JoenB75

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  racism

  by Stealth in

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  having been raised as a jw, racism was something that was never promoted.

  i now have a 9 year old that has been visiting her biological grandmother and my ex-wife.

  it is my child because i adopted her.

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  JoenB75

  I believe free speech is essential for co-existence and also agree with cofty's post She should learn to respect opinions. At the same time you should keep insisting the relatives show restraint and talk nice when the kid is around. You do that with kids.
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  Flood over everest

  by road to nowhere in

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  meeting part comment on how the flood covered everest.

  that is even more ignorant than mountains being pushed up and eroding in a few thousand years.

  and it wasnt cold either.. i should have commented on the bristlecone in the awake that survived the flood.

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  JoenB75

  Yeah the early accounts are pretty dumb if understood literally. I mean a talking snake, give me a break.
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  A Serial Pooper Caught Defecating In Massachusetts Parking Lot!

  by minimus in

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  after at least 8 excrement findings, police in massachusetts finally caught this woman who would poop in a parking lot and leave her crap as well as some tissues.

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  i just thought you should know about this 💩.

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  JoenB75

  ok sorry, I tried that once at a train station. A terrible experience
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  Proof for 1914

  by Vanderhoven7 in

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  i'm not sure who wrote the following article, but it bears repeating: (please take the credit if it was you.).

  solid proof for 1914.

  "as evidence of their falsehoods, look at the timing for armageddon.

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  JoenB75

  Since this religion teaches Jesus left us for almost 2,000 years, the followers avoid on reflecting on faithlife in a sinridden world. My father talked a lot of this nonsense about how death was never meant to be etc. It alienates you from the life conditions we all face.
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  A Serial Pooper Caught Defecating In Massachusetts Parking Lot!

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  after at least 8 excrement findings, police in massachusetts finally caught this woman who would poop in a parking lot and leave her crap as well as some tissues.

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  i just thought you should know about this 💩.

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  JoenB75

  It is a psychological disorder where you are so pissed at the world that you want to express it with poop
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  My wife and I have begun our fade

  by James Jack in

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  i haven’t posted in awhile.

  my wife asked me after the year 2000 came and went without fanfare(because the wt organization said all the “new world” would be here within this 20th century would end), “ what would it take for you to leave the truth?”.

  my reply was “ if i turn 60 in this “system of things”.

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  JoenB75

  It is an evil and smart religion, that can have such a strong and material hold on people. My parents also believed they would never die and got really disappointed when it became increasingly clear to them they were wrong. As kid I thought they were idiots for believing they would not experience basic life conditions but today I look at it more charitable and mature. I hope in time you will still have certain good memories about it and now look ahead for new things.
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  When "all" is not "everyone" or "everything."

  by Wonderment in

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  we keep seeing posters bringing col. 1.16 and john 1.3 up as proof that christ is excluded from the creative acts.

  the proof they submit is that the words "all things [gk., pánta]" appear in these texts.

  however, they are missing this important element from the discussion: the word "all" is rarely used in greek, and even in our everyday language to mean literally "everyone" or "everything" under the sky.

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  JoenB75

  Wonderment,

  1 Corinthians 15:27-28 only strengthens my basic point about all and context. Paul clearly understands all as all in this context, therefore he feels the need to point out it is evident that God is excluded from things to be subjected (or created). He is not saying it is also evident Adam, Nero, Mao, Hitler, apostates and all the other guys we don’t like are excluded too.

  I dont know why you speak of the Trinitarians? Trust me, Arius came later and was considered a worse threath 😊.

  Jesus is given all authority in heavens and earth (Matt 28:18) and is heir of all things despite the JW protest (Hebrews 1.2). God placed him “far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come” (Ephesians 1:21). The mode of Yahweh / Jehovah has retired with the old covenant. He said goodbye long time ago. As Paul explains in Philippians 2:5-11, grasping the incarnation of God the Father is essential to our understanding. Jesus is God as man and while Jesus as man has a Father, Jesus is to be worshipped nonetheless. We are to call on Jesus like the old covenanters called on Yahweh, God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ are various revelations / modes (1 Corinthians 1:2-3). It is the Incarnate who would be exalted now. The Word, the reason and cause of all things, was made flesh, came to serve God and man and now is exalted above all. He is one with the Father as He is God the Father in flesh (John 10:30, 14:9).

  Where is the Arian Jesus in the Bible? In the old testament JWs may try to go for personified wisdom (Proverbs 8.23) or make the Creator “one of the chief princes” (Daniel 10:23). That is not how to speak of God the Father who emptied himself and became man to serve. Apart from his existence in flesh, the Son would be recognized as God and Father (Isaiah 9.6). The sum of the Word is truth (Psalm 119:160). So you must try to reconcile its teachings.
  
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  It's my birthday

  by Tameria2001 in

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  todays my birthday.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9gqijm2sue.

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  JoenB75

  Happy birthday and God bless ☺️
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  Wt. April 2020 Revised Joel Prophecy

  by BluesBrother in

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  if this has been posted before, then my apologies..... article in april ‘20 wt changes the view of the locust swarm prophecy...formerly believed to describe the worldwide preaching by anointed.

  ”simply put, these verses refer, not to our zealous preaching work, but to the activity of the babylonian army that invaded jerusalem in 607 b.c.e.”.

  they also tie in the giving of holy spirit to the congregation at pentecost and thereafter.. the article is available to read in full on our least favourite website.. https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-study-april-2020/an-attack-coming-from-the-north/.

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  JoenB75

  Silly guesswork
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  Animals as vegetarians thread continued

  by Crazyguy2 in

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  i found out just last night that back in 2015 scientists discovered a piece of amber estimated to be over 15 million years old.

  inside the amber was a flea, very similar to the size and kind that attack and eat our blood today.

  whats even more astonishing is in the mouth they found bacteria that has the same make up as bubonic plague.

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  JoenB75

  Yet they groan due to the effects of sin