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  How would YOU like to die - At home with your family, or in Hospital with Strangers

  by fulltimestudent in

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  a big decision no one wants to make, but would you have a preference?.

  and, i guess it may depend on what kind of relationship you have with your family.. .

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  Why die at all?
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  When Was Jerusalem Destroyed By The Babylonians?

  by Smart in

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  2. bible

  can someone explain in easy to understand language what this argument is all about.

  i am not that clever.

  i am hoping to talk to the elders about this as well as whoever is willing to talk about it on here.

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  I don't understand the 587/586 date. Which is it? 587 or 586?

  As for the 70 years. Daniel looked to the end of the 70 years as he knew Jeremiah's prophesy.

  He looked to the end so he knew the beginning, which was when he was taken captive with the first captivity.
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  Music!! Who's your Favorite Top Ten Rock Groups or Solo Artists All Time?

  by flipper in

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  mr. flipper here again gang!

  so who do ya like all time?mr.

  flippers list is as follows, almost in this way.

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  The Greatest Rock and Roller of all time: Bob Seger
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  Bill Cosby - too much smoke for no fire?

  by Simon in

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  2. current

  it seems like the list of people who are accusing him of rape and sexual assault is growing every day.

  i'm skeptical of single accusations but the number of people and the similar stories seem overwhelming now.. it's not a conviction but to the court of public opinion ... guilty?.

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  I never agree with people making claims against someone months or years later. If the accusation can't be made then and there, then does it need to be made?

  Cosby has always been good in that he talks against the problems in black culture in that these youths bring things on themselves. He was good for the culture because of that, but now these women ruined that for what?
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  My Experience In Getting A Loved One Out

  by notsurewheretogo in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is my own experience so i'll share it in that it might help others.

  this may not work for others but it seems to be working for me.. .

  a little background...i'm happily married and 3 years ago i was an elder and my wife was a pioneer, we have 3 kids.

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  "As to "where should you go," at John 6:68, Peter allegedly said to Jesus, " “Lord, whom shall we go away to? "

  It was all about WHO should be followed, a person. It was not about a location or, in the case of the WTBTS, an organization."

  Not exactly. When Jesus asked them if they are leaving him also, Peter replied

  “Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life,"

  He liked the sayings of life and if he left Jesus where or to whom would have sayings like them.

  I don't think a differentiation of whom or where matters. The focus was leaving Jesus. Then Jesus vs someone else or no one.
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  The Emperor with No Clothes On Decries Tight Pants.

  by steve2 in

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  2. friends

  for a religious group that has become more and more reader's digest vapid across recent decades, whose ability to defend its doctrines and policies depends on punishing independent thinking and whose meetings are sleep inducing snooze-fests, a talk about sexy clothes is about as desperately arousing as it can get without unzipping one's pants.. but among those who know the religious organization behind tony morris's attention-grabbing address to the faithful, this is anything but surprising.

  when you've harped on for long, unforgiving decades about the nearness of the end, whilst simultaneously shoring up treasures on earth - some ear-marked for completion in 2017 - expect even your more loyal followers to shuffle their tired, bedraggled feet and barely stifle forceful yawns.

  hell, they may even contemplate tighter fitting clothes because all else is miserably bland - except for the razzle-dazzle of an alluring, colorful world intent on arousing you out of your sad slumber.. so these self-appointed emperors or governing body member focus on anything that threatens a straying spirit.

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  It must have been a standard outline.The Tight Pants and homosexual designers were stated 30 years ago.
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  Why don't parents of an abused child go straight to police, why go to an elder first??

  by FeelingFree in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i hope i don't come across as judgemental but having read a lot on the current child abuse cases and the different threads on here, i am left wondering why on earth a parent of an abuse victim would go to an elder with the problem first and not straight to police?.

  as a parent myself i know that if anything like that happend to my child (this applies to when i was still an active jw as well as now) i would not hesitate in going to the authorities as soon as i found out, it wouldn't of crossed mine or my husbands mind to go to an elder.

  maybe after we had reported it but definitely never as the first port of call.

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  I would think that the better question would be: Why doesn't the abused child go directly to the police?
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  ALERT: NEW LAWSUIT settlement - $13 MILLION

  by Watchtower-Free in

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  2. child-abuse

  http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/135m-awarded-to-bible-teacher-gonzalo-campos-alleged-abuse-victim-jose-lopez-281031832.html.

  (published thursday, oct 30, 2014).

  thursday, oct 30, 2014 updated at 11:58 pm pdt.

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  I saw news reports about the lawsuit and the a TV broadcast with the reporter was standing in front of the Kingdom Hall.

  San Diego huh? A good big metro market to get the word out.
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  How to Bewilder a Witness!

  by The Searcher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ask a witness what seems like a simple bible question: "nine verses in the bible tell us that jesus is going to judge the living and the dead.

  (john 5:28,29, acts 10:42, acts 17:31, romans 14:9, 2 cor.

  5:10, 2 tim.

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  ": "Nine verses in the Bible tell us that Jesus is going to judge the living and the dead. "

  Those who have died will be made alive to be with those living.

  It's not that difficult. But you are right, if they were acquitted of their sins at death, then of what will the be judged?

  Bible makes no sense.
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  Where is Jesus *RIGHT NOW*?

  by kairos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  let's say he began ruling in 1914.. where is that rulership?.

  i'm hoping this line of thought gets someone thinking.. .

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  What do you want? Latitude and longitude and elevation?

  He is a spirit and thus has no physical location.