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  Search for GB Fan Name

  by sparrowdown in

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  2. friends

  justin bieber has beliebers.

  benedict cumberbatch has cumberbitches.

  surely the ego-stroking gb worshipping fans deserve a name.. gbsters?

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  Governing hard-bodies? Governing booties?
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  Why are JW talks & publications never uplifting?

  by thedepressedsoul in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was sitting at the meeting the other night and for the first time it hit, jw talks or magazines are never uplifting!

  i rarely, if ever hear a talk or read a magazines and have it give nothing but praise to jehovahs servants or just praise jehovah and jesus throughout it.

  they never just a read through the bible or just a bible story explained or told.

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  freemindfade

  Salvationists creed, you are wonderful, but a worthless sinner in need of redemption you can't get on your own. One of the oldest snake oil sales since the last ice age 
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  Interesting statement made by CO. Is this new?

  by stillin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  in his first talk of the week the co mentioned that people don't get df'd for joining the military or registering to vote because they are already gone, as compared with smoking secretly, which would merit df'ing.. i have been toying around with registering to vote in the next election (us) so this intrigues me..

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  freemindfade

  Register to vote is ok Some states turning 18 it's part of something that happens. You are registered. Or eligible to vote if you chose and the same with turning 18 and turning in your military registration that says you can be drafted. Neither of these things constitute voting or joining the military. That action of being drafted or joining freely or voting will get you 86'd
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  Biblical scholar claims to have found the oldest known Gospel — inside a mummy mask

  by opusdei1972 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  it would only add evidences for what many scholars on textual criticism affirm, namely, that mark was the earlier gospel, and that it was most probably written after or around 70 a.c.. .

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/20/biblical-scholar-says-hes-found-the-oldest-known-gospel-inside-a-mummy-mask/.

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  This is very interesting. If it uses the Greek word for 'God' as do later versions that have clearly been altered in the orgs opinion,( but of course nothing else except taking out gods name). That would essentially prove that in the original version they in fact did not use the name 'jehovah'. 
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  Re: Experienced Attorneys and Paralegals Needed at Bethel

  by pixel in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i thought we needed carpenters and plumbers in paradise...oh well... the hypocrisy.

  to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territoryre: experienced attorneys and paralegals needed at bethel.

  dear brothers:.

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  Books/texts/scriptures mentioned in the bible , though not incorporated in the bible cannon .

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  if a bible writer / scribe refers to a particular book text or scripture by name , for one reason or another, shouldn`t that be a legitimate reason for including it in the bible cannon as a part of the bible ?.

  just how many texts , books, scriptures are left out of the old testament bible that are mentioned there in and how many, if any are their in the new testament..

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  Is it Jude 14 that quotes the book of enoch?
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  I Feel So Much More Intelligent Now

  by OneFingerSalute in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  well i must say that after the serve us meeting tonight i feel so much more intelligent.

  almost as if i had four years of college condensed into ten minutes.. that is what was spent going on about how to use the glossary in the back of the "wonderful" new revised bible.

  we got a crash course on how to look up the words listed alphabetically.

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  freemindfade

  Meetings are mind numbing. The watchtower should be 15 minutes to 30 at best. (Still a waste) . This crap is beat into the heads of everyone each week never anything new. I feel they stretch it as hard as they can. Just like everyone does with their field service time 
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  Hi everyone, this is my first post.

  by John Aquila in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey everyone, this is my first post.

  i was contacted by the witnesses in1965, baptized in that same year at age 15. i was appointed an elder in 1975 and served as an elder for 20 years..

  it hasnt been long since i learn ttatt and when i totally woke up.

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  welcome
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  Encouragement for those of us trying to break free!

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  for those of us still trying to break free from the org and all its "baggage", these words may be of encouragement:.

  "growth is painful.

  change is painful.

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  freemindfade

  So true.  
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  Atheist/Agnostic/Non-religious households are more moral than religious counterparts

  by Coded Logic in

  1. social
  2. family

  dr. phil zuckerman (professor of sociology).

  my own ongoing research among secular americans - as well as that of a handful of other social scientists who have only recently turned their gaze on secular culture - confirms that non-religious family life is replete with its own sustaining moral values and enriching ethical precepts.

  chief among those: rational problem solving, personal autonomy, independence of thought, avoidance of corporal punishment, a spirit of "questioning everything" and, far above all, empathy.. the results of such secular child-rearing are encouraging.

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