I am so sorry! I meant to post that in another thread <I am easily confused these days :)> It was supposed to go in the thread that was discussing how violent some of the ccounts in the old. test. are!
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Abraham & Sumerians
by patio34 ini have been reading some on sumerian mythology.
now, it's said the sumerians predated hebrew writings by several centuries or longer.
the sumerians are the first writers.
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Abraham & Sumerians
by patio34 ini have been reading some on sumerian mythology.
now, it's said the sumerians predated hebrew writings by several centuries or longer.
the sumerians are the first writers.
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I agree! When we see shows or read about the ancient Celts, Aztecs, etc. who made human sacrifices to their Gods, most would agree that this is rather barbaric and shocking...however the entire old testament in riddled with extreme violence and bloodshed. Yet those who say that every single word of the book we call the bible is the direct inspired word of God to mankind and say that most of this bloodshed was done in his name, don't think twice about it <I'm not sure but I think that was a run on sentence..hehehe I hate it cause I know what I wanna say but can't always get this brain of mine make it come out on the page in coherent form!>
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Question but do not challenge
by expatbrit infound an interesting web site here, linked from freeminds.org: [url] http://www.stormloader.com/shaun/xfiles.htm[/url].
brother b basically told the gb a few home truths and was removed for his efforts.. a couple of things i found interesting:.
the society did of course contact the local elders regarding .
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Brings to mind something that happened a few days ago. One of my 5 year olds stumbled upon the kingom melodies cassettes. He asked if he could listen to them, after putting the tape in the song "Make the truth your own" came on. I started to sing the words. Of course as a JW I never thought twice about the words. But now listening to it objectively the hypocrisy of the title alone is staggering. There is no such thing as making the truth your own when you are one of Jehovah's Witnesses! You are allowed to make the teachings if the WTBTS your own, and that IS IT! Even thinking anything that is not taught by the society <thinking it, having someone find out you are thinking it, having it brought to the attention of the elders and not willing to retract the thought>is grounds for disfellowshipping!!!!
Yes sir, that's making the truth your own! sheesh.Eyes
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Why I Think Its The Truth!
by normie67 inthis is normie thoughts on the threads about the truth..... i have huge doubts about a lot of things about the org.
i have been a jw for 20 yrs and still active(family reasons).
but nobody but nobody has refuted to my mind, the fact nobody does the evangelizing work jesus did.
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On an interesting side note: In the last chapter of "Crisis of Conscience" Brother Franz brings out a thought provoking point. He says on page 385
"That the "good news" centers on this very expression of mercy by God through Christ and his ransom can be demonstrated by anyone who will take the time to look up each occurence of that phrase by means of a concordance. Of the more than one hundred occurences of the expression "good news" in the bible, there are eight references to the good news "of the kingdom" but there are scores of references to the good news "about the christ" This is because God's kingdom, the expression of his royal sovreignty, is all centered in his Son and the things that God has done through him and will yet do through him."
So as many others on this thread have posted, even though JWs preach, what they peach is not the message that the original christians preached. Even though JWs say they are a christian religion, somewhere along the line Jesus has kind of fallen through the cracks in the organizational machinery, and has been put into the background.
Jesus did say that the good news would be preached in all the nations...But I don't recall him saying that this good news will be preached only by one organization centered in NYC. That is the WTBTSs take on it.
Just my 2 cents.
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Introducing.... me
by Gopher ini discovered this site about 3 weeks ago, and have been watching closely.
i sure am impressed!
for the most part, the people out here treat each other the way i had hoped those inside the new world society would.
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Hey Gopher,
Welcome! It's great to have you here.
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Always Late?
by Norm inalways late .
one of the watchtower society favorite themes is how incredibly late it is.
it is in fact always later than you think.
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LOL Wen! I'd pay to see the looks on folks faces *grin*
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Need a few Khuckles?
by Tallyman in____ watchtower kult kartoons ____.
http://www.intrex.net/tallyman/kartoons.html.
edited by - tallyman on 16 march 2001 23:31:54. edited by - tallyman on 16 march 2001 23:34:23
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LOL! Thanks for sharing those. I had seen the farside one before but had forgotten about it. Truly hysterical :)
Thanks
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About those who "love to speculate"
by MacHislopp inhow about this one to refresh the memory?.
*** w52 2/1 80-1 jehovah's theocratic organization today ***.
the folly of speculating.
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Geeeeeeez, I don't think they could get any more hypocritical if they tried! Talk about say one thing and do another! Thanks for another great example Mac. Keep em coming!
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Birthday coming up
by TruthHurts inis there going to be a birthday party?
i notice its almost a year since this forum started.. if you want to hire a clown, my rates are very good.
i cant juggle though.
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lol Englishman!!
Hey TW!
A reunion would be so cool! would be great to meet the folks from the forum here <well, most anyway LOL>
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Assemblies...conventions...special days...
by NikL inthere is a phenomenon in dub dom that i have always hated.
the circuit/district convention.. people will spend hard earned money, use up any vacation they may have to travel to a city they don't really have any particular reason to see to sit for entire days and listen to the same b.s.
they could sit and listen to at the meetings in their home kingdom hall.
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Thirdson,
Ah, not Rochester, NY then? I was born and raised in NY...just moved a few years ago.