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New book on early Christianity
by careful in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i'm not quite sure that this post fits under jws/wts since they do not keep up with real biblical scholarship, but i don't know where else to post it.. thomas a. robinson (university of lethbridge) has just published a book through oxford university press on the earliest christians, entitled who were the first christians?

: dismantling the urban thesis.

for some years the idea has dominated scholarship that christianity grew strongly at first in ancient cities like rome, alexandria, and corinth; the notion has been largely influenced by wayne meeks' (of yale) thinking in his book the first urban christians (1986).. i once saw a member here cite meeks' idea of how many christians existed in the roman empire.
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New baby on the way... and transfusions
by Anony Mous in
1. watchtower
2. medical
it's been a while since i posted life updates.

this time we are having a baby boy come along in a few months.

off course nothing is ever easy, my wife is extremely anemic to the extent we are being referred to a hematologist for iron and/or packed red blood cells and potential full blood transfusions.
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The Last Episode Of This JW Life Is Out Now
by dubstepped in
1. jw
2. experiences
the last episode of my story on thisjwlife is out now.

after leaving the cult of jehovah’s witnesses we learned even more eye-opening things about it.

then we applied the same scrutiny to the book that everything we ever believed was based on.
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My head hurts
by Akid48 in
1. jw
2. experiences
so i still have to go to meeting etc and my head hurts its just im trying to wake up and the teachings are getting shoved back in my head or with field service im giving people papers i want to rip it in my hands.. now its like i need a smoking break i have to just walk out the kingdom hall and get my mind back together.. just something thats new for me.
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A disturbing reaction.
by longgone in
1. jw
2. experiences
earlier today i was listening to a you tube video about brain plasticity, how our minds aren't hardwired, and that by changing the way we think it can make actual physical changes in the brain.

which is cool for many reasons.

one in particular for me and likely any ex jw is that the way the wts has programmed us, especially those born in, can eventually get past it.
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The most successful teaching of Jehovah's Witnesses and an amazing new book on the divine name
by slimboyfat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
jehovah's witnesses have had to revise their chronology and various doctrinal interpretations due to events and scholarly corrections.

but the one teaching where they have been consistently ahead of the curve is the importance of jehovah's name.. .

i'm going to run through a (necessarily selective) timeline of jw events and scholarly publications that demonstrate the phenomenal success of this teaching in the last days.
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How many times have you said goodbye to the forum?
by wanderlustguy in
1. jw
2. friends
i think i'm at like 5 or something...i think.. just disappearing without saying goodbye counts.. .

so here we go.... .

wlg - 5.
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The Bibles source, have you bothered to look for yourself?
by blueviceroy in
1. jw
2. friends
the bible came to be as the result of scholars desire to compile a complete understanding of humankind at the time ( or so i have gathered in my search ).

it's foundations lie in judaism , has anyone bothered looking at the actuall root documents and attempted to gain some insite there?.

i have been searching for the roots of modern religion , it's always been a hobby but i'm begining to get a little more serious as i uncover more and more.. we have a rich and varied pool of documents that are left out of the bible and should be perused with the same intent as the bible is studied , finding some truth .. accepting what our culture has assimilated for us as is , well , thats not in anyones best interests , not if you value truth and genuine understanding.
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Interesting old article from Time magazine re:1975
by marmot in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
don't know if this has ever been discussed on here.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901074-1,00.html .

july 18, 1969 .
Justice for All - Accessing the Promise - CourtTV tomorrow
by cellomould in
1. social
2. current
...i was asked to post this info --- as it may be relevant to a lot of the forum topics... .

justice for all | accessing the promise .

we are very excited to announce that on september 29, pre paid legal will be featured on court tv.