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  Bible Has Problems, Yet Its One Verse Can Solve All Our Problems!

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  science shows that humans have been living on earth more than 6000 years (contrary to ot chronology).

  again inconsistency is pointed out in nt too which says jesus who did countless good worksincluding control over forces of nature and even death itselfyet people killed him, just like killing the duck that lays golden egg!.

  despite such inconsistencies, a single verse in the bible can solve all our problems: don't call anyone on earth 'father,' because you have only one father, the one in heaven.

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  GromitSK

  Well done Kate. Jesus is taking notes.
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  Interview with an Apostate: Reopened Mind

  by Reopened Mind in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  were you a born in or a convert?.

  i loved science so naturally the conversation centered around the topic of evolution.

  they placed with me the book did man get here by evolution or by creation?

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  GromitSK

  Thank you for sharing.
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  Bible Has Problems, Yet Its One Verse Can Solve All Our Problems!

  by abiather in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  science shows that humans have been living on earth more than 6000 years (contrary to ot chronology).

  again inconsistency is pointed out in nt too which says jesus who did countless good worksincluding control over forces of nature and even death itselfyet people killed him, just like killing the duck that lays golden egg!.

  despite such inconsistencies, a single verse in the bible can solve all our problems: don't call anyone on earth 'father,' because you have only one father, the one in heaven.

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  GromitSK

  @cantleave my thoughts exactly. I can't believe this hasn't already been tried. :)
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  Interview with an apostate: Hortensia

  by Hortensia in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  tell us a little about yourself and your family.. divorced, no children.

  two sisters, various cousins, aunts, uncles.

  none of them jws any more.. were you a born in or a convert?.

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  GromitSK

  Thank you.
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  Interview with an Apostate: OnTheWayOut

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  tell us a little about yourself and your family.. my mother joined the frenzy when the end of the world was coming in 1975. her sister-in-law was first recruited and got her in.

  when the end didnt come, mom was disfellowshipped shortly afterward, but she went back a few years later.

  i did not care to go with her.

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  GromitSK

  Very interesting thank you.
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  World of Jehovah’s Witnesses setting for intriguing novel

  by Watchtower-Free in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/2013/11/28/world-of-jehovahs-witnesses-setting-for-intriguing-novel.

  by alexis kienlen, off the shelf.

  thursday, november 28, 2013 12:26:38 mst pm.

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  GromitSK

  @hortensia - "the truth" - I agree. It should be called the Loob (load of old b*ll*cks).
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  Saint Peters bones on display

  by designs in

  1. social
  2. current

  francis i is pulling out all the stops to keep his church relevant.

  a first ever public display of saint peter's bones is drawing pilgrims from all over the world as the "year of faith" concludes.. http://news.yahoo.com/saint-peters-bones-display-first-time-001517448.html.

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  GromitSK

  I wonder if the ritual and veneration of objects is symptomatic of a deep human desire to make contact with a spiritual dimension that eludes them.
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  Survey: Who Here Believe In God/The Bible? Who Are Not Sure? Who Do Not Believe?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think there are many that still want to believe in a god but just aren't sure.. personally, do you believe in a god?.

  are you a "spiritual" person?.

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  GromitSK

  @patrick - I think it's always risky accepting third-party testimony from people we don't know, especially where it is not possible to at least validate the evidence in some way for ourselves. The most I'd be prepared to do is register it as 'interesting' but I wouldn't find it convincing and certainly wouldn't expect anyone else to.

  Also interesting perhaps, such reports of healing occur in most religious traditions and in some non-religious disciplines too so even if they turned out to be true, I don't see how they could be used to endorse a particular belief system.
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  Is their a table/list comparing what the WT & Awake magazines print that differs from their bound volumes ?

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have seen quotations from time to time that says the wt & awake magazines have been changed when the bound volumes come out , has anybody ever been able to list these changes ?

  and make a comparison .?

  to me this is quite deceptive , like speaking out of both sides of your mouth .if you pick them up on one thing then they quote something different , and have the printed page to prove it.surely they need to be nailed down on this.. smiddy.

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  GromitSK

  Talk about rewriting your own history. It would be funny if it didn't affect so many lives.
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  Survey: Who Here Believe In God/The Bible? Who Are Not Sure? Who Do Not Believe?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i think there are many that still want to believe in a god but just aren't sure.. personally, do you believe in a god?.

  are you a "spiritual" person?.

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  GromitSK

  I don't believe in the god of the bible. I don't think the bible has much value. If there is any kind of god I don't think its personal in the way we are. I'm inclined to think there is an afterlife but not 100% convinced. If 'spiritual' means holy then I'm not that either. :)