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A little bit of national pride never hurt anyone ...
by JoeSinclair insome context for this post is helpful: in england we are currently (as a nation) deluding ourselves that we can win the world cup*.
therefore, the country is literally turning red and white with flags on display everywhere.
we are idol worshipping ourselves into an early armageddon over here!.
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Plastic Surgery
by DevonMcBride inin 5 days i'm undergoing liposuction of the hips and abs.
i can't wait to get it done but i'm a little bit nervous as i've never been under the knife before.
the anesthesia is local with a sedation.
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For our Biblical experts: Artaxerxes reign began in 474 BCE?
by sir82 ina question for leolaia, peaceful pete, narkissos, and/or any others who might know this:.
in this week's "what does the bible really teach" book study lesson, the appendix that is covered talks about the famous "70 weeks of years" prophecy of daniel 9:25. the society claims that the "69 weeks" runs from 455 bce to 29 ce, coinciding with jesus' baptism.. they derive the 455 bce date as "the 20th year of the reign of artaxerxes".
they claim that "historians agree that" artaxerxes began his reign in 474 bce.. i did a quick google search, and found absolutely nothing even remotely hinting at 474 bce as a beginning date for anyone.
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Whats the aim of the people in charge?
by JoeSinclair ini was about to post another reply to my previous thread but i decided a new thread would be appropriate for this question.. i have learned a lot in the last few days about the jw organisation and the waverings towards cult-like behaviour.
i have read web sites listing cult like characteristics and then examples of what the watchtower chaps have done that looks similar.
it was tempting, at first, to think that i am hearing from a collective of disaffected people who have been hard done by and to assume the reality lies somewhere nearer the middle than you guys say it is.
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Went to my Uncle's Lutheran Funeral
by Seeker4 inmy uncle passed away a couple of weeks ago and i went to the funeral.
one of my pet peeves, even as a witness, was how bad the witness funerals usually were.
just an opportunity to give a witness about why the dead person wasn't going to heaven!
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AIDS/HIV, Watchtower, and Frontline
by cyberguy inwhen i was in the jw-office, working at circuit and district conventions, there was a real scare/effort to baptize those with aids/hiv after everyone else was finished.
i can understand this safeguard, but the wts position on this in the us and the western world, is that it is primary a gay disease (most infected that i knew, wanting to be baptized as jws, were not gay but former drug addicts, sharing needles).
their view is, gods punishment on a debauched lifestyle!.
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High Control? Cult?
by JoeSinclair inhi guys,.
i have posted earlier today about the witness translation of the bible.
i am trying to learn about the jw way of life from the perspective of an interested outsider.
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Which books were selected to make up the Bible?
by JoeSinclair ini have stolen some text, quoted below, from the national geographic website, http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lostgospel/timeline.html.
i read their article about the supposed gospel of judas and found it interesting.
i offer no comment on the validity of their article, nor seek one.
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Do they respect gay rights?
by greendawn ini am not gay and never have been one, but do you think that your local society treats gays with respect or that it has no tolerence for such a sexually different and in the thought of many deviant minority?
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i personally don't approve of their activities but i can understand that they are genetically predisposed in that way and can't change.