Posts by Cicatrix

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A Question for Leolaia
by Cicatrix in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hi leolaia, .

i've really enjoyed reading your posts over the past couple of months.

i was wondering if you've ever come across information on the copper colored serpent that moses instructed the israelites to look at.
Cicatrix

Hi Leolaia,
I'm so happy to hear that you're working on it for your next post! I'll check in from time to time to see if it's up. You answered one question already:)
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A Question for Leolaia
by Cicatrix in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hi leolaia, .

i've really enjoyed reading your posts over the past couple of months.

i was wondering if you've ever come across information on the copper colored serpent that moses instructed the israelites to look at.
Cicatrix

"The Greeks inherited this iconography and honored their god Asciepius (Roman Aesculapius) with the same serpent/serpents upon a pole. This is our present symbol for the healing power of our medical professsion."

Thanks, Peacefulpete
I thought their might be a connection between the two.
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The memorial was tonight.... but I didn't go.
by English Patient in
1. jw
2. friends
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i decided to stay in, and sign up here instead.

wise move?
Cicatrix

Welcome English Patient!
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Non Jw Dating a JW
by propel in
1. social
2. relationships
i'm a non jw currently seeing a jw.

i am not totaly clear about the rules about jw's in dating.

could someone explain this to me and does it vary from family to family at all?
Cicatrix

You might want to ask your friend to show you what the Watchtower magazines say about marrying "unbelievers", and what happens to unbeliving spouses at Armageddon.

Good Luck
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A Question for Leolaia
by Cicatrix in
1. watchtower
2. bible
hi leolaia, .

i've really enjoyed reading your posts over the past couple of months.

i was wondering if you've ever come across information on the copper colored serpent that moses instructed the israelites to look at.
Cicatrix

Hi Leolaia,
I've really enjoyed reading your posts over the past couple of months.

I was wondering if you've ever come across information on the copper colored serpent that Moses instructed the Israelites to look at. This incident is such a curiosity to me.

Thank You,
Cicatrix
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Do the WT authors consider the early church fathers to have been apostates?
by True North in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
do the wt authors consider the early church fathers to have been apostates?

i seem to have a vague recollection that they do.

however, they don't seem to have a problem reading and selectively quoting or citing from their writings which would then be the writings of apostates.
Cicatrix

Members of what they term "Christendom" are often said to have "partial" knowledge. They pick and choose from the clergy whose qotes support their own aryanist views, whilst they soundly trash Christendom as spritual harlots.

Interestingly, by their current definition of apostate, Charles Taze Russell should be considered apostate by them, as he was definitely AGAINST the organization of religion, and those getting baptised must pledge their allegience to "Jehovah and his visible organisation" to get saved these days.
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Democrat or Republican?
by spiritwalker in
1. social
2. current
when i left the witnesses, i decided it was time to vote.

so i registered republican and went to voting all republican and conservative.

i figured, they might not be perfect, but unlike the democrats that i have seen.
Cicatrix

I'm a centrist Independent who is very concerned about the position of the Bush administration.

I am really concerned about any president who urges Congress to ammend the Constitution to take away the rights of any citizen.

Also, I stumbled across the Project for the New American Century site. The Project is a think tank that includes among its membership Jeb Bush, Rumsfeld, and Cheney. Here are some quotes from their mission statement:

"? we need to strengthen our ties to democratic allies and to challenge regimes hostile to our interests and values;

? we need to accept responsibility for America's unique role in preserving and extending an international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and our principles."

I have a real problem with the "challenge regimes hostile to our interests and values"

And "preserving and EXTENDING an international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and OUR principles (emphasis mine)"

This was written June 3, 1997, by the way. IMO, this strengthens the arguement that President Bush was looking for a reason to invade Iraq.
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Finding serenity after leaving the JWs
by NaruNaruChan in
1. jw
2. experiences
tonight was such an interesting and profound night for me.

i went to class... well, specifically a class that i enjoy a great deal... with a professor who has inspired me since i began college...

so i'm sitting there, listening to him lecture, watching him walk back and forth across the stage with this huge projection of the u.s. territories in the background... and for the first time in what seems like ages, my soul spoke to me.
Cicatrix

{{{Naru}}}
Thanks for sharing
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Please!! Who is there to teach me the ways of Christ Jesus?
by Celtic in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
please!!!!!!!!!!!!

cos i'd really like to know more than anything else!!.

please.. please.. please..
Cicatrix

"Farkel. trust me to use a wrong spelling, But then I am magical ( wink,wink)"

Mouthy, I just had to do it-I had to look up your word.

Illusion: b 1)Perception of something objectively existing in such a way as to cause misinterpretation of its actual nature

You ARE magic!! ;) You summed up the whole thread in one word!
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My Story... please don't freak out on me...
by Big Shooter in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my story .

well, i am new here, and i have a very long story.

i don?t even know where to begin.
Cicatrix

Welcome, Big Shooter!

Thank you for sharing your story. It took a lot of courage for you to write that. When I first came here, I was hurting and terrified, too. I lurked for awhile before I got up the courage to post anything. In the meantime, I read a lot of the posts, and learned a lot.

There are many folks here who know how you feel!

I hope you and your family find the peace that you are looking for.

Regards,
Cicatrix