Topics Started by katydid

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The One thing I like about Xmas
by katydid in
1. jw
2. friends
i dislike the commercialism, the music, the incessant "happy holidays", and the church's insistence to put "jesus back in christmas.".

but i really like xmas lights.

i put up a 7 foot tree and three small trees in my yard and strung lights around them, strung up lights on my gutters, and put candles in my windows.
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Are the gospels genuine?
by ackack in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i've been reading the jesus puzzle and something interesting was this re-ordering of q. its seems like the various pieces of q in luke and matthew have different contexts.

this would support that the contexts for the q sayings were invented.. it seems that paul doesn't reference the gospels in any form.. does this support a late writing for the gospels and therefore calls into question how close the gospels were written to the alleged events of jesus' life?.

how would someone who believes in the gospels reconcile these differences?
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Is there any hope of you coming back to Jehovah?
by LeftBehind in
1. jw
2. friends
my brother is a self proclaimed apostate.

i see now that there is a wide variety of posters here.

so to those that have left the witnesses what would it take to get you back?
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Chinese Hackers Attack US Military
by katydid in
1. social
2. current
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Something I want to tell you apostates
by LeftBehind in
1. jw
2. friends
i want you to know that you have destroyed a family because of your lies about jehovah and his organization.

a family member went apostate and has turned his back on jehovah.

he told us he is never coming back and i know he went and visited internet sites.
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Trouble For Richie
by RichieRich in
1. jw
2. friends
as many of you know, i have a myspace.com account.. apparently, while i was out last night, someone called my mother and informed her of my activities on myspace.

my mother called and asked me for my login info, and was shocked to see me, and around 40 witnesses in my area having active profiles.

contents of these profile ranged from a few pictures to downright self-incrimination.
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How do you know Satan didn't write the Bible?
by seattleniceguy in
1. jw
2. friends
the standard christian story on the bible is that god wrote it to let us humans know what's going on, lay down some rules, and tell us how to get saved from our pitiful state.

as everyone knows, i don't buy any portion of this.

but i have a question for the believers.
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Article: Michael Jackson = Anti-Jew Muslim
by Elsewhere in
1. jw
2. friends
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/entertainment/article_2121522.shtml .

michael jackson = anti-jew muslim.

by j. grant swank, jr.. nov 27, 2005. .
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Chemical weapons found in Iraq !!
by Simon in
1. social
2. current
ironic isn't it that such a fuss was made about saddam possible having / using them and how terrible that would be.

seems ok for us to use chemical weapons though.. such sickening hypocrisy.. .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4442988.stm.
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Mention of Jehovah's Witnesses in popular entertainment
by enderby in
1. jw
2. friends
i don't know if this thread has been done before, but can anybody think of times that jehovah's witnesses were made mention of or joked about in music, tv, or movies?

for example,there are a couple of simpsons episodes, one were marge alludes to being so desperate for company that jehovah's witnesses ran away when she went to get them more lemonade.

another time, two jw's approach the simpsons' house and one turns to the other just before ringing the doorbell and asks "ruby, do you ever think we should get real jobs?".