Posts by Goshawk

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Say Something Only A Jehovah's Witness Would Say

by minimus in

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friends

i'll start.

"at least i know god's name is jehovah!

".......any others?

Goshawk

(((genpro)))

Know what you mean, also grew up in that time frame.

"I wish Jehovah would bring Armagedon now because I KNOW I would survive."

Usually screamed by a mother after she just got through slapping/kicking the crap out of the offending kid.

Goshawk

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Artwork to Share

by jgnat in

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friends

here is my fishy fish, finished today.

any one else have artwork to share?

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/file/1e93a417-75e2-4be2-928b-eac02bf3036f.ashx

Goshawk

Something that took about an hour to finish.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/file/6EDA5364-E5BE-4EA9-A6C2-4149F6DD4050/download.ashx

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Supplement to Amazing's GB series..what did they do in Prison?

by shotgun in

did they persevere in prayer, recite kingdom songs....how about go to church because it was required!.

taken from an 1952 wt article dealing with the events of 1918...can seem to post it..i'll keep trying.

by mid-1918 j. f. rutherford and his seven associates found themselves in the federal penitentiary at .

Goshawk

Special K don't tease them when they stutter it only makes the problem worse. ;-)

Goshawk

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The WTBS Inc. and ?.the iceberg

by MacHislopp in

in the year 1984 :

in the year 1990

watch tower society?s publications

Goshawk

Machislopp,

Thanks for the hard work compiling these items.

I find it an appropriate analogy when you used the iceberg. Most of the mass of an iceberg is underwater and hidden from view. Such an example implies that the ?glittering white pinnacles? of truth are counterbalanced by the ?dark falsehoods? hidden from view.

Keep up the good work.

Goshawk

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Evidence that populations descended from the 16 grandsons of Noah

by hooberus in

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secular history gives much evidence to show that the survivors of noah?s flood were real historical figures, whose names were indelibly carved on much of the ancient world ?

http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs/4215cen_s1998.asp

Goshawk

>>I thought they considered the plague die-off in Europe in the 14th c a bottleneck?

If memory serves, the event mentioned was in relation to a certain gentic group of people having a resistance to the AIDS virus. One of the possibilities suggested was a geographic localized bottleneck in Europe associated with the survivors of the plague (black death) episodes. Decendants of this group have a statistically higher resistance to HIV.

Goshawk

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What do the JWs have against New Year's Resolutions?

by somebodylovesme in

are new year's resolutions of "pagan origin"?

or do they just not do it because wordly people do it?

just curious.

Goshawk

Two possibilities come to mind:

- The scriptures not to swear an oath (Jas.5:12, Matt.5:33-37) taken to the extreme. [i.e. but let your yes mean yes and your no mean no].
- Or simply a reminder that another year has passed and the imminent destruction of 99.9% of mankind has not happened. (But it will soon, it is imminent, time is short, this 20th century will ?? oops that was last century.)

Goshawk

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Hidden Images; last time.

by Hunyadi in

thanks again to all those who responded with an open mind to my postings regarding hidden images in the wt publications, but wow, i have heard from some pretty forceful personalities who are apparently still pissed off about getting duped by the wtbts.

so many flames, so many flamers .

calm down, get some pot, get some beer, get some therapy, but please get over it and yourselves.

Goshawk

Hunyadi,

With all due respect intended I would like to comment on a few things stated in this thread.

I have met, talked to, and hoisted a few drinks with Dave (seven006). I have even had a chance to see some samples of his artwork. Please let me state for the record that he is out and has no love for the Borg. He calls it like he sees it and doesn't waste time candy coating his opinion. Dave was being honest on the subject you asked for opinions about. While what was said was blunt I doubt that it was a personal attack directed toward you.

My suggestion would be to relax, listen to the feedback then decide if the opinions you asked for have merit.

If you ever get up to Oregon let me know and we might have to hoist a few together.

Best regards,

Goshawk

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I'VE BEEN OUTED------UPDATE!

by integ in

i confronted my bro.

in law on why the co's assistant would accuse me of being on the "bad" internet web sites.

he has admitted telling the co guy because he wants to help me.

Goshawk

(((Integ)))

If they want you out then they will find a way or trump something up. (Been there done that.) It is a sad state of affairs when the borg is thicker than blood. Control of information is a way to control decisions made by members. If the people you call friends are only friend if you meet certain conditions then were they truely your friends.

Hang in there and enjoy the freedom.

Goshawk

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If the organization is a diamond, what are we???

by spiritwalker in

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friends

as a witness, i remember the illustration of the diamond, in regards to the organization.

it referenced the fact that a diamond, when examined from afar, looks perfect and like something of high value.

yet when you looked closer, it has minor scratches and flaws that make up the large more perfect picture.

Goshawk

Hmmm sounds like you are mixing metaphors.

Let's keep with the gem illustration.

WTS might be like a Diamond but a flaw is still a flaw and it is very hard to polish our a scratch when made of an unyieldingly hard material. To get rid of a flaw in a diamond it must be cut out, discarded or put so some minor (read industrial) use. Like a Diamond the WTS is transparent when examined closely. But from a distance a badly flawed diamond would sparkle and appear to have great value.

The xJuu (I love that one from carmel) would also be in the gem catagory. They would be likened to an opal. From a distance it would appear to be of little value. No two are alike, with a little hard work even the worst scratches can be polished out. But unlike a diamond it is the inner workings that make the opal special. The little inclusions and flaws catch the sunlight to form irredescent patterns. The irridesence has many colors, many shapes and changes as you look at the opal from different angles. It is the one who pauses to look closer that sees the true beauty within flaws and all.

Goshawk

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How important is the Devil to God?

by Narkissos in

a few days ago, on the thread about ?a new view of the trinity?, rubadub voiced his disappointment as to the lack of any really new view, such as a fourth member who could turn it into a quadrinity or replace any of the members of the trinity in case of emergency.

at the moment i just laughed, but later on i thought the devil could be a very good candidate.

just think: under the influence of persian dualism, shortly after yhwh, the god of ancient israel, became god in the absolute sense (say in the 6th century bc, with second isaiah), satan (from a common hebrew noun meaning ?opposer?

Goshawk

The sioux had a saying that translated something like this:

The warrior is judged by the strength of his enemies.

So if you want to have a great and powerful god you must have a powerful antagonist.

Goshawk