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  Play the Devil's Advocate

  by nbernat in

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  2. beliefs

  so my family wants to talk to me about my "doubts" and i know they'll try to defend everything they can in any way that they can so i just want to be prepared and see what they might say (what you would have said as a witness or what you've heard others say) so that i could rebut it on the spot.. if the fds is directed by the holy spirit why have they been wrong before?

  "light gets brighter...." but that's not the case because there would be no reason to go back to old policies after changing them...the light certainly doesn't get brighter, then darker, then brighter, etc.if god is omniscient why did he create satan knowing he would rebel or adam and eve knowing they would sin?

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  Aborted Babies and Miscarriages: Resurrected or no?

  by nbernat in

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  i'm sure most jws would say they wouldn't be resurrected because they were never born and because they have no family/don't know anyone, but doesn't that defeat the belief that (in psalms i believe it's found) a fertilized egg is as valuable as any other human life?.

  does anyone have any quotations from the watchtowers?.

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  *Updated* Governing Body Member Points at IC

  by nbernat in

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  *sorry for the near triple post.

  i figured i'm going to have to break it down so everyone can see.*.

  point #1. we are like children playing outside innocently whose mother freaks out once she sees that the ignorant child finds a snake and starts playing with it.

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  Governing Body Talks @ Convention

  by nbernat in

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  2. friends

  well the convention was extremely long and boring but i decided to take specific notes on brother morris's talks for discussion here on jwd (and i was also able to get a few extra copies of the creation dvd so if anyone wants one, pm me).. overall, the brother is not a great orator and sometimes awkwardly raises his voice.

  i am aware that some of the friends were a little disappointed to say the least that we did not get a more "famous" gb brother at the first international convention, but he speaks for the gb, so same difference.. it felt like most of his talks were around a.

  ) countering criticism about jws and b.

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  Colbert in Iraq

  by beksbks in

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  anyone see tonight?.

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  Anthony Morris III Comments at 1st Int'l Convention

  by nbernat in

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  well the convention was extremely long and boring but i decided to take specific notes on brother morris's talks for discussion here on jwd (and i was also able to get a few extra copies of the creation dvd so if anyone wants one, pm me).. overall, the brother is not a great orator and sometimes awkwardly raises his voice.

  i am aware that some of the friends were a little disappointed to say the least that we did not get a more "famous" gb brother at the first international convention, but he speaks for the gb, so same difference.. it felt like most of his talks were around a.

  ) countering criticism about jws and b.

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  New Songbook

  by snowbird in

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  2. beliefs

  i hope this one will be dropped: jehovah our father in heaven; oh, this is a most sacred night; twas nisan 14 when your glory was seen .... i hated that song!.

  sylvia.

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  Call for Papers: International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA)

  by Dogpatch in

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  call for papers: international cultic studies association (icsa).

  2010 annual international conference: psychological manipulation, cultic groups, and other alternative movements.

  the international cultic studies association (icsa) seeks paper and panel proposals for its 2010 annual international conference, which is being organized in collaboration withinfo-cult/info-secteof montreal, canada.. .

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  When you heard "apostate" who did you imagine?

  by nbernat in

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  2. friends

  i've always imagined a 60-year-old man with white hair who is really arrogant and grumpy with an evil look in his eyes, a very cold person who wanted to do nothing but ruin people's lives and was working for satan.

  i never imagined i'd be one.... ...that or a 55-year-old woman with gray hair with glasses and a very rude look, and smarter-than-thou attitude.. you?.

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  Afraid to NOT shun???

  by cognac in

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  i've often thought about this.

  what if some know the borg is full of crap but stay in for family.

  then, they run into a d'fed person and they want to embrase them but are afraid to do anything else but shun them because they are afraid the d'fed person will run to the elders and rat them out.... what are your thoughts on this?.

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