Hmmm, now I would really like to read the Letter of James in the Bible. It sounds awesome. Good for the so-called apostate who wrote 'Commentary on the Letter of James'. I admire people like him and Raymond Franz!!
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Commentary on the Letter of James
by lepermessiah inzoiks inspired this thread when he mentioned this book elsewhere.. i have read other threads on this forum about it, but i always enjoy the fresh insight on here.. commentary on the letter of james was always my favorite book from wtbs, partly because i love the book of james, but also because it was one of the books that dealt with more practical christian living than constant wt doctrine.. i mentioned to a number of people that i loved that book, and got a few comments of "well, you know that book was written by an apostate.".
it didnt take me long to do a little math - that book came out i believe in 1979/1980, right around the time of the great purge.
how could someone write such an excellent book and then be branded an apostate just a few months later???.
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Mill Hill Disfellowshippings
by BorgHater ina few months ago there was a thread about a couple of elders at the mill hill bethel being disfellowshipped because they disagreed with some wt doctrine (i can't recall exactly what it was) and that several other betheliteswere under 'investigation'.
i haven't heard anything since, does anyone know anything more about this?.
borghater xx.
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JoJoJones
I couldn't disagree with you more, Paulapollos. What you and the others did took courage! You were very courageous. Kudos to you and the others for sticking to your principles!
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Fascinating discussion I had with a former dub some time back on Facebook
by JimmyPage infascinating discussion i had with a former dub on facebook.
we were in the same congregation years ago.
maybe you can relate.. she wrote:.
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JoJoJones
I once asked a former Witness about people in parts of Africa who have never heard about God and the Bible. He said they would be destroyed, because they should know what's right or wrong or something like that. There's no way I can believe God would destroy them! That would be so cruel, and I just don't believe a merciful God would hurt these people! I can't get over it that there are people who believe God would destroy them! How cold, callous, and stupid. This person who told me this is actually a decent, nice person, which makes it all the worse that he would believe this.
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From where? Morals.
by AK - Jeff inthere is great debate regarding the matter of morals/ethics, and this particularly true whenever there is interaction between religiously driven portions of a culture, and those who maintain no religious opinion or even subscribe to atheism.
that cultural clash occurs often on this forum and others like it.. believers in god often attribute moral choices with godliness.
yet, among billions who have lived without any attachment to god in the particular sense that is often considered the driving influence [christianity, islam, judaism, or other organized religion] there have always been men and women whose 'moral character' is above reproach, even when measured with a black/white index of religious thought.. morality holds an arbitrary position among mankind.
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JoJoJones
To me, the sense of morality and ethics is just there. These two traits are innate, a part of us, not something from a religion. I don't care much about religion anymore, though I certainly believe in God and His Son Jesus. I think that if God created humankind in HIs image, then morals and ethics come with His image. Anyway, just my two cents worth. :-)
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Letter from WT's Haiti Branch Committee re: Society's relief response
by Dogpatch injust got this in, don't know if it was mentioned here yet, but this illustrates how the watchtower views/responds to emergencies.
note the dig on university and "higher education" (especially sad for a poor country like haiti with poorly educated masses).. randy.
it was a terrifying moment for all!
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JoJoJones
This reminds me of the comment Pat Robertson made about the earthquake in Haiti - - that Haiti made a pact with the devil in order to gain independence from France, thus the earthquake (???). Such stupid, insensitive comments made by so-called Christians, Witnesses or otherwise! All people deserve help and support in case of disasters. Period. How can JWs be so blinded as to not see that?! In any kind of disaster, anywhere.
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Quick, easy way to get started helping Haiti
by SixofNine in...and it's looking like they're going to need a lot of help.. .
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/disaster_haiti.
for those interesting in helping immediately, simply text "haiti" to "90999" and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the red cross to help with relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill.. .
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JoJoJones
It is so sad about the nurse! I was wondering if it is unrealistic to have clothing drives for Haiti. I know that things were sent to Korea after the Korean War. Just a thought.
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NEW GENERATION DEFINED -- April 15, 2010 Watchtower
by Ultimate Reality infrom jw.org, here is the new definition of the generation from the april 15, 2010 watchtower.. .
article: holy spirits role in the outworking of jehovahs purpose.
13 third, holy spirit is at work in bringing bible.
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JoJoJones
I HOPE that people will start looking for the door!!
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Brother Ted, Theocratic Economics and Card Run-outs
by Duncan indear all,.
i nearly met up with brother ted f. the other day.
i say nearly, because i arrived round my mothers house just a few minutes after he left.
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JoJoJones
Duncan, your post is so well thought out and logical. About lions and even domestic cats. Without protein they would die! They cannot survive on strictly vegetarian and/or grain diets. I have five cats, and they thrive on protein - - that is, meat. The dry food I get them is expensive but so worthwhile! It is LOADED with chicken and salmon and has no grains in it. I don't see how cats could survive in a "new system or world" if they couldn't have meat for their source of protein. I hate to watch nature shows and see lions and tigers kill and devour animals, because I love all animals. So, I can't watch that stuff without changing the channel! Yet I know that it's a matter of survival for these lions, tigers, etc. to hunt and eat these animals. They are just doing what they have to do, need to do, to survive and to feed their young. Besides, they are magnificant and beautiful beings! Long may they live!! :-)
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The Gradual Change From Worshiping Jehovah To The Worship Of the Governing Body
by frankiespeakin ini first began my misadventures with jehovah's witnesses in 1972 as a youth(18 years old) and was baptised in that same year.
i was young inexperienced and they caught me at a low point when i was weak and looking for god to solve problems.
being raised as a catholic and going to all the religious indoctrination up to the point of confirmation, i guess you could say i was indoctrinated from birth to believe a certain way which left me vulnerable to the jw propaganda.. fast foreword to the time of my departure in 2001 february.. for a couple of years (late 90s) before i left i started noticing out right lies in the wt publications about their history and the luster that these magazines used to have started to fade rapidly also around that time i really began to notice the gobs and gobs of praise they were bestowing on the organization and the representative members of the so called faithful & discrete slave(gb).
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JoJoJones
Re: what Emptyinside said - - good comments. The WTBTS runs a good con game it sounds like! Yuck! Sickening! All the poor congregations and individuals who are scammed by this shameless cult - - it's so sad!
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To Ex-JWs: Do You Regret Learning it Was a Lie?
by leavingwt inthis question was inspired by a question on another thread.
to the ex-jw community here,.
do any of you regret learning that wt is not god's organization?
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JoJoJones
My only regret in not knowing the "truth" was actually a lie from the beginning. What a waste of years of my life.