If Jesus knew it meant our everlasting life to put faith in this stuff, he could have been a hell of a lot clearer about it. There should be no room for interpretation with something that serious.
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In the LAST DAYS (mockers, scoffers) ridiculers will come saying:
by Terry in(2 peter 3:1-13) ... niv....."in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.they will say, where is this coming he promised?
ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.
waaaaay back when these words were written an embarassing awareness of delay was in the air among christians.. shortly after jesus was executed the story was circulated that he arose from the dead and was witnessed by a great many people.. but, jesus (it was said) went up to his father in heaven and would soon return.. time passed.. more time passed.. ....and still more time passed without jesus coming back.. the idea that deliverance was "near" began to make believers squirm with discomfort.. instead of standing around waiting, enduring persecution and praying constantly for reward....a new task emerged for christians to take.
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Bart Ehrman: "Biblical Scholarship and the Right to Know"
by leavingwt inthis entire article by dr. ehrman is worth a read.
here are a few selections from it.
im not opposed to religion and i dont think that all religion is oppressivefar from it.
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Leo
I have been reading one of Ehrman's books and was just thinking this morning that I should look at an opposing viewpoint just be sure I wasn't developing a biased attitude about the subject. Unfortunately, I am still rather ignorant of Biblical Scholarship, but it's amazing how much more you can learn from reading the book of one scholar, than you would ever learn from reading 100 of The Society's publications.
Thanks!
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Paradise = Candy Mountain
by dontplaceliterature inthis video made me laugh...a loose metaphor for the watchtower cult experience...."shun the non-believer!"....
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5im0ssyyus.
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This video made me laugh...a loose metaphor for The Watchtower Cult experience...."Shun the non-believer!"...
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STEVE HASSAN coming to Cult Free Radio on November 19
by Mad Sweeney inyou read that right.
just finished talking to steve a half hour ago.. november 19 at 10pm est, steve hassan's interview will air on cult free radio on ustream.
i will also have a co-host that evening to discuss bite mind control and steve's interview.. https://www.facebook.com/cultfreeradio.
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I hate that it starts so late. The JW's are trying to find way to discredit him now... I wonder if he'll say anything. I sent him the link yesterday. It's too late, I'll have to hear the recording.
Details? What are you referring to, Phigment2?
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STEVE HASSAN coming to Cult Free Radio on November 19
by Mad Sweeney inyou read that right.
just finished talking to steve a half hour ago.. november 19 at 10pm est, steve hassan's interview will air on cult free radio on ustream.
i will also have a co-host that evening to discuss bite mind control and steve's interview.. https://www.facebook.com/cultfreeradio.
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The program has been wonderful so far!!!
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Regarding Compent Use Of The Bible In Field Service. JWs or XJWs Only Please.
by AvocadoJake indear brothers and sisters, i watched a disturbing video on youtube of this born-againer beating the hell out of some old timers in utah( i think.
) and his conduct was hideous, not christlike one bit.
the question i pose to you is this, how many jws were you truly impressed by their use of the bible?
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Most Jehovah's Witnesses just want to get away from the door as fast as possible. Taking the time to educate someone with Scripture counters that goal. In my experience, they'd rather get magazines into the hands of the house-holder, and get back in the car before they can be turned down. This way, they can relate about what an awesome experience they had in Service, and can pretend "this person is really interested in The Truth!" Then, unfortunately for them, they never 'catch' the person home again.
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Regarding Compent Use Of The Bible In Field Service. JWs or XJWs Only Please.
by AvocadoJake indear brothers and sisters, i watched a disturbing video on youtube of this born-againer beating the hell out of some old timers in utah( i think.
) and his conduct was hideous, not christlike one bit.
the question i pose to you is this, how many jws were you truly impressed by their use of the bible?
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...and to be fair, this was always a pet peeve of mine before I was woken up. I would venture to say that the vast majority of Jehovah's Witnesses have never even read The Bible from cover-to-cover, or even The New Testament, let alone be 'skilled' at using it to convince anyone of anything.
Most Jehovah's Witnesses just learn enough about The Bible to defend the doctrine specific to the group, rather than learning the Scriptures intimately.
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Regarding Compent Use Of The Bible In Field Service. JWs or XJWs Only Please.
by AvocadoJake indear brothers and sisters, i watched a disturbing video on youtube of this born-againer beating the hell out of some old timers in utah( i think.
) and his conduct was hideous, not christlike one bit.
the question i pose to you is this, how many jws were you truly impressed by their use of the bible?
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Are you sure The Bible is "The Word of God"?
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JW Survey Idea
by dontplaceliterature ini was thinking on my way home from work today how it would be possible to distribute a link for cedars' survey without putting myself in a position to be "outed" as an apostate.
i wonder if anyone in this community has the tech-skills to spam jehovah's witness e-mail addresses with a link to it.
i'm not sure if this is ethically sound, but i don't see why it wouldn't work.
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I have sincere doubts about the possibility for this to spread to anyone who is the typical active Jehovah's Witness (and those are the only people the Governing Body is interested in).
Even as a "Conscious Class" member, there is no way in hell I would tell a soul in my congregation about that survey, even though I would like to. The risk of being connected to "apostates" is too great.
I hope it finds its way, but I remain skeptical that it will - not without some sort of neutral or anonymous distribution.
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Worldly Kids at a Bus Stop - I see why JWs home school!
by skeeter1 inthis morning as i was driving back home from putting rug rat #2 in pre-school, i saw one middle-school boy throw another kid into some thorny bushes at our local bus stop.
the kid sailed through the air and landed face down.
i stopped to see what had gone down.
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It was like that when I was in Junior High and High School just 15+ years ago. I went to a small rural school. I can't imagine things have gotten any better. However, kids behaved the worst on the bus. The bus drivers don't make a ton of money and never seemed to want to put the effort into maintaining order - so they got walked on. Most of the kids that got expelled/suspended had gotten into some altercation on the bus or at the bus stop, not at school. Things were totally different during class, and between classes.