A blog by Tom Sheepandgoats (aka Tom Harley)
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Hot JW Topics
Hot JW Topics and Defenses: Jehovah's Witnesses and….. 1914 Apostasy, First Century Apostasy, Modern Armageddon Warnings Blood Transfusions Child Abuse Policies Cross….Instrument of Jesus' Death Cult Accusations District Conventions Early History Earthquakes Evangelicals Evolution Evolutionary Psychology God's Name in the Old Testament God's Name in the New Testament Governing Body The Holocaust Homosexuality Income by Religion Internet Knocking….the Film Documentary Michael Jackson Mormons Neutrality New…
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Half Honors for All
It once was unusual to see the flag at half-mast, and replaying the news in your head, you always knew the reason: someone noteworthy had died. That’s changing. Now, 16 states lower the flag for any state resident who dies in military service. It’s a popular trend and it’s on the increase. So reports the WSJ, 7/1/06. Flying the flag half-mast for each fallen troop…
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Genesis Old-timers…Why so Old?
How come in Genesis people get so old? That was my question at Presbyterian confirmation class, eons ago. I wasn’t such a hot student, nor was I overly interested. But you have to say something to justify your existence, and so that was my question. The answer was disappointing and dull, but I had no reason to think it was not legitimate. They had different…
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New Testament……..Click and Go
Matthew Matt 2:1-23 Matt 6:5 Matt 6:9-10 Matt 6:9-10 Matt 6:10 Matt 6:19-33 Matt 7:3-5 Matt 7:28-29 Matt 10:8 Matt 11:11 Matt 11:11 Matt 11:25 Matt 11:28-30 Matt 13:10-15 Matt 13:24-30 Matt 13:24-30 Matt 18:23-34 Matt 18:34 Matt 20:25-27 Matt 20:28 Matt 24:3 Matt 24:3-7 Matt 24:3-8 Matt 24:9 Matt 24:14 Matt 24:14 Matt 24:14 Matt 24:36 Matt 24:38-39 Matt 24:38-39 Matt 24:42, 25:33 Matt 24:45-47 Matt…
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Old Testament……….Click and Go
Genesis Gen 1:1,11-25, Gen 2:4 Gen 1:28, Gen 3:1-5 Gen 1:28 Gen 1:6-8, Gen 7:11-12 Gen 2:7 Gen 2:9,16, Gen 3:15,22-24 Gen 2:17 Gen 5:1-32, Gen 11:1-32, Gen 25:7 Gen 6:11-12 Gen 11:1-9 Gen 11:6 Gen 11:6 Gen 37:35 Gen 40:8 Gen 40:8 Exodus Ex 14:11-12 Ex 20:4-5 Ex 20:4-5 Ex 21:5-6 Ex 32:24 Leviticus Lev 17:11-12 Lev 18:24-25, 19:9-10 Lev 25:11-55 Numbers Numbers 14:34 Deuteronomy…
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Who’s Afraid of the Lake of Fire?
Disagree with a fundamentalist, and he may remind you of hellfire, much as a bully might remind you of his big Cousin Paulie. And if he really wants you to shake in your shoes, he reminds you of the Lake of Fire! But I’m not afraid of the Lake of Fire, and you don’t have to be either. The Lake of Fire is found only…
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Science and Sex and Evolution
My wife was especially amorous last night, up for some steamy romance. Of course, I wanted no part of it, for all my thoughts were of science. Specifically, science and sex and evolution. Because if the evolutionists are right, somewhere in our primordial chain, we must have switched from amoeba reproduction (asexual) to bird n bees reproduction (sexual) Somewhere, one blob, or if further along…
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Wanna Buy a Citroen?
There is no sense going through life as a sorehead. If someone makes a joke at your expense and it’s funny and it’s not malicious, you don’t get huffy. You don’t get bent out of shape. You don’t get en- or out- raged. Supersensitive people find any joke aimed their way malicious, but it’s good not to see things that way There’s this car company…
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Why do Bad Things Happen?
The gist of this article does not start for several paragraphs….I first must set the stage with a cute (but true) story. You might not like the dopey story. Should you want to skip it and cut right to the chase, scroll ahead till you reach the paragraph that, like this one, is in bold print. Carpooling to work, Bill was pounding me into jelly…
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A Happy Ending
When I heard Clayton was giving his first public talk, I was happy. When I heard he’d done a great job, I was not surprised. Last year I would have been. Last year, snowboarding, he hit a tree. Force of impact shattered his helmet. Airlifted to Strong Hospital, doctors removed part of his skull to relieve brain swelling. Friends rallied around the family. His parents,…