As a kid I never knew where to start and stop underlining since you would just repeat everything you just read, so I would just highlight the entire paragraph.
Neon Bible
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Is the "Watchtower Study" = Question and answer a form of brainwashing??
by Witness 007 inon sundays study we were always told to keep answers brief and from the paragraph as some brothers would add "other meterial" to their comments.
the "correct" answer is right there in the paragraph.
read question --------find answer in paragraph------underline/highlight------read related {not] scripture-----raise hand---give answer from paragraph as though it's your own thought.
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Anyone been watching American Horror Story or Walking Dead?
by EntirelyPossible inanyone been watching that or the walking dead?
both shows, in my opinion, are outstanding.. thoughts, likes, dislikes?.
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Neon Bible
Good show and no more violent than My Book of Bible Stories.
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Do you believe in Miracles?
by Snoozy indo you believe in miracles?
i know a lot of strange healings and such occur but why should it happen to one person and not another?
makes me doubt that real miracles exist... praying for someone..why should one person be prayed for and survive and another one prays and doesn't survive..is god choosey?.
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Neon Bible
Words and music by Queen
Every drop of rain that falls in Sahara Desert says it all
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I don't believe there is a heaven...
by Snoozy ini don't believe there is a heaven that so many religions teach, do you?
it all sounds like a fairy tale made up to make dying easier or as a threat to make someone have a conscience... i got into a discussion about it with my jw converted to catholic daughter and she just couldn't believe anyone could feel like i do.
i am glad she threw away the jw teachings and glad she believes in something so wonderful but i for one just can't.
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Neon Bible
Farkel, I know exactly where you are coming from. Its is hard to take the Gospel on word alone as true and as an actual historical event without having hard evidence.
I don't see how books written by Jesus's closest followers or by someone he never met discounts it though. Would any writings make you think it was more than a myth or are you just looking for more scientific evidence such as artifacts, or other secular historical records for hard proof?
Snoozy, in Farkels defense…if you are talking about the History Channel, they tend to hype things up and sensationalize topics that don't always hold much weight. Specifically I am thinking of all the 2012 Myan/nostradamus predictions that are really distorted.
What I can not deny is the accuracy of Bible Prophesy. It is accurate 100% of the time, and that is astonishing. Unless you deny a true messiah was born, put to death and resurrected on the third day, 99%. And some of the prophecies are not even known until after they occur so they are not just self fulfilling.
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I don't believe there is a heaven...
by Snoozy ini don't believe there is a heaven that so many religions teach, do you?
it all sounds like a fairy tale made up to make dying easier or as a threat to make someone have a conscience... i got into a discussion about it with my jw converted to catholic daughter and she just couldn't believe anyone could feel like i do.
i am glad she threw away the jw teachings and glad she believes in something so wonderful but i for one just can't.
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Neon Bible
The ONLY ones who wrote about Jesus were his faithful and close followers who chose to write about "the son of GOD" at least 30 to 50 years after he died. Not one single Roman or any other non-Jew who were witnesses to his acts and "miracles" and who WERE literate wrote a single word which has been discovered wrote about him.
Actualy Paul was a Roman solider and he wrote 13 books.
John 4:48 "You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me."
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I don't believe there is a heaven...
by Snoozy ini don't believe there is a heaven that so many religions teach, do you?
it all sounds like a fairy tale made up to make dying easier or as a threat to make someone have a conscience... i got into a discussion about it with my jw converted to catholic daughter and she just couldn't believe anyone could feel like i do.
i am glad she threw away the jw teachings and glad she believes in something so wonderful but i for one just can't.
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Neon Bible
I know how you feel. I had to get away from the watchtower and was agnostic for 10 years to deprogram myself before I could look at everything with a clean slate. It's great to question such things and to use your own mind. I never drank the watchtower cool-aid thanks to that. The older I get the more I find myself not being surprised by just how strange this physical world is. Everything we know and can comprehend is formed in this physical dimension that we occupy and can relate to in such a short existence. Makes you wonder what's out there and why Humans have such a pre conceived component to comprehend the spiritual and such existential thoughts.
As Woody Allen once said, "I can't sleep at night, I just lie awake thinking about death and the abyss."
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Oct. 22nd Zone Meeting: Here's some facts and figures presented to ticketed-only audiences
by AndersonsInfo inif we weren't invited, this is the "bragging" information we missed last saturday, oct. 22, 2011, at the zone meeting with tie-in from patterson, ny .
59 locations tied-in plus spanish.
anticipating 258,000 attendance from tickets given out.
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Neon Bible
Got my hands on a golden ticket!
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Jehovah's Witness special meeting October 22,29 2011
by Neon Bible indoes anyone know what was confirmed to be discussed at the special invite meeting last saturday the 22nd and this evening the 29th?.
my mom received a golden ticket and i would like to tell her what will be discussed before she attends.
having any insider knowledge that is supposed to be only for privileged jw's would lend as a creditable source.. .
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Neon Bible
Does anyone know what was confirmed to be discussed at the special invite meeting last saturday the 22nd and this evening the 29th?
My Mom received a golden ticket and I would like to tell her what will be discussed before she attends. Having any insider knowledge that is supposed to be only for privileged JW's would lend as a creditable source.
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Bethel have just DENIED Jehovah's Witnesses shun ex members!!!
by Amelia Ashton ini can't believe it.
probably haven't been out long enough to know they lie like this.
now i just heard it with my own ears.
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Neon Bible
Thanks Lisa and compound.
FYI, On NPR with Neil Connan they discussed child abuse and reform in the catholic church and they read on the air some ones comment regarding the similar coverup in Jehovah's Witnesses .
Just thought I would share. It is at the 23 or 24 min mark.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126390884
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My Letter To the Watchtower
by AiAi inthis is an exact copy of my letter to the watchtower.
it never recieved a reply (i did not include 'attn writing committee' in the address however).
please keep in mind that when i wrote this i had just started my intensive research into their beliefs/history, and despite my agressive tone i really did expect a satisfactory answer.
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Neon Bible
Great letter! Covers a lot of ground, I doubt they read more then a paragraph or two before they put in the apostate bin. I would just keep sending it every couple weeks until you finally get an answer. Maybe a multiple shorter versions with one paragraph and one question. We should be flooding their mail rooms with letters of checks and balances. Someone has to read them and it increases their disposal costs. The letters that probably get the most attention are estate and will donations and pedophile or lawsuit letters that have to be addressed.
WT pg666?
