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Help: biblical person raised by non-believers, became man of God?
by Awakened07 in
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ok - this is something that is waaaay back there in my post-jw mind: i seem to remember that enoch lived among non-believers, and was alone in believing.

but when i do a search, there's nothing of that sort in the bible.

then of course there's job, and for that matter moses, who were both men of god in spite of growing up (and/or at least living) among non-believers.. but i know i'm not thinking of those two.
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The significance of this image...
by Awakened07 in
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2. beliefs
they say a picture is worth a thousand words.. .

to me, the picture posted below is one of the - if not the - most significant images i've seen so far in my life.

as i was growing up (a jw), i was taught that the universe was in perfect harmony.
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"A thousand years as one day"
by Awakened07 in
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the scripture saying: "...one day is with the lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

" (2. peter 3:8) is often used both by jehovah's witnesses and others, to show that a day can literally mean a thousand years in the eyes of god.

this is then used especially for the creation story, and for the fall of adam and eve.
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So... Russell accepted evolution?
by Awakened07 in
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-this is probably old news to a lot of you, but i thought perhaps it would be new news to some (like me).. i found this little gem on youtube; it's from the photodrama of creation:.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbmm9gkeqbm.

listen from 01:29 to 03:00, and you'll hear russell explain that he had nothing against the idea of evolution when it came to the animal kingdom.
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Request for scans: WT Jan. 2007 QFR and May 2007 QFR
by Awakened07 in
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i would really appreciate it if someone could post high quality scans of the qfrs (i think it was) from wt of january and may this year.

what i'm after is the one about resurrection (to heaven) of some of the 24 elders and how they are working with the gb on earth today (if i remember correctly).

and the one from may, where they changed the 144000 / 1935 doctrine (if i remember that correctly).. thanks in advance..
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"New light"...
by Awakened07 in
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this won't be a long-winded post; just a "quickie", and mostly meant for those still active:.

i find it odd that jehovah's witnesses don't find anything odd about how 'new light' is distributed.

i mean - if this new light comes from jehovah god himself, the creator of the universe and everything in it, wouldn't it be fair to say that it would happen more like in this story:.
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Black magic / witchcraft.
by Awakened07 in
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2. friends
not sure how much you know about these things, but i'd just like you to guess (not google) which black book i copied this text from:.

"then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, .

and the priest shall say unto the woman, the lord make thee a .
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Wow! - What else did I never learn?
by Awakened07 in
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2. friends
ok - this is probably old news to most of you, but i just now found out about this.

- the way i've always understood it (and never really thought any more of it), is that in 1931, the bible students changed their name to jehovah's witnesses.

i've never heard any more about the circumstances surrounding this, so i always assumed it just happened without any fuzz.
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Did this line of thought ever cross your mind?
by Awakened07 in
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ok - first i should mention that this line of *hypothetical* thought may seem extreme, and it's obviously exaggerated to get a point across.

but it's just one of many, many logical constructs i had in my mind, even when i was still active:.

let's say we have a pioneer sister.
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Do you remember this change?
by Awakened07 in
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thinking about the 1995 change (1914 generation) made me remember vaguely another change that i seem to remember 'shook' me quite a bit, maybe even more so (not quite sure why exactly, that's why i'd like to remind myself of this).. .

-it was about how 'new light' had revealed that it wasn't jw who were separating the sheep from the goats while they go door-to-door, but instead jehovah (or jesus) that will separate them when time comes.. anyone here remember something along those lines, and if so, what publication it was in etc.?.

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