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  Things That NEVER Made Sense To Me:

  by Englishman in

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  even when i was a dyed in the wool jw, there were a few things that never made any sense whatsoever to me.

  like most dubs, i glossed over them, here's my top 3 doubts during my period of dubdom, doubts that were never resolved:.

  "all scripture is inspired of god and beneficial for teaching".

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  Standing for flag/anthem prohibition; new light...

  by Skimmer in

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  in recent years we have seen wtbts "new light" that has eliminated the prohibitions on alternative service, voting, and (perhaps) carrying certain types of identity cards.. given that the practices of standing for the national flag or standing during the playing of the national anthem have been condemned in print in the same paragraphs as the above mentioned new light, isn't it about time that standing for the flag/anthem will become a conscience matter?.

  i would hope so, because not standing for these occasions is more than a little embarrassing for younger people still in school.

  standing is merely a sign of respect and honor, and this is clearly allowed by scripture.

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  'Wounds of a Friend'June 15 WT 2001

  by ISP in

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  this is from the back cover of the june 15 wt entitled the wounds of a friend.

  it highlights the usual double-standards........ .

  the apostle paul saw the need to administer some correction to first-century christians in galatia.

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  Swift to forget.....

  by eyes_opened in

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  "he who is swift to believe is swift to forget.

  " - rabbi abraham joshua heschel, polish-born scholar (1907-1972).

  guess this holds true to the history of jehovahs witnesses and their failed prohesies and the willingness of so many to forget about it.. .

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  Silentlambs website?

  by eyes_opened in

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  does/do you silentlambs have a website where we can keep up to date on the latest info?

  <terminally clueless class>.

  eyes

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  I have come to hate this life in this system

  by stephenw20 in

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  bc news online provides excerpts of the letter left by mark barton in the house where he killed his wife and two young children before murdering nine others in downtown atlanta.

  july 29, 1999 .

  to whom it may concern, .

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  Superstitions

  by Geoff in

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  i was reading through some of you guys old postings and i was laughing so hard.

  some of you guys still believe the strange things your mom and dad said but didnt explain like not eating count chocula cereal.

  didnt ever occur to you that maybe your parents thought that keeping you away from something as simple as a cartoon dracula might be in your best interests?

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  Hellen Keller On The Bible

  by Big Jim in

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  there is much in the bible against which every instinct of my being rebels, so much that i regret the necessity which has compelled me to read it through from beginning to end.

  i do not think that the knowledge which i have gained of its history and sources compensates me for the unpleasant details it has forced upon my attention.

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  Time to move on

  by joelbear in

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  well most of its been fun guys and gals.. but i'm outta here.

  i am much happier thinking about other things.

  i just realized that as long as i keep coming here i am still a slave of the watchtower.. big farewell hugs.

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  Art School JWs?

  by Stephanus in

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  some years back i went to art school for a year, and life drawing was one of the subjects.

  although the prospect of perving on naked women was at first appealing, it soon became evident that sex-drive is a left-brain function while drawing is strictly right-brain.

  iow, drawing naked people was just plain hard work, and it was the only thing that was hard!

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