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  Christians think about this.... if you dare

  by AK - Jeff in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ign5paptalc&feature=related.

  jeff.

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  Mysterious

  Here's a thought. If we are going to talk about the 'science of archaeology' can we all at least provide a reference to our facts. This I am directing at both sides. There is no point in having a debate if you are going to "watchtower out" ie. 'studies show' ad nauseum.

  BurnTheShips - People believe many irrelevant things. (Like the misguided concept that putting butter on a burn is somehow a good idea) Just because it is not relevant doesn't mean it doesn't need to be debunked.

  leavingwt - Why is faith sufficient? You don't explain your willingness to dismiss evidence at all in your post. Would you trust a doctor that told you if you painted your toe blue it would fix your broken leg? What if he told he REALLY believed it would work? What if there was a study on painting toes blue that showed no effect on broken legs?
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  Pretty funny Facebook post by young JW

  by tresdecu in

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  so, i have the day off and am wasting time on fb.

  came across this post by a friend of a friend etc...i won't post his name with the comment, but this was on his wall:.

  "thank you everyone who wished me well today.

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  Mysterious

  Getting shit faced is a sin of the flesh, candles on the cake is a sin of the spirit.
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  Were There Any JW Doctrines Or Beliefs That You Found Confusing?

  by minimus in

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  most witnesses never could explain exactly who the "faithful slave" was (according to the society's explanation).

  the resurection of the sodomites was another bewildering thing.

  were they or weren't they going to be resurrected?

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  Mysterious

  I never really understood the 1914 thing...from 607bc...or why the 144,000 thing was literal...and how the blood thing still applied but not fractions..
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  Brainteaser

  by Mythbuster in

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  how many of the sixteen bible books hidden in the paragraph below can you find?.

  i once made a remark about the hidden books of the bible.

  it was a lulu; kept people looking so hard for facts ... and for others it was a revelation.

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  Mysterious

  I have the same :)
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  Favorite Watchtower words or short phrases

  by darthfader in

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  i have seen these words/phrases used frequently by the wtbs and rarely elsewhere.

  ** warning, this may become a barf inducing list.

  your mileage may vary.. faithful and discreet slavefield servicemodern day antediluvians (pulled that one out of my hat)what words or phrases strike you as uniquely "watchtower"?.

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  Mysterious

  Train your conscience

  Inculcate your children from infancy

  Conscience matter

  Brotherly love

  Theocratic arrangement

  Uplifting experience

  Donation arrangement

  Theocratic warfare
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  Preliminary report: 58 JWs died in Haiti

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  http://www.jwbrothers.org/play.php?vid=2080.

  among jehovahs witnesses, congregation elders work tirelessly to make contact with all members of the congregation to ensure that they are safe or can get to a safe place.

  also, the elders check to be sure that each one has lifes necessities, such as clean drinking water, food, clothing, and essential medication.

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  Mysterious

  They would never shelter a stranger...bad association....and that they hold above the "weightier measures of the law" justice, mercy faith.
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  email fwd from my mom: utter BS..bet the sheeple eat this crap up and MY REACTION

  by SnakesInTheTower in

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  i received this crap from my jw mom today.

  i hope it doesn't "encourage" you to go back .

  you see, when i left, i immediately felt the relief of not being burned all the time by all of the gossip that occurs within the congregations, circuits, etc.

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  Mysterious

  I find it best to ignore when they do that. Soon they learn to talk to you on your terms.
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  Is it all in the timing? Talking to my kids about baptism

  by Aussie Oz in

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  well, the next few months wt study articles are on baptism.. i am worried for my kids.

  if they go along with this, the likelyhood of them having to shun me are great.

  even as minors.

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  Mysterious

  I believe almost everywhere that the child's religion under 16 is up to the parents. If you and their mother can't agree you can likely stall that way. Not sure where you are and consent laws vary.
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  On the move to real Kingdom truths!!

  by trustsinJah in

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  my fellow brothers and sisters!.

  i feel compelled out of gratitude and love to write this little tale, not because i have lost my faith, but because i realize i am not alone, and as heb 10: 24, 25 states: and let us consider one another to incite to love and fine works, 25 not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together, as some have the custom, but encouraging one another, and all the more so as you behold the day drawing near.. i have never felt nor would i ever think that that scripture applied solely to meeting atendance.

  the form of true christian love displayed by many here on this board affirms my faith in jehovah and lets me know i am not alone!.

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  Mysterious

  Sexuality is a gift of humanity -- above that of animals we uniquely have the cognitive abilities to understand, discuss, modify and appreciate beyond the realm of the urges of nature. JWs seek to directly oppose nature -- the same nature that they posit that god created. They would hide behind the idea of imperfection without considering that they create imperfection in their own minds by slandering that which harms no one.

  In reviewing literature on such difficult concepts as rape a prevailing view is that biological and social evolution are progressing on different planes of time. However, JWs do not progess at all they hold to their self imposed views that are not accepted by any religious peers and seek to instill a loyalty by isolation. In proving how unworthy humans are they try to suck them into the organization as their only hope, instead of embracing the full range of human experience. They act the way that many military organizations have throughout time -- to instill group allegiance through a forging process of breaking down and then reforming.

  They cause inexcusable guilt in their followers for no other reason than to make sure that they do not have the werewithal to break free, to question, to live, to breathe freely, to embrace humanity and the beauty and freedom of LIFE. You understood how contrary to the basic existence of people their teachings are and that gave you the freedom to question their motives and their views.

  Continue to be insightful and to question. That is the "truth", not some man-made self proclaimed cult of self-righteousness.
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses a Christian denomination? The Feb. Watchtower seems to say so

  by slimboyfat in

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  i have not noticed the witnesses referring to themselves in the literature as a christian denomination before: is this a new development?

  the february 1st wt says on page 22:.

  "a high-school textbook, world religions in denmark, published in 2007, described jehovah's witnesses as a christian minority who follow the bible closely.

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  Mysterious

  The word denomination is notable, however, they have always considered themselves Christian they just are used to bandying around the term "true" to describe their brand of Christianity.