Posts by Sapphy

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Persecuted Christians

by IMHO in

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christians are the single most widely persecuted religious group in the world today.

1. christian churches around the world have set apart the month of november to remember and pray for the persecuted church, through the international day of prayer for the persecuted church (idop).. 2. according to the u.s. department of state, christians in more than 60 countries face persecution from their governments or surrounding neighbors simply because of their belief in christ.. 3. with the exception of four official state-controlled churches in pyongyang, christians in north korea face the risk of detention in the prison camps, severe torture and, in some cases, execution for practicing their religious beliefs.

north koreans suspected of having contact with south korean or other foreign missionaries in china, and those caught in possession of a bible, have been known to be executed.. 4. in syria, christians are increasingly becoming the target of violent attacks.

Sapphy

bohm - Iran and Syria aren't known for their tolerance of gays, atheists & humanists, let alone them being 'in control' over those countries.

Your theory needs some work.

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Do You Still Wear "Meeting" Clothes?

by minimus in

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i have dozens of suits.

i still buy them .

i wear ties sometimes too.

Sapphy

Haven't worn a frumpy mid calf length skirt for months.

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"What exactly is his world view? from Cofty I see nothing but, anti-life, anti-love, anti-hope"

by cofty in

villagegirl's question on another thread was probably supposed to be rhetorical but i want to respond to it.. many times people of faith express similar misapprehensions about those who don't share their views on eternity.. i want this to be a positive thread.

an opportunity for atheists to share what moves and inspires them.

what do you live for, what gives your life meaning and purpose?

Sapphy

I love the positivity on this thread.

I believe in human potential and I love life.

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The reason behind why the ex-JW community can never match Jehovah's Witnesses' success.

by Stand for Pure Worship in

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an average of five kingdom halls being constructed daily, almost 8 million brothers and sisters, dissemination of bible literature in 595 languages, 111,795 congregations worldwide, distribution of 179 million bibles available in 116 languages, 239 countries where jehovah's witnesses have a presence, etc.. need i go on?.

on the other hand........... crisis of conscience, freeminds, the awaa, jw.net, ummmmmm........hmmm........idk six screens or something?

not exactly working out for you guys.

Sapphy

This governing body 2.0 will come out with a convoluted Elijah/Elisha modern day application to justify the overlapping generation fudge.

You heard it hear first folks.

(I'll be hugely surprised if they don't)

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The Society recommended a book written by a demon-inspired woman

by The Quiet One in

http://www.seanet.com/~raines/review.html.

Sapphy

It's easily downloadable from here http://archive.org/details/seolaxxx00smitiala

It's not a bad read if you like lady-like literature from the late 19th century, as I do.

There's not a lot of laughs in it though!

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Did Cedars manipulate Lee into having a thread closed?

by cedars in

i will happily answer this question if there can be some guarantees this thread won't be deleted..

Sapphy

Can't decide if I'm Judean Peoples Front or Peoples Front of Judea.

Tis a pity.

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Did you ever REALLY believe anything special happened at Cedar Point Ohio in 1922?

by Sapphy in

but the understanding is affirmed in the revelation climax book, albeit with less detail.

the events are as follows (& i'm keeping the quotes really short) :.

1st angel - "it all began during the bible students cedar point convention in september 1922. there gods people enthusiastically adopted a resolution entitled "a challenge.

Sapphy

Just looking over an old thread. It's amazing to me that hardly any of us actually believed the teaching that the trumpet blasts were fulfilled, or at least started in 1922 - 1929. But there we were, all 4 times the revelation book was studied, answering up as if we believed! It's amazing what peer pressure can do to us.

I've learned from this now, and I'm not afraid anymore to say 'sorry I don't understand' or even 'I disagree'. Shame it took me so long!

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The Real Aftermath of the AGM...Part 2

by raymond frantz in

for the ones based in britain only the "few" were invited to attend the agm .they received their new grey bible and the rumor was that the new bible will not be available for the rest of the congragations until january .it was confirmed tonight .a letter was read as local announcement that the new bibles will not be available until the end of january for the rest of the congragation .all the in crowd were sat there with their new flashy bible looking smug.also the bible reading was read from the new bible to make it all the more obvious ..... the real aftermath of agm....