Posts by James Mixon

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How old were you? What was the happiest year of your life?

by Esse quam videri in

what year comes to your mind as the happiest?

maybe some special place you lived, being with special people, an unforgettable period that made it your happiest.

James Mixon

Senior and junior year in high school. Prior to those years I wasn't popular

with the ladies, LOL. I stood all of 5'4 and 135 lb. My junior year I was a starter

on the basketball team for the school and I grew to 6 feet. The calls and smiles

from the ladies began, my senior year Oh Boy. Dating the junior class queen, invited

to all the parties, winning the big game with time running out and the crowd lifting

me up and carrying me on their shoulders. Next day news paper james win game

against cross town rival. Voted most likely to play professional basketball. That

all ended, I was drafted by Uncle Sam. But those were good years, (HS 1964-65).

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"Make a list of people you want to meet in the New System!" (New September Watchtower)

by FusionTheism in

watchtower september 2015 study edition, "stand firm in the faith," paragraphs 16 and 17:.

following jesus example, we must read the bible daily, study it, and meditate on what we learn.

along with general bible study, dig into topics about which you may have questions.. you can imitate jesus by meditating on the wonderful promises jehovah has made to you.

James Mixon

One more, Charles Taze Russell to tell him you are a A-hole, do

you realize the mess you created.

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"Make a list of people you want to meet in the New System!" (New September Watchtower)

by FusionTheism in

watchtower september 2015 study edition, "stand firm in the faith," paragraphs 16 and 17:.

following jesus example, we must read the bible daily, study it, and meditate on what we learn.

along with general bible study, dig into topics about which you may have questions.. you can imitate jesus by meditating on the wonderful promises jehovah has made to you.

James Mixon

Charles Darwin

Socrates

Sitting Bull

Gandhi

Geronimo

My great,great great great, great grandfather that came over in the slave ship,

what tribe did I come from.

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Creationist Discovers 60 million Year Old Fish Fossils - Insists that they date to Noah's Flood 4500 years ago

by OrphanCrow in

it is astounding that someone like this creationist can have no appreciation for the scientific significance of his discovery.

even in the face of evidence to the contrary, those who chose to believe rather than know will never forsake their ignorance.. alberta creationist discovers rare fish fossils in basement dig (full article and video).

"an alberta man who discovered a school of rare fossilized fish while digging up a calgary basement believes the world was created by god a few thousand years ago.. it's for that reason edgar nernberg doesn't think the fossils could possibly be as old as paleontologists are estimating.. "i subscribe to the creationist position, and i believe they were laid down in noah's flood, about 4,500 years ago.

James Mixon

Prehistoric skull with puncture wound could be world's first murder

mystery and it wasn't the murder of Abel by Cain, they figure it to

be around 430000 years ago. News this morning on the news.

www.nbcnew.com/430000 year-old-mystery

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Street Witnessing - did you ever do it?

by Muddy Waters in

i remember in our congregation, there were a few older pioneer sisters who would start counting their time early - even before the service arrangement - by standing at a street corner and holding the magazines up in front of them and hoping that any passersby might stop to take one on their way to work or whatever.

as a fresh, new dub, i had heard about this "street-witnessing" work, but there was only one time i ever actually saw one of these older sisters doing this.

and even then i was shocked and embarrassed for her.... because this poor old sister was standing there, all by herself, holding up the watchtower & awake magazines, yet looking as sad and depressed as she could possibly ever look, her whole mouth was turned down just totally sad as she stood there, observing all the "dead" people walking around, hurrying to catch buses, get kids to school, get to work, etc.

James Mixon

Yes, the most popular and busiest location in my community.

Not a born in (JW) so my class mates that saw me standing in

front of the market thought I had lost my friggen mind.

Yes boldly preaching God's word. It makes me want to throw up

just thinking about it.

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Was Jesus a real person?

by Coded Logic in

why didn't jesus ever write anything?

why are there no letters to jesus?

no painting of jesus from that time?

James Mixon

Historical researcher Michael Paulkovich , " Paul often credited with

spreading what would become Christianity, never refers to Jesus as

a real person. Paul is unaware of the virgin mother, and ignorant of

Jesus nativity, parentage, life events, ministry, miracles,apostles,betrayal,

trial and harrowing passion. Paul knows neither where nor when Jesus

lived, and considers the crucifixion metaphorical.

The silence from Jesus himself is telling with no personal account being

written. Yes the son of God ostensibly sent on a suicide mission to save

us from the childish notion "Adam Transgression" is a mythical super-savior.

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need clarification: i told my wife the type and anti-type abolishment made the FDS a parable and not factual. boy did this piss her off

by goingthruthemotions in

let's just say i sometimes don't know how to keep my trap shut.

i really need to learn to keep well enough alone when she attacks me.

keep in mind i never start the fights about the borg.

James Mixon

We here have had our eyes open for others it may take some time.

Annie Dillard essay "Seeing".

She tells an anecdote of newly sighted patients, blind from birth, who had

cataract operations that restored their sight. Contrary to what you may expect--

that the experience of finally seeing after many years of blindness will be a

beautiful and almost ecstatic one---some of these patients find the "tremendous

size of the world" oppressing. It may take weeks, months, and even years to

adjust to the dramatic increase in stimuli; some even choose to "lose" or not

make use of their newly acquired sense.

For them, seeing is traumatic. What they see doesn't match what they had imagined.

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What are Some of your best JW Questions they can't answer?

by 1tMakesNoSence in

i made a thread on reddit regarding questions jw's can't answer.

was wondering what you guys can add to it..

James Mixon

Crazyguy:those 15 books were inspired by Satan or Apostates. The Gospel

of Mary Magdalene, please. That would mean it's possible to have a female

GB member.

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What are Some of your best JW Questions they can't answer?

by 1tMakesNoSence in

i made a thread on reddit regarding questions jw's can't answer.

was wondering what you guys can add to it..

James Mixon

The governor: Also there are white blood cells in cow's milk. In the

dairy industry they closely monitor what the call Somatic cell count of

cows milk. SCC is a measurement of how many white blood cells are present

in the milk. All milk is going to have some white blood cells in it.

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Could you ever really relax in a self-driving car?

by Simon in

i love science and technology and we are living in a golden age right now.

the world has changed in so many incredible ways just in the time i've been alive.. my first car was a vauxhall viva.

it was brilliant because it was my first car and represented freedom.

James Mixon

One of my brothers waited years before he purchased a Microwave,

he was waiting to see the reports on deaths of microwave users.