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  Has anyone read this book by Boyer?

  by Doug Mason in

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  has anyone read: boyer, when time shall be no more.

  prophecy belief in modern american culture?.

  although it was written in 1994, it sounds interesting, and i would like to know what others think of it.. https://www.amazon.com.au/when-time-shall-be-more/dp/0674951298 (i reckon there is a spelling error in amazon's summary, where godas should read as god's).. thanks, doug.

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  I just looked it up Petra and I could only borrow it for 1 hour ,which I passed on.
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  You Know You're A Jehovah's Witness When...

  by pale.emperor in

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  you know you're a jehovah's witness when.... being offered a scholarship to a good university is considered a bad thing.. when you see a house you like you claim it for after your god kills the owner.. you recieve spiritual guidence from a bus driver and a window washer.. you're engaged to a person you only met 3 months ago.. your widowed mother is marrying a man she met at the convention who she's known for 2 weeks.. there's jehovah's witnesses meeting in your house on a saturday morning to talk about going out knocking on doors on a saturday morning.. a lie in on a weekend happens about twice a year.. you dont talk to your own parents/children because they have a different opinion about a magazine.. you're not quite sure what you're supposed to believe anymore.. when someone criticizes your a magazine you feel like you're being attacked.. your 3yo son owns a suit.. if you're not married by the age of 30 you're considered to be gay or something wrong with you.. (for girls) if you havent married the first or second person you've dated you're considered promiscuous or something wrong with you.. you get your scientific knowledge from a magazine written by people who've never been to college and have never actually read the source they claim to be citing.. you get excited if there's a storm or natural disaster.. you get excited when there's a terrorist attack.. you get excited when there's a pandemic.. your version of tinder is the lunch break at a convention.. your girlfriend dresses like her grandmother.. your grandparents, despite being in the same religion as you, died believing totally a different belief system..

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  When you get screwed over by a JW business man because ,business is business .

  And I have heard that a number of times from brothers in various congregations.

  Sad but true.
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  JW's Not Members anymore but Individuals

  by pistolpete in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i've been waiting for someone to post this and i've haven't seen it yet, perhaps i overlooked it since i don't visit that often.. but here is the link to the discussion.

  in it you will find letters and links to this new light.

  whether it's true or not, please verify.. as of .

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  If I remember correctly the rank and file are not members of the organization they are only volunteers of their own choosing so the organization is not responsible for their actions.

  But the fact that they are baptised into the organization ,doesn`t that make them members ?
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  Zoroaster spoke thus

  by Doug Mason in

  1. watchtower
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  the following is from: cosmos, chaos and the world to come (pp.

  222-224), norman cohn.

  yale university press.

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  marked for later .
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  I bought these two books out garage saleing

  by mickbobcat in

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  2. bible

  the truth that leads to eternal life at a church rummage sale.

  1968 printing and a 74 printing of god's eternal purpose now triumphing for mens good.

  i know the truth book has some things in it that are a bit damning.

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  It`s been said before that the WT`s own publications are it`s worst enemy. The gullible Jehovah`s Witnesses buy into the lie that the "truth" gets brighter and brighter

  Statements are either True or false when they are made .There is no degree of "truth" it either is true or it is not.

  And the statements / predictions / evidently`s / prophecy`s / and so on and so on ,made by the Governing Body of Jehovah`s Witnesses in there publications , in their 140 year or so history have always proved to be false.
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  Another example of. Brotherly love you can only find in jehovahs organization

  by nowwhat? in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  so my 88 mil died and was the epitome of a faithful sister.

  my wife and her sister are members of the congregation for 40+ years.

  to be fair it was short notice but we had the showing and visitation and only about 12 out of 120 of the congregation showed up and only 1 elder!

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  Ain`t it the truth nowwhat? you nailed it .I`m sad for you and your wife`s loss
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  MICKEY SPILLANE and MIKE HAMMER novels (A tough guy JW back in the good old days of Knorr)

  by Terry in

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  spillane, mickey spillane.

  he pulled no punches and his pen was as fast as his gun.

  after all, it took almost three whole weeks for mickey to type his first novel.

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  Another great author / writer Edgar Rice Burroughs ,scary21 after you finish the Tarzan series try his Mars series I couldn`t put them down .

  I started a post a couple of years ago about Mickey Spillane and commented on his TV series a couple were made one was played by Darren McGavin and the other I think was Stacy Keach ?
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  MICKEY SPILLANE and MIKE HAMMER novels (A tough guy JW back in the good old days of Knorr)

  by Terry in

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  spillane, mickey spillane.

  he pulled no punches and his pen was as fast as his gun.

  after all, it took almost three whole weeks for mickey to type his first novel.

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  I too was a fan of Mickey Spillane`s books , some of which turned into movies and TV series .I was under the impression he became a JW and stopped writing those books ,obviously not from your account.

  If I remember correctly he said he became one just by someone putting a tract under his door .

  I loved reading his books when I was a teenager.You brought back some fond memories .
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  Re: Mad Apostate's form letter

  by Mulan in

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  in regards to the following letter, that mad apostate posted last week: .

  to whom it may concern: .

  your harassing inquiries into our personal affairs are not welcomed, and any further attempts at such will result in legal action against the individual harassers, the --city--, --state-- congregation of jehovah's witnesses, the watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc., the christian congregation of jehovah's witnesses, inc., and all associated watchower legal entities.

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  I wish I knew about this thread when I posted my DA letter ? Oh well it is what it is .
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  Why it's good to discuss politics (but if you don't want to, you don't have to)

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  i was reading through this site the other day and came across several posts by different posters lamenting this site, saying what a shame it has gone from debating jw believers to talking politics and current affairs.. there are a few issues i have with these kind of posts.. first, discussing politics is actually a good thing.

  well, in case you haven't noticed, we in the west are going through a culture war.

  certain groups of far-leftists are trying - and sometimes succeeding - to shut down free discussion.

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  A serious question for American voters.:

  A Q&A program by the ABC Network here in Australia, had Kim Hoggard on the panel who was a former advisor to Ronald Reagan and George W Bush Snr.

  And she made a comment that one of the problems in American elections was that the Electoral College favours smaller States than the bigger ones ?

  Can anyone explain why this would be the case ? And what it means to the outcome of the elections ?