marmot
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Major goof in the Sept 1 WT article on Babel and the origin of languages
by marmot injust wanted to point out something that another poster brought up in the thread on the agm rumours, the writing department included a photo of a cuneiform tablet in their article on the origin of languages with a caption that states it is from 3000 bc.
this would pre-date the global flood myth and the fanciful tower of babel story altogether, hah!.
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STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH! Possible shift in position from the WTBTS on the global vs local deluge.
by marmot ina buddy of mine recently sent me a link to the official wtbts facebook page and i thought what the hey, let's see what they have to say about the question that made me fade in the first place.
much to my surprise, they answered!
you may already be aware that the general position of jehovah's witnesses is briefly stated here:.
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Bethelite sent to India for heart surgery.
by marmot inan uncle of mine is a lifer at the brooklyn bethel and he was recently sent to india for open heart surgery.
it's so much cheaper compared to getting the procedure done in the us it's ridiculous.
does anybody know if it's the society that pays for all this or if it's up to each bethelite's own health insurance?
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A Question for Blue Grass
by marmot insince i noticed you seem to take particular offense at atheism or anything that contradicts a literal interpretation of the bible, could you explain to me your view of noah's flood?.
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because that's the fable that made me stop believing in the god of the bible..
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Did anyone else run into this JW urban legend?
by marmot ini remember way back when the sega gamegear came out (a way ahead of it's time portable gaming system that competed with the nintendo gameboy, but in full colour and gorgeous graphics) a friend of mine bought one and i would borrow it every chance i got until one day he threw it out.
the reason?
he said that he was told "sega" meant masturbation in spanish..
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Jehovah's Witnesses discover mutilated corpses on return visit - CNN
by marmot inpack of dogs kills elderly couple.
by jim kavanagh.
cnnstartclickprintexcludeendclickprintexcludestartclickprintexcludeendclickprintexcludelexington, georgia (cnn) -- a pack of dogs brought down and killed an animal-loving couple last weekend in rural northeastern georgia, and a similar tragedy could occur anywhere dogs roam freely, authorities say.. startclickprintexcludetwo dogs from the pack that killed two people await euthanasia tuesday at a shelter in northeast georgia.. 1 of 3. endclickprintexcludesheriff's deputies, code enforcement officers and other officials spent most of monday and tuesday rounding up 11 adult dogs and five puppies, oglethorpe county sheriff's capt.
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Gossip about you: how far is the farthest it's travelled?
by marmot ini just got a text message today from a friend in calgary asking me why i wasn't going to meetings and why i was having doubts and he proceeded to bring up specific examples.
funny, the only people i've told about my doubts during my fade were my parents, a couple elders and my ex-gilead uncle in order to avoid possible charges of apostasy for spreading my doubts around.
after some careful questioning, i figured out it must have been my uncle spreading the gossip.
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Society's latest stance on Evolution in Jan 1, 2008 WT (bonus quote mining)
by marmot inmy parents gave me the latest "public edition" watchtower and it has 4-page festival of circular logic and hypocritical quote-mining entitled "is evolution compatible with the bible?
the opening salvo is golden, because they go and shoot themselves in the foot with it later on: "is it possible that god used evolution to create men from beasts?
did god direct bacteria to develop into fish and then to continue developing through reptiles and mammals, so that finally a race of apes became humans?
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To all those who think the WT uses deliberate "subliminal" images...
by marmot in(okay, i know i said i'd be taking a break from jwd, and i will, but i just remembered something that i felt necessary to post here because it was bugging me) .
there are some of you out there who believe the governing body meticulously crafts subliminal images that are hidden throughout the society's literature.
you say that it is impossible for these to be mere accidents or just the work of sloppy artists because there is so much painstaking review and every image must be approved by the gb before being published.
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Engagement parties...is this becoming more prevalent?
by marmot ini don't know if this is a witness thing or if it's just becoming more common everywhere, but what's the deal with engagement parties?
it seemed like all the young couples getting engaged were throwing these elaborate bashes that seemed just like a real wedding, and my former roommate even had a freaking gift registry for his.
totally crass, in my opinion, and they never even ended up getting married.