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Are you concious of your SPIRITUAL need? What are you eating?
by fearnotruth22 in
1. jw
2. friends
"happy are those concious of their spiritual need?

" do you still have a desire for spiritual things?
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WHAT VIEW SHOULD WE HAVE NOW THAT WE DONT SEE THINGS THE WTS WAY?
by fearnotruth22 in
1. jw
2. friends
i thought that the wts had all of the answers, but now i dont know anything for sure, i am comnvinced though of the existence of god and that thers is more to life than what we are experiencing now.

but i am not going to get imvolved in the mechanics of worhiping god via religion joining them or to get enveloed in those believes .

i have a simple philosophy.
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What do you believe in?
by Joysome in
1. jw
2. friends
i mean when it comes to life, death, god, the universe etc.

have you gone and learned about other religions.

what do you feel is the purpose of life?
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Question about Judical committees
by scrubmaster in
1. jw
2. experiences
if a committed has been formed for an allegation of serious sin and the person does not agree with the charge is there anything the person can do to let the elders now they do not agree with the charge and if the person is not happy with the three elders choosen for the committee is there anything that can be done before the first meeting.

also a side point, this same person presented evidence of their scriptural freedom just like the society's said is required, the elders had to deliberate over this information even though it was present just as the society stated, my friend went ahead and got married and now all of a sudden the previous information was put on the back burner and my wife and friend now face a judical committee for adultery.

is this the way elders all ways handle cases, they throw out any information which made be in the person's favor and go right for what can be found written in black and white so they do not have to think?
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Why does God allow people to develop 'forbidden' special powers?
by SM62 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
something i have been wondering about lately.. whether you believe in god or not, are a christian or some other religion or no religion at all, i'd be interested in your opinion.. according to those who believe in the bible including most christians, god condemns the use of 'special' powers/abilities.

for example, esp, tarot, astrology, consulting a medium, spells etc.

however, if god created us, did he not give us the ability to develop and use such powers?
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Is the rank and file aware of the serious dilema the WTS is facing?
by fearnotruth22 in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
the rank and file fears "apostates" hence jws will not accpet any evidence or arguments from succh like ones.

the mind set automatically rejects any charges against the wts without examining facts obejectivle because the wts cannot be wrong.by definition jws view the wts as god's agency, so it cannot be wrong and even if it is wrong, it is for a reason that god is allowing it and it is god's arrangement and not the business of the rank and file to judge for themselves on that but,to leave it in j's hand and in time it will be taken care of.

in law that is called a catch all, which is sometimes the power that a judge is empowered with by the state to use his discretion and do whatever the hell he wants, pardon the phrase.. it is true that the wts has opoosers that distort facts and trump up charges in order to discredit the wts, but false accustaions against thewts do not camcel out real evidence that challenges the wt and above and beyond wt teachings is the evidence that puts a differebnt spin on and shows another perspective of the bible, and the concept of god affecting in peoples lives.
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The dubs at "Witness World" are discussing UN involvement!!!!!
by somebodylovesme in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i am a lurker on the "witness world" witnesses-only website.

they are having a discussion because someone during door-to-door service confronted them with the un letter.

they are all saying that it is "obviously made up"... but the person is planning on writing to the society to ask.
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Kingdom News No. 35
by Smyler in
1. jw
2. experiences
km 10/97.

give kingdom.

news no.
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Is Bait and switch the tactic used to recruit converts into the org?
by fearnotruth22 in
1. jw
2. experiences
the world is commo=ing to an end!

this systenm wont last but a few years!

you can live forever after god destroys the wicked!
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DEMONS! Experiences With Demons While IN "The Truth?
by Hunyadi in
1. jw
2. experiences
hello all.. i am compiling information about jw's and former jw's who seemed to either have an extra sensativity toward demons, or who had outright experiences with them.

these experiences may include ambiguous contact as well, ie, "i'm not sure what the hell it was, but it was weird.".

what did you do during the experience to resist or make the demon(s) go away?.