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Andre, please introduce yourself
by pirata inhi andre,.
all of us here enjoyed reading your experience in the feb 15, 2011 watchtower (http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/202161/1/latest-apostate-warning-in-feb-15-2011-watchtower).
if you are reading this, please feel free to introduce and let us know more about yourself!.
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Regarding (un)conditional love from "Pearls before Swine"
by pirata indon't know about you, but i thought this comic was pretty profound.
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does anyone else draw a connection to the watchtower society and/or jw family/friends?.
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noblood.org run by a Jehovah's Witness
by pirata inif you do a whois search on noblood.org, you'll find that the site is owned by a "larry eitel".
his twitter site also links him to http://biblize.com/ which provides provides topical parallel scripture lookup in the new world translatoin, king james, and niv.
the versalizer on biblize.com matches the same scriptures as the daily text.
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The Apostle John thought the end was near...
by pirata ini used to always justify that the apostles (and paul) thought the end was near because the "mini-end" (jerusalem's destruction in 70ce) had not yet happened.. then it dawned on me that 1st/2nd/3rd john were written in 98ce (at least according to the back of my nwt), after jerusalem's destruction.. 1 john 2:18 (new international version)warnings against denying the son 18 dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come.
this is how we know it is the last hour.. not only was it the last day, it was the last hour..
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Are Golden Age Complete Sets available for 1925-1931?
by pirata inwtarchives has the golden age for 1919-1924. research applications has 1932-1937. does anyone know if complete sets are available for 1925-1931?.
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Throwing a wet blanket on 2034
by pirata inon a few occasions i've heard suggestions of 2034 as the "date", since it is 120 years after 1914; just like noah's time.. it looks to me like the governing body is being pro-active in preventing this in becoming a date that is speculated on.. the dec 15, 2010 wt (printed version) has an interesting qfr, asking if noah had knowledge of the 120 years.
the answer was: noah didn't know about the 120 year time period, but that didn't matter to him because he knew it was coming and kept busy.
i don't currently have the printed copy handy but can post a few quotes from it later on (unless someone else has it handy).. just thought it was interesting.
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The offical Screaming thread for those 'still in' or with family 'still in'
by pirata inaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
that feels better.
thanks all for listening to things that i cannot say to my family or 'friends', the very people that i should be able to talk about anything about, without fear of being labelled as an apostate and shunned like an amharet..
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Pray for the Governing Body
by pirata ini was told that at the 2010 annual meeting, jws were asked to pray for the governing body to remain(?
) discreet and make wise decisions.. please include this in your prayers..
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Radiocarbon Dating
by pirata inthis was mentioned in a recent fossil thread, so i thought i'd post the whole article here:.
*** g72 4/8 pp.
5-11 the radiocarbon clock gets a checkup ***.
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'Unbiased' Study Bible or Commentary Recommendations?
by pirata inare there any commentaries or study bibles that anyone can recommend?
i'm not sure if it's possible to be 100% unbiased, but looking for something that tries to keep theological speculation, or scripture bending to fit theology, to a minumum.. esv study bible was referenced in another thread, but the description says it is "evangelical".
not sure if that indicates a theological bias or not..