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  "We aren't prideful, we are just giving credit to God's organization"

  by Check_Your_Premises in

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  i reply, "well if that were true, then why do you have to run down all the other christians?".

  jw response: "nobody is attacking them personally.

  it is the teachings.

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  Big Dog

  I remember going with my wife to mass one time and the priest starts out with the question of why there all these different religions and denominations etc. to which I of course perked up instead of slipping into my usual semi-comatose state. He continued on that this was so because God was bigger than that, not able to be pigeonholed into a little shoebox of faith and dogma, and that we needed to quit thinking in terms of us and them, and just think in terms of us.

  So it would seem this particular priest agreed with you James, the incredible shrinking God is not the way to go.
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  "We aren't prideful, we are just giving credit to God's organization"

  by Check_Your_Premises in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i reply, "well if that were true, then why do you have to run down all the other christians?".

  jw response: "nobody is attacking them personally.

  it is the teachings.

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  Big Dog

  CYP, I have had that very conversation with various members of my dub family and I think you articulated the responses very well. I once read an essay by a gentleman named Tim Campbell entitled "What is True Religion" that more or less addressed this topic and gave me some food for thought. I think I found it on one of the ex-JW websites, I can e-mail it to you if you would like.
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  any coffee addicts here?

  by enigmatic in

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  i been drinking alot of coffee these days.

  i start off my day with four shots of espresso, than a few hours later i'll make a pitcher of frozen latte's and i usually will burn thru a pot if im out working on the ocean.

  i even got to the point where i grind all my coffee myself...

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  Big Dog

  Just call me Javahead Jones.
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  This One Is For Scholar And His Celebrated WT Scholars

  by Honesty in

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  i have some quotes from several respected bible linguists regarding the new world translation: .

  dr. julius mantey - "a manual grammar of the greek new testament" calls the new world translation "a shocking mistranslation".

  dr. bruce metzger, late professor of new testament at princeton university -"a frightful mistranslation", "erroneous", "pernicious", and "reprehensible".

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  Big Dog

  Looks like Scholar got small in a hurry.
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  This One Is For Scholar And His Celebrated WT Scholars

  by Honesty in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have some quotes from several respected bible linguists regarding the new world translation: .

  dr. julius mantey - "a manual grammar of the greek new testament" calls the new world translation "a shocking mistranslation".

  dr. bruce metzger, late professor of new testament at princeton university -"a frightful mistranslation", "erroneous", "pernicious", and "reprehensible".

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  Big Dog

  Yeah, I have to agree, the T word is poised on my lips with regards to Scholar. But in his defense, it appears he has been around a long time, that is sort of unusual for someone looking just to yank some chains.
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  This One Is For Scholar And His Celebrated WT Scholars

  by Honesty in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have some quotes from several respected bible linguists regarding the new world translation: .

  dr. julius mantey - "a manual grammar of the greek new testament" calls the new world translation "a shocking mistranslation".

  dr. bruce metzger, late professor of new testament at princeton university -"a frightful mistranslation", "erroneous", "pernicious", and "reprehensible".

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  Big Dog

  I had this discussion with my sister where I questioned the credentials of the folks who did the translation and she said that wasn't important and that I placed too much emphasis on secular learning. Later in the same conversation I asked her why her kids were not attending the JW school (there was one in her community at the time) and she responded, oh I'm not sending my kids there, none of the teachers have degrees. Needless to say I just sort of looked at her like this .

  Never underestimate the power of denial.
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  This One Is For Scholar And His Celebrated WT Scholars

  by Honesty in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have some quotes from several respected bible linguists regarding the new world translation: .

  dr. julius mantey - "a manual grammar of the greek new testament" calls the new world translation "a shocking mistranslation".

  dr. bruce metzger, late professor of new testament at princeton university -"a frightful mistranslation", "erroneous", "pernicious", and "reprehensible".

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  Big Dog

  The point Scholar I think is this, there is such a thing as technical proficiency and credentials. When you go to a physician Scholar, do you go to one that read Grey's anatomy once and a few books on medical science or do you go to one with diplomas on the wall that certify that the physician attended an accredited medical school, did his residency etc.?

  The point is the critics of the NWT have credentials that show they have been trained in ancient languages and translation, the individuals at Bethel have none.
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  Self Pity and other worthless emotions.

  by Big Dog in

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  i never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.

  a small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

  d.h. lawrence.

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  Big Dog

  The way I look at guilt is if I have done something wrong I do my best to put it right, if I can't fix it I move on as there is nothing I can do about it and feeling guilty over it won't change a thing. I will learn from my mistake and try not to repeat it, but I won't engage in punishing myself with guilt.
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  Self Pity and other worthless emotions.

  by Big Dog in

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  2. entertainment

  i never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.

  a small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

  d.h. lawrence.

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  Big Dog

  I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

  D.H. Lawrence

  I remember reading the above in one of my college literature classes and it really striking a chord with me about how useless and self destructive self pity is.

  Of all the things we can feel I believe that self-pity and guilt are the worst. What do you think are the most worthless emotions/feeling we can have?
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  Indoctrination 101: The Sep KM insert - From Student to Publisher

  by truthseeker in

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  most of us who have/are associated with jehovah's witnesses are familiar with the indoctrination process and how it works.. well, for those of us who want to see the process from start to finish, the watchtower has very kindly included an insert in the.

  september kingdom ministry, entitled conducting progressive bible studies.. .

  my comments are in red, interesting comments are highlighted.

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  Big Dog

  I went through the RCIA classes at the Catholic Church as I married a Catholic and wanted to know more about what she believed. I was really surprised at the difference in methods they used, but I guess that's the difference between a mainstream religion and a cult.