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  APOSTATES Have RABIES??

  by orangefatcat in

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  were any of you aware that in the mind of ct russell, apostates were considered this as stated in the october 1 wt .

  "they seem inoculated with madness, satanic hydrophobia [rabies].

  some of them smite us and then claim that we did the smiting.

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  http://www.bible.ca/g-why-christian.htm
  That is the site I was referring too.
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  APOSTATES Have RABIES??

  by orangefatcat in

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  were any of you aware that in the mind of ct russell, apostates were considered this as stated in the october 1 wt .

  "they seem inoculated with madness, satanic hydrophobia [rabies].

  some of them smite us and then claim that we did the smiting.

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  I remember this form a video game called Monkey Island (awesome game!) you read a gravestone (I think) and it says "Kiss me. I've got scurvy!" :D
  
  
  What a stupid thing to say! Apparently there are a higher percentage of Witnesses that suffer from mental illness that "worldly people." I don't want to lash out at them, because I want to be BETTER THAN THEM. I stopped being a Jehovah's Witness and became Christian. :)
  
  BTW I still am a Jehovah's witness (lower case "w") But not a Jehovah's Witness with a capital "W" for Witness!!!(but it must be lower case -- it's a bit like The Church, or Church, Catholic or Christian... you know what I mean.) but I am a Jesus' witness too , notice the lower case "w." Because I think there are people who call themselves Jesus' Witnesses with a capital W -- I am not one of those either!
  
  Sorry to get down to technicallities. If you don't understand me, just message me or reply on my thread.
  
  ...But I am a Christian -- no label... like in the good old days of Christ! :D Read http://www.bible.ca -- which talks about Christianity without a label! Really well written, even though it's trinitarian! :) Goodness! I wish I could find the link for it.... But it's on there somewhere.
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  I saw a truck called JW express

  by inquirer in

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  as i was driving around today.

  would any aussie know what that truck would stand for?

  at redfern station in sydney there is a tower near the train station that says "the watertower.

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  @misspeaches,
  
  Well. I didn't think that would be on google. Sometimes I like to find out the old-fashioned way.
  
  
  @thom
  It was on 3-lane highway...
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  My wife is thinking of quitting the "truth"!

  by Goldminer in

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  last night my wife said she was thinking about quitting the truth.she says she finds it too hard with me having doubts and not wanting to be a jw anymore.she has also been burned by her few jw friends,and the rest are either disfellowshipped or getting divorced.it's really hard to build lasting relationships with such people in the religion.. another positive factor is that she has made 2 good "worldly" friends over the past year.i think she's starting to see that people on the outside can be nice,have morals and accept others as they are.. i hope in time she starts feeling good about this decision and that i can slowly show her the many errors of the wts.so far she agrees with many of the things i've told her but still believes it's the truth.it's a hard battle but i never tought i'd hear her say those words.. btw,she finally called a local elder to see if he can help me with my many questions.he's coming over tonight so it should be quite interesting.i think he'll be a little surprised at some of the direct questions i have;i'm also hoping that after a while he decides there's not much hope for me and just labels me an apostate and starts talking about df'ing me.that would show my wife their attitude towards answering questions that have no scriptural answers.. anyways,i'll do my best to keep you all up-dated.it can be hard to post as my wife diesn't know i come here on a regular basis.. goldminer

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  Yeah, it sounds like an interesting situation Jullian Goldminer. :) Can't wait to hear it. :)
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  I saw a truck called JW express

  by inquirer in

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  as i was driving around today.

  would any aussie know what that truck would stand for?

  at redfern station in sydney there is a tower near the train station that says "the watertower.

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  as I was driving around today. Would any Aussie know what that truck would stand for?
  
  At Redfern station in Sydney there is a tower near the train station that says "The Watertower." Same font and everything! I think it's an apartment block.
  
  Pretty scary, aye?
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  DID YOU KNOW THIS about the BIBLE?

  by Terry in

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  the oldest manuscripts are not considered the most reliable.. there are no "autograph" texts.

  none.. there are no "original" manuscripts.. no two manuscripts agree.. the bible as we know it only came together in the form it now holds because certain men decided it should do so.. neither jesus nor his apostles or disciples carried bibles.. the apostle paul didn't carry a bible and none of his letters were in any of the scrolls considered holy scripture at the time he was preaching and forming christian theology as it is now understood to be.. largely, what the bible is today, is the result of certain men with certain agendas who had the authority to make their project happen.

  they also had the power to destroy writings which did not agree with their agenda.

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  Sorry about the weird formatting! Don't know what went wrong then! ... :(
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  DID YOU KNOW THIS about the BIBLE?

  by Terry in

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  the oldest manuscripts are not considered the most reliable.. there are no "autograph" texts.

  none.. there are no "original" manuscripts.. no two manuscripts agree.. the bible as we know it only came together in the form it now holds because certain men decided it should do so.. neither jesus nor his apostles or disciples carried bibles.. the apostle paul didn't carry a bible and none of his letters were in any of the scrolls considered holy scripture at the time he was preaching and forming christian theology as it is now understood to be.. largely, what the bible is today, is the result of certain men with certain agendas who had the authority to make their project happen.

  they also had the power to destroy writings which did not agree with their agenda.

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  Terry. I went to the Catholic New Advent site. It only talks about no 2 Latin text that are alike.
  
  
  
  http://www.newadvent.org
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  make it seem that every Bible manuscript is disputed! Obviously they
  are only talking about Old Latin texts! They weren't talking about the
  Hebrew texts, or the Septuagint texts. Obviously the Greek Scriptures
  (NT) were translated into Greek first and THEN came all the faults when
  it came into Latin!
  
  Notice
  how they say that some texts are better than others. It just so happens
  to be the European on is the best out of the lot of them.40 manuscripts is not that much anyway. There are 5000 Greek Scripture manuscripts that are in existence today!
  
  
  T his
  is like that interesting site http://www.bible.ca (anti JW, which is largely quite a good site you should check it out if you don't already know about it!!!) site quotes in full
  the texts that supposedly don't support the trinity! The Watctower
  takes it out of context and lie to all the JW's in that "Should you
  believe in a trinity" brochure! I am not saying you are
  like them, because you probably made a mistake. But it's amazing what
  harm can be done when you take something or someone out of context! We all do that at times.
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  Which person in history would you like to be?

  by DannyBloem in

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  if you could choose, which person in history would you like to be?.

  (okay, i allow bible characters.

  danny.

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  Utopian Reformist,
  
  Would you like to be Pontius Pilate. :D
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  Will Prince last as a Witness?

  by inquirer in

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  or will he have egg on his face like michael jackson?

  cliff richards, i believe was a jehovah's witness and he didn't last either!

  by the way, did you know that dave mustaine's mum was a jehovah's witness?

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  Sassy --
  
  Prince actually attends a congregation where I know some of the people.. of course I have no contact with them any more..
  
  When he first became a witness, it sure seemed he was under the brain control... and his cd that came out then, reflected it as well..
  
  I think he put out another one though since.. and from the way his tour was handled.. I had to wonder how long he'd be staying a witness now..
  
  
  
  
  
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  Inq
  
  So tell me what is the name of the congregation he attends! :D I heard that Batdance tune he brought out recently! I like it! :) Not bad! :) But would think that is satanic these days, wouldn't he! :(
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  How does my Dress Look?

  by whyamihere in

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  i am going to my cousins wedding this sunday.

  i am really upset because since the past few years our best friend forever friendship really has went down hill.

  i have no clue.

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  Ritchie Rich
  
  Naw Man,
  
  
  I know you were kidding. But a lot of people seem to think that I am like romantically in love with Brooke. So, that was kinda to set people straight.
  
  
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  OH right good. :) I knew you were kidding. I love your attitude, your avatars and I love your nickname. I think the old avatar you had was one of the best I've ever seen! You look like some guy off Trailer Park Boys. :)
  
  
  It's pretty obvious you are just fooling around. I never took you seriously for one moment. Just a misunderstanding.
  
  
  ...Probably looked bad because I double posted in the largest font.