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  You Won't Believe The Latest "Questions From Readers!!!!"

  by deaconbluez in

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  just click here to see it.

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  Chat conversation with an active Witness! (LONG, BUT A MUST-READ)

  by deaconbluez in

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  today i had a chat on msn messenger with about the only friend that i still have in the organization.

  they don't know that i'm not a witness anymore.

  this conversation just goes to show how witnesses are completely incapable of having a conversation.

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  Mobile, Alabama DC First Week of August!

  by deaconbluez in

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  who's going?

  if enough are planning on it, should we arrange to meet?

  that would be cool, i think.

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  Why 1914 Won't Be Abandoned...

  by deaconbluez in

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  "crisis of conscience" pointed out a lot of the following:.

  jehovah's witnesses simply can't abandon the 1914 teaching because it is too much of a pivotal date on which a major portion of their doctrinal and authority structure rests.

  their belief system is tied with 1914 in the following ways:.

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  MYSPACE PAGE: Please add me!

  by deaconbluez in

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  its http://www.myspace.com/jasontaylor1979.

  please add me friends!.

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  UNBELIEVABLE! Actual chat conversation with an active pioneer JW.

  by deaconbluez in

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  i don't think so lol.

  lol.

  lol.

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  Six Screens of the Watchtower

  by deaconbluez in

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  i don't know if you guys have checked this website out yet, but it is by far the best website out there when it comes to explaining and exposing the watchtower society.

  what are your thoughts, friends?

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  This happened to me the other night.

  by deaconbluez in

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  my band was playing in the club that we always play in every weekend, and during a break, the other 3 guys were just chatting backstage and i walked up in the middle of their conversation.

  they were obviously talking about church/religion and such.

  so one of the guys looks at me and says, "you go to church, right?

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  Deception in the Elder/MS Appointment Arrangement

  by deaconbluez in

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  the society claims that all appointments of elders and ministerial servants in the congregation are made by holy spirit.

  now, the inexperienced or new witness is under the impression that jehovah, by means of his holy spirit, puts it into the hearts and minds of the body of elders that so-and-so is ready to serve, and the appointment happens accordingly.. but they actually employ a sort of deception with this process, because when they say, "holy spirit directs all appointments of men in the congregation", they actually mean that each brother considered for appointment is examined to see if he has the qualities listed by paul in his letter to timothy about the qualities of congregation shepherds.

  so they reason that since that writing of paul's was inspired by holy spirit, then by extension, the appointments which happen as a result of using that list of qualities to examine an individual, the appointment is made by holy spirit.. this is like saying that people are hand-picked by simon for american idol because the regional producers of the show use a list of things to look for in contestants and that list just happened to be written by simon.

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  Finally bought Crisis of Conscience today...

  by deaconbluez in

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  to be honest, the first chapter is awful, horribly written, and feels almost like the author feels he has to justify himself with the book.. now, that being said, the chapters on legalism and double standards, 1975, "this generation", and so forth are brilliant, powerful, and should be read by every one of jehovah's witnesses.. just my thoughts..

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