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  let it go

  by ese in

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  forgiveness is for you often - not the forgiven - let it go and move on

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  Marriage-Christian Order of Same Sex Union

  by Emma in

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  very interesting article:.

  http://www.drizzle.com/~slmndr/salamandir/pubs/irishtimes/opt3.htm.

  when marriage between.

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  Our "creed" as "Apostates".........

  by Sunnygal41 in

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  all i can say is...............viva la difference!!!!.

  to be nobody but yourself in a (jw) world which is doing its best day and night to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

  cummings.

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  Gilgamesh mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls

  by Leolaia in

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  in prior posts, i discussed how older ane material from canaanite and sumerian/akkadian tradition can survive quite late.

  in 1 enoch, for example, we see how a famed rephaim from canaanite epic poetry, the wise judge danel (cf.

  ktu 1.17-19), mentioned in ezekiel 14:12-20, 28:1-3, was recast as a fallen angel in 1 enoch 6:7, 69:2 (see [1] for discussion), and how the stories of enoch's journey to the ends of the earth and into the underworld mimic that from the epic of gilgamesh (cf.

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  Mussings on Society

  by Yerusalyim in

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  opening myself up to a lot of criticism...but here goes.. i guess i'm getting more cynical...and losing hope in society in general...here's what bothers me.. when i was a kid back in the 1970's i could walk out the door in the morning...and not come home until supper...and i was safe.

  those days are long gone.

  as i've stated before...society has become oversexualized...and has lost it's moral compass.

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  The Governing Body and the Board of Directors

  by hooberus in

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  the governing body and the board of directors

  modern society claims

  "from the incorporation of the watch tower bible and tract society of pennsylvania in 1884 until 1972, the president of the society exercised great authority in jehovah's organization, while the governing body was closely associated with the society's board of directors.

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  COMING OUT PARANOIA?

  by ese in

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  hi - all these posts re "coming out" seem kind of paranoid or,what's the word or phrase, like delusions of grandeur, i mean no offense with this but it just seems like few jws would care who you are - at least now they wouldn't care if you done left already - am i missing something?

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  Who is the Faithful and Wise Servant? It's JOSEPH, of course!

  by Leolaia in

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  who is the faithful and wise servant?

  it's a question that the wt has misused to establish its own authority.

  as it is, the parable today as a cautionary tale applies to whoever it fits, but it is clear who the original servant was that inspired the parable.. .

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  Tree of life

  by BluesBrother in

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  lets face it, the bible does not say and so any explanation is little more than speculation.

  those of us here that believe the bible has value can only reason on it as we see fit.

  personally, i do accept the scripures but i do not see the need to take all of genesis quite as literally as the wt does.

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  "the Society teaches"

  by somebody in

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  *** w98 3/15 p. 19 living up to christian dedication in freedom ***

  4 in order to avoid misunderstandings, jehovah?s witnesses try to be careful about how they express themselves.

  instead of saying, ?the society teaches,?

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