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  November 2010 Awake! about "new atheism"

  by processor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what's actually the difference between this .... .

  ... and this picture?.

  why is this marcher evil .... .

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  *** g73 1/8 p. 10 My Life as a Gypsy ***
  A Different Kind of Religion
  By 1942 I was married. One day I came home and my wife told me that two women had called and talked to her about the Bible and its promises for a better future. Being inclined to ridicule anything that smacked of religion, I showed no desire to discuss the matter. Later, in northern Scotland, a man called at our camp and played a Gramophone record for my wife while I was away. It really impressed her that the man had the courage to play a record exposing world religion as a snare and a racket. My wife gave the man a meal before he went on his way.

  Was this "religion as a snare and a racket" before or after that sign that says "Religion as a peace-maker" in that picture above?
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  November 2010 Awake! about "new atheism"

  by processor in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  what's actually the difference between this .... .

  ... and this picture?.

  why is this marcher evil .... .

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  Podobear - Reading that Awake and researching athiesm and athiests shows that in most cases there is some belief structure and respect for what they see as order in the universe/world around us. What is usually shown to be the reason for the resisting of religious belief is the Jehovah that will cruelly kill off billions including helpless little children as the witnesses teach and are more than willing to use their "god given talents" to illustrate with colourful artwork, just in case the nightmares you have had about it are not vivid enough. And of course all religion seems to do this.
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  religious tolerance

  by booby in

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  2. humour

  i was walking across a bridge one day, and i saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off.

  so i ran over and said "stop!

  " he said.. "well, there's so much to live for!".

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  I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said "Stop! Don't do it!"
  "Why shouldn't I?" he said.

  "Well, there's so much to live for!"

  "Like what?" "Well... are you religious?"

  He said yes. I said, "Me too! Are you Christian or Buddhist?"

  "Christian."

  "Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant?"

  "Protestant."

  "Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?"

  "Baptist."

  "Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?"

  "Baptist Church of God!"

  "Me too! Are you original Baptist Church of God, or are you reformed Baptist Church of God?"

  "Reformed Baptist Church of God!"

  "Me too! Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915?"

  He said, "Reformed Baptist Church of God, reformation of 1915!"

  I said, "Die, heretic scum", and pushed him off.
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  BOE LTR (PDF) Brazen Conduct !!!

  by yknot in

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  2. beliefs

  i apologize to those in the vincinity of my spad's ladies bathroom....... yes!

  oh my gaud!

  give it to me baby!

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  Ynot is brazen. There were colpoteurs and then pioneers - blazing new trails and now Ynot blazing new brazeness.
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  interesting link comparing assertion made in latest awake

  by booby in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  http://creation.com/review-there-is-a-god-by-antony-flew.

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  http://creation.com/review-there-is-a-god-by-antony-flew
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  New elders' manual - a few more details

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  per a recent boe letter:.

  -- new manual will be softcover.

  -- elders can keep their old elder manual if they choose.

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  I think it was very Brazen of the gb to ignore the established dictionary meanings of generation and come up with their own. But then there is no shortage of brazen conduct from them.
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  If you want to see Episode 1 of the new XJW documentary, "Belief," here are links

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  belief: episode 1 - sacred ground.

  belief: episode 2 trailer.

  the video it looks better in full-screen version so click on "box" at right bottom.

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  Oh my Denial - you can watch that and say this "go buy a cd or get an ounce of creativity."?
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  "New Generation Teaching Proves How Close the End Is"

  by Sour Grapes in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  recently a circuit overseer said in one of his talks that the new light.

  on the generation teaching shows how very close the end is because.

  there will be a time when the over lap will end.

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  JWoods - Exactly. Can we/anyone imagine the results of "brothers, because we are and have been trying so diligently to follow the spirit guided direction from Jah, we overstepped and became to involved in concern of the ""end"" resulting in losing our focus on the truly important issue of preaching. This resulted in what has been a totally wrong blah, blah, blah and we are now changing our focus back to where it should have been all along. So we urge you all to follow our new spirit guided direction to "advertise, advertise, the King and his Kingdom".
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  Interesting quote on leadership - what do you think re: the Governing Body?

  by sir82 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  today i read a newspaper columnist who wrote something that caught my attention:.

  "...obedience is a natural response to effective leadership, and this is true regardless of whether the people being led are adults or children.".

  now, think about the gb.. virtually every wt "study edition" contains at least one, if not several, reminders about how we should "obey the gb".. dozens of the songs in the new song book extol how worthy of obedience & devotion the gb is.. each assembly & convention features dozens of reminders on how important it is to be obedient & submissive to the gb.. service meeting parts routinely offer "loving reminders" of how jws should obey the gb re: conventions, literature, donations, etc.. .

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  Governing Body is a name and hence is capitalized because the Governing Body and Wannabefree says so. This notion is supported by god and his holy spirit.
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  Don't leave, its God's organization....

  by dissed in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  recently, i've been seeing this argument displayed here more frequently by those still believing jw's.. usually in reply to arguments they can not answer well, like 1914, generation(s), etc.... its almost like, they are are having serious doubts as well, but their fall back is, "but its god organization....where else would you go......don't leave, we are so close to the end".

  as one recently shared their experience with a jc.

  the elders, when feeling trapped on explanations, fell back to this defense.

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  You said - So my question is...Have you noticed this reasoning is becoming more of a frequent occurance? "You don't have to understand those complicated things, just stay with us"And how have you been answering it?

  My answer - No, it is not more frequent. It has always been there. It is just that when you as an individual get to be in that position of doubting or whatever that it gets used on you or you become cognizant of it for whatever reason it stands out. And there is no answer. Its their last resort in a situation where they see the problem, have no answer, and being unable to consider the consequences of dealing honestly with what that ultimately means, resort to the only lunacy left. It is the last line of defense provided by the holy spirit directed gibbering body.