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  turn the page and open your eyes

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  in the dispelling of the grand illusion, was there any particular book or writer .

  that just made something "click" in the watchwork or your more rational self?

  although i must give credit to many eye-opening books over the past year, .

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  have you ever known a apostate to "Wake Up"?

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  whenever i heard of witnesses talking about someone.

  (often a son or daughter) who has "fallen away" from the truth, .

  they always say in a sort of wistful sigh, "well we just .

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  WARNING! Cognitive Dissonance Ahead

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  a few quotes from the response i got from my dad to my.

  "tale of two cherry trees" email on subject of nov. awake's .

  comment on the bible never being in conflict with science.... first off, he spends most all of the email talking about the mold/leprosy issue, and .

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  REQUEST: Letters of reply from the Watchtower?

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  i have been pondering wether or not there is any value in gathering some of .

  my more pointed thoughts into a letter to the governing body.

  imagine these to be "questions from readers" style criticism, edited and.

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  a tale of two cherry trees

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  note: this a copy of an e-mail i sent to my dad, (a non-doubting elder) on the subject of the nov. 2007 awake: "can you trust the bible".

  i think the fact that this email was actually quite well received says much about my dad's maturity, and the sort of relationship i have with him.

  :+:+:+: a tale of two cherry trees :+:+:+: first off, i agree that the style of the november awake!is somewhat "fresh" and updated.

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  the blurry line between wolf and sheep

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  i didn't intend to bring this up, but i have been thinking.

  about a video a saw on youtube a few months ago.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4xykyyefpq.

  it is a recording of two elders coming to an apostates door.

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  feeling for the edges of apostasy

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  no matter where at the end of this journey i actually end up spiritually andphilosophically, one thing i am sure is that family ties are worth fighting for.

  i distinctly want to avoid being disfellowshiped for any reason, if at all possible.

  and, (since i am not about to go on a hedonistic crime spree) my biggest riskof being disfellowshiped is on the grounds of "apostasy", i am assuming.

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  call me inkling

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  i am witness, "in good standing", and (at the.

  moment) technically still a ministerial servant.. even as a child, i asked far too many questions.

  for my own good, doing much to bewilder and .

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  as clear as ink

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  first off, i would like to apologize for both the obtuse nature .

  of my post- "the quiet sound of old dust falling from new light" .

  as well as it's disturbing lack of formatting.

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  the quiet sound of old dust falling from new light

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  i, an oft lurker, am lured out of my shadows of lurkerness.

  by stumbling across a find in this very forum- .

  feb 2005 by bennyk:.

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