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  Fabius Maximus (or Why The Watchtower Will Lose)

  by metatron in

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  once upon a time, there was a military commander named fabius maximus (the name sounds silly, i know, like gluteous maximus).

  he faced a more powerful enemy he could not directly defeat - and so was born "the fabian strategy".. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fabius_maximus.

  it worked in the american revolution.. it worked in vietnam.

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  Yes, the ability to re-invent yourself, or carve out a niche for yourself, can preserve you, albeit in an altered form.
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  Blondie's Comments You Will Not Hear at the 04-15-2012 WT Study (COURAGEOUS)

  by blondie in

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  be courageous.

  we may think of a courageous.

  others displayed courage.

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  WERE YOU ONCE ASSOCIATED WITH JEHOVAH'S ORGANIZATION - WT 1/15/88, PAGES 22-23:

  Did You Disagree With a Teaching?

  It may be that you left Jehovah’s organization because you had a different understanding of some Scriptural point. Just as the Israelites rescued from Egypt quickly “forgot [God’s] works” on their behalf and “did not wait for his counsel,” you may hastily have concluded that since the organization did not espouse the viewpoint you considered correct, you would sever ties with it. (Psalm 106:13) Perhaps the point has since been clarified, either being changed or established by further Scriptural research under the direction of God’s spirit. Would it not have been better just to have stayed with the organization, waiting on Jehovah?

  Original thread.
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  Worldwide meeting times and locations now available on ''jw.org''

  by ThomasCovenant in

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  apologies if this has already been posted, but just noticed on jw.org that as well as a 'convention' search there is now a 'meetings' search.. my hometown congregation is there along with address and times and phone numbers.

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  http://www.jw.org/index.html?option=frnspnpbrtzgt .

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  Wow, that is weird. They are really going to start relying on the internet now.
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  Mr. Falcon's Caption Contest!!! ENTER NOW!

  by Mr. Falcon in

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  frosted flakes..... they're grrrrrreat!.

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  Ehp! Ehp! C'mon, you call yourself a cherub? Can't grab a simple, golden, apocalyptic bowl?

  OK, OK, here you go... Ehp! Can't touch this!
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  What will happen if I get married in a church?

  by Jude Knorr in

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  Knowsnothing

  Firefox, please.

  As others have said, if you are baptized, consider yourself DF.
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  Guys, Would you be afraid of her if a very hot lady tell you if you do not behave, she will bite you very hard?

  by Iamallcool in

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  No Room for George. He's been m.i.a. for a bit now.

  I think the crux of the matter is where she would bite.
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  are you storing treasure in heaven?

  by StopTheTears in

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  the bible tells us to lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.

  this is true wealth.

  so many people have departed from the christian faith because of love for money, whether it be paper money, gold and silver, real estate, et cetera.

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  If I stop making money, will Jesus hug me?
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  Better to reign in hell then serve in heaven

  by usualusername in

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  is there a tiny part of us who left the truth just because we were fed up of following rules?.

  i know the truth/troof is not all it is cracked up to be but i have been a little bit of a rebel all my life and so rebelled.. .

  did you leave partly to get more booze, sex, drugs and sex?

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  I did want a gf and sex, but not necessarily a crazy, debauch life either. You have to be smart about your life, not squander it. Excess is bad in most contexts.

  I am an intellectual rebel. I can't stomach their rationale. I want the freedom to say what I really think and feel. Not what they, the Bible, or anyone else tells me to say.
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  Are religionists and atheists on the same team?

  by Fernando in

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  do they both lead people away from god?.

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  I call for a change of uniform. Striped is so 1950's jail-wannabe.
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  Have you wondered "WHERE else could I go"?

  by Fernando in

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  the question has an inbuilt fatal flaw.

  it forces only one answer nowhere.. this question is also based on a false premise that we can be right with god if we find and follow the correct rules, doctrines, moral code and knowledge.

  this is in direct opposition to what paul teaches over and over on imputed righteousness (justification, being counted as righteous, as a free gift that cannot be earned, deserved or paid for).

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  Fernando, don't get me wrong, I like the "ideal" Christian morality. I just don't jive with things like "leave family, friends, etc. for me (Jesus)". That's why doctrines like DF exist, and advocating anything that painful and unnecessary, is just well.......

  Fernando, is your belief one of philosophy, or one of concretely believing in the divine Jesus?

  I don't mind which one you choose, but I certainly side philosophically with the good aspects/teachings of the Gospels.