i am a 20 year old baptized wittness who for the past year has been trying to do some serious reserach on all the things i have been made to believe in the wt society.it only makes sense that my research should not only include those in the wt publications and so therefore i need some help:
1. what is everyone's thoughts on society not allowing brothers to wear beards?
i read somewhere that russel(society's first prez) had a beard and the second pres( russel) wanted to completely dissassosiate anything having to do with russel and so therefore outlawed against them.
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I mean, come on. Twenty years old, American, and they can't correctly spell their own religion? And don't know if Russell had a beard? His picture is not hard to find.
U hav no klu aboot the kwality edukashun we git in the u.s.
LABD, of the don't hate me because I'm sarcastic, class
jws say, "the apostates are miserable!!
".....do you feel miserable?
(i don't).
Happiness is an emotion.
I am more joyful since breaking the WTS chains on my life.
LABD, of the joyful aposto-hunk, class
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fyi - stumbled over this website.
http://www.savardsoftware.com/servicerecord/theocratic ministry school softwarecongregation publisher filetheocratic ministry school schedulingtheocratic research utilitiespalm service recordcongregation desktop organizer .
My question is this:
If the J-Dubs are not allowed on the internet, then why are these, obviously J-Dub owned businesses, advertising on the net?
Could it be the WT$ turning a blind eye to the All-mighty $?
LABD
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is there a connection between the society and nation of islam?.
david.
Yes, the are religions of exclusion.
NOI preaches racial exclusion.
WTS preaches religious exclusion.
LABD, who preaches an inclusive message
i think that's his name - you know the kid from that show growing pains?
i knew he was in the left behind movie and i think maybe another apocalyptic one, but then i saw him on some evangelical show talking about how to 'witness' to people, spouting a simplistic 'technique' of showing how people are sinners against the 10 commandments and then telling them you can be saved.. one thing that stands out is i could swear his acting in gp was more convincing than this spaced out kinda look he had in this show.
you know the look i'm talking about?
wednesday, I see that you either read and didn't understand my post, read and ignored my post, or have your mind made up despite another viable and orthodox alternative being made known to you.
Besides , if you have an issue with the exisistence of hell, then I think you should take it up with Jesus. He spoke more on hell than any other person in the NT. Though I'm sure that you will deny that Jesus said anything about this topic, due to your reading of The Jesus Seminar.
LABD
i think that's his name - you know the kid from that show growing pains?
i knew he was in the left behind movie and i think maybe another apocalyptic one, but then i saw him on some evangelical show talking about how to 'witness' to people, spouting a simplistic 'technique' of showing how people are sinners against the 10 commandments and then telling them you can be saved.. one thing that stands out is i could swear his acting in gp was more convincing than this spaced out kinda look he had in this show.
you know the look i'm talking about?
Elsewhere,
Ray COmfort, the fellow with Kirk Cameron, does his type of open air preaching in Santa Monica on the 3rd St. Promenade.
I have never seen him nor any of the people trained by him act in "Pentecostal" fashion. In fact, I much prefer his style to the style used by the church I attend.
Comfort uses skits, and illustrated sermons, similar to the methods of Jesus in the NT.
LABD
there's some stuff i found in the publications that i found completely rediculous regarding music:.
g78 5/8 pp.
16-20a recording artist finds something far better.
After having personally met many rock stars during my late teens (my cousin is connected in the music industry), I came to look at the WT & BS society as a group of nimrods that followed the lead of Tipper Gore and Susan Baker. You remember Tipper, don't you? She is the wife of the former vice-president, and co-founder of the PMRC back in the mid 80's. Susan Baker was husband of former Senator and Reagan chief-of-staff, Howard Baker.
All I did was laugh when I read that drivel. I had all if not most of the albums mentioned, by the WT BS Society. I proudly displayed them.
LABD
i am getting news from jws who have attended the district convention that the drama (which is pre-recorded and played to lip-syncing actors) has a demon-possessed woman with a ?demonic voice?.
can anyone confirm this?
it is said to be pretty creepy sound effect and many jws are uncomfortable when they hear it.
Does the demoniac spider walk down the stairs, and then urinate in front of the house guests also?
LABD
so have you seen the film yet?
what was your impression of it?
here was mine: .
I had promised myself that if I had absolutely nothing else to do with my time I would see Faren-lite 911.
Well, last weekend I had absolutely nothing better to do, and I still didn't go and see it.
I feel so useless as a person now. I fear that I never will see it, because my movie viewing time is going to be sucked up by I, Robot, The Village, the movie about the couple left in the middle of the ocean after their excursion boat abandoned them (I foreget the title), Aliens v. Predators.
LABD
is there anywhere i can get just the facts about current issues and where both presidential candidates stand on each?.
it seems like everywhere i look there is someone or something trying to sway me one way or the other.
my husband is a head strong republican while others i know are active democrats.
This is the hardest thing to find. Despite what any member of the press will say, their reporting is slanted one way or another.
The best thing to do, especially with Senator Kerry or Senator Edwards, is look at their voting records. If the way they vote reflects your core values and beliefs, then by all means vote for them. If they do not reflect said values and beliefs, then you need to look at other places.
Personally, I don't look at what they promise, I look at what they've done. Reading politicians is a lot like reading a racing forum. There maybe a lot of facts to digest, but one way or another your own personal biases, values or belief system is going to slant you on way or another.
LABD
