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  Is the Bible Opposed to Celebration of Birthdays?

  by Kenneson in

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  2. bible

  yes, says the watchtower society.

  because, they inform us, only pagans celebrated birthdays per the bible and in each case a death occurs.

  let us examine the two passages they use to support their conclusions.

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  Kingdom Hall for sale - the pictures

  by observador in

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  2. bible

  you may want to have a look at these pictures.

  they're of that hall that is being talked about here: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/76089/1.ashx.

  when i saw this, i couldn't help but remember of that doctrine that would go like 'the waters of babylon, the great, will dry out and she will see her end', remember?

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  Watchtower Quote

  by TowerWatch in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm trying to find the quote where it was stated in the watchtower that without the watchtower publications one could not come to a knowledge of the truth.

  something like "if you read the studies in the scriptures for two years with out the bible you could learn the truth but if you read just the bible for two years they would lose the truth".

  can anyone help.

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  anyone read monday, september 27 "examining the scriptures daily"?

  by evergreen in

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  2. beliefs

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  i decided to have a look at the scripture for that day as it was sitting next to me whilst watching my daughters favorite programme the tweenies and noticed what the society had to say concerning false stories via e-mails etc.. mmmm rather interesting i thought .any one else read it?

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  Who wants to do a letter writing campaign to the borg?

  by Jez in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  reading the amazing information about what a cult is, got me thinking....there are thousands of ppl here, why don't we do a letter writing campaign to the society, bombarding them with letters outlining things like the cult attachment to jw's, disfellowshipping, 1914, un, anything that we would like to see admitted or changed?

  outline what changes we think would be useful and necessary.

  we could then post the letters that they send back here to let others know how they reply.

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  Any witnesses celebrating a birthday?

  by evergreen in

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  my childs bithday is coming up in october and this year im going for it.i have her present bought and everything is in place to give her fantastic day to remember.for to long i have doubted this unfair policy of the borg and push has finally come to shove!.

  anyone else doing the same either priavately or openly

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  I just finished Crisis of Conscience...

  by Badger in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thanks to ray franz for writing it.

  parts of the book have been talked about on the board before, but holy $#!+...seeing page upon page of evidence kept my jaw in a constant drop.... a few thoughts.... >franz seems to have little malice for the org, and it shows in the book.. >i looked at it with a very skeptical eye (as i do everything) and tried to see it from the perspective of a witness who sincerely believed.

  i was still floored by the callousness of the comments of these people.. > control really does seem to be the watchword for these folks, and they've trained the rank and file well.

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  AHA! Moments. When you were a JW; what struck you the hardest counter?

  by Terry in

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  2. beliefs

  sooner or later every jehovah's witness encounters an intelligent person with facts at their disposal who can unload something that causes a doubt.

  naturally, you defend against it.

  but, the wind has been knocked out of your belief-system however briefly.

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  Things Learned Along the Way

  by blondie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have collected sayings, homilies, whatever along the way that crystallize something bigger i learned.

  i will post a few every day.

  if you have one, please share it.. if you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas.. to belittle is to be little.. somewhere, i got the idea if i just took care of others, i would be taken care of.. blondie

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  Should a Christian Fight in a war, or join the military service?

  by l3gi0n in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ecclesiastes 3:8

  : there is a time for peace and a time for war.

  there are some arguments as to weather a christian would fight in military service, or would remain peaceful to all men, up until death.

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