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    Evacuated got a reaction from Anna in How many ribs did Adam have?   
    Quite so. And the most economic. Why use a bone that needs replacement when there is one that will grow back?
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    Evacuated got a reaction from Anna in How the New European Data Law Will Affect Jehovah’s Witnesses - My Take   
    We have got a great way to minimise our Not-At-Homes. We've been doing it for years:

    Not Homes.mp4
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    Evacuated got a reaction from TrueTomHarley in How the New European Data Law Will Affect Jehovah’s Witnesses - My Take   
    No. That was Dun Kwik
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    Evacuated reacted to derek1956 in How many ribs did Adam have?   
    The greatest surgeon in creation did this, so He knew what He was doing
    The rib is the only bone that grows back
     
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    Evacuated reacted to James Thomas Rook Jr. in How the New European Data Law Will Affect Jehovah’s Witnesses - My Take   
    The Vietnamese Branch Office Lawyer?
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    Evacuated got a reaction from JW Insider in How the New European Data Law Will Affect Jehovah’s Witnesses - My Take   
    We have got a great way to minimise our Not-At-Homes. We've been doing it for years:

    Not Homes.mp4
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    Evacuated got a reaction from James Thomas Rook Jr. in How the New European Data Law Will Affect Jehovah’s Witnesses - My Take   
    We have got a great way to minimise our Not-At-Homes. We've been doing it for years:

    Not Homes.mp4
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    Evacuated got a reaction from ComfortMyPeople in How the New European Data Law Will Affect Jehovah’s Witnesses - My Take   
    We have got a great way to minimise our Not-At-Homes. We've been doing it for years:

    Not Homes.mp4
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    Evacuated got a reaction from JW Insider in DOES ANYONE HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS?   
    This is quite frankly drivel! It is a glossary, not a theological encyclopedia.
    Chief Agent.
    The Greek term basically means “Chief Leader.” It refers to the essential role of Jesus Christ in freeing faithful humans from the deadly effects of sin and in leading them to everlasting life.—Ac 3:15; 5:31; Heb 2:10; 12:2.
    Christ.
    The title of Jesus, from the Greek word Khri·stosʹ, which is equivalent to the Hebrew word translated “Messiah,” or “Anointed One.”—Mt 1:16; Joh 1:41
    Anyone who really wants to know who Jesus is can get a precise understanding from reading the Scriptures.
    Don't underestimate the tenacity of those who realy seek truth. They will want to get more detail and reasoning on the matter. They will not be satisfied with a simple Glossary of Bible terms definition.
    If they want to do this using a website that "is one of the busiest ones on the internet", then a simple search will give a choice of 6,584 articles. Why not try?: Jesus Christ   
    Perhaps then God may give you too "repentance leading to an accurate knowledge of truth." 2Tim.2:25
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    Evacuated got a reaction from Anna in The ultimate insult: Grieving mother who lost her 20-year-old son to suicide finds a Jehovah's Witness pamphlet about eternal life on her boy's grave   
    This is an old chestnut complaint that raises it's head every now and again.
    The messgae of Scripture remains powerful and true, and will, if understood and applied correctly, enable the bereaved one to not "sorrow as the rest do" 1Thess.4:13.
    But....I think it is entirely insensitive and lacking in empathy to try and exploit bereavement.
    Presenting this information in an insensitive manner is equivalent to slaking a parched man's thirst with a water cannon. It just hurts!

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    Evacuated got a reaction from b4ucuhear in DOES ANYONE HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS?   
    This a ridiculous assumption. There are several Glossaries available. This particular one appears not to follow the general principle that a Glossary is normally a list of terms and concepts. So what? There is nothing significant about this.
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    Evacuated got a reaction from b4ucuhear in DOES ANYONE HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS?   
    Seems that a glossary differs from an encyclopedia in that it is an alphabetical list of terms. Biographical information is only included when it is relevant to explaining the use of what might be considered a personal name in a terminological sense. For example some background biogaphy is necessary to understand the use of the name "Jacob" as a term for the nation descended from him.
    Terms such as Christ, Christian, Chief Agent, Firstborn etc are defined as they are terms. The name Jehovah is viewed by some as a term not having personal significance. That is clarified in this glossary.
    There is no need do do the same for the personal name of God's Son, Jesus, as his name has not become a "term" in the sense of being  "a word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept".
    If this was a Glossary relating to the Roman Catolic Church, then there might be a case for including the name as it relates to the term "Jesuit". Or indeed the word "Trinity" as it relates to the peculiar concept of the nature of God held by many members of that denomination. Of course, these terms have no relevance whatsoever to the Holy Scriptures.
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    Evacuated got a reaction from Anna in DOES ANYONE HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS?   
    This a ridiculous assumption. There are several Glossaries available. This particular one appears not to follow the general principle that a Glossary is normally a list of terms and concepts. So what? There is nothing significant about this.
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    Evacuated got a reaction from Anna in DOES ANYONE HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS?   
    Seems that a glossary differs from an encyclopedia in that it is an alphabetical list of terms. Biographical information is only included when it is relevant to explaining the use of what might be considered a personal name in a terminological sense. For example some background biogaphy is necessary to understand the use of the name "Jacob" as a term for the nation descended from him.
    Terms such as Christ, Christian, Chief Agent, Firstborn etc are defined as they are terms. The name Jehovah is viewed by some as a term not having personal significance. That is clarified in this glossary.
    There is no need do do the same for the personal name of God's Son, Jesus, as his name has not become a "term" in the sense of being  "a word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept".
    If this was a Glossary relating to the Roman Catolic Church, then there might be a case for including the name as it relates to the term "Jesuit". Or indeed the word "Trinity" as it relates to the peculiar concept of the nature of God held by many members of that denomination. Of course, these terms have no relevance whatsoever to the Holy Scriptures.
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    Evacuated got a reaction from JW Insider in Tribute to a Historian - R M de Vienne   
    Very sad to hear of your loss Mr Schulz. I have read the entire available content of truthhistory with fascination and a degree of awe at its detail. I am delighted I was able to contribute even a tiny speck regarding my friend Ruth Fenwick (née. Ling). I really appreciate your expert dispatching of the various early day myths  so delighted in by critics of the movement. I wish you had the time to cast the same discerning eye over some of the fanciful tales told in these later times. Your (and Rachael's) disciplined and rational approach has been an education to me.
    I am eagerly awaiting the publication of your next volume of Separate Identity, and wish you every success in your endeavours, despite the loss of your co-worker.
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    Evacuated got a reaction from Anna in A CIRCUIT OVERSEER STATES, "YOUR FAITH IS GARBAGE AND NEEDS TO BE TORN DOWN"   
    That seems to be the trouble with those who apostatize in this manner. They were idolators themselves, but having realised it, they just can't come clean and admit it, they have to accuse everyone else in the organisation they have now renounced of the very practice they themselves engaged in.
    They turn themselves into "once-duped" but now "enlightened"victims to gain sympathy and acclaim from their newfound peers. Their self-appointed crusade might provide some temporary relief for the resentment and embarrassment they feel, but needs constant repetition.  
    The sad thing is that they think they left the organisation they now oppose. But, actually, they were rejected. 
    1John 2:19: "They went out from us, but they were not of our sort; for if they had been of our sort, they would have remained with us. But they went out so that it might be shown that not all are of our sort."
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    Evacuated got a reaction from JOHN BUTLER in A CIRCUIT OVERSEER STATES, "YOUR FAITH IS GARBAGE AND NEEDS TO BE TORN DOWN"   
    You surely don't compare your situation with that of Paul's conversion to Christianity do you? Is that the result of your "having studied the bible" yourself? The only similarity apparent is what Jesus said at Acts 26:14.
    I think you will find that those who "go out" from the Christian congregation due to being of the "wrong sort" actualy fit the description of those in Jesus' illustration of the dragnet as "unsuitable fish" (wrong sort). They are thrown out by the angels, regardless of any illusion they might have of leaving of their own volition.
    But then of course, as to an individual judgement of such ones, jthe final estimation  of their actual worth lies with Jehovah and the man he has appointed. With the right heart, they can still return if they become the right sort. (Of course, even that is by Jehovah's permission as it is he that "draws" men to Christ).
    However you want to view it, you are not of our sort at present, and the generally patronising tone and insulting content of these postings you make suggest a heart that is abundant in rather unpleasant things at the moment. You and your former congregation are better off the way things are currently. Likely. the same applies to the video makers in the original posting.
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    Evacuated reacted to Anna in A CIRCUIT OVERSEER STATES, "YOUR FAITH IS GARBAGE AND NEEDS TO BE TORN DOWN"   
    Whether this is deliberate or not is a matter of opinion of course. In any case, I would hesitate to say that anyone makes deliberate mistakes unless they are truly evil. So you are suggesting that the GB are evil. Well, I do not think they are evil.
    No one condones Pedophilia.
    You make very general sweeping statements here about what and how Witnesses believe. Most of the Witnesses I know (I would say 99.9%) have a deep and private relationship with God themselves, with Jesus as their mediator. It must be just your idea to somehow involve a third party, the GB,  in this relationship. I do not know anyone who does that!
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    Evacuated got a reaction from James Thomas Rook Jr. in A CIRCUIT OVERSEER STATES, "YOUR FAITH IS GARBAGE AND NEEDS TO BE TORN DOWN"   
    Don't make a practice of granting credit to fellow Witnesses!!!
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    Evacuated got a reaction from JW Insider in Belgium: Police descend on Jehovah's Witness HQ after abuse allegations   
    Great to see pedophilia, abuse and it's supporters being hounded and rooted out of wherever they have wormed their parasitic way.
    All power to this last stand on the frontiers of morality by an otherwise bankrupt and decaying civilisation!
     
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    Evacuated got a reaction from boyle in A CIRCUIT OVERSEER STATES, "YOUR FAITH IS GARBAGE AND NEEDS TO BE TORN DOWN"   
    Someone has to take out the trash.
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    Evacuated got a reaction from Anna in A CIRCUIT OVERSEER STATES, "YOUR FAITH IS GARBAGE AND NEEDS TO BE TORN DOWN"   
    Someone has to take out the trash.
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    Evacuated got a reaction from Melinda Mills in A CIRCUIT OVERSEER STATES, "YOUR FAITH IS GARBAGE AND NEEDS TO BE TORN DOWN"   
    Someone has to take out the trash.
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