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  My Jouney-A "Theocratic Career" Begins

  by truthsetsonefree in

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  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/129473/1.ashx.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/129553/1.ashx.

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/7/129647/1.ashx.

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  yaddayadda

  Thanks for sharing your experiences.
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  The great debate

  by darth frosty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  coming up, i remember how the jw heavies would brag how back in the day (the 30's and 40's) witnesses would have debates against various religous leaders on matters of faith.

  they claimed the reasons the debates ceased, was they used to whip the religious leaders so bad, it became pointless.

  as we all know today, witlesses want no part of an earnest deabate with any one.

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  yaddayadda

  I'll take any former District Overseers (if any, failing which former prominent CO's will do) who still consider themselves Christian. Better still, is Ray Franz an official member on here? (most probably not)
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  rantings on jw fellowship board

  by gspradling in

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  2. friends

  ed-->some thrilling experiences that just goes to show jehovah knows:

  does jehovah know what is going on, and does he help?

  1. the bomb planted in the kingdom hall in australia, where one brother was killed, was meant to kill everyone, and would have; but the bomb rolled backwards so the force or the blast was away from the friends, rather than aimed at them

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  yaddayadda

  Whats the address for this board?...I might join and see how long I can play brinkmanship before I'm booted. Should be fun.
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  Two Elders at the door today; I wonder what they want?

  by MinisterAmos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i partook last night at my new congo and get the two elder visit today from my former congo.

  actually it still might be my current one as jehovah is in the process of "re-arranging" the bros. and i'm pretty sure the change is not yet "official".

  i didn't answer the door and already left orders at the gate that no freaking jws are to be admitted under any circumstances unless the homeowner specifically requests so.. anyone want to guess why they need me?

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  yaddayadda

  They want to read you 1 Corinthians 11:27
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  THE GOD WHO WASN'T THERE

  by FireNBandits in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  ex-christian fundamentalist brian fleming shines an unflinching spotlight on christianity and the supposed historical existence of jesus christ, demonstarting that no such man ever existed in history.

  rather, the earliest forms of christianity, just as the mystery religions, believed in a spiritual christ--the logos an emanation of god that is the divine reason in man and nature--and a spiritual death and resurrection of the spiritual logos.

  the evidence, the logic, and the compelling arguments are simply too much for fundamentalists, so please protect your mind and faith from this video at all costs if you're a fundamentalist.

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  yaddayadda

  Any documentary that asserts that Jesus was never a historical figure is about as hopelessly biased as a raving evangelist telling you that you'll burn in hell for not believing.
  
  There is hardly a single reputable scholar or historian who denies that Jesus was a real person, whatever you make of the new testament.
  
  "The evidence, the logic, and the compelling arguments are simply too much for fundamentalists, so please protect your mind and faith from this video at all costs if you're a fundamentalist."
  
  Really? Don't make me laugh.
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  Latest Gospel scholarship supports the reliability of the oral tradition!

  by yaddayadda in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  another eminent new testament scholar has come out and declared that traditional form criticism is now obsolete.

  richard bauckhams 2006 book jesus and the eyewitnesses the gospels as eyewitness testimony is the latest in the recent trend of contemporary british gospel scholarship to re-examine many long-held assumptions about the oral tradition behind the gospels which is coming up with some rather startling conclusions.

  jesus remembered, grand rapids; eerdmans.

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  Excellent resource:
  
  http://www.christian-thinktank.com/stilltoc.html
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  Unopened letter from my solicitor still waiting on my desk, can't bear it

  by needproof in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  aggggghhh i was sent this letter from my solicitor about a week ago now and i can't bring myself to open it.

  around 3 years ago i had an accident at work which screwed my back up.

  i went to a personal injury firm who said i could get compensation.

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  But if you feel like jacking the whole thing in why would u be so afraid of a letter asking you to sign a form to do that very thing?
  
  Feel the fear and do it anyway.
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  What happens at the Memorial?

  by emilyblue in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  can someone tell me what exactly to expect at the memorial thing tonight?

  i have never been and don't really want to go, but i also want to satisfy my curiosity about what happens there.

  i know i can't eat the bread or drink the wine.

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  yaddayadda

  You'll hear a dry, emotionless talk comprising the following: about 5 mins concerning the person of Jesus Christ and what he experienced on the night of his death, and 40 mins about a complicated and unconvincing doctrine about something to do with the ransom, a little flock, 144,000, new covenant, other sheep, with lots of annoying scripture turning.
  
  All interspersed with some perfunctory prayers, strange silences, very serious and business-like looking men getting up and down, and some nice smelling wine and dried up, flat old bread being passed around, all of which is dutifully ignored by everyone in attendance and handed on without so much as a sip or nibble.
  
  That completely sums it up.
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  What do you feel is your greatest achievement?

  by avidbiblereader in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  something simple as raising your kids?.

  schooling?

  leaving the witnesses and breaking tradition?

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  yaddayadda

  When I was a dub I felt my greatest achievement was to have brought 3 people into the 'truth' (studying right through to baptism).
  
  Now my greatest achievement is winning last year's office golf tournament lol.
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  Elder stopped by yesterday....

  by drew sagan in

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  2. friends

  i knew that yesterday was going to be the last chance for us to get a memorial invitation.

  me and my wife where just about to walk out of the door to go shopping.

  elder: why not?

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  yaddayadda

  I wouldn't be so hard on the guy. He actually sounds like a half-decent elder. He is trying to get out there and reach ones who have left, doing what a shepherd is supposed to do (whether or not they want it). At least he is somehow showing he is thinking about you and maybe even cares a little. And isn't it a good thing that he phoned and didn't mention the organisation or meetings once? I suppose I'll get flamed for saying all this.
  
  We hate them when they visit us and hate them when they ignore us. We hate them when they always talk about the organisation and hate them when they don't mention it. The poor bastards can't win.