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  W.T January 1, 2006

  by Diogenes in

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  just reading through the january 1st w.t 2006. the first study article (starting on page 20) "how firm is your trust in god?

  " has another dig at higher education.. paragraph 7.

  "anyone who does not trust firmly in jehovah might think differently.the majority of humans view material wealth as a major key to security.hence, parents have encouraged their offspring to invest much of their young adulthood in higher education, hoping that it will prepare them for well-paying careers.sadly some christian families have found the cost of such an investment to be very high, as their children have lost spiritual focus and turned to pursuing materialistic goals".

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  Diogenes

  Just reading through the January 1st W.T 2006

  The first study article (starting on page 20) "How Firm Is Your Trust In God?" has another dig at higher education.

  Paragraph 7

  "Anyone who does not trust firmly in Jehovah might think differently.The majority of humans view material wealth as a major key to security.Hence, parents have encouraged their offspring to invest much of their young adulthood in higher education, hoping that it will prepare them for well-paying careers.Sadly some Christian families have found the cost of such an investment to be very high, as their children have lost spiritual focus and turned to pursuing materialistic goals"

  So is this the start of an extensive campaign by "the organisation" to attack higher education?
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  In Search Of Christian Freedom

  by Diogenes in

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  i've just received the raymond franz book mentioned above...(it takes time as it's shipped from america).. i've got 4 hours before my dad (elder) comes home from work.. i don't have time to read the book so if anybody could advise pages that are particularly good for me to discuss with my dad i'd be much obliged.. thanks in advance.

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  He's absurdly liberal (doesn't believe it's "the truth") but been baptised more than 40 years and wife is a religious psycho of the number 1 order!

  Feel like I'm going to die as I've been reading it all night!

  Some brilliant stuff in there...

  Can't wait to ask witnesses about John 10:16
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  Hair or no hair on your chest

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  rat has hair on his chest.

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  Diogenes

  I suppose it's all about following the direction of the faithful slave (anybody noticed how kinky a lot of JW stuff sounds?)
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  Hair or no hair on your chest

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  rat has hair on his chest.

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  Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks?
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  Can the Truth survive the Internet?

  by Dogpatch in

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  virtual experiment

  the truth vs. the truth.

  by stephen cox.

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  Diogenes

  Thanks for that, great article...
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  Hair or no hair on your chest

  by JH in

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  rat has hair on his chest.

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  Diogenes

  JeannieBeanz,

  I'm guessing it's an arrow steeming from the belly button area and leading to the sinful pleasures of the garden of hairdom
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  Hair or no hair on your chest

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  Diogenes

  Anewne,

  That was my first thought! My second being that women have hair on their legs, for the life of me I can't think of a reason for that...

  As I'm not allowed to grow a beard I'm going to start insisting that all brothers shave their chests as it seems worldy to me.
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  Hair or no hair on your chest

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  Diogenes

  I'm English (we're just not that sophisticated)...My first thought was to burn it off!
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  Hair or no hair on your chest

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  Diogenes

  Oddly enough I shaved my chest yesterday for the first time (I've now got a nasty rash)

  Never let a woman manipulate you into shaving ANYTHING!
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  In Search Of Christian Freedom

  by Diogenes in

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  2. bible

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  i've just received the raymond franz book mentioned above...(it takes time as it's shipped from america).. i've got 4 hours before my dad (elder) comes home from work.. i don't have time to read the book so if anybody could advise pages that are particularly good for me to discuss with my dad i'd be much obliged.. thanks in advance.

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  Diogenes

  Good advice Jeff,

  Although I've already discussed COC with him and he respected my views (more so those of RF) but he's not leaving!

  Like any good JW I don't give up though...