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The Watchtower's Official Explanation of the Scand
by Kent in[h3]here is the watchtower's official explanations on the un scandal![/h3.
the letter is, naturally - on the watchtower observer as well!.
yachyd da.
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The Watchtower's Official Explanation of the Scand
by Kent in[h3]here is the watchtower's official explanations on the un scandal![/h3.
the letter is, naturally - on the watchtower observer as well!.
yachyd da.
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lookin...DUHHHHHHHHHH (irita) err
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New Baby
by hippikon inlyall james was born at 12pm today @ 8.1 lbs.
mother is doing fine.
bubs is in the icu with a breathing problem but should be fine.
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Congrats mr. and mrs. hippi!!! yey!!
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What's a parent to do?
by Tammie ini don't know if i am the only one with this problem or not.
but i have two boys ages 4 and 6. i get them up at a normal hour (the older one is in school, now).
i even put them to bed around 8 or 9 pm, depending on what is going on for the day.
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go to the kh record a service mtg and play it when u want them to sleep
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What church should I go to now?
by serenaj92 inthey all have the american flag, crosses, and symbols.
if i go to the kingdom hall i will just get shunned and i do need association.
my husband won't let me take my son to a church.
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all humans are imperfect so no religion is perfect...why not make your own religion..at least if you make mistakes it will be your own and not because of some stupid leader/org...
...i'd rather drive and crash my own car rather than having someone drive n crash it for me...
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just saw american beauty again last nite on tv...would just to leave u guys with the ending quote..
"I suppose I could be pissed off about what happened to me. But it's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst. You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry, you will--someday."
hope all of us would get to that 'someday'
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Religion vs. Spirituality
by Introspection inhas anyone else noticed that we get a lot of "who has the truth" and "what is the true religion" type messages?
but you never hear anyone ask something like "how do i develop authentic spirituality?
" granted, the word spiritual is abstract and vague, but there is the matter of the individual aspect of the word spirituality.
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so true...but i think it is because of the context most of us our coming from..the religion has taught us to categorize religions in such manner..to find the true one based on its teachings, requirements and all...it hasn't even focused on personal spiritual growth..the focus is to learn more more more more from the Bible yet failing to use as a basis for personal and spiritual nourishment..
the comfort offered by knowing these 'truths' is to break free the so-called false teachings of the world but in reality it has just stagnated to such level...no room for growth coz the teachings are just the same, their attempt is to draw us out of this 'evil world' but i think it is more important to reconcile the teachings of the Bible while actually living in this 'reality/world'
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Did Jesus Teach Parents Should be Honored?
by JosephAlward inmatthew says that jesus tells his disciples to "honor your father and mother" (matt 19:19), but luke thinks that jesus requires his followers to hate their parents, "whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother...cannot be my disciple.
" (luke 14.26) .
couldn't god find a way for one to be a disciple of jesus without having to hate one's parents?
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it's off the topic but i would just like to ask if you're an xjw? an x christian or what? why the interest with bible errors? still affiliated with any religion whatsoever...was just curious...
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I am still a JW, what shall i do?
by nevaagain inhello, i know this board for about a week but didn t dare to register and post something, to let the cat out of the bag ... i am a jw :) i was shocked after i read through some of the topic here.
honestly, i haven t seen any apostates in action until i started visiting this board.
a little bit information to my person:.
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hey neva...i'm also in that situation right now..21 reporting 1 hr or so a month and kinda regular in sunday mtgs but rarely on midweek...
the thing is that....how will u know if a religion is true if you havent even verified it by looking at other religions (which they dont allow)..what i mean is that we think of other religions as easy and shallow religions but when u get to know their theology..some are even better than what the jws teach... for example when doing biblical exegesis...i mean it makes more sense than the 'usual' interpretation that jws are doing (if they have some unique teachings most are questionable)another thing is that i feel that most jws operate in fear...instead of realizing the value in the good that they do...they do good because they fear being punished...(maybe im wrong but it seems to be that) like what i'm doing right now...even if i dont want to go door to door because im not even sure if what we're teaching is right i still go because i don't want to hurt my mom....that's why there's no room for growth for me in this religion because i just do things coz i need to not because i find value in it...
if jws are really true i think they should encourage people to check out what others are saying about them instead of saying that there are 'apostates' attacking...i mean if you're not guilty of something you'd want to face all your accusers and answer them with a straight face...
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thanks wannahelp and intro
intro --- exactly....i wanted to ask what it was for others....to remind me...of reality
i realized that there's no point in asking...just live....live life...
but...questioning is a part of life hehe getting crazy is another