Posts by Wilfried

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Does the Bible actually condemn Homosexuality for Chrisitans anywhere ?

by Phizzy in

i ask the question because i read a very persuasive article on-line that showed that the apostle paul was not referring to mere homosexual practice in his words in his letters, but to temple prostitution etc, so he was condemning idolatry, not being homosexual per se.. the basic usage of the word that some translations render as "homosexual" and the n.w.t, falling in to the etymology trap, renders "men who lie with men" means temple prostitute.

the account of sodom and gomorrah has been shown on here to be concerned with lack of hospitality being the sin, mistreatment of strangers etc, still a no- no in desert communities.

the whole story may well be a folk story or myth anyway, but it is interesting to see that the sexual acts themselves are not the main thrust (sorry) of yahweh's anger.. the law (leviticus?

Wilfried

If someone can read french, this book will reply to all your questions :

Témoin de Jéhovah homosexuel

(official french website : http://www.temoindejehovahhomosexuel.fr/)

This MUST-BE-READ book is available at Lulu : http://www.lulu.com/shop/adam-alesander/t%C3%A9moin-de-j%C3%A9hovah-homosexuel-volume-1-analyse/hardcover/product-20541154.html

This is the only existing book made for homosexual JW. Volume 2 is in preparation, and I don't know if this volume 1 will be one day available in english.

The english video presentation of the book is here :

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xub9oq_eng-jehovah-s-witness-homosexual-adam-alesander-s-book_webcam#.USEHpmfZd8E

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I'm looking for hard to find WT publications

by Lady Lee in

1879 songs of the bride-c.t.

russell1887 arp slip (arp tract)1889 no.

01-do the scriptures teach that eternal torment is the wages of sin?:-c.t.

Wilfried

To find old literature from WT both in french and english, you may have a look to this new astonishing french library website, called Watchtower Wayback, with 3D fx in thesidebar menu, really cool :

http://www.watchtowerwayback.org/

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Old Theology Quarterly's!

by Atlantis in

old theology quarterly's*there will be some duplicate files because one file might be in black and white, and its duplicate will be in color.

another duplicate might be a better scan than the other file.

you choose which you want to keep and which you want to discard.

Wilfried

Wow ...... Would it be possible to get new links for the collection please ?

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Were You Ever Comfortable Going From House To House?

by minimus in

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friends

because i was raised a witness, i don't think i was "uncomfortable" knocking on strangers' doors.

(weirdo).. but as i got older, i simply didn't want to bother anyone so i was at there door for no more than 30 seconds.

at the end i hated being there..

Wilfried

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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"Worldlies"

by Ding in

when you left the wts, how long did it take you to realize that most of the people around you are decent folks, not "worldlies" or "bad association"?.

how hard was it for you to accept this reality?.

it seems to me that even after realizing ttatt, it often takes a long time to realize the extent to which the organization's indoctrination still governs attitudes and thoughts....

Wilfried

minimum 2 years, but work always in progress.......

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Fanatical thinking: "I CAN"T WAIT TO BE PERSECUTED!!!"

by rip van winkle in

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recently.

a pioneer said to me: " i can't wait to be persecuted!!!".

that kind of thinking is absolutely fanatical.

Wilfried

Persecuted about what ????

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If solid proof were suddenly found that the Book of Enoch should be included in the standard Bible, would that pose a problem for the Jehovah's Witnesses in regards to Michael the Archangel as Jesus?

by I_love_Jeff in

if the book of enoch (elaborates and gives mention to 6 more archangels) suddenly became part of the bible due to solid evidence, how would this effect the shakey jw doctrine of michael the archangel as being jesus?

there are six other archangels mentioned in this book; could it be possible, if included in the jw bible, that one of the other archangels could be jesus?

would they excuse it somehow and simply stick with their implicit understanding of jesus=michael?.