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  What kind of errors in the Bible?

  by TheWonderofYou in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the new testament specialist daniel wallace notes that although there are about 300,000 individual variations of the text of the new testament, this number is very misleading.

  most of the differences are completely inconsequential--spelling errors, inverted phrases and the like.

  a side by side comparison between the two main text families (the majority text and the modern critical text) shows agreement a full 98% of the time.[18].

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  You can go to this link to see a two page list of biblical contradictions, absurdities and moral torpidity.
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  Huge story unfolding at Warwick

  by Crazyguy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  its been mentioned before that warwick is a toxic dump and now the jw's are suing a former owner for compensation.

  well this is huge on so many levels.

  one they new it was contaminated back a few years ago so why move your headquarters there?

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  How much is Warwick worth?
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  What kind of errors in the Bible?

  by TheWonderofYou in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  the new testament specialist daniel wallace notes that although there are about 300,000 individual variations of the text of the new testament, this number is very misleading.

  most of the differences are completely inconsequential--spelling errors, inverted phrases and the like.

  a side by side comparison between the two main text families (the majority text and the modern critical text) shows agreement a full 98% of the time.[18].

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  "Has the New Testament been altered?"

  Are you taking into account the ending in the book of Mark which has two different conclusions? - Mark 16:9-19

  Or the account of the adulteress being stoned by the Pharisees which is only found in certain texts? - John 7:53-8:11

  
  
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  Hello Everyone

  by MarieK in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i hope everyone is having a good saturday.

  i've visited this many times in the past month or so, joined yesterday and finally got the nerve to post!

  needless to say, i'm super nervous, being new to this whole experience.

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  Hi there Marie. Look forward to hearing from you.
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  What started me on the path to waking up about the lies the WT teaches?

  by oppostate in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  it was a simple question: isn't jesus my "mediator" if i put faith in him like the scriptures say?

  the research to that answer, from the w79 4/1 p. 31, was mind blowing.

  how dare they deny me a belief firmly stated in the scriptures?

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  "What research helped you see the WT for the false prophet it really is?"

  There really wasn't a doctrinal issue that affected me prior to my disfellowshipping for apostasy. What irked me was the self worshipping attitude of the Watchtower who kept inserting themselves into practically every scripture - type anti-type teaching - and other self serving misinterpretations such as the "faithful and discrete slave".
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  Index of acronyms : help for new forumers

  by Mary J Blige in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  am finding a whole lot of acronyms that are really foreign to me and i now have an appreciation for what cult language sounds like to non-culters.

  wondering please if you can post your definitions so i can get up to speed.

  otherwise, as an indoctrinated ex-culter, i am inclined to create my own new light and swiftly it will be gospel.

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  My humble contribution:

  Bitchtower which is Putalaya in Spanish.

  Septapope (meaning 7 popes).

  Dingdong hall.

  Faithless and Indiscrete Slave.
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  Disfellowshipped at 18

  by asensier in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  you can probably guess how this story goes.. i began dating a non-witness boy.

  he knew i was a baptised witness and understood the consequences i faced for dating him.

  we agreed to keep our relationship secret, which was easy considering our 200 mile distance.

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  Welcome young lady.
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  Evidence of God.

  by Jaewook kim in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  sugar water will show blue light over the sun.. salt water will show red light over the sun.. our body components, salt sugar water.. blue blood vein and red blood... definition of our body in his form.. this is the evidence, of our god..

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  Truth is the driver of transcendence.

  Life-force requires exploration. You and I are messengers of the totality.

  If you have never experienced this vector of unfathomable proportions, it can be difficult to dream.

  The complexity of the present time seems to demand a refining of our hearts if we are going to survive. We can no longer afford to live with greed. Only a visitor of the dreamscape may engender this flow of presence.

  

  You will soon be reborn by a power deep within yourself — a power that is sublime, interstellar. Crystal healing may be the solution to what’s holding you back from an unimaginable quantum shift of balance. Through feng shui, our lives are nurtured by energy.

  Reality has always been overflowing with seekers whose dreams are baptized in conscious living. Humankind has nothing to lose. Throughout history, humans have been interacting with the quantum matrix via sub-atomic particles.

  Nothing is impossible

  Although you may not realize it, you are non-local. Being, look within and strengthen yourself. It can be difficult to know where to begin.

  Yes, it is possible to extinguish the things that can sabotage us, but not without transcendence on our side. Turbulence is the antithesis of passion. Where there is delusion, health cannot thrive.
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  Probable Discovery of Life on Comet Philae

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. current

  according to leading astronomers the probe philae that landed on the comet 67p last november may have discovered microbial life..... sadly neither the probe nor the orbiter rosetta are equipped to test directly but the evidence is interesting.

  these are not easily explained in terms of prebiotic chemistry.

  the dark material is being constantly replenished as it is boiled off by heat from the sun.

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  The only religion/s that will be impacted by the discovery of extraterrestrial life are going to be the Fundamentalist Christians and Orthodox Jews. There is nothing in the Bible on the subject and that will leave an open hole in their psyche..

  Realizing that there might be extraterrestrial life goes against the major premise of their religion which puts man at the center of the Universe with Jesus dying for humanity due to the sins of a literal Adam and Eve. Are we to believe that Jesus died for the sins of E.T.? Has any extraterrestrial race gone through the ordeals of sin and death like their human counterpart?

  Inquiring minds want to know.

  
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  Anthony Morris III goes on an eight minute rant over child abuse

  by Richard_I in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is in the july 2015 monthly program on tv.jw.org cedars wrote about it too.. starting at around 42:30 in the video, morris talks about the child abuse situation for almost 10 minutes.

  link to video.

  i'm writing a transcript right now.

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  ToMo, Victims "should never be discouraged from reporting the incident [abuse] to the appropriate authorities."

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH7j2TrjXUc&feature=player_detailpage