iT HASN'T been long since I left the JW's and I still want to have more insight on the Scriptures (I am sorry -- I know that's a book!) but realize more and more, how fallible people's interpretation of the Bible is! It's just one person's opinion against another. You really have to figure it out for yourself really. Commentaries help, but I just think people really don't understand the Bible. If they did, there wouldn't be so many different churches out there! On that note, even the Catholic church has other branches like Opus Dei. Even Greek Orthodox (If you forget about the pope) is very similar to Catholocism.
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How many are still in the "I want to argue scripture stage?"
by free2beme inwhen i left the witnesses, i picked up a bunch of christian books on what the bible says.
isn't it weird that you have to have so many books, just to tell you what another book is saying?
anyway, i went through this phase where i still wanted to argue scripture with people.
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Catholic Church no longer swears by truth of bible?!
by daystar inthe gift of scripture
"the catholic bishops of england, wales and scotland are warning their five million worshippers, as well as any others drawn to the study of scripture, that they should not expect total accuracy from the bible.".
"but the first 11 chapters of genesis, in which two different and at times conflicting stories of creation are told, are among those that this countrys catholic bishops insist cannot be historical.
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I wish they would start saying that books like Tobit and Sirach are fake!
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What's the worst song you've ever listened to?
by JH inback in the mid 70's my sister won a 45rpm record from a radio station, and it was horrible .
the title is "don't worry kyoko" by yoko ono.
dont, dont, dont worry, kyoko.. mums only looking for her hand in the snow,.
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I haven't heard it, but a lot of people don't like that song "Every Rose Has it's Thorn." I think it's by Poison.
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Ever wonder why...........
by knot4me injw's never get dfed for being fat?
please don't take this offensively if you are overweight, i'm a little chubby myself.
i'm not judging.
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knot4me
JW's never get dfed for being fat? Please don't take this offensively if you are overweight, I'm a little chubby myself. I'm not judging. I have some JW cousins who are morbibly obese. I can't remember the exact scripture but I do recall the bible saying somewhere about not being heavy drinkers and over eaters. So why is it that you can be dfed for abusing your body in other was but not for being fat? Obeseity is fast approaching the #1 killer of Americans. Just something to ponder....
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What is the reasoning behind this?
by damselfly inwhy do jw women have to wear a headcovering at certain times?.
are you considered inactive if you attend meetings but don't go out in field service?.
as you can probably tell i never really paid attention at the meetings (generally day dreamed them away)so i don't know what the answers are to these questions.
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Soledad,
IT DOES SAY IT IN SCRIPTURE:
1 cor 11:5 but every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered shames her head, for it is one and the same as if she were a [woman] with a shaved head. 6 For if a woman does not cover herself, let her also be shorn; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered. -
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What is the reasoning behind this?
by damselfly inwhy do jw women have to wear a headcovering at certain times?.
are you considered inactive if you attend meetings but don't go out in field service?.
as you can probably tell i never really paid attention at the meetings (generally day dreamed them away)so i don't know what the answers are to these questions.
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damselfly,
iF WOMEN don't like head covering so much, why do they wear them at weddings? :| SO MANY of them do it!
It does honest say it in ther Scriptures. Blame the Apostle Paul!
Women back then, were much more in the background. Men were in control of just about everything then. Your just typical of a woman 21st century woman! -
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Watchtower Growth To Get Difficult
by metatron inheadline from the financial times aug. 24, 2005: page 3.
"shrinking population - number of japanese falls ahead of expectations".
"deaths exceeded births in japan by 31,000 in the first six months of this year, raising the .
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@Caedes LOL
Interesting Metatron! JW's are a dying breed.... 500 CONGREATIONS GONE IN UNDER 10 YEARS IN JAPAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT'S STAGGERING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
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CoC Book
by Cori ini have been fading for over a year now, and have not read coc yet.
in my personal situation, it has become quite difficult to obtain the book, or to have it sent where im living.
i have read several posts with others here willing to part with their copy of coc.
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Why don't you get a book store to order it for you and get them to ring you up at a certain time? Or why can't you get one of your mates to send it to you? And drive over there and say "thanks?"
Keep it well hidden! ;) It's one of the best books I've ever read! (I know I sound like a broken record as I've said this many times) You'll think "Ray rules!" -
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WTS Sues Website
by Robdar in.
sorry, if this has already been posted.
my sister emailed it to me and i thought that i would share.
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PLEASE PEOPLE, LET ME KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS QUOTES CASE!
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JW kids and the national anthem humiliation......
by kid-A infor me, school was extremely stressful as a jw kid.
the worst part had to be my morning dose of humiliation being forced to walk out of the room as the national anthem came on the loudspeakers (first god save the queen, then, oh canada).
the other kids found this completely bizarre, and several of my "patriotic" minded teachers really resented me for doing this (despite the obvious fact i had no choice in the matter but was being forced into this by my parents).. how could anybody force this public humiliation on a small child or teen-ager, already having to deal with the normal stresses of growing up and worrying about their public image with their peers???
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Ingenuous,
I was supposed to be proud to be a JW, proud to be different, vindicated by other's disapproval. And I felt very little of that, and seldom. We aren't allowed to feel anything other than blessed and special under such circumstances and I wasn't very skilled at denial when I was very young (I got better at it in high school, since I got baptized right before I started.)
inquirer -- sorry to get into the symantec jungle, but Jehovah says being proud is something destable to him.
Proverbs 16:5 "Everyone that is proud in heart is something detestable to Jehovah. Hand [may join] to hand, [yet] one will not be free from punishment."
Not judging, but something that I forget from time to time.