I would think that anytime a religion has the government shut them down for printing pacifist material during WW1 , is good cause to say they are not well liked . Since then tho probably not so bad with the persecution unless another war starts up that they speak out against and won't support . They were locked away in WW2 as well but the printing presses kept rolling , they didn't support the draft either.
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How are they convinced that armageddon is around the corner???
by milligal ini just read another thread about the co changes and plans for upcoming persectution.
i can speak for america and say that out constitution is based on religious freedom-this is the same constitution the society hides behind in all of their 'champion' court cases where they defend their right to go in the door to door ministry.
this country is sooooo far from turning against any religion, that we are even allowing terrorist religions to remain as long as they don't act against anyone (please no thread hijacking about that : ).. how in god's name do the jw's think the government is going to turn against religion and start persecuting them, and armagedon is to follow -right 'around the corner'????.
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There is one part where jesus is quoted as saying you must hate your father and mother instead of honoring them . Luke 14:26
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How are they convinced that armageddon is around the corner???
by milligal ini just read another thread about the co changes and plans for upcoming persectution.
i can speak for america and say that out constitution is based on religious freedom-this is the same constitution the society hides behind in all of their 'champion' court cases where they defend their right to go in the door to door ministry.
this country is sooooo far from turning against any religion, that we are even allowing terrorist religions to remain as long as they don't act against anyone (please no thread hijacking about that : ).. how in god's name do the jw's think the government is going to turn against religion and start persecuting them, and armagedon is to follow -right 'around the corner'????.
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clearly it is one religion that does get it's share of persecution so expecting it to get worse is not completey without presidence . The Russians , the french ,communists, now in georgia ,rowanda , of course the muslim nations don't like them .They do get crapped on allot in the US , mainly because they don't join the military or celebrate holidays .The holidays of course are big with the commerce part of the world and people buy allot of crap that is deemed necessary to end recessions or some such non sense .
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COMMENTS YOU WILL NOT HEAR AT THE WT STUDY 09-07-08 (HOUSE TO HOUSE MINISTR
by Mary in" (this would harmonize with matt 10:9 that tells them not to take any money with them).
" the interpretation of the acts of the apostles, 1961, pp.120-21.
it became evident, however, that further personal training in the house-to-house ministry was needed.
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I can say that I see the locusts in Joel 2 as being a great crowd because that's what it says at the beginning of the chapter . The white robed guy with the ink horn is a bit vague in interpretation because the people are moaning and sighing over some city not world conditions. Then the part about joshua and the attack on jericho seemed a bit off topic , what in the world could that have in association with the preaching work today ? Just seemed like another excuse to mention increase of preaching work since the Israelites increased their activity and made much more noise on the seventh and last day. All this just to get people excited or feeling guilty about preaching work.
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The Kingdumb Melody is not an American Idol audition
by DoomVoyager inkeeping a straight face during the song is hard enough given the wacky lyrical content; the last thing i need is the "new sister" standing right behind me and loudly delivering a breathy, lispy, over-dramatic rendition of "stay asleep stand firm grow culty".
simon cowell is not listening in.
or how about that one guy every hall has who bawls the songs out, painfully out of tune, way louder than anyone else.
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You aint kidding , they all have the cd yet seem to never even practice the songs for the week at home . They insist everybody in the org. sing along whether out of key or not.
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I cannot "unprove" every single wild-side 911 theory...
by james_woods inhere is what i received this morning from an enthusiast.... james-woods, do you remember leoleoia (wrong spelling) whom you supported vehemently on this subject?
i've been waiting for her comments, and, still waiting.
as for you, you've taken the course of least resistance, you decided to ignore me and not address the issue.
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Yah ok the totally new never before seen thermal expansion theory is now at play for people that want to believe the non conspiracy crowd . We can always make up new laws of physics to explain away everything .
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Labor-Day Week-End, The Best
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since it's labor-day week-end, i'm wishing everyone a very safe and enjoyable week-end.
golf
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Isn't that a pagan holiday ?
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Vatican Says "Yahweh" Not to Be Pronounced
by betterdaze invatican says "yahweh" not to be pronounced .
calls on practice used by 1st christians .
washington, d.c., aug. 19, 2008 (zenit.org).- a note from the vatican has reiterated a directive that the name of god revealed in the tetragrammaton yhwh is not to be pronounced in catholic liturgy.
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anyway you look at it if you read exodus 6:3 it makes no sense to substitute YHVH for lord , there God wants moses to know his personal name and use it . The jews also used the name when naming their children such as elijah or jesus . The catholic church is one of the most blaspeming religions in the christian world .
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Proof, proof, gimme some proof!!!
by Slappy inatheists clamor for proof of godas existence.
give us hard, physical proof they say, and then weall believe.
if evolution truly happened, how did that one apersona that evolved from monkeys learn to speak and write?
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I think there's allot more to the evolution theory than just man from monkey belief that makes it impossible for me to believe . We'll start with the big bang and go through how the universe slows down enough to reform but yet continues to expand and then all the countless collisions that happened to form planets from asteroids and then some how amino acids become biological life forms after falling in earths oceans ..... sorry not buying it.........
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Vatican Says "Yahweh" Not to Be Pronounced
by betterdaze invatican says "yahweh" not to be pronounced .
calls on practice used by 1st christians .
washington, d.c., aug. 19, 2008 (zenit.org).- a note from the vatican has reiterated a directive that the name of god revealed in the tetragrammaton yhwh is not to be pronounced in catholic liturgy.
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I'm thinking they took it out so as to deceive people about the trinity since the first commandment was about Jehovah not having any other Gods before him. That's how Leonardo devinci got ex communicated because he realized that .