it is claimed that some of these old time counters did not grasp the "0" concept, well here they added one, 96.9 years is not far fetched, what is a zero among friends anyway?,
Posts by waton
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How long did people like Methuselah really live?
by dubstepped ini was working today and my brain was working in circles like it often does and i started wondering about what i was always told about people like methuselah in bible times, and their incredibly claims of longevity.
i've tried researching things but have a hard time getting through all of the bible thumpers to some real evidence, and figured that some here may be more informed or have done the research previously.
so, did people really live longer way back when?
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"Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth."
by pale.emperor innow that im not longer a jw this verse puzzles me.
being born and raised a witness, this verse confirmed to me that jesus was talking about a paradise on earth.
but now that everything the witnesses taught is 99.99% incorrect can somone explain what he was getting at here?
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waton
has to relate to the oh-so- meek GB [ sarcasm]
Diogenesister, yes, it a consistent wt application. Think of the deeds of the sheep and goats, Math:25, it is not to help the least ones, but the anointed GB "brothers of Christ" and their enterprise.
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"Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth."
by pale.emperor innow that im not longer a jw this verse puzzles me.
being born and raised a witness, this verse confirmed to me that jesus was talking about a paradise on earth.
but now that everything the witnesses taught is 99.99% incorrect can somone explain what he was getting at here?
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waton
He meant "inherit" in the sense that his listeners would rule over the Earth
agree with tepidpoultry, with wt the meek anointed are they themselves, they will be the absentee landlords, they will decide who lives in paradise, they will appoint the princes, and not only post-Armageddon, even now.
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Not a sympathizer
by Richard Oliver ini think everyone here is under the impression that i am a watchtower sympathizer, i am not.
i just like facts and when people say things, which are their opinions but that facts point out as not being true, than that is when i get so motivated to make a comment.
i have read posts here, listened to six screens and read jwsurvey and seen things that people say, which are opinion, but pass them off as fact.. there are legitimate things that people on here and former jws have concerns over without manipulating what is said or trying to pass off opinion as a fact.
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waton
A blimp flying from Warwick to Brooklyn would seriously interfere with the take-offs from Laguardia. The governing body would be closer there to heaven than they normally think, and NY be ready for another landing in the Hudson. That idea is for the birds, so much hot air, balloon baloney. added,
ps. when I was young, the Hindenburg flew over Manhattan, displaying the symbol of the thousand year Reich, on the way to disaster, is that what inspired that wt nutty news?
The easiest factual irrefutable fallacies of wt can be found in their current teachings, but who cares?
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Paedophiliac
by midnight ini don't think jehovah likes paedophiliac behaviour .
has anyone got a reference to an article anywhere that shows watchtower giving council that paedophiliac thoughts , feelings , leanings are wrong ?
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waton
"child" in some definition is pre-puberty age, the law against possible sex crimes though, covers, in many areas, all youth below 18 years of age. If you covered the faces of "perfect" specimen -(women), - in many pictures of the media, that image matches often the "sweet sixteen" body. It is now illegal to photoshop maturer faces to 12 year old bodies, as was the custom, in some jurisdiction. so:
keep the the call for action, to where it counts, in the prepuberty range. after all,
many sisters dream of having that 15 year old body again, with the wiles to used it, of a 150 old lady, -- and so do the males.
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Random Thoughts on Getting Older
by Lee Elder inthe reality that all of us ultimately must face is that we get older and our bodies, and our minds eventually fail us.
i have seen this first hand in my family, in the jw community, and in the ex-jw community.
it is simply a sad part of the human condition, as is physical, emotional, and mental illness.
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waton
The old jws dying have a vivid personal demonstration of failed wt promises. In lucid moments they should realise, that this experience puts all of wt/ bible "assured expectations" in question., even their own resurrection, even the one that wt shares with almost all religions: the future immortality of the "anointed".
Yes, movement through time is linear, but the experience of that steady movement is changed with age, it is faster, so, it is not only more precious, because it is becoming rarer and rarer with your age, but because these old age days are ever more tightly packed into shorter and shorter years.
so make sure your old years are truly golden.
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54 year old Jw pedophile molests 14yr old jw girl.
by notjustyet inneed someone to correct the article to let the readers know "it's not a church,.. it's a kingdom hall!!".
please share and comment on their fb page to get some info out there.
https://www.facebook.com/sunherald/posts/10157904826940532.
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waton
calling statutory rape mere "molestation", misses the mark too . imho
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2017 regional convention dates British Columbia
by hoser inanybody know dates and locations of conventions in bc this year?.
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waton
island? not on dark's pilverd list. how about New Foundland?
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2017 regional convention dates British Columbia
by hoser inanybody know dates and locations of conventions in bc this year?.
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waton
thank you, very surprising, The tie-in in July was supposed to be the "historic event" who else is going to rogers place? golden bc? so, penticton/kamloops are going to miss the historic event?
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RC 2017
by wifibandit indue to last years success, i will post everything related to the 2017 regional convention in this thread.. to start us off.... thanks to exjw reddit user ich3b we have advance notice of the theme (this is not a joke!).
the theme for the 2017 regional convention is: "don’t give up!” .
as always, if you have access to confidential materials you would like to leak but need to protect your identity, pm me or email me: wifibandit1 (at) gmail.
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waton
That some have given up would be shown by empty seats at meetings, conventions. To avoid that picture in this neck of the woods, wt is ready to disrupt the summer pattern of the locals jws, that would have dispersed like salmon to their summer retreats by that late convention date, and also force them into the most expensive, congested touristy area round.
Many jws joined the organisation, because they were promised it would be sprint, It is very painful for a sprinter to run a good marathon, Now wt here is asking the marathon runners to sprint again, but in a hurdles race for oldtimers.
wt promised to confront jws with decisions that defy common and practical sense, and here, that time has arrived, At least 1k $ will be added to the cost for a small family, ( > 30 000 $ per congregation) And many seniors , toddlers will be in danger of getting stressed in the inner city traditional jw rush for best seats, parking, a berth.
All this churning to watch the wt big screen stars, that could be set up, be watched anywhere, in the familiar settings, at a sensible time, - and will be by many, later, at home.