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  Finally got signed in!

  by stillin in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  i was able to use my username in the email address box, as has been mentioned, but apparently the sign in page is case-sensitive.

  i was trying different combinations along with my password in various forms when suddenly, a light in the sky!

  i'm in!

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  Rattigan350

  Why the change?

  I don't like it.  Harder to manage.
  
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  The WTS’s “2520 years” did not commence at the same time as their “70 years”

  by Doug Mason in

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  2. bible

  the wts says that the 70 years began when the last jews entered egypt (7th month, feast of gedaliah), and that this final exodus took place in 607 bce.. they then say that jerusalem was destroyed 2 months earlier (5th month) and that this event marked the end of the davidic kingdom, which commenced the 2520 years.

  on that basis, if my reading is correct, their 2520 years ended on the 5th month of 1914, not in october.. further confusion reigns, since according to parker and dubberstein, in 607 bce the babylonians inserted an intercalary second elul before tishri.

  from memory, thiele says that jeremiah used the babylonian calendar.. i know that their chronology and eisgeses are totally fanciful; i am simply addressing the logic in the thinking that they appear to present.. i have elsewhere shown that it is more likely that the time fom the destruction of jerusalem to the exodus into egypt is more likely to have been at least 2 years, perhaps as long as 4, so i am not canvassing that issue here either.. doug.

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  Yes, it did. Both started in 607 when Daniel was taken captive.

  He knew of Jeremiah's prophesy of the 70 years captivity and when it would end because he knew when it started, because he was there.

  In the 3rd year of Jehoiakim's kingsship the 2520 years started when they were invaded as it said in Daniel.
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  Convicted Sex Offender wins Lottery, immediately sued by victims

  by CaptainSchmideo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://kfor.com/2014/12/23/convicted-sex-offender-wins-3-million-hit-with-lawsuit-by-victims/.

  mount dora, fla. a convicted sexual predator who won the lottery is now facing a lawsuit.. timothy poole recently won the lottery and was awarded a $3 million check.. now, two boys who say poole molested them in 1996 are suing him.. so, he hits the lottery, wins $3 million, so they figure, hey, we can finally recover and help compensate us for some of the emotional mental abuse, said eric dubois, a legal analyst.. the lawsuit claims the victims, who were just 9-years-old and 5-years-old at the time of the crime, need to be compensated for their pain and suffering that was inflicted upon them by poole.. the damages listed in the lawsuit include suffering from physical pain, post traumatic stress disorder and severe depression.. the complaint also says treatment will continue throughout the rest of their lives.. 20 years ago, why would you ever pursue it?

  asked debois.

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  Why should the victims get anything?

  If he had a job, would they get something from that every month? He is not under obligation to support them.

  Of course - The complaint also says “treatment will continue throughout the rest of their lives.”, that way they can beg for more money.

  I don't agree that they should get some of the money, unless that was part of his sentence.

  If he fulfilled his sentence then leave him alone to move to some where away from everyone.
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  Why do ultra rich jehovahs witnesses get a free pass when it comes to being materialistic?

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know a couple of jws in my town that are both very wealthy.

  one has upscale retail stores and owns a property development company.

  the other has a large service company and owns a lot of real estate.

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  Larry Graham and his wife were/are pioneers had money and gave it up and the lifestyle including their servants to pioneer.

  He stayed in the industry but hasn't done as much. In the 80s he was honored with assembly parts and interviews.
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  For Those Who Married "in the truth"

  by Magwitch in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  how did you meet your mate (convention, local hall)?

  did you date long?

  did you really have anything in common other than the same religion?

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  We met initially at a Quick Build, but didn't start dating until I met her again two years later in May at a Circuit assembly, then later that month at another quickbuild, then at the district convention. Then I went and visited her congregation and we started dating. It was a 2.5 hour drive so we dated for 2 months until we got engaged, then got married 2 months later.

  We had religion and other things in common like Sci Fi, building projects but she was more caught up in the religion than I was and more judgmental. One day after the Sunday meeting we were driving to her roomates and her place and she criticized me for not underlining my Watchtower, though I had commented. She said that others could see that and think that I don't prepare. I should have run at that point as she was more interested in pleasing others than our relationship.

  We had constant chaperones which lead to things going faster than it needed to. We were not guilty of premarital brazen conduct as I did not want to taint things and I wanted ot use my head rather than other parts...

  There were so many women in the organization that were higher level than I, they were the AAA club, Available After Armageddon. Or if they weren't that way, they were low quality. So many women in the organization were so fickle that they really don't know how to get into or have a relationship.
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  At what age should women stop wearing tight jeans!?

  by journey-on in

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  i'm at the grocery store.

  walking ahead of me is this woman with a really nice butt in really tight jeans, small waist, nice hair.

  (yes, guys, even us women notice other women's butts:-) she stops at the dairy section, turns around and i swear she is 60 if not older!

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  When king tony says not to.
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  Couple questions....like if JW's not the right way then what is?

  by world in

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  new member here so don't attack :d here is a couple questions i have been contemplating lately.. .

  if jw isn't the right religion, then which one is?

  or is it basically believe in god, the bible and you'll be fine?.

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  1) if jw isn't the right religion, then which one is?

  Why does there have and need to be a religion?

  2) That is true, to some extent.

  3) Because there are so many that are just followers of the cult, they need to be woke up.

  4) Why make a reply other than: So what?

  5) Because they can't think, they are just followers.

  you need to think for yourself and what is good for you, not religion.
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  Whose KH has the Blue Square jw.org on it?

  by blondie in

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  i have been looking and finally saw the logo on the kh sign............. .

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  I drove by the one that I haven't been to in 6 months and it has a small sign on it. But three others west of here do not have anything.
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  Do the witnesses baptize in Jesus name?

  by runForever in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/are-jehovahs-witnesses-christians/.

  the third bullet point there claims they baptize in jesus name.

  i know the baptism questions never mention jesus once.. .

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  " baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost"

  I believe that Jesus never said that and that was an added text. Jesus never placed those three together prior so why and how could he do so here without explanation.

  So, the answer is that no one needs to baptize in the name of any of those.
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  Why do ultra rich jehovahs witnesses get a free pass when it comes to being materialistic?

  by hoser in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know a couple of jws in my town that are both very wealthy.

  one has upscale retail stores and owns a property development company.

  the other has a large service company and owns a lot of real estate.

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  What kind of stupid question is that?

  I agree with Phizzy, the amount of money is not the issue.

  Isn't that the goal, to have money? What else is there and how else can things get accomplished?

  I would love to have millions and I don't need a free pass for anything.

  I don't do meetings or FS or contribute because it is a total waste, not because materialism is the factor.

  Bill Gates contributes 100 million to combat polio. JWs contribute millions for nothing.