2. friends

  years ago when i was "in" i loved the book study.

  it was my favorite meeting by far.

  mainly because it was a small group.

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  baker

  As a kid growing up in a Protestant church, they had a similar thing on Wednesday nite and always had a full meal for all who attended. It was a great time to socialize and I'm guessing a lot of people came for the food. So removing the B S. was kind of like taking away one chance for people to socialize, which most JW,s need. (B S.=Book study)
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  Favourite Comedy Quotes

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. humour

  i wanted to post a serious, profound quote in stillin's thread but my mind went blank and i'm pretty crap with serious quotes anyway, so i put a jokey quote from the red dwarf computer holly: .

  it's better to have loved and lost than to have listened to an album by olivia newton-john.. when a bemused lister asks why, holly replies "because anything's better than listening to an album by olivia newton-john!".

  this got me thinking, what are everyone's favourite comedy quotes?.

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  baker

  I can't stop thinking of the movie "History of the World" , where Moses is bringing the 3 tablets of stone down from the mountain, and he says, "Here are the 15 (drops one of the tablets) err 10 commandments"
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  Memorial 2016

  by Flg8ter in

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  the memorial is on march 23 this year.

  but all the official jewish calendars has nissan 14 as april 22!

  april 22 is the start of passover!

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  baker

  They are really getting brave leaving out the word "today" in "you will be with me in paradise" and making it the header. They use to avoid this verse, now they just remove the offensive word they don't like...
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  scholarly lectures on bible history or evolution

  by cobweb in

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  2. bible

  i recently enjoyed this series of yale lectures on youtube about the hebrew bible.. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=plfbxb0kkaycq2hf6jlccdn6z47ysyxscw.

  i really liked the woman doing them and she had a lot of knowledge.

  it does seem quite rare to have such university lectures available.

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  baker

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7vEB6FXtbs

  found this debate interesting
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  Making wise use of magazines letter

  by Saltheart Foamfollower in

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  2. beliefs

  hi all, just got this letter (sorry about formatting - anyone clean it up?).

  christian congregationof jehovahs witnessesthe ridgeway, london, nw7 1rn telephone: 020 8906 2211august 13, 2015to all congregationsre: making wise use of our magazinesdear brothers:millions of people worldwide appreciate the bible study aids that are provided by thefaithful and discreet slave.

  (matt.

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  baker

  they have a stack of older mags for distribution, which I pick up one or two and during the meeting in the first few pages, i find a small blank area and print...TTATT...just google it. in small letters, hoping some one will accidentally run across this note and check it out. then later when no one is watching place it back in the stack. but now my secret is out. gonna have to type it on sticky notes and put it in the middle very small area,
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  NWT...how accurate?

  by Theburstbubble in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm sorry if i'm covering old ground here.

  but is the nwt bible a credible translation of the scriptures?

  i'm not asking if you believe in the bible or not.

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  baker

  Col 1:15,17 and20 the word "other" has been added to change the meaning to slant toward what they teach. The interlinear translation they use to publish does not have this word there, so the interlinear is no longer available from them. Just one example among "other"s.
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  Do you still believe in God?

  by FormerlySandL in

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  2. beliefs

  i never thought i would admit it, but i don't.

  i might superstitiously have some kind of doubt but digging a bit deeper in my heart i really don't believe in god.

  as a human i could never just sit and watch people be tortured, live years of abuse, suffer from illness and disabilities and all the other awful things people have to endure day after day without doing something about it.

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  Just watched the news yesterday and a 2 month old was shaken by her uncle to death. And the family already had a sign up that said, "God has another new angel" How sick is that?
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  THOUGHTS ON UPGRADING TO (Free) WINDOWS 10

  by Terry in

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  2. friends

  i've been using windows 7 for several years and have had no complaints.. i've tried many browsers and settled on google chrome.

  it has absolutely everything i want or need.. i kept hearing about the free upgrade to windows 10, so i went to youtube and watched endless "reviews" pro and con.. what pushed me over the (microsoft edge) was the fact i could test drive the new operating system.

  for 30 days and go back to windows 7 if i didn't like it!

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  baker

  Got a Mac 3 years ago and don't miss windows at all. This computer just works and no viruses so far...