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  Is America unofficially a theocracy?

  by Madame Quixote in

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  2. current

  rational thinkers want candidates and the powers that be to address this question publically via the youtube question & answer thingy.

  you can go there and vote for "answer" at:.

  http://www.communitycounts.us/debates/?q=repubdebate&ans=all&menu=&search=is+america+unofficially+a+theocracy%3f&all=1.

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  What's the point of it all anyway??

  by Maddie in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i am getting to wonder what the point of life is anyway.

  are we just a product of evolution with the sole purpose of survival?

  i feel so confused and anxious right now.

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  What's reasonable to expect on a first date?

  by serendipity in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i've been on online dating sites for a while, have exchanged emails with over 100 guys (politely saying "thanks, but no thanks" to the vast majority) and went on dates with a few.

  i'm generally disappointed in the emails these guys sent and have been disappointed in the dates.

  i'm not sure if the problem is with my expectations or if there is just a lack of communications skills and courtesy among people.

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  Apology for raising children in the Truth

  by jeanne40love in

  1. social
  2. family

  would you apologize in writing to your children for raising them in the truth?

  i've apologized verbally........ none of them is going to meetings any longer...... my husband and i have been drifting away for several years..... .

  i was raised a witness, and thought we were doing the right thing.

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  How many remember the 1969 8 day convention?

  by seek2find in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  anybody remember the 8 day 1969 international convention.

  i was at the braves stadium in atlanta all 8 days with a sunburn and then wet clothes after the rain storms.

  if you were there (not necessarily in atlanta) do you remember anything about it?

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  The facts on crucifixion, stauros, and the "torture stake"

  by Leolaia in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  finally, i will look at biblical and patristic evidence bearing on the crucifixion of jesus in particular.

  we need to examine the earliest known descriptions of the kind of crucifixion adopted by the romans and the specific terms they used to refer to it.

  apparently the society believes that crux still meant "stake" in the second century a.d., when tacitus composed his annals.

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  New World Translation Vs. Kingdom Interlinear Translation ... your thoughts

  by Ianone in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  8: 58 footnote 1985 ed kit blue (01).

  8: 58 footnote 1969 ed kit purple (02).

  jesus, himself tells us just how important it is.

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  info on why JWs can't go into other churches

  by banco6 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i would like to know why jws can't enter another church,for funerals or anything?

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  The never ending saga of? electing elders

  by MacHislopp in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  elders are appointed by the 'governing body '

  elders are appointed by 'holy spirit '

  yes, the elders are appointed by holy spirit,

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  Was J.F. Rutherford - Exonerated?

  by Amazing in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one of the cornerstones of the watchtower society's claims about the 1918 trial of joseph f. rutherford and seven other co-defendants, is that the trial was a travesty of justice, where the defendants were railroaded off to prison.. to make their point, the society has repeatedly stated that joseph rutherford and his fellow defendants were "exonerated" of all charges, and subsequently released from prison fully vindicated.

  the society also attributed this 'victory' to jehovah's hand in matters, restoring the symbolic 'two witnesses' spoken of in revelation, and thereby, reactivating the kingdom preaching work.. what actually transpired is that the convicted defendants filed a petition for a "writ of error.

  " (trial transcript, pages 1-10, parts 1-30 ) the writ of error was allowed by the trial court, judge howe, and granted by the district court judge chatfield, whom the society earlier objected to and had removed from their trial, because they felt he would not be fair to them.. what does this mean?

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