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  IMAGE QUIZ -just for fun

  by nicolaou in

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  first person to identify this building and its location gets to post the next image .

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  and on we go!.

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  Lizzie Borden B&B
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 10-11-2015 WT Study (EXPECTATION)

  by blondie in

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  blondies highlights from the10-11-2015 wt study (august 15, 2015), pages (14-18) .

  for pictures see this link.

  opening comments.

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  Para 7 - I answered on this, for the first time in ages, and pointed out that Jehovah specifically says he wants none to be destroyed so you could expect the sign to be clear to all yet it isn't. However, this follows other scripture including illustrations like the road to destruction being broad and wide so instead of the sign being clear for all, it would need something more to obtain salvation hence why the vast majority of humanity shall be destroyed.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 10-11-2015 WT Study (EXPECTATION)

  by blondie in

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  blondies highlights from the10-11-2015 wt study (august 15, 2015), pages (14-18) .

  for pictures see this link.

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  Para 5 re Jesus not giving a date. True he did not present a date but he DID give a benchmark - the generation.

  There was no mention of the generation in this WT yet has been a critical part of WT eschatology for years. Where it would have been part of the discussion before, now is being left out to avoid clouding things with yet more awkward problems.
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  Epic rant by UK TV reporter Jonathan Pie.

  by dazed but not confused in

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  a friend on facebook posted this.

  this is how news should be reported!.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p979hai5qlk.

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  Jonathan Pie is a satirical journalist. He is not real but his words are.
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  Warwitch (warwick) Workers Needed!

  by DwainBowman in

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  but no girls allowed!

  as of january, women won't be accepted as volunteers, at any of the job sites!.

  it has to do with the rooming arrangements.

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  Was this info about no women in a letter?
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  We're not trying to convert you

  by jws in

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  recently i saw a link to an article from the st. petersburg times (one of these links on the side of this forum to sometimes old articles).

  it was an article about jws and their preaching work.

  imo, middle to favorable.. but the one thing was from a door where the jws are saying they're not here to convert anyone, they just want to share a scripture.. what sort of bs is this?

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  I heard it said regularly for 30 years.

  I think it's just a platitude to try and get householders off the defensive. I've heard it justified with the tack that they need the right heart condition and then God will draw them.

  Complete crap of course...
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  Islam is the Epitome of Misogyny

  by cofty in

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  in this video the popular saudi cleric sheik yahya al-jana discusses the joys of paradise, saying that men will have the strength of a hundred men in paradise and will be busy tearing hymens, while the virgins of paradise, whose breasts are like pomegranates, become virgins every time again.. the cleric also explains it is mostly men who enter paradise noting that women in general are bad because they refuse to wear the veil, they wear tight clothes in shopping malls, put on perfume and jewelry, and use filthy social media platforms.

  source.... this is what young men from conservative muslim families are raised on.

  is it any wonder islamic countries treat women appallingly?.

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  No idea how far such ideas stretch into the psyche of the majority of adherents but I don't think views like this can be considered harmless eccentricity. This is not the Westboro Church - these people do reach a global audience of malleable minds. The number of Muslims from stable, long standing Western homes that are prepared to make the one way trek to ISIS controlled areas or commit acts of terrorism in the lands of their birth shows how indoctrinated ones can become. That's not to mention the countless number of those already in Muslim lands who are very receptive to the message these nutjob preachers are prepared to peddle.
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  Kick Back and Relax to Some Music

  by Finkelstein in

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  that's right folks time to kick back , pour a cold one and in take in some tunes.. what are you listening to right now ?

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu87294pvx8.

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  Check out the BBC 6 Music Maida Vale sessions from this week. My faves:

  • Leftfield
  • New Order
  • Staves

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n3zm0/broadcasts/2015/10

  In fact, just listen to 6 Music.
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  My subtle rant aug wt p21

  by bobld in

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  will we submit to theocratic direction now?.

  absolutely we will follow your directions.we the bethel family in the u.s.have been re-assigned to the field.we accept.. as traveling o/s because of advancing age and medical conditions we have been assigned as special pioneers.we accept.. oh!

  we just received a new directive now we are re-assigned as regular pioneers.we accept.. we are now enjoying abundant blessing.we are grateful and contented,brimming with joy in our old old age.we are so close,very close to the end of our journey(lives).soon no more pain or sorrow.peace at last awaiting to be raised from the dead..

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  konceptual99

  As a younger man I never really was worried about having children. My wife and I never really expressed even a future desire to raise a family.

  Our first child was not planned but I am eternally grateful to drunken passion that we did start down the road of raising a family.

  Now, with a lovely family, I could not imagine facing the latter half of my life without the joy of having children. The thought of simply having memories to look back in my old age, rather than being able to consider the hopes, aspirations and future achievements of my kids and, hopefully, their kids seems a less positive way of approaching those final years.

  Of course, not everyone can have a family but to have made the choice simply because you thought the end of world was coming and you would do it in the paradise is a crying shame.
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  Why Jehovah Does Not Want An Effective Preaching Work

  by konceptual99 in

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  so we all know how ineffectual the preaching work really is.

  we also know how much the wts hypes up the scope and scale of the global preaching effort.

  what the gb should be doing however is emphasising the ineffectiveness of the preaching work.

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  How about...

  This is a very interesting paragraph because it confirms something that is supported by other scriptures. The illustration of the broad and narrow paths shows that salvation will only be achieved by a minority. The understanding of when humanity will become faint out of fear is not during the majority of the period of the last days but immediately pre-Armageddon as they realise judgement is upon them.

  Jehovah has an express wish for all to gain repentance. This paragraph shows the signs are, on their own, not going to be enough for people to recognise the severity of the situation and seek Jehovah.

  Survival through Armageddon is for the minority so that places a massive emphasis on the preaching work and the efforts made to reach as many people as possible.