Topics Started by iamwhoiam

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Background Checks????
by iamwhoiam in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i was talking to an elder friend of mine.

he says they got a letter in that makes it more strict for a brother to reach out as an ms. if there was ever a letter written on the prospected brother regarding past wrongdoing, he is now practically turned down without question by the circuit overseer.

elder friend said society may even impliment background checks on anyone reaching out.
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Life changing books?
by iamwhoiam in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
what are some books you may have read that have changed your life?.

two of mine are: .

1. tao te ching version by steven mitchell.
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You ever go through extended moments where nothing satisfies you, to the point you wouldn't mind dying?
by miseryloveselders in
1. jw
2. friends
don't get me wrong, this isn't a call for help or anything like that.

i'm not about to do anything stupid, just feeling a little down and exhausted tonight.

i feel defeated, even though i don't feel as if i'm battling anything.
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Why do the JWs have such an aversion to philosophy?
by Darth Eowyn in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i mean, they seem to avoid it like the plague.

i know people will say that they only need the bible to guide them in life...etc...but i contend that you cannot simply read the bible by yourself; at least without knowing where the philosophical principles contained within the bible come from.

is this aversion of confusing philosophy with faith way over the head of most jws?
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Please explain the deal with Smurfs
by not bitter in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i keep reading comments about smurfs but i don't understand.

please can someone explain..
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WTBS questions education? Hmm...I wonder
by iamwhoiam in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
here is a great (very realistic) quote.... in 1914, john alexander smith, professor of moral philosophy at oxford, addressed the first session of his two-year lecture course as follows: gentlemen, you are now about to embark on a course of studies that (will) form a noble adventure...let me make this clear to you...nothing that you will learn in the course of your studies will be of the slightest possible use to you in after life save only this that if you work hard and intelligently, you should be able to detect when a man is talking rot, and that, in my view, is the main, if not the sole purpose of education.. so, is the wbts afraid of people becoming educated?.
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Favorite quote from 2011 School for Ministerial Servants
by iamwhoiam in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
"let's see a show of hands of those who know that the end is very close (everyone raises thier hands while looking around at each other).

excellent!...we know this because we have a whole-hearted faith in the faithful and discreet slave don't we?".

no explanation needed .
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What Are Some Stupid Things JW's Ban
by Pig in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i wanted to make a dramatic video to remind jw's to be faithful in what is least.. i need as many things as possible, each will only get a few seconds each but it will speed up until the things arent visable to the naked eye and it will end with a spining grinning satan head.

huh, i know it's nuts but trust me it wil work.. these are the types of things i'm looking for.

april fools day.
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What made this so controversial?
by iamwhoiam in
1. watchtower
2. bible
what was so controversial about this that it was left out of more than one manuscript?.

this is taken from john 8:1-11 of the nwt.

* manuscripts ?bsys omit verses 53 to chapter 8, verse 11, which read (with some variations in the various greek texts and versions) as follows:.
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Did Paul write Luke?
by iamwhoiam in
1. watchtower
2. bible
luke 1:1-4 (nwt).

1whereas many have undertaken to compile a statement of the facts that are given full credence among us,2just as those who from [the] beginning became eyewitnesses and attendants of the message delivered these to us,3i resolved also, because i have traced all things from the start with accuracy, to write them in logical order to you, most excellent theoph ilus,4that you may know fully the certainty of the things that you have been taught orally.. act 1:1,2 (nwt).

1the first account, o theoph ilus, i composed about all the things jesus started both to do and to teach,2until the day that he was taken up, after he had given commandment through holy spirit to the apostles whom he chose.. just curious.