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  JW university?

  by wearewatchingyouman in

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  why don't the witnesses have an accredited university?

  almost all other xtian denominations do.

  why not dubs?

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  Mickey mouse

  Reading the Awake is as good as a college education don't you know?
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  Plymouth Brethren have their application for Charitable Status accepted - finally.

  by besty in

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  2. beliefs

  http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/go/news/article/1226627/charity-commission-will-accept-plymouth-brethren-application-charitable-status/.

  the regulator says the preston down trust, whose initial application was rejected in 2012, has agreed to change its governing documentsthe charity commission has said it will accept an application for charitable status from the preston down trust, a devon-based plymouth brethren congregation.. the regulator announced today that it would accept an application from the trust, which adheres to a doctrine of separation that limits members contact with the outside world, after it agreed to change its governing documents.. the commission said the trust had agreed to amend its trust documents by entering into a deed of variation, which sets out, in a manner that is binding on trustees, the churchs core religious doctrines and practices.. it signals an end to a dispute dating back to february 2009, when the trust first made an application for charitable status.. a draft deed of variation, published by the commission, includes directions on issues such as how disciplinary matters should be dealt with among members.

  it also says meeting halls should display prominent details about how non-members can attend services.. the commissions decision document says that it has heard allegations of harsh disciplinary practices for minor transgressions and people being cut off from the community.. it says there had been claims that threats of legal action had been made against people who spoke out against the brethren and those who leave "are ostracised and consequently treated differently from other members of the public".. in responding to these allegations, the commission said the plymouth brethren christian church had told it some were of an historic nature but it did acknowledge "past mistakes in relation to its disciplinary practices".. the regulator said the trust had "demonstrated a willingness to make amends and to do what it could as a christian organisation to ensure, as far as it was consistent with its religious beliefs, it would act with christian compassion in the future", particularly in respect of its disciplinary practices and in its relations with former members of the brethren.

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  Mickey mouse

  Disappointing.
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  Why would Adam or Eve choose the tree of knowledge instead of the tree of life.

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  please help me out here .. in genesis 2:16 it says " and jehovah god also laid this command upon the man: from every tree of the garden you may eat to satisfaction.

  17 but as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad you must not eat from it , for in the day you eat from it ,you will positively die.. ok we get that , but what about this ?.

  wouldnt it make more sense to forbid the eating of the tree of life first ?

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  Mickey mouse

  It was Eve who chose the tree of knowledge; she was a woman and we are just that nosey.
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  New York Baby Terrorizes People

  by Perry in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pukmuz4tljg .

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  Mickey mouse

  Saw it on Facebook, I think it's horrible.
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  Do you Remember 2nd & 4th Saturday Magazine Day?

  by cofty in

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  2. beliefs

  i think it may have been in the mid '80s a new arrangement was started for the 2nd and 4th saturday of every calendar month.

  they were designated "magazine days" and the idea was to place as many as possible with 30-60 second presentations.

  personally i hated feeling like a magazine seller, i wanted to talk to people.. i think this, and the release of the "reasoning book" was the beginning of the end of jehovah's witnesses as evangelists..

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  Mickey mouse

  Yes I remember that.
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  The 1914 generation is still going strong 100 years later - 2014 study article.

  by THE GLADIATOR in

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  2. bible

  january 2014 watchtower study article.

  let your kingdom comebut when?.

  this generation will not pass away.

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  Mickey mouse

  I'm late to this discussion but it has been interesting reading. I have especially enjoyed TD's comments. He's been on my 'would most like to meet' list for a while.
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  Another new member here to share her experience

  by One Last Kiss in

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  2. experiences

  im a long-time lurker turned member, finally felt the need to share my experience with people who know where im coming from.

  will try to be as succinct as possible!.

  am from the uk and was born in as 3rd generation.

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  Mickey mouse

  Welcome from another fellow Brit. That song really resonated with me too. I certainly saw that same sort of treatment you describe of the the families of those with no status in the congregation. It's really just a big old boys club.
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  New Study Exposes Acupuncture As Pseudoscience

  by alecholmesthedetective in

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  besides it being pseudoscience, what interests me about this is that even though it's something to do with the "qi" energy flowing in our bodies, that wasn't a problem for some members of my family or a special pioneer i knew.. new study exposes acupuncture as pseudoscience.

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  Mickey mouse

  Double blind trials are fine for pharmacological treatments but it's impossible to test other forms of therapy in this way.
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  Anyone here close to Grace Gough/Mouthy?

  by satinka in

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  2. friends

  if anyone knows mouthy/grace gough, it would be awesome if someone would look in on her.

  she is feeling the effects of the ice storm and is all alone and it is christmas eve.

  i just sent her an email and received this reply back:.

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  Mickey mouse

  Merry Christmas Grace x
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  JW CHILDREN GET PRESENTS ALL THROUGH THE YEAR. REALLY?????

  by NAVYTOWN in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  is it really true that jw children get gifts 'all through the year', not just for christmas and birthdays like non- jw kids?

  as stingy as most jws are, i find that very hard to believe.

  plus the childhood magic of christmas and birthdays is totally absent in jw households.

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  Mickey mouse

  Um no. That old chestnut was trotted out lots though, especially when a householder would comment that not celebration Christmas was hard on JW kids.