Posts by Goshawk

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The Only Real "Take" You Can Have on the Date of Jerusalems Destruction

by AllTimeJeff in

i have a new take on the 587/586 "controversy".

this is of course, speaking for me over 3 years after i left.

i realize that if you are first leaving, this is a big deal.

Goshawk

Thanks Billy,

Guess I will have to find the 3rd volume & read it now that the curiosity has been piqued.

Goshawk

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The Only Real "Take" You Can Have on the Date of Jerusalems Destruction

by AllTimeJeff in

i have a new take on the 587/586 "controversy".

this is of course, speaking for me over 3 years after i left.

i realize that if you are first leaving, this is a big deal.

Goshawk

Hi Billie the ex,

Not to detract from you post, and the way pyramidology was used to obtain certain dates.

Another variable when dealing with pyramidology is that start date for calculation based on measurements using the "pyramid inch" and starting at the lines inscribed in the beginning of the passage.

If one uses the date calculated by Bishop Ussher for the creation of man, the calculations work out to 1914.

If one were to use an astronomical event involving the earths procession; such as the last year a certain bright star could be seen from the passage you could come up with the year 2001 from the measurements and calculations.

With this kind of methodology one could keep moving the goal-posts to get whatever date they desired.

Goshawk

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The Ransom for Nitwits

by Farkel in

mark 10:45: "for even the son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.".

1 timothy 2:5-6: "for there is one god, and one mediator between god and men, the man christ jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.".

the ransom that was taught for the first 1,000 years of christianity.

Goshawk

Thank you Farkel, you brought a smile when I needed one.

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What JW catch phrase DRIVES YOU NUTS!!!!

by megaflower in

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friends

"we should be mindful".

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Goshawk

".. is it wrong to do X no, however a 'trained Christian conscience' .."

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Legally prevent minor chidren being baptized? Anybody done it? can it be done?

by Aussie Oz in

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friends

i am about to go into mediation with the ex to negotiate new child access arangements.

i was wondering about being able to negotiate this.

i may also end up going to court so it would be good to know if this ever been done.

Goshawk

Thinking back to a civics class. The laws used to read that anyone entering into a legal contract with a minor does so at their own risk as it is not binding. If the minor decides not to honor the agreement then the other party has no recourse.

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Of the sexual abuse survivors you knew. . .

by Lady Lee in

how many fit this description provided by no longer held captive?.

as a nurse, i can tell you that their lives wont go well.

usually abused females end up neurotics and suffer from personality disorders, and more often than not, anorexic.

Goshawk

It also might be a sample bias related to their profession. They in most circumstances do not see the entire spectrum of the population but only the sample that they have come into contact with during their career. The anorexic patient will need the intervention of treatment much sooner than the obese, or optimal weight patient; that by itself will skew the sample.

I do agree w/ Finally Free that each person and situation needs to be evaluated individually.

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Did You Personally Know Any JWs That Were Sexually Molested By Other JWs?

by minimus in

i knew of a handful (which is too many) that were molested by a jehovah's witness.

it was not typical in my experience.

what about you???.

Goshawk

Yes.

Very pretty young girl about 15 years old I was friends with. Drunk step-father came into her room and tried to make things happen. (Her words)

Private reproof of step-dad, mother counselled to try and make herself look prettier, girl had little use for the elders after that. She was never the same afterwards. The only reason I know this is she confided in me right after it happened.

I want to go hurl.

Goshawk

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Armagedden Suitcase

by Magwitch in

my mother let it slip the other day that all the families in their hall are putting together a small suitcase.

inside this suitcase are to be things that you will take with you if given a 5 minute warning that the great tribulation is starting and you need to leave your home.

my father seemed quite embarrassed that this slipped.

Goshawk

** Return of vivid memories of suggestions from the platform to sequester and bury literature in a safe place so that one might have access to it when the "great tribulation" was upon us.**

Most of the content would be considered old light now.

Goshawk

(the generation that saw 1975 hasn't passed away, yet class)

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