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  Amazing backflip at the sunday meeting - Nostradamus and 2012

  by stay young and beautiful in

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  been lurking for many a year now.

  my life works in seasons and i find myself doing at one time of the year something which i did at the same time the last year, and so on.

  it's at around this time that i begin to focus on my old jw life.

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  lawrence

  One other note regarding Bishop de Landa...

  "He is the author of the Relación de las Cosas de Yucatán in which he catalogues the Maya language, religion, culture and writing system. This manuscript was written around 1566 on his return to Spain; however, the original copies have long since been lost. The account is known to us only as an abridgement, which in turn had undergone several iterations by various copyists. The extant version was produced around 1660, and was discovered by the nineteenth centuryFrench cleric Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg in 1862. Brasseur de Bourbourg published the manuscript two years later in a bilingual French-Spanish edition, entitled Relation des choses de Yucatán de Diego de Landa."

  Great book by the way - I highly recommend it!

  Nostradamus died in 1566, so there well may have been interaction, as well as the fact that some of the friars who returned to Europe might have hooked up with Nostradamus.
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  Amazing backflip at the sunday meeting - Nostradamus and 2012

  by stay young and beautiful in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  been lurking for many a year now.

  my life works in seasons and i find myself doing at one time of the year something which i did at the same time the last year, and so on.

  it's at around this time that i begin to focus on my old jw life.

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  lawrence

  There are some legends that Nostradamus had been taught by Guatemalan Maya elders how to "vision" as well as the Mayan calendar. Nostradamus' life overlapped the time when Bishop de Landa had gathered many Maya manuscripts (near modern day Merida) and burned them, but had to go back to Spain to explain. The Bishop had the Maya explain to him their calendar as well as rites before he headed back to the Continent with a book for the King and excuses for his treatment of the natives. Perhaps, there is some way Nostradamus hooked up with the Bishop, or one of the Bishop's "friends". There is little chance he came to the "New World" by steamer.
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  I'm giving the CO a "green-handshake" tonight! HELP!

  by MinisterAmos in

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  i'm planning on giving him t w o dollars!

  and i plan on making a h u g e deal of it as i secretly tickle his palm with the bills.

  any hints?

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  lawrence

  Give him a tip - "get the hell out of the cult!"

  As far as giving him money, find a few counterfeit bills, and give those to him. Let him explain all of his morals to a shopkeeper as they tell him his money is bad.
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  "Taking the lead in the Congregation"

  by MinisterAmos in

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  the po talked about "obeying those who take the lead" one too many times last night so i point-blank asked him who was the leader of christianity during biblical times.

  i couldn't get him to say "jesus" which is of course the correct answer, so i had to answer for him.

  i then added that he would have had assistance from the apostles making them de facto "leaders" as well.

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  lawrence

  These bozos couldn't find their ass with 2 hands and a map - lead what? A pamphlet give away!
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  JWs Were At Sept.-Oct. 2007 Org. For Security & Co-Op In Europe (OSCE) Mtng

  by Justitia Themis in

  1. watchtower
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  this osce conference occured just this month.. .

  http://www.osce.org/conferences/hdim_2007.html.

  scroll down to ngos.

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  lawrence

  Very interesting! Imagine, this is from the charter:

  ... human rights, disarmament, democratic freedoms and the management of regional conflict...

  The WTS does not engender "human rights" nor "democratic freedoms" -- this makes me laugh as hard as when China got free trade status, because of its record. HAH!

  Management of regional conflicts -- The WTS wishes Armagedddon on all of them.

  Disarmament - The WTS will pray for all souls to perish, and the birds will have a feast.
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  Would they kill us if they could?

  by reneeisorym in

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  if the law allowed, do you think jws would actually kill apostates?

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  lawrence

  Undoubtedly! Those meetings would put Taliban executions to shame. What a friggin party at the KH! The elders would finally get their rocks off on legalism, but the degree of legalism would not involve censures/reproofs/DFs but the choice of torture and the difference between life and death. Folks, these are powerful undeducated men, imagine if they were given the 'Terms of Punishment' manual.
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  Our JC

  by besty in

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  dear brothers .

  you are aware that i am not present this evening following medical advice from our family doctor.

  i will attempt in this letter to give you some idea of why that is and how i feel.

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  lawrence

  The inquisition has ended for your family. Congratulations. Hopefully your posted letter will assist others who are being persecuted by the Gestapo from Brooklyn. Funny ... these men preach the coming persecution, while the entire 20th century they have been persecuting true Christians. These bastards from Brooklyn resurrected the Spanish Inquisition, and if they could legally kill, they would. Enjoy your lives!
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  In (partial ) support of Danny Hazard

  by stillajwexelder in

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  danny you have been fearless in your exposing jws for the cult they are and the harm they have done and are doing.

  keep up the good work.

  but please be careful in what you do as this board and recovering xjws need people like you who are fearless in exposing the wt.

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  lawrence

  Danny - you won nothing! Maybe you'll never learn, that it's not about wins and loses, it's about love. Long way to go - so go! You have become a friggin' maniac - aha - Bangor! Maniac!
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  Would You Condone Giving Birth Control To 11 Year Olds???

  by minimus in

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  in portland maine, all you have to do is see the nurse and you can get birth control pills.

  we're not talking about high school.

  we're talking abot middle school!

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  lawrence

  Brent-

  After cigarettes, liquor, and pot there's little money left for an 11 - 13 year old for seductive clothing. The theft rate would drive any business out.
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  Would You Condone Giving Birth Control To 11 Year Olds???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in portland maine, all you have to do is see the nurse and you can get birth control pills.

  we're not talking about high school.

  we're talking abot middle school!

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  lawrence

  I was in Jamaica in July and saw teens copulating in a park, 2 p.m. and didn't care, and then in Atlanta on the subway a "group" of kids simulating sex on the Marta, then in Toronto with a few half dressed tweens doing the Dutty Wine while waiting to go to school or to Luis' house. Our generation was made keepers of the kingdom, and we screwed up.