TheOldHippie
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New convention releases?
by TheOldHippie inany new books or brochures or tracts or whatever at this year's conventions?.
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Leolaia, slimboyfat et al. - how difficult?
by TheOldHippie ini read your posts, and the posts of others, and posts at other sites - posts that are full of research material of the sort you will have to spend the whole night going thru and trying to remotely get a grip of.. so i wonder - just how difficult do you - or others - feel that christianity, christian faith, "salvation" is meant to be?
if you consider a namib desert pygme, a bhutan sherpa, a yunnan farmer, an andes mine worker, an amazonian jungle dweller, an indian without caste, a big city sidewalk dweller - just how hard can it be meant for him / her to grasp the gospel and gain hope of salvation?
what is demanded by the salt of the earth people?
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Your local minister .....................
by TheOldHippie in(chester dailylocal.com, usa ).
greist must never be released from the state hospital .
every year around this time richard greist, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1980 for the death of his wife, janice, and attacks on his family, pushes for more freedom.. and every year, greist, a resident at norristown state hospital, is denied.. were all about rights, fairness and treating people the correct way.. however, heres our position on greist: richard greist is where he belongs and never should be released from the state hospital ever.. why?.
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The Fastest Growing Church: Jehovahs Winesses
by TheOldHippie infebruary 19, 2008the fastest growing church: jehovahs winesses ethics daily is reporting.
jehovahs witnesses are the fastest-growing church body in the u.s. and canada, now with more than 1 million members, according to new figures that track church membership in the u.s. and canada.
although jehovahs witnesses ranked 24th on the list of 25 largest churches, they reported the largest growth rate2.25 percentof all churches.
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USSR - WT organizational similarities
by TheOldHippie intwo organizational similarities between the former soviet union (ussr) and the wt:.
up until the organizational changes that took place a few years ago (directors resigning), there was no us branch.
the ussr cp also covered the area of the russian republic.
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Spooky car; for the lovers of the paranormal
by TheOldHippie inlast friday, my wife and i drove home from work, i write in the present tense from now on: i am just to let her off and drive on to arrange some things.
the street where we live is a straight one, houses some 50 metres apart, there is a drive from the street to each house, and along our drive, which is some 25 metres long and leading to the garage, we have a hedge which starts some 5 metres from the street.
got the picture?
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Just an "uninteresting" question on "Whose voice'?"
by TheOldHippie ini just wonder if someone knows to whom the voices belong when it comes to the various cds/cassettes issued?
the bible is read on cassettes and in mp3 format, some of the major books are on cd and cassette, some booklets on cd and cassette - who are the readers?
i know swingle read some, but what?
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Drugs death - and lousy funeral
by TheOldHippie ina friend of the family was found dead by overdose some days ago, a beautiful young woman in her late 20s, who had a young child that had been taken away from her some years ago and whom neither she nor her family - unlawfully - have been allowed to see ever since.. i went to the lutheran funeral, church all filled up, must have been 300 present, and the priest gave such a lousy performance that i have felt sick ever since.
not a word about the tragedy, not a word about what a terrible place this world is to quite a few, what monsters are lurking out there, not a word of warning when considering her fate towards all the youths in church, not a mention of her child (who, together with the foster parents and family were not present), no consolation, no comfort.
just stiff rituals, hear the word of the lord, listen to what the apostle luke says, listen to what the apostle peter says, hear the word of the lord in the psalms, let us say a silent prayer, let us say the lords prayer, stand up and receive the blessing, sit down, who has lost these car keys (said within the frame of the sermon!