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  Arguments I’ve Had: Historical Accuracy and the Bible

  by Saethydd in

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  2. experiences

  when i was a jw and still living with my parents i remember the way my father held what could almost be described as contempt for archeologists, paleontologists, and other scientists who dared to try explain what happened in past.

  he justified this attidtude with the argument that these people don’t have enough evidence to make such claims with any certainty.

  however, i see now that his viewpoint was more likely a defense mechanism to protect his presupposed conclusion that everything described in the bible actually happened.

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  CO asked for everyone 20 years old & younger for a group photo

  by LevelThePlayingField in

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  2. beliefs

  there was a co visit in ohio a couple weeks ago.

  when he was finishing up his sunday talk he said that he would like if "all the children that are from this congregation, not if you're just visiting, but from this congregation to come on up on the stage right after the meeting because i want to get a picture of you.".

  i thought to myself, why?

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  Born Ins, How Did Your Parents Get "The Truth™"?

  by pale.emperor in

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  2. experiences

  born ins are in a unique position in that we never knew any other way of life.

  no birthdays, christmas and overly superstitious family just seemed normal.

  when my parents talked about their pre-jw life it seemed like they were talking about completely different people (actually, that's true, the cult had taken their real selves).. so i'd be interested in hearing how your parents were indoctrinated.. my dad.

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  GB Gerrit Losch and his questionable article in the 7/14 WT study edition!!!

  by ADJUSTMENTS in

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  2. beliefs

  in this article gerrit talks about his father in the first and last paragraphs, what he says about him and his hope for him goes against all that witnesses have preached about the worldly for the last 100 years... as i recall aren't all the worldly supposed to be destroyed and never have a hope of everlasting life like jw's are, and isn't that the purpose of the preaching work to baptize and warn the worldly of this???

  if not why do jws even preach, or even become jws in the first place if all have a hope of everlasting life, jw and non-jw, are they releasing a little hint at new light to come???

  or am i just missing or over analyzing something?.

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  When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed? Why It Matters - What the Evidence Shows

  by wannabefree in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  obviously 607 is a problem, watchower coming out full forces on this one in the latest public edition.. http://download.jw.org/files/media_magazines/wp_e_20111001.pdf.

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  What are your favorite rap albums of all time?

  by JimmyPage in

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  2. friends

  okay, most of these are going to show my age.

  notorious b.i.g.

  "life after death".

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  Should Prostitution Be Legalized???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  recently, in the news were reports of 90 plus year old men being arrested for soliciting prostitutes.

  i believe the charges were dropped.

  and the vast majority of people polled thought that police should worry less about prostitutes and johns and more about city government waste.. your thoughts?.

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  Have any of you studdied the similaries between Zoraster and Christianity?

  by dawg in

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  2. friends

  i've always found it interesting that satan isn't mentioned by name in the bible until job.

  i found the similarity's between the emergence of jesus' teachings, and the similarities of the zoroaster faith interesting.

  i hope you guys will take the time to copy, paste, and read this article.

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  A kind response to Jim Penton & Ros of Channel C

  by Amazing in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the following are transports of postings on http://www.channelc.org/ made by jim penton and ros regarding myself and james caputo respectively.

  the reason that i did not post directly on channel c is that ros and many of her board participants do not like to see anything that resembles catholic discussion, even if the responses are done respectfully and in a spirit of clarifying a false claim or misunderstanding.

  i too do not like "catholic" discussions on channel c, and have not posted there for 9 months until i recently posted an announcement about tom cabeen's interviews on ewtn and with randy watters.

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  Public Discourse - "Jehovah's Table"

  by GMahler in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i confess that i'm more a lurker than a poster.

  my mother, who is still very much an active jw, was recently given this talk delivered by a travelling overseer (a do, i think) bro.

  mack.

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