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Elders coming...i'm shaking in my boots...NOT! Any help?

by searchfothetruth in

i had a phone call last night from one of the elders asking if they can come around.

when i asked him why he said it was to discuss whether i would be interested in having a study.. this is strange as i have been baptised since i was 14 and left about 4 years ago and have had little contact with any witnesses except my parents, but, the only thing that has changed over the last few weeks is that i put together a 50 page report documenting a range of subjects including the un involvment etc and give it to my mum.

then within a week the elders want to ask my to have a study!.

RandomTask

Just remember that you are not dealing with honorable people, they are merely dumb terminals connected to a mainframe in Brooklyn. They don't have any personal conscience, just one that is dictated to them, so don't expect them to act like rational human beings. Their whjole life structure is based around this religion so they will defend it using any sort of twisted reasoning, the truth would be too damaging to their sense of purpose. They have to go around making gigantic mental leaps of acrobatic reasoning every day just to justify their way of life, its old hat to them and deeply ingrained.

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how do you feel re homosexuality?

by nowisee in

RandomTask

I think certain people are predisposed from birth to Homosexuality. How unfair is it them to hold these people to a heterosexual standard? The way I see it, a gay man is just as attracted to men as I am to women, I wouldn't want someone telling me its wrong to be attracted to women, that I was evil for it, it's just the way I am.

As far as what consenting adults do in their bedroom thats their decision and none of my business.

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Britain Prepares To Bypass UN.

by Englishman in

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from today's times: .

no turning back for britain or blair.

by philip webster, political editor, and roland watson in washington.

RandomTask

Its a part of the overall plan and solution to the problem, yes. I don't think anyone, including Bush or Blair is advertising this as the only thing that needs to be done to ensure security, but its one of the things that need to be done.

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Elders coming...i'm shaking in my boots...NOT! Any help?

by searchfothetruth in

i had a phone call last night from one of the elders asking if they can come around.

when i asked him why he said it was to discuss whether i would be interested in having a study.. this is strange as i have been baptised since i was 14 and left about 4 years ago and have had little contact with any witnesses except my parents, but, the only thing that has changed over the last few weeks is that i put together a 50 page report documenting a range of subjects including the un involvment etc and give it to my mum.

then within a week the elders want to ask my to have a study!.

RandomTask

If you just want to give them a hard time then ask the tough questions. Questions about their history, the changing doctrines back and forth. You obviously have done a lot of research, you know what will make them squeal. And yes have that disassociation letter handy, because its either going to be that or they will DF you. You didn't expect to win the argument did you?

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My first post...Questions from Readers 4-08-03

by IWasDuped in

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hi...this is my first time posting...been lurking and working up my courage to post... .

awake 4-8-03.

"luaus- i read with interest your article, "let's have a hawaiian luau.

RandomTask

Even when they say its up to your conscience, collective pressure and the implied intent of the article or passage will always TELL you what to do. SO then, why are Luaus OK, but not a secular Christmas celebration, or a birthday for that matter? They really don't give good answers to those questions. Of course what gives them the right to "go beyond the things written" and start issuing Dogma like they were the council of bishops or something? If you believe in the God of the bible, or Jesus, the witnesses run in direct opposition to their purpose as stated in the bible.

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