Posts by Curtains

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Does God speak to you? HOW?

by Quentin in

an answer to this question is subjective to the individual an a posteriori experiene.

however, can there be an a priori experence, one that is objective, outside the bounds of personel experiene, or does it remain subjective?

god speaks to me, through many venus, except audible.

Does God speak to you? HOW?

by Quentin in

an answer to this question is subjective to the individual an a posteriori experiene.

however, can there be an a priori experence, one that is objective, outside the bounds of personel experiene, or does it remain subjective?

god speaks to me, through many venus, except audible.

Curtains

excuse me while I have my laugh of the day

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Watch Tower Society Facing Criminal Charges and Indictment in Australia

by AndersonsInfo in

andersonsinfo is reporting the following news about the "criminal charges and indictment of the watch tower society in australia" by taking some extracts from different parts of jehovah's witness, steven unthank's blog site, http://www.jwnews.net.

please go to the blog to understand the "indictment" and for detailed reading there is much more information found in a:.

pdf version of the 664 page document "the submission 2011" being the:.

Curtains

Hi steven

you need to address "child related work" and how Jehovahs witnesses have instituted formal arrangements for their minsters to engage in child related work. The fact that all jehovahs witnesses are defined as ministers clouds this issue and can work against you. It is perhaps more important to focus on the heiarchical arrangment that JWs have in place - ie that elders, overseers and ministerial servants fulfill the definition of how the term "Minister" is perceived in other religions.

And then I think it is important to define how the WTS has formal arrangements in place in which ministers are required to come into contact with children. Imo the door to door work is a formal arrangment instituted by the WTS. This is not something that a witness engages in informally and privately. The door to door work is a formal requirement of all baptized members including children and teenagers. There are strict rules that the door to door activity be done in two's so you have an adult working with a child very often. If parents are sick or unable to go out in the ministry their baptized children are expected to go out on their own and work with another adult. Baptized male teens formally lead groups in the ministry.

perhaps you have already worked out a definition of WTS formal arrangements for the ministry so I apologise if I am going over stuff you have already resolved.

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Why God keeps silent to somebody even after intensive cry?

by dattaswami1 in

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Curtains

ohio, I am truly sorry for your loss

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Why God keeps silent to somebody even after intensive cry?

by dattaswami1 in

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Curtains

I think that's why people who pray believe that God is involved because they feel better afterwards.

Just a thought.

excellent point nomadsoul. I guess this would then be the opposite of cause and/to effect.

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Why God keeps silent to somebody even after intensive cry?

by dattaswami1 in

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Curtains

ohiocowboy I am so sorry you are going through this. Something that really stuck in my mind and heart when I was confronted with a family death was the idea that God suffers with us and he is silently seeking answers with us. I am an atheist now but still embrace and retain some of the philosophical points that were made by religion.

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Does God speak to you? HOW?

by Quentin in

an answer to this question is subjective to the individual an a posteriori experiene.

however, can there be an a priori experence, one that is objective, outside the bounds of personel experiene, or does it remain subjective?

god speaks to me, through many venus, except audible.

Curtains

nice pie chart nickolas - but I'd also like to see a slot for things we don't realize we do know - and perhaps God fits into this space

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DISCUSSION board.......or.....COMMENT board?

by Terry in

jw
friends

the following is only my own personal analysis.. take it or leave it.

but, by all means jump in and have a say.. .

i think more and more we are losing our grasp on a wonderful venue at jw-net.. as a discussion board, i mean.. at one time, there were a great many wonderful and interesting discussions by a variety of persons with varied backgrounds having a good.

Curtains

My starting point with any discussion is to view all facts as opinions (because of my wt background). Next I ask what is the opinion excluding and what is it including? What is it saying nothing about? These three questions are very important to me because I like to see what the minority/excluded position is. MY replies are then based on this. its wacky but from my heart and I expect to (and always do) learn something from the replies

emotional content is a very important and real part of opinions.

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Who's old enough to remember Queen for a Day?

by Nickolas in

jw
friends

when i was a kid back in the late 50's / early 60's (yes, i am very old, now let's move on) there was a television program that capitalised on the lives of miserable women.

it was my mom's favourie.

each day monday to friday there would be four women on the show, each with a sad story to tell.

Curtains

patrick McGoohan in the prisoner and dangerman

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Watch Tower Society Facing Criminal Charges and Indictment in Australia

by AndersonsInfo in

andersonsinfo is reporting the following news about the "criminal charges and indictment of the watch tower society in australia" by taking some extracts from different parts of jehovah's witness, steven unthank's blog site, http://www.jwnews.net.

please go to the blog to understand the "indictment" and for detailed reading there is much more information found in a:.

pdf version of the 664 page document "the submission 2011" being the:.

Curtains

james-woods I agree and this is what our laws are currently seeking to address.