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  God wipes out humans/wickedness in Noah's Flood but somehow wickedness returns

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

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  genesis 6: 9-139 this is the account of noah and his family.noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with god.

  10 noah had three sons: shem, ham and japheth.11 now the earth was corrupt in god’s sight and was full of violence.12 god saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

  13 so god said to noah, “i am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them.

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  Why a flood to take out the Nephilim?

  could they just be 'put to sleep' ?? [180 000 in one sitting with the ...uh...what-is-names]

  And ....

  In Numbers 31:15-18, after his soldiers had killed all of the men among the Midianites, Moses ordered his army officers to kill all of the male children, kill all of the nonvirgin females but to save alive all of the virgin girls for his troops. Prior to this, the Israelites had taken all of the animals and goods of the Midianites and then burned all of their towns. If genocide or "ethnic cleansing" is a war crime, then this act of Moses was clearly a war crime…What possible reason could Moses have given in order to justify this horrendous act of genocide? After all, wasn't he the great "law giver"? He claimed that Yahweh, the God of Israel, ordered him to do this, because the Midianites worshiped a deity named Baal Peor. The Midianites felt that Baal Peor was nature's god, the creator of the universe, whereas the Israelites believed that their god Yahweh was the creator. .. So, in effect, what we have here is a demonization of those people who refer to the creator by a different name. These people are accused of worshiping a false god.

  
  
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  Can the Borg tell what sites I've been to?

  by purrpurr in

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  2. friends

  if i go to the jw website and then afterward to say this website, is it likely that the jw website has then tracked what websites i go to after visiting theirs?.

  i don't know how cookies work btw .

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  Of what are you in FEAR ???

  And what could they do to you ?

  NADA !
  
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  Thirty-Five Years Later

  by compound complex in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in the market today, i walked down an aisle and glanced over at a middle-aged man and the woman beside him pushing a shopping cart.

  i couldn't place the man but recognized the somewhat younger woman, a former student.

  when the fellow started talking, i realized it was her brother, also a one-time student.

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  Did not know you too are a musician !

  I shall PM you shortly !
  
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  Feeling pressure to attend the Memorial?

  by Fay Dehr in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  feeling pressure to attend the memorial?.

  as a former elder i write this response to hopefully help those genuinely feeling “guilt” before their god.

  if you are a jehovah’s witness or an “ex-jw” (for example, disfellowshipped or lapsed), then i hope that this will be of help to you.

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  I went into depression on this day and it worsened toward the time we had to get to the meeting.

  My kids told me in more recent times of how this meeting freaked them out -

  It was even worse when you had to do the Pass the Emblems Detail along with its ritual of passing the wine to the Pass-around elders in some strange and obscure choreographed sequence. All these elders had to be seated and then one would bring the emblems to the group - sitting in the front seats - they would pass it down the line then he would sit and the last one in line would get up and pass it to him and he would then reject it and pass it back to this one who would then return it to the table.

  Worse still was giving the Mem. talk and you had to emphasis that only the anointed partake - just in case some pleb got it wrong. Followed by the big Recruitment Announcement that had to be read out in conclusion.

  Brother Annointed who was always picked to pray over the wine and would pray for several minutes while kids cried and elders coughed loudly trying to signal him to say Amen. So one year my 15 month old son decides this gig is going on too long and shouts out "Amen" during his diatribe - [We DID NOT spank him - mom hugged him tighter ! ]
  
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  Memorial Weekend Questions

  by Iamallcool in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i just don’t remember when it was the last time the memorial falls on saturday.

  anyway, do they meet for field service tomorrow(saturday)?

  do they have their meetings on sunday?

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  Oh yes ...Final Push to ditch all those Memorial Invitations - otherwise tomorrow you wake up all guilty coz you didn't get rid of them.

  Off to hairdressers to get the hair done for the great Pass-Around Cebelration tonight

  Polishing of shoes.

  Clean the car as you may be giving lifts to newbies etc

  As our Gran was the maker of the 'Bread' and supplier of the wine she always made a dinner for us to come home to where we polished off the rest of the Wine.
  
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  W5 Investigation

  by Christian Gutierrez in

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  2. friends

  hey guys!

  i just want you guys to know that today is a really great day.

  there are so many jehovah's witnesses that saw this documentary and were disgusted by watchtowers policy.

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  smiddy3 - In Cape Town, South Africa ...Viewed it, placed it on my FB and Twitter and shared it globally - had many responses from folk who viewed and watched it [all non-JW but many with dub family etc ]. Their responses were of shock and disbelief.
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  ISRAEL - Jewish Press - Warning: Cult Launches Countrywide Campaign

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  http://www.jewishpress.com/news/local/warning-cult-launches-countrywide-campaign/2018/03/26/.

  warning: cult launches countrywide campaign.

  hana levi julian-.

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  Have commented in Comments area.
  
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  WT study

  by inbetween09 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it became rare, i thought, when considering last weekends study article.

  it became rare, that most of the message is actually quite ok. the gist was to avoid loving oneself, money and pleasures more than god.

  thats ok, if you're a believer.. this was my take until i saw the pictures, and discovered the real message behind the article.. as often, they use pictures to contrast bad and good behaviour (in their eyes at least).

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  https://youtu.be/FVVo036N9OY

  George Carlin says it Best
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  Help Elders poking nose in

  by Formerbrother in

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  what can i do when elders want to poke their nose in?.

  they want to have another chat with me and my wife, but we dont want to, it just gets us down..

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  Tell them you are both suffering from GAD [General Anxiety Disorder aka Depression] but you actually mean General Aversion to Doctrines ~ and that you need time and space to re-order your mind and spirit /
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  Quick and vague Memorial invitations

  by RULES & REGULATIONS in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  this morning my doorbell rang.

  i opened the door thinking it was a package delivery person or local politicians thanking my community for voting in yesterday's election.

  there was a middle aged man standing by himself.

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  HIT AND RUN Marketing [ with emphasis on Run..........to the nearest coffee bar as soon as you have Blitzed the territory] - Many do love this method at this time as they don't have to hang around and talk - and they feel all guilt-free afterward.