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  God is Real in Principle

  by looter in

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  2. friends

  now the majority of people nowadays do no go by the hope of old times.

  now the reason for this is important and goes beyond mere words.

  our culture sees ethics especially national or civil politics as the rules and standards by which we guide ourselves.

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  rebelfighter

  Cofty

  You clearly said Christians, I am pointing out that there are many denominations that have different beliefs. For an example how many years did you preach the JW cult interpretation of the Bible. Well there is also the Lutheran, Catholic, Baptist and so on. Within the Lutheran religion there are two different segments of believers and they do things completely different. In Christianity you cannot make a blanket statement of their beliefs like you did. My girlfriend is an Elder in the Methodist Church. One branch of the Methodist Church women can hold all positions including Minister and Board members and in the other women are treated just like in the JW cult.

  All I am saying is you need to qualify your statement.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses and racial prejudice by Werner Cohn

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  race is asserting itself as a problematic issue united states once more.

  i always thought jws had a relatively good track record on race.

  they preach a world without prejudice after all.

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  rebelfighter

  OrphanCrow,

  Yes, if they empowered women could you only imagine how much less drama there would be in the KH.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses and racial prejudice by Werner Cohn

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  race is asserting itself as a problematic issue united states once more.

  i always thought jws had a relatively good track record on race.

  they preach a world without prejudice after all.

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  rebelfighter

  TD,

  I just looked it up. The DC schools officially started bussing with the attempt to reach 50/50 in 1970.
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  God is Real in Principle

  by looter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  now the majority of people nowadays do no go by the hope of old times.

  now the reason for this is important and goes beyond mere words.

  our culture sees ethics especially national or civil politics as the rules and standards by which we guide ourselves.

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  rebelfighter

  I think Cofty needs to research his last post on Christianity because it fails the test big time. Especially point 2 that one is not truthful and in some denominations has not been true for 30 some years. I personally have attended gay weddings as far back as 25 or 30 years.

  As for point 1 the reason some of this is not acceptable is because of the prolife issues. It is my understanding that there has been great results from adult stem cell especially regarding MS. This is not my field but found out about it today when talking to a prolife advocate and her husband who is an attorney in this field.

  I think you need to check your facts.
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  Jehovah's Witnesses and racial prejudice by Werner Cohn

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  race is asserting itself as a problematic issue united states once more.

  i always thought jws had a relatively good track record on race.

  they preach a world without prejudice after all.

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  rebelfighter

  TD

  North or south
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  New letter, re: Fully Utilizing Kingdom Hall Auditoriums

  by suavojr in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  let the merging begin!!!.

  to all bodies of elders in the united states branch territory.

  re: fully utilizing kingdom hall auditoriums.

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  rebelfighter

  JWdaughter14 days ago

  One thing to remember is that even churches have to "fit" in the places they are located. The more crowded they are making those halls, the more street parking happens.

  I went to pickup my DIL and grandkids yesterday, I have to pass a very well hidden KH in an exclusive neighborhood. There is no street parking only residents front lawns, well there are at least 100 new No Parking signs throughout this neighborhood now AND one of those traffic flashing signs facing the KH that reads No Parking / Fines $40.00.

  Honestly you would need a GPS to find this KH.
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  For Dog Lovers-- Meet Stanley!

  by Sail Away in

  1. social
  2. humour

  have you ever had a dog that was dumber than a box of rocks?

  i have; his name was dave matthews.

  we loved him anyway.

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  rebelfighter

  I tried to train my dogs, it worked to a point. I had a son who untrained some of my training!! Urg!

  I learned how to re-screen the patio door because neither would open it. LOL My son also taught her how to come into the house through the screen in the window. I really think my SON needed the training.

  Guess who got trained how to do the "fix" screening. Then he asked me why did you ever teach that dog to do that? LOL
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  Jehovah's Witnesses and racial prejudice by Werner Cohn

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  race is asserting itself as a problematic issue united states once more.

  i always thought jws had a relatively good track record on race.

  they preach a world without prejudice after all.

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  rebelfighter

  Sparrowdown,

  Is this type of attitude still going on today?
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  Jehovah's Witnesses and racial prejudice by Werner Cohn

  by slimboyfat in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  race is asserting itself as a problematic issue united states once more.

  i always thought jws had a relatively good track record on race.

  they preach a world without prejudice after all.

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  rebelfighter

  Great topic. Never a JW, I have always wondered how and when the JWS made this transition? I grew up in the US during the transition my high school years were 1. 10th grade all white 2. 11th grade you had a choice of school so bussing started on a limited basis 3.12th grade mandatory bussing so they achieved a 50/50 ratio.

  So this switch in attitude toward the separation of the black/white/Hispanic congregations and thus a merging should have taken place sometime around the 60's or maybe into the 70's?

  Which then leads to my next question if the WT eventually caved into societies view of equality of racial differences then why have they stood so firm on women being the under dog and staying in submission to men?

  Along the way many other churches have recognized the value of women in the church and have made them Elders or Ministers, they basically are reading the same Bible.
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  For Dog Lovers-- Meet Stanley!

  by Sail Away in

  1. social
  2. humour

  have you ever had a dog that was dumber than a box of rocks?

  i have; his name was dave matthews.

  we loved him anyway.

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  rebelfighter

  Sailaway,

  I love the bell ringing I had never heard of it before.