Posts by FadeToBlack

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Carbon dating and the Global Flood - links needed

by wizzstick in

i've been using the search function on the site to research this, but a lot of articles seem quite old and there have been some interesting developments in this field of late.. if you're not sure on what carbon dating is have a look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/radiocarbon_dating.

there's an interesting point made in the calibration methods section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/radiocarbon_dating#calibration_methods.

on developments in the last few years.. they highlight the discovery at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lake_suigetsu and how it increased the calibration from 12,593 to 52,800 years.

FadeToBlack

wizzstick, please don't tell me that you suspect there may have been a global flood in 2370BC as the WT asserts. Please. Forget Carbon dating, this is recent history. None of the civilizations in existence (for quite some time) at the time noticed a global flood if there was one. Maybe they didn't get the memo. Regards...

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Getting to heaven on the wings of Lunestra

by donny in

jw
friends

finally i was having an anointed moment.

i looked up and saw jesus on his throne saying "my dear ray, i am coming soon.

yes soon i am coming and i will be coming quickly so be prepared.".

FadeToBlack

Data-Dog: if you are interested in going down that road, try some MJ first. If you can't handle that, go no further. IMHO, shrooms are the best. I would advise avoiding big-pharm. If you don't know where to get any of this stuff, ask the young people for help. It is interesting to read that LSD often helps severly depressed people, and that many of them report a significant spiritual event, even though they never do it again. Once was enough...

Just curious. How do people here feel about natural drugs in general? (MJ, shrooms, peyote, etc). I mean, (if you belive in a creator) who created it and for what purpose?

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Brilliant video catches Governing Body red-handed ignoring their own "name-calling" warnings

by cedars in

here it is.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4sednn9nli.

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cedars.

FadeToBlack

@Captain Blithering: I agree, might be hard to bring up before the convention, but we could certainly discuss it later that evening, right? We are supposed to review the day's program as a family. I will try to use Blondie's point that at least Paul was specific. This could be my best and last convention ever...

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Slowly Awakening at the DC 2013

by breakfast of champions in

so after the district convention was over, i asked my wife what her overall impression was.

she said, "maybe something has changed, or maybe it's your influence that i see things differently now, but a lot of those talks sounded more threatening than anything.

not loving, not really hopeful, just threatening.

FadeToBlack

So what kind of questions/points could I make on the way over to get her in the right frame of mind, more receptive to post convention discussions? She forced me to go to an English speaking convention this year (probably in an attempt to save me) but I want to try to use it to my advantage. Only attending Saturday and Sunday.

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International Surfing Day, June 20th, Sponsor Surfrider Foundation

by designs in

international surfing day was begun in 1984, today there are 200 events in 30 countries participating in isd.. part of the excellent work surfrider does in communities throughout the world is draw attention to clean water for our oceans, lakes, and rivers.. come and join a local festival http://isd.surfrider.org.

FadeToBlack

Surfing is a very spiritual thing.

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I just informed the parents about me and the TTATT... heart wrenching

by sosoconfused in

well first i want to thank everyone here for the good points etc... i have received over the last few months.

you guys have really been helpful!.

so the other day my mother wrote me a 3 page letter telling me how she was so scared for me because she could tell my love for the truth was gone etc.. so i decided i wanted to totally rip the band-aid off and get this matter over and done with.

FadeToBlack

Excellent. The truth is the truth, right? It might hurt, but in the end, you have to be able to live with yourself. I think your post will inspire more of the lurkers to get off the fence. Thanks for being brave.

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So, Whats the real reason JWs are no concessions open at the DC and are discouraged from supporting nearby vendors?

by BU2B in

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friends

so ever since they discontinues the food service at the assemblies and dcs, jws have been "lovingly encouraged" to pack a light lunch to eat.

the secretary at the hall that i am held hostage in said during the service meeting that even a sub would be too heavy to eat, and that a light salad was the best option.

what do you fine people think is the real reason why, in the absence of food service, jws are told to not leave the building at lunch?

FadeToBlack

jgnat said: Then, paradoxically, everyone eats their own meal (no sharing).

Not only do most people not share their food, I don't recall much social interaction going on either. We were encouraged to get to know everyone around us. Right. It was mostly: eat in silence and then walk, or eat in silence and then sleep. So refreshing!

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IS YOUR TEACHING UP-TO-DATE? - (WT Study Article for June 3-9, 2013)

by Oubliette in

in the watchtower study article for last week, june 3rd - 9th, 2013, the congregation was asked the question, "is your teaching up-to-date?".

there was a box on the top of page 9 that asked three questions allowing everyone to test themselves and find out if they had "up-to-date" and "accurate knowledge" in keeping with the "the ever-increasing light" as revealed through the pages of the watchtower magazine and related publications.

now at first blush this all sounds really good, but is it?

FadeToBlack

Very well put.I though something smelled a bit off with that comparison to Apollos. To bad the WT can't write as clearly as you do! But maybe that is part of the plan. plan.

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Awkward moment at the WT study today

by FadeToBlack in

when we got to paragraphs 10,11 with the reference to the box at the top of the page - is your teaching up-to-date?

the conductor asked for an explanation of what the current 'bible truth' was.

for the first one, 'this generation (matt 24:34) absolutely nobody raised their hand!

FadeToBlack

Perhaps with regard to point # 2 (sheep and goats) someone could clear up the difference (if any) between separating and judging. It seems like in the 4/13 WT separating=judging. They occur at the same time. The 95 Wt seems to not use the word separating at all. Mostly judgment. So maybe, I am just out of touch. I must be holding the old view (pre 95) that the separating work had been going on since 1914 and the judgement would take place at the big A. No wonder I no longer have Jehovah' blessings. I am not keeping up with the chariot. I feel a gnashing of teeth coming on...

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Awkward moment at the WT study today

by FadeToBlack in

when we got to paragraphs 10,11 with the reference to the box at the top of the page - is your teaching up-to-date?

the conductor asked for an explanation of what the current 'bible truth' was.

for the first one, 'this generation (matt 24:34) absolutely nobody raised their hand!

FadeToBlack

OK. I might have to amend my last statement after having actually read the October 95 Wt article cited. Perhaps the only significant difference is when the judging takes place - after the great tribulation breaks out which is intitiated by the UN turning against Babylon the great. I will try to reread both explanations again -hope my head doesn't explode!