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  PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE

  by Hairtrigger in

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  it just struck me while reading another post on the forum.

  the catholics have numerous shrines all over the world and places of pilgrimage and the mother of them all ... rome.

  the muslims have mecca and medina.

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  baker

  Jim Jones had Jonestown.
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  What are some things JWs re-name to make themselves different than Christians?

  by NikL in

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  2. friends

  jws re-name things so they seem like they are different than other religions.

  (of course we know they are different but that's another story).

  i was just thinking about those things where they are like most everyone else in christendom but the re-name it to seem different.. for example god forbid they have a church, it's a "kingdom hall".. they don't have pastors and deacons they have "elders" and "ministerial servants".. they don't have tithing but they will have family heads fill out a paper saying how much they can contribute on a monthly basis (not sure if there is a name for that...unless it's tithing.

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  baker

  Easter....memorial, nisan 14, full moon
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  River flowing from the garden of Eden

  by joey jojo in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  hey there.. if this point has been covered before please forgive me.. i have had the principles of noahs flood used by jw's to encourage me to attend meetings recently and this has got me musing about the flood....again.. genesis states that a river flowed from eden and branched out into four rivers, two of which being the tigris and the euphrates.. heres the baffling part; if it had never rained before, how is it that rivers existed before the flood?!!?.

  a brief google search tells us that the euphrates begins its journey as snow melt and rain ( as most rivers do) in mountains in turkey.. ecc chapter 1 mentions the water cycle and describes the rivers flowing into the sea but the sea not becoming full.

  how did it work pre-flood?

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  baker

  And how did a man stay alive inside a fish underwater for 3 days too?
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  What are some things JWs re-name to make themselves different than Christians?

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jws re-name things so they seem like they are different than other religions.

  (of course we know they are different but that's another story).

  i was just thinking about those things where they are like most everyone else in christendom but the re-name it to seem different.. for example god forbid they have a church, it's a "kingdom hall".. they don't have pastors and deacons they have "elders" and "ministerial servants".. they don't have tithing but they will have family heads fill out a paper saying how much they can contribute on a monthly basis (not sure if there is a name for that...unless it's tithing.

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  baker

  "He was lucky to get that job" ..."He was fortunate to get that job"
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  What are some things JWs re-name to make themselves different than Christians?

  by NikL in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  jws re-name things so they seem like they are different than other religions.

  (of course we know they are different but that's another story).

  i was just thinking about those things where they are like most everyone else in christendom but the re-name it to seem different.. for example god forbid they have a church, it's a "kingdom hall".. they don't have pastors and deacons they have "elders" and "ministerial servants".. they don't have tithing but they will have family heads fill out a paper saying how much they can contribute on a monthly basis (not sure if there is a name for that...unless it's tithing.

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  baker

  They avoid Crucify and incorrectly use Impale or "to the stake with you" ...how stupid is that.
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  "would you drink a glass of water if it had just a tiny bit of poison in it?"

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  no doubt we have all heard that well used "illustration" in public talks etc over the years:.

  "if you were handed a glass of water that looked pure, but were told it has just a tiny drop of poison in it, would you drink it?".

  the society has used that illustration at length to say we should avoid all influences of every part of the world.. but, as we know, the society has had a track record of errors, false ideas and doctrines.

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  baker

  Not dying, now that would be the real thing. And it's available, actually, if the promises of Jesus Christ are to be taken literally. See John 3:16 and John 10:10.
  
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  Talked to a JW at a literature stand today

  by nevermind in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  guys,.

  i need your help in trying to wrap my head around this strange experience i had today talking with a jw lady sitting at a literature table in a busy outdoor shopping center.. i'm a very shy person, but i always wanted to ask these jws at their literature stands questions to start them thinking about the validity of watchtower teaching.

  i finally mustered my strength today to talk to this jw lady.

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  baker

  It use to be called Theocratic Warfare, many years ago, it was taught that telling a white lie in defense of the Society was to be a proud event
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  Stop Jehovah's Witnesses from posting outside of Disneyland

  by Roberto Carlos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  please sign petition to have disneyland stop jw's preaching outside gate.

  click here to sign petition (not spam, real link).

  jehovah's witnesses have been involved in vast amount of pedophilia cases.

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  baker

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

  Attendance is down at disney, maybe because of this alligator attack and the fact that Orlando has had a terrorist attack recently, Not to mention the 5 travelers killed in Fort Lauderdale at the airport by an ex alaskan Army National Guard who was fired in Aug2016 and was a security guard. Just another kook, but just adds to vacationers worry in general about being attacked in Florida. Wonder if attendance is up in Branson? Oh wait, why don't I just google it, well what do you know, a record year 2016.

  More than 20 million people visited Missouri State Parks in 2016, setting a new attendance record, Gov. Jay Nixon announced in a news release Wednesday.
  
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  Stop Jehovah's Witnesses from posting outside of Disneyland

  by Roberto Carlos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  please sign petition to have disneyland stop jw's preaching outside gate.

  click here to sign petition (not spam, real link).

  jehovah's witnesses have been involved in vast amount of pedophilia cases.

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  baker

  I saw the JW,s carts inside the airport last month, however, I didn't ask American for a refund, I just ignored them and carried on with my business. To take it up the ladder to Corporate, shows intolerance, and in america there is tolerance for these type of activities, even if you personally vehemently disagree with them. The Op says "outside the gates" so corporate has no jurisdiction over them, so rather than start a freedom of speech debate, Disney would rather refund a few distraught customers , than bring the scrutiny of the media onto their parks.
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  Stop Jehovah's Witnesses from posting outside of Disneyland

  by Roberto Carlos in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  please sign petition to have disneyland stop jw's preaching outside gate.

  click here to sign petition (not spam, real link).

  jehovah's witnesses have been involved in vast amount of pedophilia cases.

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  baker

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOA1v0ikU00&t=190s

  They have the right to do this, just like you have the right to not listen, or as some are now doing, approaching the JW carts and engaging them.