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  Blood?

  by qwerty in

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  i know some of you have gone off the bible but, in relation to jw teaching and act 15:28,29 what do you think this passage of scripture is telling us?.

  romans 14.

  1. give a warm welcome to any brother who wants to join you, even though his faith is weak.

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  boob jobs and sisters

  by jurs in

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  warning: this is a very shallow post.

  now that i'm out, i'm trying to see the humor of my past life as a jw.

  when i was new in the truth , only baptized 4 months, i became good friends with this one sister.

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  TAKING OUR LIVES BACK #1

  by Amazing in

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  taking our lives back #1 .

  in addition to my deceptive jw elders and justice series, i also feel that a series on taking our lives back would be useful, and will bring in a lot of shared thoughts.

  one of the things that i became aware of as i left the organization of jehovahs witnesses is all that had been lost, never accomplished, or stolen because of time, money and energy devoted to the interests of the watch tower organization.

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  Question for any elder/recent ex-elder

  by OrangeBlossom in

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  the elders keep dropping by every couple of saturday's after bookstudy to check on us and try to encourage us back to meetings.

  it has worked out that my husband has been gone when they visit so they keep coming back hoping to catch him sometime.

  anyway, i told my hubby that we should at least go to the meetings once a week to keep them off our trail, which i went this past thursday night and wouldn't you know it the one elder approached me and mentioned that they still want to sit down with us and go over an article on meeting attendance.

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  Perversion of Baptismal Vows

  by AlanF in

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  an appendix in the book contains some 120 questions along with hundreds of scriptural "proof texts" that the proselyte is then expected to study.

  12 jesus commanded his followers to baptize new disciples in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit.

  the following quotation shows what the proselyte is expected to study just prior to baptism:.

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  Blood, The Watchtower and Deceit

  by Maximus in

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  while much attention is given to doctrine in sites such as this, very little is noted about the watchtower societys intellectual dishonesty in its publications, especially when it comes to quotations.. oftentimes the societys writers will cite a scholar or author of some repute: "professor blank observes that blah, blah, blah.

  " the reader assumes from the quotation that professor blank is in agreement with the organizations position, of course, and that the quotation chosen accurately depicts the authors thoughts.. heres the catch: the words between the quotation marks may be accurate, but the snippet may not at all faithfully represent someones actual thesis or position.

  much like a newspaper ad for a movie that quotes a reviewer as saying "monumental!

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  IMPORTANT MESSAGE for True Believers

  by Fire in

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  dear brothers and sisters,.

  in the times of the old testament the prophets foretold of the coming of a saviour,a son of god, a king of kings.

  the pharisees, being imperfect men, interpreted these prophecies to mean that a literal king would be coming to nation of israel.

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  Dateline Report/JW Stonewalling/You

  by Francois2 in

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  elsewhere in the active topics list (see "society on documenting personal views ") a letter from the wtb&ts to congregations has been reproduced.

  it is obvious this letter has been either written or vetted by a lawyer, or more likely by a committee of lawyers.

  it fairly reeks of legalese masquerading as a concern for accuracy.

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  WTS vs HISTORY

  by bj in

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  according to the watchtower- april 1, 2001, p. 11, par.

  11, peter went to babylon (1peter 5:13) but according to tradition it was thomas who went to babylon.

  so what is meant by babylon?.

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  How does one become a JW???

  by Downdog01 in

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  every source i've looked at is very vague and my witness friends just keep encouraging me to stop asking questions and come to meetings.

  my sense is, since i disagree so much with jw doctrine and the way it is presented in awake and especially watchtower that i'd never make it as a jw.

  still i am curious what the process is and what "tests" if any one must pass.. any info will be much appreciated.. thanks,.

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