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  God Cannot Lie, But God's Organization Can?

  by AmABeliever in

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  in the recently leaked bethel training videos, both speakers state that inappropriate flirting really amounts to lying, as if a person is misrepresenting either his interest or availability to another person romantically.. we are reminded that the bible is very plain in its expressions on lying such as proverbs 12:22 which states it is detestable to god.

  so with the example given here, we must have a very high standard in separating what is truthful from what is not.. with that being the case, it shocks me that bethel would produce a video presented to all in attendance at the 2017 regional convention regarding the early 1970's, essentially rewriting history as to what actually happened.. is misrepresenting your past and misleading millions of followers not a much more extreme case of lying from those who claim to reject any form of lying no matter how small, such as flirting?

  would anyone like to add more examples to this thread?.

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  Another big lie is telling the R+F that they've consistently taught that Jesus returned in 1914.

  "The Watchtower has consistently presented evidence to honest hearted students of Bible prophecy that Jesus’ presence in heavenly Kingdom power began in 1914. Events since that year testify to Jesus' invisible presence." Watchtower 1993 Jan 15 p.5

  ....when the fact is...they used to teach Jesus returned in 1874!....and only discarded that "truth" as late as 1943.

  "In the year 1943 the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society published the book "The Truth Shall Make You Free." This moved forward the end of six thousand years of man's existence into the decade of the 1970's. Naturally this did away with the year 1874 C.E. as the date of return of the Lord Jesus Christ and the beginning of his invisible presence or parousia. Page 324 of the above book positively says: "The King's presence or parousia began in 1914."" God's Kingdom of a Thousand Years Has Approached p.209

  All you lurkers.....go check the books for yourself.....and see who are the liars....."apostates" or "God's spokespeople".....aka a bunch of fargin lying sneaky bastages.
  
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  What Do You Think of The News Media?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i used to pretty much believe anything they would report.

  now, though, i find myself questioning “journalists “, with the realization that much of what is said may be inaccurate or slanted..

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  Hanged Man

  What kept you?
  
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  History of Salvations: Israelites and Judahites

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  my material on the history of judaeo-christian salvations became unwieldy, so i divided it into 3 parts.. i have completely rewritten part 1, dealing with the israelites and judahites.

  http://www.jwstudies.com/revolutions_part_1__israelite_judahite_salvations.pdf .

  the url links to parts 2 and 3 are provided on its page 3.. i provide the complete bibliography at the end of part 3.. doug.

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  Perry.....death had no hold on heaven's gate members either....they were involved in an instantaneous masochist indulgence....and all with a smile on their face.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tT-rNIxUjU
  
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  Engaged Couples Living Together

  by ILewis in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  my question is this.

  is it wrong for a jehovah's witness to allow an unmarried couple to live together under their roof?

  same room, same bed, they are allowing full on cohabitation.

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  Hanged Man

  I think the couple are allowed to sleep in the same bed together.....as long as they put a pillow between them.
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  Dead Wrong (A Tolerance for Ambiguity)

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what is your level of tolerance for ambiguity?.

  ambiguity is a clunky, uncomfortable word, imho.. .

  ambiguity means "open to more than one interpretation".

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  The rim is the "narrow path" of the bible....the "broad road" is extremism.
  
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  Dead Wrong (A Tolerance for Ambiguity)

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what is your level of tolerance for ambiguity?.

  ambiguity is a clunky, uncomfortable word, imho.. .

  ambiguity means "open to more than one interpretation".

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  People say there are two sides to the coin.....there is also the edge/rim though.

  Each of the two sides cannot see the other side.....yet the rim of the coin sees both sides
  
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  Dead Wrong (A Tolerance for Ambiguity)

  by TerryWalstrom in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what is your level of tolerance for ambiguity?.

  ambiguity is a clunky, uncomfortable word, imho.. .

  ambiguity means "open to more than one interpretation".

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  "Everything "is" and "isn't" at the same time"

  "Opposites are identical in nature,yet different in degree"
  

  The kybalion

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kybalion#Principle_of_Polarity
  
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  Your Top Ten Favourite Movies?

  by LoveUniHateExams in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  just thought i'd start a thread about favourite movies.

  mine, in no particular order, are .... alien - a great visual film.

  the chest-bursting scene is still great to watch, no matter how many times i've seen the movie.

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  "Dead mans shoes" is excellent....and it's on youtube.
  
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  The book burning has started

  by pale.emperor in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  don't know if this is a global thing but i've just been told by a pimo member of my old congregation that a min servant has been given the task of destroying all old books/literature in the kh library prior to 1992.. could be the elders (or even one of them) on a mission to stamp out dissent as my ex-wife used the same reasoning to her elder dad that i used in my jc: rutherfords books containing failed predictions.. anyone else heared anything?.

  the ms who's been given the task is a company man.

  no hope of him keeping them or selling them on ebay.. they have some russell books in that library too.

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  Bobby...they also taught Jesus returned in 1874....and only dropped that "truth" in 1943.
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  "‘Alien’ manuscript from 15th-century decoded using AI"

  by glenster in

  1. social
  2. current

  voynich manuscript https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/voynich_manuscript.

  scientists have harnessed the power of artificialintelligence to unlock the secrets of an ancientmanuscript that has baffled experts.. discovered in the 19th century, the voynich manuscriptuses “alien” characters that have long puzzled crypto-graphers and historians.

  now, however, computingscientists at the university of alberta say they aredecoding the mysterious 15th-century text.. computing science professor greg kondrak and graduatestudent bradley hauer applied artificial intelligence tofind ambiguities in the text’s human language.. the first stage of the research was working out themanuscript’s language.

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  And of course there is some zodiac in there also.

  http://www.voynich.nu/illustr.html#zodiac