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  Lunar Eclipses and 607/587 BCE as the date of Jerusalem´s Fall

  by ILoveTTATT2 in

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  i am doing a very extensive document, it is a work in progress, that details how to know, just using a list of eclipses in the 6th and 7th century bce, excel, and knowing how to read lunar eclipse graphs and maps, that jerusalem fell in 587 b.c.e., and not 607 b.c.e.

  as the watchtower states.currently it is in spanish, but i intend to translate it to english later.for those who speak spanish, here it is:.

  https://sites.google.com/site/laverdadtj2/los-eclipses-lunares-y-la-watchtower.

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  Londo111

  Good work. I wish I could read it. But this sort of thing is what is needed: show, don't tell. Or maybe rather show AND tell.

  The Gentile Times Reconsidered is an awesome book and a must read for any JW waking up. However, what I wished at the time when reading it was more astronomical data laid out. For instance, instead of just telling me about astronomical tablets (such as VAT 4956), I wanted to actually see it. Carl Olaf Jonson was more detailed on these matters when he critiqued Watchtower's 2011 articles.
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  Must We Always See Heroes OR Villains?

  by TerryWalstrom in

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  villains can be heroic.

  recite statistics of only the worst or exclusively the best of any person and a distorted conclusion is easy to reach.. __________.

  "by the end of his term, president ronald reagan's 138 administration officials had been convicted, had been indicted, or had been the subject of official investigations for official misconduct and/or criminal violations.".

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  People are often the products of their environment. But often views evolve over one's lifetime.

  If ten years ago, someone were to ask me whether gay people should marry, what would I have said? What came out of my mouth would've been the product of JW indoctrination. It would be very different than what I would have said now.

  I doubt history will ever quote me about anything, but if it does, I hope I'm on the right side of it.
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  Big xJW scandal

  by Charlotte in

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  Londo111

  Cedars has flaws and has made mistakes, but I think the accusation crosses a line. If the person has evidence, they should go the proper authorities.
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  New World Translation Vs. Kingdom Interlinear Translation ... your thoughts

  by Ianone in

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  8: 58 footnote 1985 ed kit blue (01).

  8: 58 footnote 1969 ed kit purple (02).

  jesus, himself tells us just how important it is.

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  That's the hype, but Freddie didn't always adhere to it.

  For instance, charis is sometimes translated gift and sometimes 'undeserved kindness'.

  He could be fast and loose when he wanted to be.
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  When You Were A JW Did You Ever Stand For The National Anthem?

  by minimus in

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  as a witness i always found a way to not have to embarrass myself by sitting down for the national anthem.. i’m curious.

  how many of you stood up for the patriotic song?.

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  Londo111

  Yep, the rule was, you had to sit during the anthem...UNLESS the flag salute came first, and since you were already standing for that out of respect...

  In public school, I complied and it sometimes made me a target of teachers. I often tried to avoid being anywhere where this might come up, if I could do so. For instance, rather than attend a pep ralley, I sat outside the gym and read a book.
  

  None of these rules made sense to me even then. I could not effectively explain to myself why I had to sit during the anthem, but stand during the pledge (unless the pledge came first). In retrospect, it all seems designed to make a JW stand out.
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  School inspection is just like a CO visit.

  by pleaseresearch in

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  so our school has just had the school inspectors in, looking and observing lessons.

  the similarities with a co visit is uncanny.. how well behaved teachers, members of staff and pupils are..

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  Londo111

  Skinner!
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  Jehovah’s Witnesses and “the Friends”

  by minimus in

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  i never understood why many jehovah’s witnesses will say “the friends”.

  it seems so mormon like..

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  The Quakers are also known as "the Friends".
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  Freak out over a magic 8 ball toy

  by charity7 in

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  just had a jw freak out over some magic 8 balls that i have.

  next thing you know i turn my head and it was thrown into a box to get rid of it.

  is it because it has the word magic in it?

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  JWs are some of the most superstitious people on earth.
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  If alcohol was a DF offense

  by James Mixon in

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  i guess the question which is the hardest to give up smoking or alcohol.

  many folks gave up smoking in the 70's including me but i have known some hard drinking brothers and if consuming any kind of alcohol became a df offense, i wonder.....

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  Londo111

  And some on the Governing Body, Bethel heavies, and many Bethelites would be out the door as well.
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  JWs - Liberals or Conservatives?

  by neat blue dog in

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  where they stand is a strange mixture.

  yes, they don't agree with abortion and homosexuality, they believe in the bible and wear skirts and ties to church .

  but in many ways they're liberal.

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  Londo111

  They are social conservatives because they share the same fundamentalist mindset as other religious fundamentalists.

  However, there is a liberal mindset in the sense that they do believe in a government (although an imaginary one) that will help solve homelessness, joblessness, poverty, war, lack of healthcare, ect...everything that would be the ire of Ann Rand devotees.