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Darwin Award? Stupid and crazy?
by Hortensia inhttp://abcnews.go.com/us/snake-handling-pentecostal-pastor-dies-snake-bite/story?id=22551754.
be sure to watch the bit where he shows the interviewer his finger, the finger that fell off because of gangrene from a snake bite.
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Question: Could The WTS Be Following A Model?
by metatron incould there be any sort of model for the watchtower to imitate in regard to its planned final structure?.
is there any example out there of a church organization with a 'bishop' with absolute authority to appoint elders/pastors and that has good donation flow?.
would the legal dept.
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The True Prophet, A Refreshing Article You Can Use to Debunk the Watchtower's Chronic Self-Aggrandizement!
by RottenRiley in"self-aggrandizement (self?-grandiz-m?nt).
n.the act or practice of enhancing or exaggerating one's own importance, power, or reputation.. self-aggrandizing (-?-grandizing) adj.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/self-aggrandizement for newbies seeking truth, here's a cool article that helps you understand what a true prophet is!
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Evolution: Dinos And Birds
by metatron inhttp://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2013/12/12/duck-billed-dinosaur-had-bizarre-roosters-comb-mummy-find-reveals/.
an 8 ton monster is related to modern roosters.
i also notice that the notion of mummified dinosaur tissue is mainstream now.. .
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HELP - need article on the current fears of the GB of takeover or dissolving
by Dogpatch inhi gang,.
i have been busy getting my health (back and legs issues) back together again, and have been a little out of the loop.
i'm doing good, but can't do everything at the same time.
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Are Jehovah's Witnesses Enablers Or Codependents For The Power Hungry Governing Body?
by ÁrbolesdeArabia injehovah's witnesses are to obey every word the gb says even if it puts them in line to be executed.
we have examples of the double-talk in mexico and malawai.
the gb are selfish and have nothing to do but sit around a table (when they not flying around the world giving feeble talks about the "end" being second away and preventing kids from getting a education and making a possitive contribution to the world) and make more rules than the mishna and talmud and all the jewish and gentile traditions combinded.. .
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Cracked Photoplasty on JWs
by Vidiot inhttp://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_496_the-17-worst-christmas-specials-possible_p17/#8.
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A connective thread...
by Vidiot ini'd been doing some thinking a bit about the old organ-transplant ban, lately, and something occurred to me.... despite what some may feel, i think it's pretty obvious that the gb's decisions are dictated by pragmatic, real-world circumstances for more than any other factor.
a while back someone here (can't remember who) suggested that transplants might have been re-labeled a "conscience matter" because a gb member or his relative urgently needed one at the time, and for some reason, this idea stuck in my head.. its been a fairly well-documented fact that there were a small number of jws who had died because they dutifully obeyed the transplant ban prior to its lifting in 1980. not many, mind you; the reason being is that historically, far fewer individuals have needed transplants compared to those who have needed transfusions (emergency or otherwise).. as few and far between as those instances were, there had to have been at least some blowback in the years following that re-label; america is, after all, a pretty litigious society compared to the rest of the world (no offense).
xjws know more than most, however, that lawsuits end with settlements far more often than they do with verdicts; it saves time, legal fees, but more importantly, it minimizes bad pr for higher-profile plaintiffs.. how much of a stretch is it to suggest that - at the time - the wts' lawyers pragmatically advised the gb to discretely settle out-of-court with any of those possible litigants; particularly specifying confidentiality clauses?.
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Don’t know if this has been asked before…
by Vidiot in…but is there any way of clearing out old pms?.
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I have a new favorite internet thing...
by Vidiot inhttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=reactions+to+i+am+your+father.
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