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  Anointed to Apostate

  by groovycat. in

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  hey, .

  does anyone know if any of the 144,000 has left the jw's due to a change in beliefs?

  what was the reaction of their hall?

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  eyeslice

  The whole annointed thing is a huge problem to WTBTS theology.
  
  There is no doubt that the NT clearly teaches that the only way to God is through a relationship with Christ, being born again (this may well be an intensely personal thing that only the person shares with God), and being adopted as a son of God.
  
  It seems to me that a number of very sincere JWs have come to realise they are being drawn into a closer spiritual relationship with God through Christ and feel restricted by the whole 144,000/partaking of the emblems/being branded an apostate thing.
  
  Eyeslice
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  Bob Marley Would Have been 60 on February 6, 2005: Favorite Song?

  by blondie in

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  these songs of freedom?

  these songs of freedom?

  dese songs of freedom?

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  eyeslice

  I love Bob Marley - he reminds me of sunshine and beaches where his music still lives on every day.
  
  No favorite - but the live version of 'No Woman No Cry', with its feedback a few bars in typifies just what live music should be.
  
  Eyeslice
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  How do you feel about.....

  by bagpuss in

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  going back to a kingdom hall?.

  recently i've had a couple of visits from jws while i was at work.

  each time they left a message that the co was going to be visiting this week and that it would be good if i went to the meeting.. i was really surprised at the strong reaction i had to the thought of going to a meeting again.

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  eyeslice

  I just don't go any more - I simply stopped going just over a year ago after a life time in.
  
  I have been just once - to the memorial last year. I has nervous and felt ill at ease in what I once considered my spiritual home.
  
  Eyeslice
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  How long since you been out in service?

  by freedom96 in

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  it must be about 13 years since i went out in service.

  about 15 years since i went out a couple times a month, and about 18 years since i went at least once a week.. i just can't imagine going from door to door anymore.

  but to think that we all did it for quite awhile.

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  eyeslice

  I was out in December 2003 but didn't report for that month. Not been to a meeting or out on the work since.
  
  Eyeslice
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  EX JW who are now Born Again Christians?

  by imnottheonlyone! in

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  i am pretty sure this is what i am.

  i would love to chat with anyone else who might want to sort some stuff out with me.. many thanks!.

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  eyeslice

  I wouldn't label myself a 'born again' Christian. However, I consider myself a liberal Christian who is searching for that re-birth.
  
  
  Best wishes to you D.
  
  
  Eyeslice
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  Will they ever be mainstream?

  by Justin in

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  some religions which have been on the fringe of society are eventually accepted into the mainstream because they have an aspect which is socially acceptable or beneficial to society.

  for example, the seventh day adventists have hospitals and the mormons have the tabernacle choir.

  but the jws seem to have nothing with which to appeal to the larger culture.

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  eyeslice

  No - they have a niche - if they were mainstream they would have nothing.
  
  Eyeslice
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  National Geographic or Awake?

  by eyeslice in

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  with the imminent demise of the awake, being 'simplified' to a monthly journal; which monthly journal would be your magazine of choice - national geographical or awake?

  i read national geographic - it is well researched, it has fantastic photographs, and is printed on quality paper.

  with all the resources available to the wtbts, why hasn't the awake gotten any better?

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  eyeslice

  Reading the Awake equivalent to a university degree????
  
  It'll take twice as long now?
  
  Eyeslice
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  Anointed to Apostate

  by groovycat. in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hey, .

  does anyone know if any of the 144,000 has left the jw's due to a change in beliefs?

  what was the reaction of their hall?

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  eyeslice

  Ray Franz who wrote 'Crisis of Conscience' was of the 'annointed' and a member of the Governing Body.
  
  He was branded 'Apostate'.
  
  Eyeslice
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  National Geographic or Awake?

  by eyeslice in

  1. jw
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  with the imminent demise of the awake, being 'simplified' to a monthly journal; which monthly journal would be your magazine of choice - national geographical or awake?

  i read national geographic - it is well researched, it has fantastic photographs, and is printed on quality paper.

  with all the resources available to the wtbts, why hasn't the awake gotten any better?

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  eyeslice

  just slide it inside a Car and Driver

  So that's why the Awake is the size it is - you can't hide anything inside other than the Reader's Digest.

  Eyeslice
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  Hillary Clinton does not qualify for President?

  by one in

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  being the weaker sex, she collpased.

  (under stress?

  http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4072760

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  eyeslice

  She would be the first lesbian President, too

  News to me???
  
  Eyeslice