Derrick
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When JWs subdue Earth
by Derrick inyhwh has a chosen people on earth today, regardless of whether those 6+ million souls under the auspices of the watchtower society are the same jehovah's witnesses referred to in isaiah 43:12, "i have declared, and i have saved, and i have showed; and there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith jehovah, and i am god.".
the question is, are you one of god's chosen people?
it may very well be that those referenced in isaiah 43:12 are not all inclusively jehovah's witnesses.. suppose they are scattered throughout the entire world "out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples and tongues" (rev.
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P2: slaughter a lamb in case accused is innocent?
by Derrick inwe know very well that human judicial systems are flawed.. we know even better that our lives may pass away before these flawed judicial systems are replaced by one perfect judicial system established by god under christ.. living under the auspices of a flawed judicial system is difficult because it is like a "teeter totter" or like a scale that rarely is perfectly balanced.
it goes one direction or another.
the marble statue of a blindfolded lady holding a balanced scale of justice in her hand is the intended result of justice, not the result in real life.. in the case of protecting the rights of those who are victimized by child abusers, while also protecting the rights of those falsely accused of child molestation, no perfect balance is humanly possible on this side of armageddon.. therefore, proplog2, what shall it be?.
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NOT IMAGE OF CROSS IN 4/1/02 WATCHTOWER ON PAGE 7!
by Derrick inin the watchtower magazine on page 7 it is claimed in postings on this site that there is the image of a cross in some artwork.. i'm holding a watchtower magazine (4/1/02) and on page 7, upper-right, is the tetragrammaton.
this is a good "control" image to compare in scans that might appear on the internet because it is too faint to reliably reproduce with a high-resolution scanner.
the background is faint yellow, and the tetragrammaton itself is white (the same white as the page itself).
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Child Molestation - Maintaining A Balanced View
by Derrick inin other posts about silentlambs where i defended bill bowen's efforts to expose child molestation, proplog2 raised a lot of ire by challenging bill bowen's integrity amongst other things.. however, in proplog2's posts he mentioned concern for the possibility of an innocent adult being falsely accused of child molestation.
naturally because his overall views were objectionable to many, the proverbial baby got thrown out with the bathwater.. in other words, many (but not all) seemed to dismiss the possibility that an adult accused of child molestation is automatically guilty as charged!.
proplog2 pointed out that further complicating matters is that anyone who does not automatically conclude the accused is guilty by virtue of the accusation by a child, is considered a closet child molester themselves.
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WT: ancient world had cities, scientific knowledge
by Derrick inpage 1 of the latest watchtower magazine drops a bombshell.
in paragraph 2, speaking of the pre-flood world in noah's era, it states: "the world that perished was civilized, with cities, artistic achievements, scientific knowledge.".
link with complete citations and my personal opinion on past advanced civilizations:.
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Add Apostate Insurance rider to homeowners policy?
by Derrick indecisions, decisions!
first bethel tours.
too bad that some form of apostate insurance wasn't available in 1975. it might have at least partially covered losses of homes and other personal assets sustained by many jehovah's witnesses who suffered from an old revisited apostate teaching.
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Mole outbreak at Bethel?
by Derrick inmole outbreak at bethel?.
a "bethel mole" comes in from the cold.... http://www.aimoo.com/forum/postview.cfm?id=311102&categoryid=2967&startcat=1&threadid=125884.
derrick.
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Apostates are DEMONIZED !
by Derrick inthe other day an elder expressed concern for the "growing number of apostates on the world wide web" and said "apostates are "demonized"!.
choose the definition the elder most likely intended to imply:.
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=demonized.