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  Design or Non-Design, finally we know, Darwin's Doubt

  by QC in

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  2. friends

  if you want to read the definitive explanation on fossils and how life arrived its covered in darwins doubt, by s.c. meyer.

  this is a game changer.

  the bomb!.

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  If not ill go on staring at my avatar thing since im still trying to figure out whats what on it
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  Design or Non-Design, finally we know, Darwin's Doubt

  by QC in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  if you want to read the definitive explanation on fossils and how life arrived its covered in darwins doubt, by s.c. meyer.

  this is a game changer.

  the bomb!.

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  Hey Q i was wondering if youve had enough time (a month) to answer DS211's question? If not no worries we can wait
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  ABBA and how men have misused it and more spiritual gems from this weeks meeting!!!

  by Jon Preston in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well what a great spiritual feast weve had!

  im not going to go into the "bible study" because it was more about how merciful and loving etc that god is.. so fast forward to the school:.

  the bibke reading was intriguing gen 17-20. the only thing i found interesting was this:.

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  I know the twistings are right there and its appalling that they dont notice. One comment fom the jehovah book was "Well Jehivah is merciful because he could just tell us 'worship me or die'. But he doesnt he is merciful and gives us the choice and forgives us. But he doesnt just want us to worship him cause he needs it he actually wants to draw coose to us...."

  I had to go to the toilet just to bang my head against the wall to figure it out.
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  ugh...now I'm getting mad

  by Angus Beef in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  venting.... hubby visited with sil (with gotee intact), got the wt don't approve speech and the 'we've been missing you at the meetings".. he gave all the excuses he could for why we weren't there.

  i'm at the point of just telling them the truth as why... but we will be giving up our grandchildren.

  i just don't know if i can do it, give up the grandkids.

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  My wife was told last night to "never wear that dress to the kingdom hall again"......pissed me off cause a 300 lb sister said it...so i told my wife "tell her to stop wearing tight highlighter yellow spandex in the daytime while riding her bike with the umbrella on it around town.....

  Booyah!
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  ABBA and how men have misused it and more spiritual gems from this weeks meeting!!!

  by Jon Preston in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well what a great spiritual feast weve had!

  im not going to go into the "bible study" because it was more about how merciful and loving etc that god is.. so fast forward to the school:.

  the bibke reading was intriguing gen 17-20. the only thing i found interesting was this:.

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  Lol nice. Yea i didnt tell my wife but i was so pale because the blood was rushing away from my head frok being absokutely bored stupid with it.
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  ABBA and how men have misused it and more spiritual gems from this weeks meeting!!!

  by Jon Preston in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well what a great spiritual feast weve had!

  im not going to go into the "bible study" because it was more about how merciful and loving etc that god is.. so fast forward to the school:.

  the bibke reading was intriguing gen 17-20. the only thing i found interesting was this:.

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  Well what a great spiritual feast weve had!

  Im not going to go into the "Bible Study" because it was more about how merciful and loving etc that God is.

  So fast forward to the School:

  The Bibke reading was intriguing Gen 17-20. The only thing i found interesting was this:

  Gen 18:1-18

  About the three men that came to Abraham under the tree. Now this is ONLY my speculation but i was confused by 3 men being mentioned as Jehovah....and i couldnt help but toying with the idea that these 3 men, perhaps represented the Father, Son, and Holy spirit....the bible doesnt say they were angels, but men. When they spoke, it calls them Jehovah. Please correct me if im wrong tho. Anyways moving on.

  my wife did the number 2 talk about how Christ Did not go to heaven in a physical body.

  One scripture she used was Acts 10: 40, 41: 40 God raised this one up on the third day and allowed him to become manifest, 41 not to all the people, but to witnesses appointed beforehand by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after his rising from the dead.

  Interesting scripture surely.

  Now. This is all fine and good but i thought "Wait a minute, does the Bible say theres one mediator between God and men, a MAN, Jesus Christ"....and so i thought "Hie is the mediator a man if hes a spirit?" weird.

  Next was the 3 talk: Abba in the bible and how men have misused it.

  the brother used the insight book and taked about the three scriptures that use abba and all that. Then he basically said ALL christendom misuses ABBA: like abbot, abby, etc which are derived from it and how Jesus said we shoukdnt call anyone "Father" in a spiritual sense and that this goes against what christ says. So the implication is onky Jehovahs people know how to use ABBA properly (its only for the spirit begottn 144,000 anointed to use--were just his friends).

  And then i got bombed by the service meeting which spoke of setting spiritual goals. A brother pioneer was interviewed and talked about how much happier pioneers were blah blah...my wife nodded in agreement throughout and asked me why i looked so pale lol....and thats about it. YAY what a banquet of spiritual food for me to feast on....

  DISCLAIMER: side effects may cause diarrhea, chafeing, bloody stool, vomiting, nausea, anxiety, and spiritual deprivation. Consukt your elder before taking.
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  Best "wake-up-call"-arguments?!

  by Mr Fool in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hi everyone .

  it was not my intention to write here anymore, but i found things that caught my interest, things that i feel to share in the hope of someone finds it interesting.. the core is that the wt surprisingly admits that what "we" believe in, is after all, only opinions (awake 2000 june 22 page9-11 "do not be a victim of propaganda).. anyone with a scan of thiese pages would make my day ;-) the questions/arguments below are built around this:.

  feel free to find better arguments ;-).

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  My favorite is the new light on how the FDS are NOT appointed yet....so for 90+ years theyve been teaching something false. Make sure you ask before hand "Brother yoyo, if something isnt true then what is it?" Chances are theyll say false.....then hammer them with how they arent appointed and the organized book says this is one reason why we can trust them...and the fact that they are presumptukus enough to say that Jesus WIlL appoint them.....subverting the big man once again.
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  PLEASE - Dwelling Together in Unity in PDF

  by ALEX_2003 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i want please

  - dwelling together in unity in pdf

  if possible the new version

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  Anyone know of or have the updated version?
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  New book - "Journey to Gods House" by Brock Talon

  by AnnOMaly in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this thread's in tandem with clarity's started here in the members only section.. remember the jwn poster livingthedream from 2 years ago?

  his threads often had me in stitches and he had a real knack of hooking you into the story so that you kept reading.

  who of us could forget the account of the booming voice of 'god' ordering a double chocolate chip ice cream?

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  Alright bought it and downloaded the nook app to read in secret
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  Humans used a hearth for fire and cooking 300,000 years ago!

  by Comatose in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140127101236.htm.

  summary:.

  when did humans really begin to control fire and use it for their daily needs?

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  Honestly they WANT it to be true....in fact the topic of evolution bores and scares them because to them (me at times) its not nearly as attractive or cool as what heaven or the "new system" will be like. Imagination outweighs reality because theyve learned to be cynical toward The physical world.