Posts by robhic

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Question from a recent JW Wake

by robhic in

i used to be involved with a woman who was a (not very good) jw.

we hadn't seen each other for a few years and last month her sister called me to inform me she had died.

she had been living in a nursing home for years so this event was not unexpected.

robhic

I used to be involved with a woman who was a (not very good) JW. We hadn't seen each other for a few years and last month her sister called me to inform me she had died. She had been living in a nursing home for years so this event was not unexpected. I went to the wake and it was full of JWs from her congregation. At one point, one of the older JW men gave a (mind-numbingly, boring, monotone talk). As he prepared to do this, another guy, an Elder, put a tape recorder on a lamp table and started recording. My question is: Does anyone know why they did this? Is it standard to tape talks? Is it going to be used as propaganda to play for potential targets or at a meeting (if it didn't put them to sleep first...)? Also, her sister (the family isn't JW) told me the deceased was going to be cremated. Is there some JW rule about cremation? For some reason I thought I remember it was bad, if not outright discouraged. Thanks for any ideas on this bizarre event. Robert

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Let us PREY

by TopHat in

scandal brews at oral roberts universityby justin juozapavicius,apposted: 2007-10-06 22:35:48filed under: law news, nation newstulsa, okla. (oct. 6) - twenty years ago, televangelist oral roberts said he was reading a spy novel when god appeared to him and told him to raise $8 million for roberts' university, or else he would be "called home.

photo gallery: trouble on campusrobert s. cross, the tulsa world / aprichard roberts, seen in 2004, is the son of televangelist oral roberts and president of the university that bears his father's name.

he's denied allegations of misconduct detailed in a lawsuit filed by three ex-professors.. 1 of 6now, his son, oral roberts university president richard roberts, says god is speaking again, telling him to deny lurid allegations in a lawsuit that threatens to engulf this 44-year-old bible belt college in scandal.

robhic

So, he (god) doesn't speak for thousands of years and all of a sudden he decides to break his millenia-long silence by telling these 2 hucksters that they need to raise money to one and to deny allegations leveled against the other? Sorry, I ain't buying it. W.C. Fields was right about a sucker being born every minute. Man, this level of ridiculousness makes my head hurt!!!

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For those who use eSword, electonic bible program

by robhic in

anybody who has used esword, the free, downloadable electronic bible program knows how comprehensive it is (http://www.e-sword.net/downloads.html).

you also know it doesn't have a nwt module.

i was going thru some stuff the other day and found a copy i had gotten (can't say where...) a while back and if anyone would like a copy, email me at [email protected] and i'll be glad to send a copy to you to install in esword.

robhic

I sent out about 6-7 in an "undiclosed" email to hide the addresses. If it didn't transmit or there was some other problem please let me know.

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For those who use eSword, electonic bible program

by robhic in

anybody who has used esword, the free, downloadable electronic bible program knows how comprehensive it is (http://www.e-sword.net/downloads.html).

you also know it doesn't have a nwt module.

i was going thru some stuff the other day and found a copy i had gotten (can't say where...) a while back and if anyone would like a copy, email me at [email protected] and i'll be glad to send a copy to you to install in esword.

robhic

Anybody who has used eSword, the free, downloadable electronic bible program knows how comprehensive it is (http://www.e-sword.net/downloads.html). You also know it doesn't have a NWT module. Well, I have one. I was going thru some stuff the other day and found a copy I had gotten (can't say where...) a while back and if anyone would like a copy, email me at [email protected] and I'll be glad to send a copy to you to install in eSword. Robert

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Flood of Gilgamesh written long before Noahs flood. Look at how simular!!

by Lady Liberty in

dear friends,.

lately i have been re-researching some things i learned as i was leaving the borg.

for lurkers and newbies, i thought i would share this with you.. apparently long before the flood of noah, was a story told and recorded on 12 clay tablets, of a flood so simular to noahs that it will be shocking to you if you have never read about it.

robhic

Thanks, LL!
In other words, the Bible is not inspired of God.
We were duped.

And the sub-message is: If you have the strength of 12 wild animals, leave the whores alone. They'll just be your undoing!

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Hitchens' Hubris

by cabasilas in

an interesting commentary on hitchen's new book:.

http://www.takimag.com/site/article/hitchens_hubris/.

robhic

But even if you don't read the book, the title -- God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything -- kinda says it all. How can you disagree with the truth?

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E-Watchman's Forum....ROFLMAO!!!

by AK - Jeff in

http://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/forum/index.php.

not the forum so much - didn't look at the threads much - but at the bottom it lists statistics.

my oh my, looks like robert has a following of nearly 50!!!!

robhic

He has taken a mouthful of nonsense and chewed it into a cud, cow-like, and made milk out of it for all of us to suck from his teats.

Oh, Terry! Dude! Great analogy but it's kinda freakin' me and weirding me out!!!

If it was a woman, that might be OK. But E-Watchman is a MALE and it has made me decidedly off-balance just thinking about it! I'm gonna go surf for porn now...

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An oddity for all you mystics and opposers.

by unique1 in

i have read various things on here about auras, predictions, and the like.

so i put this to you for your opinion on what happens to me.

10 years ago, i called my close friend.

robhic

DEMONS, DEMONS, DEMONS.

Now, how many fingers am I holding up?

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The end of "Ze World"

by robhic in

this cartoon is cute and pretty funny, but does contain vulgarity, so be forewarned.

it's at "youtube": .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjtodh7debm.

robhic

This cartoon is cute and pretty funny, but does contain vulgarity, so be forewarned. It's at "YouTube":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJtOdh7dEbM

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Your "Good Hope" money pledges (1917)

by TJ - iAmCleared2Land in

on another thread, we discussed the instruction from the society (surrounding kh financing) to pass around scraps of paper on which the publishers could put "pledges" for planning purposes.

found this today while examing the older mags.

seems this practice isn't new.

robhic

Notice they also used the term near the end "cross-bearing." Does it now say "stake-bearing"?