JanH is right 'Present' Truth is an old Adventist term in fact I have in front of me a magazine called Present Truth by a dissident Adventist Robert D Brinsmead. A brinsmead lady gave it to me quite a few years ago. It should be remembered that Brinsmead changed his beleifs from traditional Adventist to evangelical Adventist to liberal adventist to Lutherine to non beleiver as he is today.
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15The Phrase "Present Truth"
by twain30 ini am puzzled by the expression, "present truth" as used buy the wbts.
for example: "we must keep in step with present truth.
" now to me something is either true, partially true, or untrue.
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Why dont JW's have a youth group?
by In_between_days insomething that has been alarming to my jw family is the amount of teens ("young ones") that have bailed out of the organisation, never to return.. they use the excuse, as would most jw's that "satan is getting them - he knows young ones are vulnerable.".
if you want my opinion, young people are getting far more educated - they are becoming far more broad minded than they were say 10 or 20 years ago.
because of the slow yet sturdy slackening of the "no college" rule, many more young jw's are attending university or college than ever before, and with further education comes more knowledge, more interaction with reasonable and intelligent conversations with educated people and most importantly -use of the internet ("satans latest tool, as put by a jw i talked to recently).
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I was brought up an Adventist and they have a youth group called Pathfinders, and go on weekend trips and camps also because of my interest in gliding I once held a week long course to learn to fly where 5 out of 7 went solo in the week. The minister who organized the week wanted to strart a Church gliding club and the Church even supplied a pilot that flew the tug plane. The Baptists also have programs for there youth and as a young person Many times I went with my Baptist friends to their programs.
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What is a JW childhood like?
by knighthawk1981 ini was wondering what it is like to experience childhood in the org.
i am an aspiring writer ad the org has always interested me...not in the sense that i'd like to join.
please send me some replies.
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I thought it would be cool to be a JW kid because when I went to school the JW kids didnt have to go to scripture on wednesday mornings and could do anything they wanted to thats all I knew about them then.
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WT literature in the trash can
by Nordic ini am born in the truth.now i am 40 years old and have thrown all my wt literature in the trash can.i am ashamed that i have been in the watchtower orginazation and in my prayer to jehovah i have said that i only belong to him.
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I gave my WT books to my father, hes an Adventist lay Preacher.
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Another NIGERIAN scam me thinks!
by Trotafox introt just received this e-mail: .
greetings, i am paul baba, bank manager of orient bank of nigeria, lagos branch.
i have urgent and very .
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I just got two emails from Baba I guess he will find some poor sucker anyway I told him to F - Off
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The Demon of Saskatchewan
by RunningMan inlast week, i came across an unusual tidbit of jw folklore that i had all but forgotten.
after a brief discussion of provincial politics with my mother, she made the comment (regarding our provincial premier) that every time a government is elected, satan appoints a demon to oversee and direct it.. now, i'm not sure if this is unique to jws, but the idea is based on the following scripture:.
"but the prince of the kingdom of persia was withstanding me for twenty-one days; then behold, michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for i had been left there with the kings of persia.
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This post sounds just like Buffy the vampire slayer
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Bill Bowen the next Martin Luther King - Ghandi
by Cappuccino OC inam i the only one, wondering why is that when a brave soul stands up for the rights of those being abused and injustice they have so much violent opposition?
for example both martin luther king and ghandi stood up for people rights and look at their tragic ending.
here are some quotes by ghandi: .
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I think Bills a Martin Luther and a Martin Luther King.
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Fiveshadows
by barry inim not good with computers and im haveing trouble emailing you give me youre email and ill put it in by typing.
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Im not good with computers and Im haveing trouble emailing you give me youre email and Ill put it in by typing
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Is there a better way than disfellowshipping?
by barry inand can the wt learn from other churches?.
the general conference of adventists held in toronto canada.
no adventist will ever be disfellowshiped again.. voted to change the term "disfellowshiped" to 'remeoved from membership".
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Dear Amazing,
The meeting in Toronto Canada was the general conference of SDAs and is reconized by SDAs worldwide its a hirearcical system like the JWs. Shunning in the SDAs is news to me also in the churches Ive been a member there have allways been different groups Traditionals, Evangelicals, Brinsmeads [a group who follow Robert D Brinsmead an Australian} even groups that are Arian[beleive that Jesus was a created being the same as the witnesses} while most SDAs beleive in the trinity. So my question is who would be Apostate?
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Is there a better way than disfellowshipping?
by barry inand can the wt learn from other churches?.
the general conference of adventists held in toronto canada.
no adventist will ever be disfellowshiped again.. voted to change the term "disfellowshiped" to 'remeoved from membership".
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Ray Franz sorry