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  The Two Creepy Commandments

  by Farkel in

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  there are a few bible verses i'm going to discuss that probably don't bother anyone but me.

  in fact, most people, including ex-dubs think they are wonderful verses.

  i think they are really, really creepy verses.

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  Walkin

  Farkel, This has been my thinking for years. How can you even make friends with someone you don't know? Don't you have to be introduced first and then it would take some time to get to know this person? How could you not even meet this person and someone else tells you that he commands you to love him upon pain of suffering?

  Those "Two Greatest Commandments" were not written or quoted from a loving personality. It was some translaters who thought of this and then want us to believe that Jesus made that statement concerning a God who nobody knows. That is why I don't believe that God inspired any of the things written in that book called "The Holy Bible". Its all the doing of controlling groups of men down through the ages.

  You are spot on ...on this one.

  I hope you feel better and keep your music going.

  Walkin
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  Circuit assembly tid bit

  by Iwonder17 in

  1. watchtower
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  another way of saying this would be...stop thinking and listen to us.

  this is something that i am having a really tough time with and have spoken to the elders about several times.

  it would seem to make sense that i would be able to get reasonable answers to some questions, and if not they could at least be honest and say "i don't know".

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  I wonder what he would of said to "Doubting Thomas?

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  How Many Here Were Turned Down For "Privileges" Because You Weren't "Exemplary"?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  our odd body of elders would not allow the one person who wanted to mow the lawn at the kingdom hall to do this because he was not getting 10 hours in a month, he was only getting in 7. seriously.. were you ever told you couldn't have a "privilege" because you didn't measure up to their lofty standards?.

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  When you are a parent, they use your children against you to hold you back from having privileges.

  I loved my children more than having privileges.

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  How Did You Discover JWD/JWN ?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i always read h2o, randy's site and anything that might stay current.

  i think it was h2o that said they were closing there but another site was opening and it was this one.. i'm curious how you got to find this place..

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  I spoke with Randy on the telephone about Freeminds and had a subscription to his letters.

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  What Ever Attracted You To The Witnesses In The First Place?

  by minimus in

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  i have an excuse, i was born in it.

  the thought of living forever and never dying was certainly a draw but when i realized it wasn't true, there wasn't much of an attraction anymore.. what attracted you as a witness?.

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  The "Blue Bomb" "The Truth That Leads To Eternal Life" pre- 1975.

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  Baptism numbers decreasing?

  by Mattieu in

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  2. friends

  the last 3 weekends have seen 3 circuit assemblies in victoria with over 1000 attending each circuit.

  yet only 10 baptised over the last 3 weeks, including 3 last weekend.

  i can remember a few years ago when only 1 bro was baptised at a 2 day convention.. its funny, when 10-20 were being baptised at each circuit assembly back in the 1980s & early 90s it was always brought out that this was a sign of jehovahs blessing upon the org.

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  Figures don't lie, but lies figures.

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  number of anointed

  by ssn587 in

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  has anyone seen the supposed number of the anointed from the memorial this year.

  if not why aren't they putting this number out there, is it because the # has increased once again???

  ?.

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  The 1935 closed door is now open.

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  The Eternal Value of Privacy

  by Elsewhere in

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  http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2006/05/70886.

  the eternal value of privacy.

  bruce schneier 05.18.06. the most common retort against privacy advocates -- by those in favor of id checks, cameras, databases, data mining and other wholesale surveillance measures -- is this line: "if you aren't doing anything wrong, what do you have to hide?".

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  Excellant piece of informatiom. Thanks for that one Elsewhere.

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  Many JWs Have A Smug Punky Attitude...What About ExJWs?

  by minimus in

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  many witnesses that i know have this attitude of superiority and "i'm smarter and better" than you.

  are ex witnesses that much different?.

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  My attitude is this, I know what I know and that is that I know that the more I know, I know that I don't know.

  Wrap your tonque around that one Minimus.

  Walkin
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  Bible really word of God (Cont.)...

  by AGuest in

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  2. friends

  first of all, thank you all for responding and, again, may you have peace!.

  you've indicated that your words when you tell us what jesus told you are the infallible word of god.. .

  you misquote me, dear six (peace to you!).

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  I bid you peace AGUEST. I meant no wrong to you. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and conversations with me. I have read most of your topics and responses. Iam truly happy for you and what you have found in your relationship with Jesus.

  I have not yet found this, until then, peace be with you.

  Walkin