this weekend
SecretSlaveClassAsk him if the GB has considered getting a copyright for the word "god". Lots of extra Watchtower $$ from those wanting to associate themselves with "Him". A great way to control the god market.
Actually, that's the reason the silver sword was made...the copyright on the NWT ran out, so they decided to 'revise' it. I know someone [a non-witness] who helped on the translation of some of the silver sword and that's the reason they gave for its existence...
when i use a word, humpty dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, it means just what i choose it to mean neither more nor less.. .
the question is, said alice, whether you can make words mean so many different things.. .
the question is, said humpty dumpty, which is to be master thats all.
I really loved this point Angus made:
28 Q. Do correct me, Mr Jackson, if I misunderstand this,
29 but this does seem to me to suggest, in the use of the
30 words "brothers select for yourselves seven reputable men",
31 that a broader congregation of believers would make the
32 selection, rather than the seven themselves?
You could see GJ's brain-cogs turning trying to think of a bs answer for this one.
this news article may have already been posted .
[b][size=125]vatican confesses: jesus story "an exaggeration" based on roman prince[/size][/b].
[size=85]posted by susan maureen brandt on thursday, november 4, 2010. my "vatican" press release is officially gone from free-press-release.com.
http://www.carotta.de/subseite/texte/esumma.html
This, in my opinion, puts a lot of the Jesus myth into how it all came to be. If you don't mind a bit of reading.
I myself am pretty convinced that Jesus Christ is a fiction-story retelling of Julius Caesar.
in the photodrama of creation there's a picture of the solar system.. there are 12 solar orbiting objects.
(also a 13th orbit which seems to be a comet, probably halley).
does anyone know where russell got this from?.
what do you think of the following line of reasoning for helping a jw start to think about what they are admitting.. (essentially, the organisations way of handling child abuse has been wrong, harm has been caused, god is now putting it right.).
reply:.
"i appreciate your honesty, in admitting that child abuse has not been handled in the right way in the past.
ask any jw the question "why do jehovah's witnesses impose their views on others?
we do not impose our views on anyone!".
do you impose your views on others?
ask any jw the question "why do jehovah's witnesses impose their views on others?
we do not impose our views on anyone!".
do you impose your views on others?
apparently the backroom arguments have been heard and decided.
the royal commission finally uploaded a redacted version of the 2015 branch manual.
watchtower lawyers were looking to have as much redacted from this manual as possible.
the royal commissions public hearing into the jehovahs witnesses will recommence in sydney on friday 14 august 2015 at 11:00am.. it is anticipated that the hearing will hear from one witness, mr geoffrey jackson, a member of the governing body of jehovahs witnesses.. .
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www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/2015-08/public-hearing-into-the-jehovah%e2%80%99s-witnesses-to-rec.
ask any jw the question "why do jehovah's witnesses impose their views on others?
we do not impose our views on anyone!".
do you impose your views on others?
