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Was alternative service an option in Malawi
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not sure from reading coc.. was alternative service an option available to jw's in malawi instead of purchasing a political party card or was this only an issue in countries where military service was mandatory?.
wondering if countries like korea offer alternative service to jail time seeing it is now considered a conscience matter?
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Awake on taxes asleep on chronology.
by shotgun inif you have a copy of the december awake magazine dealing with taxes note the first page of the article.. the wt uses two quotes to show taxes have been a concern for thousands of years.. the first quote is from a babylonian artifact dated to 2300 bce.
the problem that presents is that only 69 years previous the world had been destroyed by a global flood according to wt chronology.
which means that in a mere 69 years noah and his three sons have produced a nation with sufficient infrastructure to require taxation.
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Were Daniel and Jeremiah contemporaries?
by shotgun ini've recently read who wrote the gospels, it mentioned on a side note from the gospels that daniel was probably written around 200 bce not during nebuchadnezzars reign.. in daniel chapter 9 he mentions reading the phophetic words of jeremiah about the 70 years of servitude.
jeremiah lived in a different land (judah) while daniel was in babylon.
how would daniel have been able to get jeremiahs scrolls seeing they had just been written and also the position daniel was in as chief of nebuchadnezzars magic practising priests would not have bode well for real jewish worshippers to think about making any saturday morning placements with him.. the book i read states that jeremiah, daniel and most of the other books seperate from the talmud were not canonized until around 200 bce.. any thoughts on this or have you done or read anything on this subject.
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What to do when you see young lives being wasted?
by shotgun ina young pioneer elder i know informed me that he and his wife have been accepted at bethel.. he's a brilliant young man with a promising future where he is employed.
the job he currently has is as safe and secure as they come and is well above the average income.. in a short period of time he'll throw that all away to go and serve at bethel.. he's expressed to me in the past the desire for children which they will also forgo until the new system.. i've almost expressed my true feeling to him several times but felt that because of his positon in the congregation and his family history of faithful missionaries and bethelites that he would not only label me as a dangerous apostate but also instigate judicial action.. i guess i've answered my own question with the last statement.
it just makes me feel sick to allow him make such an uninformed decision which will affect the rest of his life.. have any of you been faced with similar circumstances?.
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The festival of Thanksgiving...have a good one my American Friends!
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this could probably be under friends but it has a belief twist in it.. enjoy your time with family and friends this long weekend and give thanks for all that is good.. i know many of you turkeys will be scared though...run ..run for your lives.. i don't think there can be too much wrong with the celebration considering the nation of israel celebrated with the festival of ingathering or harvest, almost sounds identical when you think about it.. .
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India Bethel Branch Complete.....dedication this week!
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i remember a few years back when the indian government stopped all external money from the wt from entering india.
this put a crinkle in the wt expansion in india, they had started a huge bethel undertaking which they decided to finish.. this past weekend i heard there are lots of past missionaries being flown to india for the dedication of this branch which is now complete.. anyone heard anything about it and also whether the government of india has softened or something?.
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Watchtower corporate names?
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can someone point me to the post that listed all the corporate names...its about a dozen i think.. i wanted to show my family and ask them which visible organization is god behind?
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Does anyone have a copy of God Makers?
by shotgun init's about mormons but is supposed to be an excellent way to show dubs the similarities in thinking and control.
if you have a copy i'll send you money for shipping.
pm me.....thanks .
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Thought you might enjoy a chuckle entitled.... A Typical Saturday morning
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deleted...can't seem to post properly today..i'll try again later.
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Everlasting life on a Paradise earth..myth or reality?
by shotgun ineverlasting life on a paradise earth.
this hope permeates the very being of every jw.
does it mention everlasting life on a paradise earth?