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Concerning Birthdays, Dogs, and the Bible
by metatron in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
the watchtower can't establish clear evidence that birthdays , as a natural event, are part of 'false' religion.. so, they try to associate them with negative events in the bible and condemn them thereby.. the trouble with this reasoning is that it is foolish to condemn any practise arbitrarily simply because someone can.

find something negative correlated with it in bible events.

( how about chronology and false prophecy?).
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June 15th Watchtower -- A critque
by TD in
1. watchtower
2. medical
there is an ancient artist?s saying that states, "if you do not know your materials, all you do is express your inability to express yourself.

" an artist must know his materials and the ideal of a true artist is to know those materials so well that using them is as natural as breathing.

in the two companion articles, "rightly value your gift of life" and "be guided by the living god," the june 15th, 2004 issue of the watchtower proves beyond any doubt that its writers have attained that ideal with their chosen medium.
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Comments please?
by irishayes in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i am still having an ongoing conversation with a couple of jw's on my medical message board and when i commented about the requirement of a number of hours of witnessing, this is the response i got.

is she being truthful?.

"in all the years that i have been a jehovah's witness,never once has anyone put any pressure on me to do a required amount of time in the preaching work.any time i spend speaking to people about the bible is spent because i want to do it' because i want to try my best to follow the example of jesus and his early followers-acts.5.42, acts 20.20,i believe that jehovah god wants me to be a part of this preaching work mathew 24.14, ".
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Visit From Elders
by laurelin in
1. jw
2. experiences
it's been awhile since i've been on here.

due to death in the family, chicken pox in children and other nasty things.. i posted here awhile ago about things i had found the unsettled me.

i was due to have a visit from two elders and a lot of you gave me lots of help and encouragement.. well, the two elders visited and i have to admit that it was nothing like i expected.. they sat down, and told me straight away that there was nothing i could say or ask that would hurt me.
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who has any good jw memories?
by ambush23 in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
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any stories about fun u actaully had in the orginazation?
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What if.....
by laurelin in
1. jw
2. friends
i can't help but discover things that make me have serious doubts about jehovah's witnesses as a whole.

but... and this is a big but.... what if they are god's organisation?

i feel as if i'm being blackmailed... if i don't make a go of this religion i'm effectivly killing my young daughter if it is jehovah's organisation.. my mum ( a pioneer and a lovely woman!
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My life ... and how JWD came to be - Part 2
by Simon in
1. jw
2. experiences
previous: my life ... and how jwd came to be - part 1. .

how many times have people said ?if i knew then what i know now??

what a difference that would have made to my life.
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It may not be a scandal but it's certainly Scandalous, alternative service
by shotgun in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
in 1998 the wt addressed concerns where many felt like they served prison time needlessly due to refusal of alternative civilian service which upto 1996 had been considered the same as military service.

*** w98 8/15 p. 17 strengthening our confidence in gods righteousness ***feelings of having suffered needlessly.

6 in the past, some witnesses have suffered for refusing to share in an activity that their conscience now might permit.
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Where did evil come from?
by laurelin in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i'm new here, i only just found this site the other day so i don't know if i'm repeating something that has already been covered.

i'm sorry if i am.. can anyone help me on the scripture in genesis 2v9.. it says that god created two trees, the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and bad.

these were put into the garden before adam and obviously before adam and eve sinned.. if this is the case, does that mean god created bad?
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Lurkers! Is the WTS a Tax Cheat and Deadbeat?
by metatron in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
i have not seen any announcement from the watchtower stating that they have settled their tax liability with.

the nation of france.

they went thru the courts there - and lost.