Posts by Heaven

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Awake! to be part of Watchtower Public Edition!

by Atlantis in

this was posted on a jw site and it would be nice if we could verify.. .. .. as of february 2015, the awake!

will come as a part of the watchtower public edition instead of as a separate magazine.

this is a huge change... with serious cost savings.

Heaven

Consolidation... part of 'right sizing' the organization.

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Mormon Church Founder had 33 wives

by designs in

we know russell, rutherford franz and knorr wer kooky but joseph smith takes the cake.. the salt lake tribune of all newspapers has run an article on the lds founder's 33 wives, most of whom were teenagers.. http://www.sltrib.com/news/173364-155/plural-smith-joseph-marriage-lds-says.

would you stay an lds after knowing this, how would you rationalize staying with this knowledge.. .

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Heaven

Am very glad I wasn't born into this religion.

So having 33 wives isn't adultery, right?

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JAN 2015 Awake - Yet More Fallacies and Disingenuous Statements re Evolution/Creation

by konceptual99 in

so the new awake is up.. first question..... "how did life begin?.

how would you complete the following sentance?.

life is the result of..... a. evolution.

Heaven

These clowns keep asking the same questions over and over again. Does their membership not get it the first time around?

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Evidence Regarding the Evolution of Cetaceans - Whales etc

by cofty in

this excellent little video sumamrises some of the evidence for the evolutionary history of cetaceans.. if focuses on comparative anatomy, embryology, fossils and dna.. .... .

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Heaven

At last evolution is a compulsory topic in the science curriculum in the UK

This is good to read, cofty. I am not sure if this is true in Canada. When I was in high school, it was not (but then, I'm rather old now ).

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Shootings in multiple locations in Canada's capital today - Wed Oct 22/14

by Heaven in

one soldier is shot at war memorial.

multiple shooters suspected.

national post has live updates:.

Heaven

I think the display of solidarity shows extremists that what they are trying to accomplish isn't working. It just strengthens our resolve against them.

Canada is not new to terror -- one example is the FLQ (Front de Liberation du Quebec) which had its time when I was a little kid (active between 1963 and 1970).

A friend of my boyfriend is with the Canadian Armed Forces. She states there will be a heightened response from our military and that there will be "boots on the ground now".

Meanwhile, Nathan Cirillo's family will live with this for the rest of their lives.

Nathan Cirillo loved life, a friend told the Star, but nothing more than his five-year-old son he was raising as a single dad.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power

Dogs peek out from under a gate at the Cirillo family home in Hamilton, Ontario near flowers and flags that have been left on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014.

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Evidence Regarding the Evolution of Cetaceans - Whales etc

by cofty in

this excellent little video sumamrises some of the evidence for the evolutionary history of cetaceans.. if focuses on comparative anatomy, embryology, fossils and dna.. .... .

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Heaven

cofty said: You will learn more about evolution in that 10 minute, evidence-packed video than in 4 years of high school.

I agree. And it's rather a sad statement. I think the Science classes in high school need an overhaul. I've learned more about evolution as an adult because I was interested in the topic than I ever did in high school. I also think that a class on Evolution should be mandatory for all high school students.

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The Present Truth is the Truth and the Old Truth is the Truth, even if they contradict.

by garyneal in

that is the conclusion you must accept if you are a jehovah's witness as my wife tries to explain to me that even if what they are teaching today contradicts what they were previously teaching, they had the truth then and they have the truth now.

the difference is, they (the witnesses and the governing body) simply believed that what they were teaching at the time was the truth but when they discovered new information they adjusted their thinking.

so since they formerly believed it to be the truth, they were in the truth.. an example she gave involved people who once believed the earth was flat.

Heaven

If Matthew 10:35 is truth, I want nothing to do with it.

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what does jehovah eat ?

by bigmac in

yeah yeah---i know--spiritual food.. .

or maybe---beans ( human beans ).

for those on here who still believe in a god---how do you perceive him / her / it ?.

Heaven

BRAINS!

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The Present Truth is the Truth and the Old Truth is the Truth, even if they contradict.

by garyneal in

that is the conclusion you must accept if you are a jehovah's witness as my wife tries to explain to me that even if what they are teaching today contradicts what they were previously teaching, they had the truth then and they have the truth now.

the difference is, they (the witnesses and the governing body) simply believed that what they were teaching at the time was the truth but when they discovered new information they adjusted their thinking.

so since they formerly believed it to be the truth, they were in the truth.. an example she gave involved people who once believed the earth was flat.

Heaven

The Present Truth is the Truth and the Old Truth is the Truth, even if they contradict.

Bull Shiite! The above statement is intellectually dishonest... and rather insane.

Crazy Emoticon

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"The Waters" of Jehovah are drying up in Australia...65% young ones leave!

by Witness 007 in

at the international convention last week i caught up with my old congregation and asked about the young ones...there were 2 answers.

1. they flat out left got a boyfriend etc.

and 2. havent seen them for awhile meaning they faded or went off the grid so as not to be disfellowshipped.

Heaven

Very happifying.