"On the other hand, he's proof that the generation of 1914 has by no means passed away!"
Uh oh, that means Armageddon will be coming soon... any day now...
Badfish
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Google alert, Today LA News paper story on 107 yr old Jehovah's Witness Holocaust survivor.Message:" tolerance, humanity and peace".....
by Balaamsass in107-year-old holocaust survivor, jehovah's witness is star of 'ladder in the lions' den' documentaryby bob strauss, staff writerposted: 11/13/2012 08:03:20 am pstupdated: 11/13/2012 08:03:39 am pst.
107-year-old holocaust survivor and jehovah's witness leopold engleitner looks on following a screening of a new documentary, "ladder in the lion s den," in encino, calif., on monday, nov. 12, 2012. the film depicts engleitner s life as a jehovah s witness in nazi concentration camps.
engleitner is the world s oldest known male nazi concentration camp survivor.
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Did God invent the sword?
by Badfish inin genesis 3, when adam and eve are kicked out of the garden, it says there is a flaming sword guarding the way to the tree of life.. this was before adam and eve had any children yet.. but metalworking and forging are not mentioned until tubal-cain -- adam's great great great great great grandson -- comes along.
not sure if it means he invented the forging of tools or if he was just a blacksmith, though.. but back to the main point.
if there was this sword guarding the way to the tree of life, does that mean god invented swords?.
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Badfish
In Genesis 3, when Adam and Eve are kicked out of the garden, it says there is a flaming sword guarding the way to the Tree of Life.
This was before Adam and Eve had any children yet.
But metalworking and forging are not mentioned until Tubal-cain -- Adam's great great great great great grandson -- comes along. Not sure if it means he invented the forging of tools or if he was just a blacksmith, though.
But back to the main point. If there was this sword guarding the way to the Tree of Life, does that mean God invented swords?
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WT article on Esther: dead wrong.
by JeffT ina few weeks ago the pastor at our church gave the sermon from the book of esther.
this sparked some old wt memories.
i looked through my old bound volumes and found this gem of misguided scholarship from the writing department.
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This king knows how to throw a party! All you can drink wine while staring at the queen wearing nothing but her crown! Woohoo!!!
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I'm staying home - the zombies are roaming the street tonight-
by moshe init's zombiecon time again-.
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Awesome, I wish I was there!
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Do the elders have "clear direction" that it's ok to use an ipad at meetings?
by nochoice ini read this post more than a year ago: http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/212313/1/watchtower-publications-for-ipad.
since i saw it, i've been waiting for the first brother or sister to show up at the hall with an ipad to see what happens.
a little here and there at the conventions and assemblies.
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Badfish
One of my relatives told me she uses her iPad at the KH.
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Why aren't you an Atheist?
by Bloody Hotdogs! inlong time lurker, first time poster.. .
i'm an ms (accounts servant) in a large congregation in canada.
over the last several years i've faught a hard-won battle to rid my mind of all religous and supernatural beleifs.
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Badfish
It's better to be surprised than to be disappointed.
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Why does the Society allow women to speak in the congregations?
by Badfish ini know this sounds sexist, but you know what?
the bible is sexist.. in order to establish that birthdays cannot be celebrated, the society references two obscure passages that mentions someone getting killed at a birthday celebration.
however, nowhere in the scriptures does it say that birthdays are wrong.. but then, when the bible is very clear about something such as this:.
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Badfish
How about the Bible verses about homosexuality? If I was gay but still claimed to be a Christian I could just say "that was just inserted by homophobic men."
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Why does the Society allow women to speak in the congregations?
by Badfish ini know this sounds sexist, but you know what?
the bible is sexist.. in order to establish that birthdays cannot be celebrated, the society references two obscure passages that mentions someone getting killed at a birthday celebration.
however, nowhere in the scriptures does it say that birthdays are wrong.. but then, when the bible is very clear about something such as this:.
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Nothing will convince me that 1 Tim 2 are inspired of a loving God
Then you believe that all of the Bible is not the inspired Word of God? Under this belief, people can pick and choose which parts of the Bible they choose to say is inspired and which parts are not, based on their own personal agendas.
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Why does the Society allow women to speak in the congregations?
by Badfish ini know this sounds sexist, but you know what?
the bible is sexist.. in order to establish that birthdays cannot be celebrated, the society references two obscure passages that mentions someone getting killed at a birthday celebration.
however, nowhere in the scriptures does it say that birthdays are wrong.. but then, when the bible is very clear about something such as this:.
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Badfish
For me it's pretty clear now that the "Christian principles" for women given by the apostles in the 1st Century were man-made rules, influenced by the culture of the time, rather than inspired by God.
I agree with you that women are equal and just as adequately qualified as men to teach, but the Apostle Paul was using the Bible to back up his statements rather than man-made traditions. Right after he says this in 1 Timothy 2:12-14, "Let a woman learn in silence with full submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach, or to exercise authority over a man, but to be in silence."
He goes on to say in verses 13-15: "For Adam was formed first, then Eve. Also, Adam was not deceived, but the woman was thoroughly deceived and came to be in transgression. However, she will be kept safe through childbearing, provided they continue in faith and love and sanctification along with soundness of mind."
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Why does the Society allow women to speak in the congregations?
by Badfish ini know this sounds sexist, but you know what?
the bible is sexist.. in order to establish that birthdays cannot be celebrated, the society references two obscure passages that mentions someone getting killed at a birthday celebration.
however, nowhere in the scriptures does it say that birthdays are wrong.. but then, when the bible is very clear about something such as this:.
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One thing the WTS. has always done is cherry pick what scriptures they want to use to reference their own particular agenda.
That's true, for instance, when I was a teenager (and an unbaptized publisher) one time out in service I once said to a householder that I liked his tattoo. After leaving the house, the elder who had accompanied me to the door reminded me that we as Jehovah's Witnesses don't get tattoos because Leviticus 19:27 says: " YOU must not make cuts in YOUR flesh for a deceased soul, and YOU must not put tattoo marking upon yourselves. I am Jehovah."
But he failed to mention that the verse immediately preceding that one reads: "Y OU must not cut YOUR sidelocks short around, and you must not destroy the extremity of your beard." (Leviticus 19:26)
So if we were to use verse 27 to say we shouldn't get tattoos, then we should also use verse 26 to say we MUST have beards.
Cherrypickin'.
Of course, if they forbade women from speaking in the congregation and forced men to have beards, people might get them confused with Muslims. Maybe that's why they choose to ignore those scriptures.
