Posts by Gladring

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The Dublin "apostasy" after Ray Franz incident - searching for the audio testimony of John May

by Nostromo in

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google is not my friend anymore, it seems, i cant find a thing.. i was searching for the audio file where john may, the elder from dublin, tells his story when he traveled to brooklyn to find out the truth about the ray franz incident.

i do not mean the talk of his that you can find on 4jehovah.org or 4witness.org, this was a different audio testimony where he just basically tells what happened to him and to his irish elder friend merriman when they wanted to discuss the rf issue with the gb.

i had this file once but cant find it anymore.

Gladring

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Questions From Readers Nov 15th 2009

by dozy in

the latest flip-flop (allbeit a minor one.).

the "wise instruction" (as described by the society) given is that sisters now have to wear head coverings when interpreting sign language public talks.. differs from the previous instructions that sisters didn't need to do so.. .

w02 7/15p.27 questions from readers.

Gladring

I just found that article on the jw.org website. Definitely says that a sister should wear a headcovering when signing for a brother.

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Discussing Blood with JW relatives?

by Gladring in

i guess it's going to happen to all of us sooner or later.

one of our relatives will need surgery and possibly blood.

has anyone got experience of talking to jw relatives about blood?

Gladring

I guess it's going to happen to all of us sooner or later. One of our relatives will need surgery and possibly blood.

Has anyone got experience of talking to JW relatives about blood?

My father views any discussion of the WTBTS as a personal attack on his faith. Do I bring up the blood thing now and risk driving a wedge between us, or do I leave it?

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Bible Book of Hebrews

by ssn587 in

who was it written by and why or in other words who, what, when, where, why.. wanted to know for the upcoming wt recital.. another question was just what was happening in and around jerusalem from 45 ce up to its destruction.

how was everday life?

what factions were vieing for dominance etc.. .

Gladring

When I was on my way out, I had read The God Delusion. To get a balanced view of things I also read Alister McGrath's "The Dawkins Delusion" (an attempt at a rebuttal). I wanted to see what McGrath had to say about Dawkins' criticism of the Bible.

To my surprise, he made no attempt at defending the Bible. About all he said on the subject was (this is from memory now) - "You know how bad things are getting when Dawkins says that Hebrews was written by Saint Paul."

It was around this time that I realised just how wrong the WT had got stuff. If even the defenders of Christianity disagree with them...

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I got my hands on the new "Wonders of Creation" DVD release

by Megachusen in

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my head is still ringing from all the delicious spiritual food that i received today so i won't have my review up for at least another day or so.

suffice it to say that the dvd is extremely well designed(for the society, that is).

you can tell right away that they put a lot of money into cg planetoids.

Gladring

bttt

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I got my hands on the new "Wonders of Creation" DVD release

by Megachusen in

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my head is still ringing from all the delicious spiritual food that i received today so i won't have my review up for at least another day or so.

suffice it to say that the dvd is extremely well designed(for the society, that is).

you can tell right away that they put a lot of money into cg planetoids.

Gladring

Any download available yet?

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How Does a Jehovah's Witness Prove Their Faith

by passwordprotected in

new freeminds blog (with the ability to leave comments!)..

i examine how jehovah's witnesses are expected to prove their faith and what that shows about where their faith is actually placed.. i'd really appreciate your comments, either here or on the blog itself..

Gladring

Hi Mark,

I think your blog and article is well written and the arguments sound. My concern is that a JW reading it would just go "Of course I obey Jesus, and see how much Jesus trusts the Governing Body - he has appointed them over all his belongings. If Jesus trusts them, shouldn't I."

I just find you get nowhere arguing with a JW. As a wise person told me recently "If you try and take something away from somebody, they only hold on tighter." In my personal experience I have found that just being nice to a JW works better than anything. They are primed to think that "apostates feigning love may try to lead you away from God's organisation". If you don't try to argue with them it is going against that false stereotype.

That said, for those who have no commitment to the religion, your article will certainly innoculate against future infection.

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