Pick up the book From Eden to Exile http://www.amazon.com/Eden-Exile-Unraveling-Mysteries-Bible/dp/1426200846 and look up the chapter on the Garden of Eden. Pretty interesting reading.
Soldier77
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January 1 WT - Garden of Eden - Most inane article in a while
by eric356 inthe wt has really managed to outdo itself in regards to stupid, poorly researched articles attempting to defend ancient myths as literal history.
the latest effort is the cover article "the garden of eden - myth or fact?".
no moderately educated adult should have to ponder that question for long before answering "myth".
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Information control in the midst of an information revolution
by sabastious inmy older brother is a prime victim of information control.
one of the last talks we had together before he decided to shun me was about the age of the earth.. he told me that science was a fraud.
he proved this with the bible's claim that god created the world in 6 thousand years (a thousand years as a day to jehovah).. he told me that science says it has fossils that are millions of years old therefore they must be lying since it conflicts with the bible.. he has a 4 year old son, my nephew.. i know that he was describing to me a position that not even the watchtower has.
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Soldier77
Sounds like an MS I know. If there is any question to anything, he doesn't say, "what does the bible say on it" he says, "What does the WT say about it." And it's final whatever is printed.
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Watchtower and Communist propaganda
by aqwsed12345 inhave you ever wondered about the similarity of the watchtower-style and communist propaganda?
think about the "years' text" on kingdom halls'walls or catchwords on circuit assemblies.
on communist party assemblies there were a same-type text like "long live the socialism" etc.
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Soldier77
I always thought the WTS was communist. A communist dictatorship. Correction, A Communist Dictatorial Cult. There, that's about right.
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Conscious Class: Do you still go in field service?
by brotherdan ini know there are some of the "conscious class" on the board (i.e.
yknot, miseryloveselders,elderelite,etc...) do you guys still go in the field ministry?
and if so, what do you focus on?
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Well, technically, I'm still 'in', I haven't gone out in FS in...uh... shiiiiit... 9 months now... I think I've been to less than a dozen meetings in the last 6 months. I can't go out in FS and say what they want me to say, I cannot in good conscience say the canned messages to try to sucker someone into this cult. If I had a partner in crime I would be preaching the real truth about the WTS... but I have no one I could do that with here...
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Can anyone come up with a morally acceptable reason for waiting thousands of years to end wickedness?
by gubberningbody ini can't.. some bar-bet between jehovah and satan balanced against all the evil allowed just doesn't wash..
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Soldier77
what the Watchtower is saying is that because currently much less than one percent of the population of Earth is serving Jehovah
.1% of the worlds population to be exact. 99.9% of the rest of us will be bird food. Mmmmm good shit to believe in! NOT!
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sent diss letter
by serein inso iv sent my diss letter what will happen now,.
they would have got it today so will they tell the cong on sunday that weve dissed ourselfs.
or wait and try come and see us about it?.
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What will happen now? No more guilt trips, no more fear of the JW elders, no more oppression!!! Welcome to the rest of your amazing life!
They'll announce it at the SM announcements part, they don't like doing the dirty work at the 'public' meeting.
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What are the names of the current GB members? Do the R&F know the Names?
by Momma-Tossed-Me ini never knew who was controlling my life.
i didn't know who they were, how they governed, what they personally believed etc.. granted the wtbts never put any of that out there but there are people who knew them and would of course relate "experiences" of meeting them and from that you could derive certain aspects of their personality.. i never thought to investigate the leadership until i started asking questions.. so how many are there now and what are their names?
i would like to ask my family if they can name them by heart.
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Soldier77
Barr is still there Gayle
Yup, last of GB1.0. He should be kicking the bucket soon.
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Soldier77
Ahhhh WoW memories! I cancelled my account about 2 1/2 years ago, got the Death Knight to lvl80 and then it was just more of the same as lvl60, 70 caps. Booooooring!
Anyway, that is a hilarious reference in the game!
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What are the names of the current GB members? Do the R&F know the Names?
by Momma-Tossed-Me ini never knew who was controlling my life.
i didn't know who they were, how they governed, what they personally believed etc.. granted the wtbts never put any of that out there but there are people who knew them and would of course relate "experiences" of meeting them and from that you could derive certain aspects of their personality.. i never thought to investigate the leadership until i started asking questions.. so how many are there now and what are their names?
i would like to ask my family if they can name them by heart.
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Soldier77
Who's in charge now?
That is the question.
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What are the names of the current GB members? Do the R&F know the Names?
by Momma-Tossed-Me ini never knew who was controlling my life.
i didn't know who they were, how they governed, what they personally believed etc.. granted the wtbts never put any of that out there but there are people who knew them and would of course relate "experiences" of meeting them and from that you could derive certain aspects of their personality.. i never thought to investigate the leadership until i started asking questions.. so how many are there now and what are their names?
i would like to ask my family if they can name them by heart.
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Soldier77
- John E. Barr (1977)
- Samuel F. Herd (1999)
- Geoffrey Jackson (2005)
- M. Stephen Lett (1999)
- Gerrit Lösch (1994)
- Anthony Morris (2005)
- Guy H. Pierce (1999)
- David H. Splane (1999)