Posts by digderidoo

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Jeremiah and the 70 years. Jewish exile or Babylonian rule?

by digderidoo in

i have never until a few days ago been able to reconcile the 70 year prophecy with the 587/6 bce date for jerusalems destruction.

although a post was about this in a previous thread by a@g , i would like to explore this more.. when the 70 years are applied to babylonian rule, rather than the jewish exile everything seems to make sense.. to ellaborate for those who haven't come across it, this is how 587/6 does match the 70 year prophecy.. i hope a@g doesn't mind but i have cut and paste his post:-.

the 587 date does match the bible.... (jeremiah 25:11) 11 and all this land must become a devastated place, an object of astonishment, and these nations will have to serve the king of babylon seventy years.".

digderidoo

I've always thought that there are two 70 year periods that run somewhat parallel to each other. First one from 609bc to 539bc for Babylonia and the second one from 587/6bc to 517/516bc for Jerusalem. The actual exile would then be about 50 years.

I suppose this has been discussed to death before though...

Discussed to death? Here, no way. just go to the search facility and type in 70 years

I find it interesting. When i first set out to look at 587/6 v 607 i didn't realise the subject would be so vast and deep. I am still learning. My next step is to read both Johnson's and Furuli's books.

Paul

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How Did YOU Personally Feel About "Keeping The Congregation Clean"?

by minimus in

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did you report others that you either suspected of doing something wrong or knew of that had committed some "wrongdoing"?.

the elders regularly tried to lay a "guilt trip" on members by telling them they could personally "hinder god's holy spirit" if they didn't come forward to the elders and either fink on themselves or someone else.. did you buy into this crap??

?.

digderidoo

How do you keep clean a room full of shit!!!

ROFL

Paul

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How Did YOU Personally Feel About "Keeping The Congregation Clean"?

by minimus in

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friends

did you report others that you either suspected of doing something wrong or knew of that had committed some "wrongdoing"?.

the elders regularly tried to lay a "guilt trip" on members by telling them they could personally "hinder god's holy spirit" if they didn't come forward to the elders and either fink on themselves or someone else.. did you buy into this crap??

?.

digderidoo

I reported someone for smoking....What a d**k. If i saw her again i would apologise.

Paul

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One American on International Politics

by milligal in

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it seems the entire world feels that americans are not only ignorant of international events but also void of any sense regarding their own politics.

after reading one spicey thread on the topic of our apparent unwitting density i had a couple things to say.

(parental discretion advised for political incorrectness):.

digderidoo

As far as the Queen intervening in 1975, it's true to a point. The Judges on the High Court were all old conservatives who despised the elected Labour Gov. who brought in massive sweeping changes like land rights for Aboriginies. They found an ancient law that gave power to the Queen's representative the Governor General to dissolve parliament and appoint an interim Government in times of crisis like when the Senate cannot decide an issue. Guess who they chose? The conservative opposition. There was massive protests and the GG died a despised rambling drunk. That legal loophole has been patched.

Thanks doofdaddy, i didn't know the details just remember it being mentioned when i was at college many years back.

Paul

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My Draft DA Letter - What do you think?

by daniel-p in

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dear family and friends,.

this is one of the hardest things ive ever written.

please forgive me for the brevity, but its essential for the clarity that this most emotional topic deserves.

digderidoo

Sounds good. I wish i could do something like that.

Paul

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For those that don't know me.....

by digderidoo in

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i have known many previous incarnations.

i walked the earth as nostradamus, uther pendragon, count cagliostro and rodrigo borgia, although not in that order.

i speak seventeen languages, i have played darts with the dalai lama and shared my sleeping bag with rasputin, albert einstein, lawrence of arabia and george formby.

digderidoo

lol, sometimes a cry for attention works... other times, well, i just think you look foolish!!!

Chill out

Paul

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For those that don't know me.....

by digderidoo in

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friends

i have known many previous incarnations.

i walked the earth as nostradamus, uther pendragon, count cagliostro and rodrigo borgia, although not in that order.

i speak seventeen languages, i have played darts with the dalai lama and shared my sleeping bag with rasputin, albert einstein, lawrence of arabia and george formby.

digderidoo

WHAT DRUG YOU ON NOW?

Paul

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For those that don't know me.....

by digderidoo in

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friends

i have known many previous incarnations.

i walked the earth as nostradamus, uther pendragon, count cagliostro and rodrigo borgia, although not in that order.

i speak seventeen languages, i have played darts with the dalai lama and shared my sleeping bag with rasputin, albert einstein, lawrence of arabia and george formby.

digderidoo

I'm a Greek Goddess, the Queen of Sheba, the daughter of Mother Teresa and Elvis and I'm the best damn stripper you've ever seen. I invented post-it notes and cubicles. Oh and I can do some SERIOUS damage with a bowl of pudding, a cactus and a rusty ceiling fan blade. Have we met? :)

Don't think we've met, but maybe we should

Paul

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Letter From My Elder Brother 2 Years Ago ; My Reply to Him

by flipper in

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as some of you know, me and my wife 2 years ago were accused of " circumstancial fornication" 1 month before we were married because my ex wife ( divorced 1998) and my youngest daughter , both witnesses, drove an hour and a half away from where they lived to find me at my fiances house at 9:30 a.m. in the morning to take my fiance to get her tires fixed.

both my fiance and me were fully clothed !

then my ex-wife ran and gossipped to my witness parents and older siblings about it , bringing about them writing condemning letters to me ; without even checking out the accuracy of the false charges.

digderidoo

Flipper,

When i read things like this i actually feel sorry for your brother. All he believes in is the shit the WT puts out. He obviously isn't like you who can stand up and think for themselves. He is towing the WT line and hasn't got the balls to think for himself. The WTS is so devisive when it comes to families.

Paul

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One American on International Politics

by milligal in

jw
friends

it seems the entire world feels that americans are not only ignorant of international events but also void of any sense regarding their own politics.

after reading one spicey thread on the topic of our apparent unwitting density i had a couple things to say.

(parental discretion advised for political incorrectness):.

digderidoo

Bottom line, parliaments are better because they have more parties represented...

The number of parties in a parliament has more to do with the way those parties are elected than anything else. In this country we have the first passed the post system, where an MP is elected for his area, then that MP has his vote in Parliament, once the number of MPs gets past the winning post that party becomes the government. IMO a much fairer system would be proportional representation, where the percentage of vote would reflect the percentage in Parliament. This would mean that coalitions have to be formed, but it would be a much fairer representation.

The Scottish Parliament, Welsh and NI assemblies favour more towards PR, but even that IMO can go further. I do not really see how more parties are represented in our parliament with the electoral system we have in place at the moment.

Paul