But, may be he'll do more in his first year than Christ's kingdom has since 1914?
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The new world will be here January 20, 2009 - what changes are you expectin
by eyeslice inbarak obaham will be sworn in as the first afro-american president of what is arguably the most powerful nation on earth on january 20, 2009. will this usher in a new age or will the actions not match the rhetoric?
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"The UN Wants Obama To Be President"
by minimus inmy mother told me that and asked, "don't you think this could fulfill bible prophecy?
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eyeslice
Is it a fulfilment of Bible prophecy? Of course it is, here we have a practising Christian, who was brought in part as a Muslim and certainly knows about other faiths too. As far as I can see he is liberal and open minded.
Just the sort of person who is going to join with the UN in destroying world religion? Somehow I don't think so! -
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The new world will be here January 20, 2009 - what changes are you expectin
by eyeslice inbarak obaham will be sworn in as the first afro-american president of what is arguably the most powerful nation on earth on january 20, 2009. will this usher in a new age or will the actions not match the rhetoric?
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eyeslice
Barak Obaham will be sworn in as the first Afro-American president of what is arguably the most powerful nation on earth on January 20, 2009. Will this usher in a new age or will the actions not match the rhetoric?
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Obama said "peace and security" in his speech tonite
by yadda yadda 2 injw's will be a bit excited about that!
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eyeslice
Oh no the end must be near. Though I do remember the witnesses getting excited about what Ronald Regan said about old testament prophets.
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Interesting Local Needs Talk: Don't Invite Studies To "Our" Get Togethers
by minimus ini heard that the most recent local needs talk was regarding the evils of having non witnesses at "our" gatherings.
since there's nothing really for "us" to talk to "them" about, and since "their" conversation will not involve anything to do with "the truth", we should guard against "worldly" association.
it appears that the cult wants their members totally removed from anyone not a witness.
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eyeslice
Why am I not surprised! They are totally paranoid, every one not a witness is a potential threat to them.
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Could a religion form around the life and teachings of Ghandi?
by gaiagirl inghandi lived a life which many would view as exemplary, and is revered even now as a model humanitarian.
could the stories associated with his life expand over the next several centuries so that a religion based on his life and example would be created?
would future generations tell stories about miracles which he performed, stories which we don't tell because the stories haven't yet been created?
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eyeslice
Somehow, I don't think so. I read his autobiography (The Story of My Experiment with Truth) a few years back. I am a great admirer of Gandhi; above all he valued what we as individuals could do for our society. He certainly never looked for followers in a religious sense but rather saw himself as an example for others to follow.
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eyeslice
I have been to plenty of funerals and weddings in churches. The problem with the WTBS is that they fail to see the difference between the physical location, i.e. being in a church building, and mental and moral support of other religious organizations, which are two entirely different things. What they are always worried about is keeping up appearances.
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Any "Born Again" Christians here?
by sacolton inwould like to see how many have accepted jesus christ as the only way, truth and life..
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eyeslice
I am not 'born again' and unfortunately at this point in time do not associate with any other religious people (call it a church or a faith) because of the fact that my wife is 'still' in. However, that doesn't mean that I do not consider myself a Christian, far from it in fact.
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Shorter WT Studies?
by passwordprotected inanyone else think that the wts will be rolling out shorter wt studies on sundays?
i noticed in the latest kool aid wts that some of the study articles were around 15 paragraphs in length.
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eyeslice
The amount of material appears to be about the same. I see the big difference is that it mandates the scritures to be read - greater thought control than ever.
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The new book study arrangement...what it could mean
by undercover ini've heard mentioned in a couple of places the admonition from the society about how the new void left by the discontinuing of the book study night should be filled with spiritual study or family worship instead of tv or just viewing it as a "night off".. this is the new spin on the society dropping that meeting night; "just because we gave you a night off from meetings doesn't mean you get to relax.
you should use this time for family study.
if you don't, then you invite satan into your home through your tv set or dvd player or cd player or internet connection.
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eyeslice
Here's my take:
- More centralization. 1/2hr public talks, all question and answer parts totally scripted. At least the book study gave the opportunity for a much less formal appraoch, to involve the kids and those on the shy side. The meetings have become increasingly regimented over recent years - this is a step too far in my opinion.
- It will polarize the hard-liners and the 'spiritually weak'. The 'spiritually weak' will see it as another night off. The 'hard-liners' will relish the new arrangement.
- The elders will be asked to monitor even more carefully those families not reporting a family study and will be targeted for special shepherding.