Socrateswannabe
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From Colloquialisms to Creative Cursing
by Socrateswannabe ini love colloquialisms and creative cursing.
i present to you a "top ten" list of sayings that i remember from my upbringing in texas.
please share your favorites from your "neck of the woods"!
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New Pattern regarding Science in the Awake
by konceptual99 inreading the first couple of awakes for 2013 i think there is a pattern developing.. they have the regular "could it have happened by chance" article on something amazing in nature but they are also interviewing a scientist who is also a witness.
this is a pretty interesting tack on a number of levels.. firstly it is sending out the implicit message that "look, this educated person accepts creation, the flood and every other account that is at odds with generally accepted science, so that should give you confidence that you are right as well".
secondly, as a magazine designed for public comsumption is suggests to non-witnesses that there are many well educated people who accept the bible.
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It's Not What You Know...
by Socrateswannabe in...because most of what people are searching for is unknowable!.
the more i use my brain instead of let the wts do my thinking for me, the more i believe that it's impossible to identify truth.
i think we're capable only of identifying what is not true.
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How the Governing Body Solved Another Problem
by Cameron_Don inthat interpretation had caused a problem that the governing body was never able to satisfactorily explain.
they needed to be able to show that there has always been a functioning faithful and discreet slave in one form or another ever since.
but they were never able to provide any evidence for the existence of an ongoing 1900 year-old slave prior to the appearance of the watchtower society.
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YPA Video vs. World's Deadliest Snake
by Socrateswannabe inalright so the title of this post doesn't seem to make any sense, but give me a paragraph or two and i will try to pull these disparate subjects together.. for those still "in", this week we studied the interviews portion of the "young people ask-what will i do with my life" video.
the comments by these young people are predictable.
they extol the value of prayer, daily bible reading, personal study, meeting attendance, field service, and reaching out for other privileges.
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The WTS "Brain Drain"
by Quendi ini posted this on another thread and am pasting it here to start a new one because i would be interested in getting others' thoughts on it.. there has been a downward spiral in the quality of the written publications since the death of fred franz in december 1992. whatever else can be said about franz, the man did have some education and his writing was of good quality.
others in the writing department also had some skill and command of language that gave cogency to their work.
but since franz's death, a huge leadership vacuum has opened in the wts.
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A Kinder, Gentler Jehovah Emerges at the 2012 DC?
by Socrateswannabe inhaving attended this summer's district convention, i'm confused.
has a kinder, gentler jehovah emerged?.
acquiring an obedient heart-is it possible?
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Anyone use to have horrible nightmares as a child & afriad of the dark due to all the Watchtower Society talk of Demons and Satan??
by mind blown inas a little child i used to have horrible, horrible nightmares do to all the satan/ demon and big a talk.
i was also horrified of the dark for the same reason.
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Today's wt study article quotes a Nazi mass murderer as a reference
by fugue intoday's study article, "do not look at the things behind," from the 3/15/12 study edition, which was reviewed by blondie in her thread, has a footnote on paragraph 12.. the original-language word here translated refuse.
also meant what is thrown to the dogs,.
dung, excrement.
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Thanks to all
by Socrateswannabe ini am by nature a reticent soul.
i am perfectly happy to watch from the sidelines as others debate and contest, poke, prod, and cajole one another.
as an observer, i still gain.