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  A Little Greek is a Dangerous Thing

  by Stephanus in

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  (apologies to any little greeks!

  you know what i mean - a guy who's had no formal training in biblical greek who keeps digging up "treasures from the original".

  i gave a couple of examples in the greek synonyms thread.. i once had an argument (by mail) with a christadelphian who was arguing that the use of the middle voice in a verse in hebrews meant that jesus had to die for his own salvation, not that of anyone else!

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  I CONTRIBUTED TO LYNDON LAROUCHE

  by Cygnus in

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  a funny looking and funny sounding man was standing at a street intersection hollering about how john ashcroft must be brought down, and that the man who will save us all is lyndon larouche.

  he was wearing a placard that said down with ashcroft -- bring in larouche.. for a dollar's contribution, i received two copies of larouche's may 1st washington d.c. seminar and the june 10th edition of the new federalist.. this man has the truth and even though there is no jehovah and you know is wrong about armageddon we need to get behind larouche it is the only way we can save ourselves from ourselves do it now give him your money make him president bring about positive change for the future!!!!!!

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  Is Greg Stafford Disfellowshiped?

  by the follower in

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  i remember someone saying that an anouncement was going to be made at greg's kingdom hall about him being disfellowshiped tonight.. does anyone know if that happened?

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  We thank you Jehovah

  by ballistic in

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  when the new song book "sing praises to jehovah" was introduced from the great publishing company in 1984, it was clearly and frankly admitted (suprisingly) that some of the old songs had to be dropped due to the fact they were copied from other religions and some even infringed copyright in this regard.

  however, from an early age "we thank you jehovah" had always reminded me of "god save the queen" and this song was not dropped and continues to be regularly used down to this day.. i realise in later life that the two songs are indeed similar in a musical sense.

  you can almost play one song on top of the other in places and the starting chord structure is identical.. also, the two songs both seem to have a certain feeling of reverence which i am not sure is conjured up by the timing and the harmony alone or by the meaning the songs have in terms of their lyrics and use.. it turns out the british tune has been used many times over by different people and even by other countries, as european visitors to britain in the eighteenth century noticed the advantage of a country possessing such a recognised musical symbol - including germany, russia, switzerland and america (where use of the tune continued after independence).

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  Greg Stafford's New Book Has Shipped

  by AlanF in

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  today i received greg stafford's new book three dissertations on the teachings of jehovah's witnesses.

  for those who don't know, stafford has been a staunch defender of the watchtower society's teachings for at least six years, on the net and in print.

  his previous book, jehovah's witnesses defended (1998, 2000), is a milestone in pro-jw literature.. the new book is a radical departure from stafford's previous book in that he strongly questions the society's doctrines about blood transfusions, the basis for the claim of spiritual authority by jw leaders, the necessity for christians to believe the society's 1914 doctrine, and issues of "legalism" including the propriety of requiring "time" in the field ministry to be reported, and even the supposed scriptural basis for the society's ban on celebrating birthdays and christmas.

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  JW Apologists

  by stevieb1 in

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  does anyone have up-to-date info on or personally know the following jw apologists and defenders.

  are they still in the organization or have they since left?.

  1. nelson herle.

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  Is Ray Franz still living?

  by hungry4life in

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  a friend of mine has been sharing her doubts about the organization with me for the last year.

  she read both of ray franz's books and found that they were interesting and dealt with many of the questions she had.

  she then wrote to the society anonymously and explained why she could not in good conscience preach regarding 1914 ( she used my p.o.

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  XJW Nancy Denison's Story In Recent Newspaper

  by MadApostate in

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  'i have never saluted the flag, and i am 63 years old'.

  a former jehovah's witness has lingering effects from a faith that does not allow followers to pledge allegiance to a country, vote or serve in the military.

  by waveney ann moore.

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  10 REASONS WHY JWS STAY IN THE TOWER

  by Victor_E in

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  reason 1. jws use a cultic language that keeps them in a constant state of social hypnosis.

  transformational grammar teaches that our language directly affects our subjective experience.

  in working with some former jws i had to confiscate certain words and have them create substitutes for something that was more neutral.

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  Sunday's Radio Show with the Dub's

  by Unclepenn1 in

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  well, we had our radio show on sunday with the jehovah's witnesses and i don't think it went all that well, namely because it turned into a game of rhetoric.

  (if you listened, i would love to hear your thoughts).. .

  2 tim 2 :14 says- keep reminding them of these things.

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