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Coming to a Kingdom Hall near you
by FatFreek 2005 inputting it simply, kingdom halls are no longer the property of a local group of the folks that paid for and constructed it.
the lender, the watchtower society, now says that once a mortgage is satisfied, that congregation must then declare a resolution which says it will continue to make payments, usually equal to the amount they were paying on the mortgage.
and they must do so indefinitely.
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Jonathon Edwards preached to the Red Indians
by StopTheTears ini never knew that the famous new england theologian jonathan edwards spent some years as a missionary to the red indian tribes.
there are various modern ideas as to how one should preach to those completely ignorant of christ and the way of salvation, but edwards had confidence that the gospel is the power of god unto salvation for all people.
perhaps someday those still living in pagan lands will accept christ and share in the blessings of america.
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D-Wave Founder Eric Ladizinsky - The Coming Quantum Computing Revolution
by Brokeback Watchtower ini wonder how many doublings moore's law will keep happening now that we have begun quantum computing?.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omn4mc_21xe.
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/mooreslaw.asp.
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Life is more than ritual ...
by fulltimestudent injw's are lost in the meaningless ritual of meeting formats (varied occasionally when even the f&ds finally recognises that it has become meaningless) and field service.
the ritual of the field service component has become even more meaningless with the advent of the trolleydollies, just like the old-time practise of carrying an old-fashioned gramophone and some of judge joey's records from house-to-house became meaningless.. can anything shake the witnesses out of their apathetic meaningless rituals?
i'm not sure that can ever happen.. but perhaps there is a lesson for some thinking jws in this story of an old monk lost in his ritual, until something woke him from his self-absorbed view of his world.. https://vimeo.com/61481633.
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Need some advice Re: JW marking by a family member
by William Penwell inso anyone that has read some of my posts on here over the years knows i have done the slow fade over the last 30 years.
i do not claim to be a jw and have not being in a kingdum hall now to attend a meeting or convention for religious reasons for almost 15 years.
now i know the discussion on here from this past dc was the rank and file dubs have being pressured to distance themselves away from family members that are no longer active dubs that they deem are not living up to wt bible principals.
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BBC Radio Four Comedy Centering Around Leaving the Witnesses.
by gonzobear ini heard this on the radio last week and thought it was really powerful, amazingly radio four referred to the witnesses as a religious cult, which i thought was progress.
it's a strangely tough listen, i'm sure many of you have been through similar, i know i was, and to hear it presented as comedy seems to add an extra punch.
it's great to see true life stories gaining some media traction.
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The facts on crucifixion, stauros, and the "torture stake"
by Leolaia infinally, i will look at biblical and patristic evidence bearing on the crucifixion of jesus in particular.
we need to examine the earliest known descriptions of the kind of crucifixion adopted by the romans and the specific terms they used to refer to it.
apparently the society believes that crux still meant "stake" in the second century a.d., when tacitus composed his annals.
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We are STRONG, NOT Weak!!!
by Divergent intoday's text:.
thursday, october 20. assist those who are weak.—acts 20:35.. you may know from personal experience that it can take time to recover from a debilitating physical illness.
similarly, a christian who has been weakened by personal difficulties or very trying circumstances may need time to regain spiritual strength.
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Requesting a few dozen copies of any edition of Watchtower and/or Awake!
by Pete J ini need maybe 2-5 dozen copies of any edition of the watchtower or awake!
magazines to distribute to family, friends, and neighbors.
any reasonable condition.
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Charles Taze, Come Back - You Can Fix 1914 Now - More Chambers in Giza Pyramid
by berrygerry inhttp://www.ibtimes.com/mysterious-hidden-chambers-discovered-egypts-great-pyramid-giza-2433377.
if indiana jones was alive (and not fictional), he would be would be fascinated by this bit of news: two secret chambers have been discovered in egypt's great pyramid of giza.
the ministry of antiquities announced on thursday the "two anomalies" were found in the 4,500-year-old structure, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.. .