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   I suggest readers go to the end to see friend james unable to respond to   
   the info presented ecept as a lame dismissive wave.  The fact remains; the   
   jw vatican headquarters/monastery is named for a biblical location of   
   'golden calf" worship:   
      
   >>>>>>>They also made a golden calf and began to worship it. But they called   
   >>>>>>>all of this a" festival to Jehovah". (Ex 32:5) Did that make it   
   >>>>>>>+right?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>No way. 3000 Israelites were killed that day.Just like oil and water   
   >>>>>>>don't mix, neither does true worship and pagan ceremonies   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>Hmm, this is the origin of golden calf worship at bethel by a king of   
   >>>>>>israel, it is also the namesake of the jw vatican:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>1 Kings   
   >>>>>>12:32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth   
   >>>>>>day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered   
   upon   
   >>>>>>the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had   
   >>>>>>made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had   
   >>>>>>made.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>You missed the whole point of the posting. The BIBLE does not approve   
   >>>>>of mixing pagan gestures with true Bible teachings. Easter is a prime   
   >>>>>example of such a mix.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Indeed, the point is the jw vatican "mixed" the choice of its   
   >>>>headquarters/monastery name with a place of "golden calf" worship also.   
   >>>>Very "biblical" in motivation, no?   
   >>>   
   >>Friend james aims gun directly to foot and pulls trigger:   
   >   
   >The water from that squirt gun tickles.   
   >   
   >>   
   >>>Actually, that place stands as a testament that you can't get away   
   >>>with unrighteousness with God.   
   >>   
   >>Ah, as in the jw vatican's choice of names for a worship of "golden calf   
   >>biblical example", no?   
   >   
   >Sorry, I have a tough time understanding accents.   
   >   
   >Sincerely James   
   >If highly agitated   
   >would praying help?   
   >6/24/23   
   >Go to jw.org   
      
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