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  Who on this Board would love to get rid of Organized Religion?

  by restrangled in

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  imho....it all needs to go.

  its influencing everything in this world every and anywhere.

  from the saudies, to the people in irag, iran and anywhere else our sons will need to be sent.. our current president claims he is influenced along with the former prime minister of england by religious beliefs.. there is the huge evangelical influence that got bush and the mess he made who put them in to begin with.. we have the jw's causing absolute havic in anyone's lives connected with this stupidity.. it goes on and on and on.

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  I respect your view AO (and I am not trying to flame you or anything, just discussing), but if you believe Scripture, I think you will admit that God founded an organized religion.

  Burn.

  Flame... burn.... Made me chuckle anyway I know that you are just discussing and not flaming me As far as I am aware, when Christianity hit the shores of England, it could have taken two directions: it could have been the celtic way of God is with you always... or it could have taken the turn that it did - leaving us with Religion. I do admit that God's followers made it into an organised religion. I'm not sure that was the original inent though. I know what helps me to "connect"... and it isn't sitting in a room full of people all vacantly reciting the same prayer and standing and sitting at the correct time. If I could get 20 or 30 like minded people together, we could form an organisation
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  Who on this Board would love to get rid of Organized Religion?

  by restrangled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  imho....it all needs to go.

  its influencing everything in this world every and anywhere.

  from the saudies, to the people in irag, iran and anywhere else our sons will need to be sent.. our current president claims he is influenced along with the former prime minister of england by religious beliefs.. there is the huge evangelical influence that got bush and the mess he made who put them in to begin with.. we have the jw's causing absolute havic in anyone's lives connected with this stupidity.. it goes on and on and on.

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  AlphaOmega

  Whilst he may have asked for the word to be spread, he didn't ask people to form a massive chain of command inside a power hungry organisation.

  To me, it's a case of "God, protect me from your followers".

  Connecting with God (or how ever you perceive a greater force in our lives) does not need rituals or religion.

  ...and you are quite correct - God doesn't need anything - man does. Man needs predictability, he needs answers, he needs routine etc etc.

  I like the quote from "The Men in Black" - "A person is smart - people are stupid".

  Talk to most people that believe in "something spiritual" and they don't seem to want anything complicated and most disagree with things that their organisations teach (including the JWs)... but yet, stick them together in a group and they all run with the pack.

  Maybe it's time to rock the boat.
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  Who on this Board would love to get rid of Organized Religion?

  by restrangled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  imho....it all needs to go.

  its influencing everything in this world every and anywhere.

  from the saudies, to the people in irag, iran and anywhere else our sons will need to be sent.. our current president claims he is influenced along with the former prime minister of england by religious beliefs.. there is the huge evangelical influence that got bush and the mess he made who put them in to begin with.. we have the jw's causing absolute havic in anyone's lives connected with this stupidity.. it goes on and on and on.

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  AlphaOmega

  Taking the question literally, I would have to say that organised religion is :

  at best : man's attempt to gain favour with God through ritual

  at worst : man's desire to rule over people through fear

  In short, religion is bad... God is good.

  God doesn't need religion.

  But as soon as you get a group of like-minded believers together, they start to need to be organised... and that is where all the committees start, they elect a leader - and then power struggles begin.

  Whereas, if we all did as Jesus said and went into our room to pray in secret, there would be no need for religion.
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  Flog Her!!!

  by Gill in

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  has anyone else been rather surprised (not) at the islamic reaction to this english teacher?.

  i just wondered.

  either i missed something, or some people in the world are and have always been totally insane!!!

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  AlphaOmega

  This is bizzarre !

  I've known people to have the name Mohammed... what is the problem ? It wasn't an effigy, nor was it specifically named after the prophet. As far as I knew, the class chose the name.

  So, everyone gets up in arms about it, but this is okay :

  

  

  I'm a Christian, and I'm not even remotely offended by this - infact I own a couple.

  Surely God is big enough to take it.
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  Who on this Board would love to get rid of Organized Religion?

  by restrangled in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  imho....it all needs to go.

  its influencing everything in this world every and anywhere.

  from the saudies, to the people in irag, iran and anywhere else our sons will need to be sent.. our current president claims he is influenced along with the former prime minister of england by religious beliefs.. there is the huge evangelical influence that got bush and the mess he made who put them in to begin with.. we have the jw's causing absolute havic in anyone's lives connected with this stupidity.. it goes on and on and on.

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  AlphaOmega

  I'm late arriving on this thread, but what I think probably pretty much echoes Brother Apostate in that :

  God does not live in houses made by human hands.

  Split a piece of wood; I am there. Lift up the stone, and you will find me there." The Gospel of Thomas, Saying 77.

  Instead he lives in every one of us.

  As far God having people inside organised religions - I guess that is the meaning of the Revelation quote, that God calls "his people" out of organised religion.
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  non-jehovah's witness does good deed

  by ninja in

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  i found an i pod video under one of the tables when i was cleaning the pub this morning....and being the evil apostate that i am.....guess what i did?......i handed it in......sorry for letting all my fellow evil apostates down.....wonder if the watchtower will mention this dastardly deed?.....muhahahahahahahaha............................................................................................................................................................ha

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  AlphaOmega

  its urine and underpants and beer combined.....lovely combo

  That'll be why the woman in the supermarket spat at me when I described it to her then.
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  non-jehovah's witness does good deed

  by ninja in

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  i found an i pod video under one of the tables when i was cleaning the pub this morning....and being the evil apostate that i am.....guess what i did?......i handed it in......sorry for letting all my fellow evil apostates down.....wonder if the watchtower will mention this dastardly deed?.....muhahahahahahahaha............................................................................................................................................................ha

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  AlphaOmega

  Actually, I have a question.

  What is that "morning pub" smell ?

  I tried to buy it as an air freshner, but the woman in Tesco just laughed in my face ????
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  non-jehovah's witness does good deed

  by ninja in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i found an i pod video under one of the tables when i was cleaning the pub this morning....and being the evil apostate that i am.....guess what i did?......i handed it in......sorry for letting all my fellow evil apostates down.....wonder if the watchtower will mention this dastardly deed?.....muhahahahahahahaha............................................................................................................................................................ha

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  AlphaOmega

  Ninge...

  You did the right thing - who knows what sort of aposte crap or loud satanic music may have been on it.

  Handing it in to the elders to sell deal with was the best decision that you could make.
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  Which song would you love to hear, but can't find ?

  by JH in

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  i remember the song "titanic" by birth control and can't find it on mirc.

  any songs you'd love to download but can't find?.

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  AlphaOmega

  Oh Alphalpha.....that is tooo sweeet...Thanks!!!!..........oompa

  Glad it worked.. AND that it was the right file

  Alphalpha
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  Would YOU Like To Continue Having The Watchtower Summary???

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as you know, blondie took a hiatus due to illness and she is still not at 100%.

  watchtower scans are needed now since they are not easily available.. would anyone be interested in helping here?.

  is the watchtower summary, as blondie has developed it, still of interest here??

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  AlphaOmega

  I may be able to help with scans I can get some editions but not all... can someone send me a PM letting me know how far in advance you need them etc etc.

  Fokyc :

  I will scan the study Watchtower as I get it, you have already had the first edition here:

  http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/9/144617/1.ashx

  I just need someone like AlphaOmega to pdf it together from the scans posted at BoxNet

  as at the moment I do not have Adobe writer.

  fokyc

  I'm always happy to bundle any scan into a PDF - anytime.