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  Bash the Catholics here.

  by JG in

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  reading one of the other threads got me thinking.

  what is the root of anti-catholic sentiment.

  i was raised a catholic, still catholic, and have never heard a good reason why some people dislike catholicism.

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  barry

  My wife is a catholic and my kids are baptised in the catholic church but she comes to my church more often than we go to the catholic church. the sermons there are very short and they dont have a bible study. I like to have some input when i go to church and at least give my point of view at the bible study if I feel strongly about sumthin. Barry
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  If you can't beat em...

  by Paradiselost in

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  has anyone on the board ever joined a cong as an unknown apostate, gained a reputation, and then tried to show certain members the errors in their ways.  i'm in a sitation that makes the following hypothetical possible.  should i do it...has anyone attemted it?  thoughts?

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  Dear Paradiselost, I think youre idear is a good one I come from a religious community where I cant pick a period of time there wasnt differing opinions. I remember people we called the Brinsmeads in the 60s and 70s who beleived differently who would sit on one side of the church while all the other members would sit on the other. Nowerdays people are more relaxed about different beleifs and accepting but I often think of the Brinsmeads even though I dont agree with them they have helped to form the church as it is now by there insistance on being accepted by the church. Ive often said the witnesses need a brinsmead group. Barry
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  Who were the apostates I once saw?

  by ballistic in

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  there was talk the other day of "modern day apostates" which made me think back to the pre-internet days at conventions where we used to get leaflets sprung on us by what i then presumed to be apostates.

  who are the apostates of the 80s and 90s who used to spring leaflets on us?

  are they now on the net with us modern day apostates?

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  When studying with a JW man I was told that there was a group called 'Witnesses of Jehovah' and they would go to conventions and hand out literature does anyone know of this group maybe they are only in Australia. Barry
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  Just watched the Sunday program

  by A Paduan in

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  just watched the sunday program, finished a few minutes ago - covered the bbc panorama story - i'll admit i'm fired up.

  i was very pleased to hear the sternly spoken comment at the end by channel nines jim waley, ' we are continuing to investigate the jehovahs witness and more cases of abuse' .

  for the non-aussies, jim waley is universally considered as among the most credible and straight shooters of high profile journalism.

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  barry

  Also Jim Waley made the comment at the beginning that since the first program the sunday program has been denounced from the pulpits of JW churches. Wonder if they will denounce todays program too.
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  What is wrong with a christian maturbating?

  by evangelist in

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  i know many christians and leader saying that doing this is not a sin because we need a relief.. god understands us that we need this if we are single, rather than have sex comitting adultery .. what do you think about this i would like some opinions please.

  peace

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  barry

  Be careful you will go blind Barry
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  MORE STUFF JW'S CAN'T DO.......

  by minimus in

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  awake of 10-8-02 brings out a number of things that good christians would avoid due to god's view of how precious a gift , life is.

  here's some of the things on the list....no bullfighting, no running of the bulls,no motorcycle stuntmen, no climbing of skyscrapers without safety equipment, no steep snowboarding,bungee jumping,parachuting from airplanes with another strapped to you, no climbing ice-covered cliffs, no sky surfing,no base jumping, no rock climbing,no car-surfing,no climbing mt.

  everest, no thrill-seeking.....any that do such things show contempt for the marvelous gift of life......did i forget anything else??

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  Sounds like good advice to me , I used to fly aeroplanes and gliders but never had any desire to step out of a perfectly good aeroplane. Barry
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  WT Oct 1-nothing has changed in the past 15 years

  by refiners fire in

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  well the dubbies have me as a backcall, and like little clockwork robots they turned up exactly 2 weeks after the previous visit.

  i saw them coming this week.

  expected them even.

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  Refiner, Only 5 bucks for 3 big books Im shocked you

  Refiner , dont you feel guilty about paying 5 bucks for 3 big books just buy some Sanitarium breakfast products and that will be fair compensation. Barry

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  Concerning Luke 24:39

  by FrankRaven in

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  when one talks to a witness about the resurrection why do they always say that christ came back as a spirit when christ clearly said in luke 24:39,that he did not come back as a spirit?scripture clearly says that ,"a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see i have.".

  "it is not a form of religious persecution to say and.

  to show that another religion is false .

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  The beleif that Jesus didnt have a real body is a gnostic beleif and is a beleif never taught by Christendom. Our Lord had a ressurection body. The Gnostics because of their beleif of the evil nature of matter were vegetarians. Barry
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  Your favorite Witness?

  by larc in

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  who was your favorite witness?.

  mine was john richards.

  when i got to know him, he was an old man, and our theocratic ministry school servant.

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  I like Michael Jackson also the lovely lady I studied with, she put up with me through thick and thin. Barry
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  Silent Witness Sunday TV Australia!!!

  by Jang in

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  a reminder to all about the program "silent witness" to be screened this coming sunday morning on channel nine.

  http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/

  if you know anyone in australia who may have an interest in this program, please pass this information on to them.

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  I just heard the program advertised at the end of the channel nine news, the jws will be able to let their recorders running when they go to the meeting tomorrow. Barry