i'll start.......a woman wearing a skirt higher than her knee and a child crying during a meeting
I was counseled for talking with someone who was never baptized but was deemed to bad association.
For long hair.
For starting to grow a beard.
For missing an assembly when we had 12 brand new baby puppies to take care.
For missing too many meetings.
For not going out in service enough.
For not doing enough personal study.
I am sure I am forgetting a few.
i've read claims (mentioning origen) that jude 9 would be a quote from the "assumption of moses", also known as the "testament of moses".
however, i can't find any reference in this pseudepigraphical writing that would even losely have a connection to a fight between michael the archangel and the devil.
what i also find confusing, that the "book of jubilees" is sometimes called "testament of moses" too, but that's a whole different story.
May be off topic but maybe you could give me what you think.
Do you think any Scripture is actually "inspired" of God? I tend to think it is just mans writings of what they thought was their experience with God.
Tor
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if it were possible to get a jw to actually listen to us, which three good questions do you reckon might get him/her to sit down and think?
ian
There were some excellent replies to this thread. esp Megadude, narkissos, etc.
does anybody know the current status of the jackson family.
is michael jackson disfellowshipped or disassociated?
what about latoya jackson?
Blondie says:
If a DF'd person puts money in the contribution box at the KH, I have never seen the elders give it back.
Blondie
Yeah, but they wont accept field service time. They accept money but not time, that BS IMO.
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http://abcnews.go.com/us/wirestory?id=323056
Nutball
my catholic friend and i were talking the other night about the virgin mary.
she doesn't even believe that she was a virgin and she doesn't believe in the immaculate conception.
if you think about it logically today, if you had a fiance that went to visit relatives for a few months and then came back pregnant and told you it was god's child, would you believe it?
I will be waiting Leolaia!
the january 15th wt, "can you control your future" is the prelude to the feb 1st watchtower that contains the 2004 annual service report statistics.. .
in the second study article (pages 15-20), the gb acknowledge the fact that people aren't paying attention to their waffle.. .
there are some surprising statements in the last paragraph, but first, let's highlight some points in this article.... .
Very eye-opening thread.I had no idea that the Watchtower reported statistics so deviously.
Yeah, I didnt realize they dang near twist everything they write to butter their own a$$ just a little bit sweeter.
the january 15th wt, "can you control your future" is the prelude to the feb 1st watchtower that contains the 2004 annual service report statistics.. .
in the second study article (pages 15-20), the gb acknowledge the fact that people aren't paying attention to their waffle.. .
there are some surprising statements in the last paragraph, but first, let's highlight some points in this article.... .
Dave Sinclair confirmed this little bit of WTS statistical trivia to me a few years ago over a nice warm cup of Irish coffee.Marvin Shilmer
If the WTS monitors these boards you better be careful what you offer by way of personal info.
the january 15th wt, "can you control your future" is the prelude to the feb 1st watchtower that contains the 2004 annual service report statistics.. .
in the second study article (pages 15-20), the gb acknowledge the fact that people aren't paying attention to their waffle.. .
there are some surprising statements in the last paragraph, but first, let's highlight some points in this article.... .
do you believe the bible is the word of god?
i ask because i believe it's important for searching jws who come here to not only learn if there are christians here but also to hear from them personally what their thoughts on the bible are.
i believe the bible is the word of god, do other chriatians here also believe that?.
Nice post Leolaia!
