Could you imagine the Society doing something like this?
ChuckD
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From pub to pub ....
by ChuckD incould you imagine the society doing something like this?.
http://www.projo.com/report/html/religion/07141961.htm
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This proves it is true!
by ChuckD ini just read this on www.randi.org, and though it interesting;.
reader joe ridgel sends me this hypothetical exchange, which i'd not seen before, between one (c) who argues that the accounts in the bible prove christian claims to be true, and another (d) who disputes that premise.
d: was there a road named route 66?
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ChuckD
I just read this on www.randi.org, and though it interesting;
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Reader Joe Ridgel sends me this hypothetical exchange, which I'd not seen before, between one (C) who argues that the accounts in the Bible prove Christian claims to be true, and another (D) who disputes that premise.D: Was there a road named Route 66?
C: Yes.D: Was there an event called the "Great Depression"?
C: Yes.
D: You agree that during this time there was also an event called the "Dust Bowl"?
C: Of course.
D: Do you agree that it is an historical fact that during this time thousands of poor farmers from Oklahoma and Arkansas headed west to California, the so-called "Okies" and "Arkies"?
C: Sure.
D: Then, using your logic, have I just proved that "The Grapes of Wrath" is not a fictional novel with an historical setting, but an historical, documentary, account of the travels of the Joad family during the aforementioned events?
C: Well, ye....no.........uh........um.......
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JW's in the News
by ChuckD inthere is at this moment a story about the witnesses before the supreme court.
it is on npr's all things considered.. cd
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ChuckD
There is at this moment a story about the Witnesses before the Supreme Court. It is on NPR's All Things Considered.
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Widowed DO takes 30 yr old Wife!!!
by ISP inwidowed d.o.
bro derek carter has caused something of a stir by marrying a 30yr old pioneer sister that is at least half his age.
if you ever saw bro carter you would notice a strong resemblance to 'uncle fester' of the adams family.
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ChuckD
If he times it just right, both he and the child will be in diapers at the same time, making his wife's job a bit easier.
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1975 Made Easy.
by Englishman inas i was one of those people who were around during the build-up to 1975, i thought that some of the newer converts might be interested to see how the society arrived at this date with such confidence.. firstly, we need to see how 1914 figures in this.
we need to appreciate, that although the date 1914 is arrived at retrospectively - that is it was assumed initially to be the date of armageddon, only later was it re-written as the date when satan was thrown out of heaven and jesus ascended to his throne.. the society tied this in with the scripture this generation will by no means pass away until all these things occur, assumed that a generation was the average life-span of 70 years, tacked it onto 1914 to arrive at 1984 but also mentioned that some would live to 80 years owing to special strength, then mentioned that this generation would by no means pass away so that quite a wide time slot was available for armageddon to arrive.
this window of time then provided endless opportunities for jws to be kept in a permanent state of anticipation as various events unfolded.
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ChuckD
Avengers,
You may want to check the batteries in your irony detector. I am sure that Moman's comments were fully tongue-in-cheek.
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Spirits/Entities - A question for all.
by Nemesis ini would like to ask a question if i might: how do ones here view spirits?
(not the alcoholic kind) i have left the org.
now for at least 5 years, although i did go to the memorial last year, but not where i used to go to the hall; i was not df or da.. .
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ChuckD
And if that doesn't help, check in with the Pope;
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Pope Has Performed 3 Exorcisms to Ward Off DevilFebruary 18, 2002 10:36 pm EST
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope John Paul has performed three exorcisms during his 23-year pontificate, including one as recently as September, one of the Catholic Church's leading exorcists said.
Father Gabriele Amorth told Italy's La Stampa newspaper that the Pope had carried out his first exorcism in 1982."This girl was rolling around on the ground. People in the Vatican had never seen anything like it. For us exorcists it is run of the mill," Amorth said on Monday.
The Pope has since taken part in two more exorcisms, including that of a 20-year-old woman in September, to underline the importance of the ceremony.
"He carried out these exorcisms because he wanted to give a powerful example. He wanted to give the message that we must once again start exorcising those who are possessed by demons," Amorth said.
For Roman Catholics, exorcism is the casting out of what is believed to be an evil spirit through prayer and the laying on of hands. Amorth said possession by demons took many shapes.
"I have seen many strange things...objects such as nails spat out. The devil told a woman that he would make her spit out a transistor radio and lo and behold she started spitting out bits and pieces of a radio transistor," he said.
"I have seen levitations, and a force that needed six or eight men to hold the person still. Such things are rare, but they happen," he said.
Amorth said the woman whom the Pope exorcised in September was still undergoing treatment.
"It's a very serious case. A series of curses," he said.
The interview was published a day after the Pope warned of the daily temptations of the devil during his Sunday address.
"The devil, the 'prince of this world', even today continues his insidious actions. Each and every man...is tempted by the devil when he least expects it," the Pope said.
The official Roman Catholic exorcism starts with prayers, the blessing and sprinkling of holy water, the laying of hands on the possessed, and the making of the sign of the cross.
It ends with the priest commanding the devil to leave the possessed person
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Today's Logic Puzzle
by Farkel inin a certain circuit, all elders are jerks.. 1/2 of all the ministerial servants are also jerks.. 1/2 of all the jerks in that circuit are elders.. there are 40 elders are 46 ministerial servants.. no elder is a ministerial servant.. 1/2 of the number of jerks who are not elders or ministerial servants are pedophiles.. how many pedophiles are there in that circuit?.
farkel.
"i didn't mean what i meant.
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ChuckD
If half of all the jerks are elders, and there are 40 Elders (of which ALL are jerks) then there must be 80 jerks.
Subtracting these 40, we are left with 40, of which 23 are MS's (1/2 of the 46 MS's).
Subtracting 23 from 40 leaves 17. If half of THOSE jerks are pedophiles, then it is 8 1/2.
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Today's Logic Puzzle
by Farkel inin a certain circuit, all elders are jerks.. 1/2 of all the ministerial servants are also jerks.. 1/2 of all the jerks in that circuit are elders.. there are 40 elders are 46 ministerial servants.. no elder is a ministerial servant.. 1/2 of the number of jerks who are not elders or ministerial servants are pedophiles.. how many pedophiles are there in that circuit?.
farkel.
"i didn't mean what i meant.
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ChuckD
Eight & 1/2 of them.
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An Anointeds Concubine?
by ElijahTheThird inthat one in a position of responsibility for others, could a "minister / clergy / anointed / elder" be rightious in gods eyes in having a couple concubines besides the one wife?.
norval
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ChuckD
I love the smell of troll in the morning.
Smells like......well, troll.
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