Posts by ScenicViewer

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Time for an Intervention

by NCO in

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come this july, i will have been out of the jw's for 20 years.

and it has been quite a long time since i've really spent any serious time studying up on jw news and doctrines although i do still read here occasionally.

but after today looks like i've got some work to do.. my first sergeant called me this morning asking for my help to fix his dad's truck as i'm an auto technician in my civilian job.

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Here are some reports on the Child Molestation issue from different news reporting agencies around the world.

Edit: I see that some of the Videos below have posted as embedded, but others are blue links that will ask you for a player when you click on them. Windows Media Player seems to work. Other players may too.

NBC News Dateline,

Fifth Estate, Canada

http://www.watchtowerdocuments.com/documents/2002_Fifth_Estate_Spiritual_Shepherds.wmv

From Australia,

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Does the WTS now teach that the people of Noah's day and the people of Sodom will be resurrected?

by garbonzo in

does the wts now teach that the people of noah's day and the people of sodom will be resurrected?.

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Breakfast of Champions said,

The answer to that question and many more like it will be found on page 17 of the January 2013 Public Edition of the Watchtower

The meaning of that just hit me. Very clever.

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Do People Hate You Too For Being Too Beautiful?

by minimus in

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friends

samantha brick has this problem.

i understand her pain..

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Mac Davis had some thoughts on this. Lord it's hard to be humble...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKEnVOuOOOE

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opinion needed quick!

by independenthinker in

hey guys, .

bringing my gf along tonight after been forced to invite her(shes worldly).

how will people treat her?

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NewChapter said,

They will LOVE her to death, and gossip in car groups later.

Bingo!

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opinion needed quick!

by independenthinker in

hey guys, .

bringing my gf along tonight after been forced to invite her(shes worldly).

how will people treat her?

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People will likely be very polite to her, and to you too. After all this is an occassion where they look for new people, and others they have not seen for a while, in hopes that they can start a study and bring them in.

Any negative talk will probably be behind your back.

Of course the elders might want to meet with you later for an explanation, and to give some counsel about being "unevenly yoked" with unbelievers.

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"Crisis of Conscience" and "In Search of Christian Freedom" in stock at Amazon.

by ScenicViewer in

- crisis of conscience (hardcover), $29.95 here.. - in search of christian freedom (hardcover), $29.95 here.. - in search of christian freedom (paperback), $29.95 here.. all sold by cynthia franz..

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Price seems a little high really...but great information.

The price was definitely lower before Ray Franz died; I seem to remember paying about $18 or $19 for CoC. After his death new copies became unavalable, which caused the price of used copies to go through the roof at $100 and higher.

Considering how scarce they have been the current price of $30 isn't that bad, and if it goes down more in the future as Randy suggests, even better.

Of note, $30 will get you a hard cover of either book.

The PDF download is available here for $7.95, http://www.commentarypress.com/Detail/eng_crisis_e.html, also sold by Cynthia Franz through the CommentaryPress site.

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Today, the Sudbury (Suffolk - UK) Congregation heard announced that "Rory Sullivan is no longer one of JWs"

by AndersonsInfo in

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http://www.acarpenterfromnazareth.com/2012/03/open-letter-to-body-of-elders.html#moresunday, march 25, 2012an open letter to the body of elders .

an open letter to the body of elders,.

sudbury (suffolk) congregation of jehovah's witnesses.

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The scripture he cited, John 16:2, that they "...will imagine [they have] rendered a sacred service to God" by making the announcement to remove him , is exactly what will be in the heads of the elders involved.

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How do you Spell Disfellowshipped?

by RayPublisher in

the reason i ask, is that if you search the wt publications, you will see that it is spelled with only one "p" over 600 times, but also spelled with two "p"s 600 times.. .

very confusing!

any linguistic experts out there that know which it should be?.

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Where's the often praised "worldwide unity"?

I guess there is no unity in the Society's Spelling Department.

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Kool-Aid Man, Is Your Army Ready For The Memorial? Where did you go?

by Bubblegum Apotheosis in

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kool-aid man, is your plan to protest the memorial still in play?

are you mia?.

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I hadn't noticed, but the last posts from Kool-Aid Man were one month ago.

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Mormons in decline because of the Internet

by slimboyfat in

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friends

interesting article.

i've often thought empirically mormons have an even harder sell than jws.

the watchtower merely falsifies the date of the fall of jerusalem.

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"Do people in suburban neighborhoods see Mormon missionaries..."

I live in a central California town of 50,000 and I see Mormon missionaries regularly. Saw two of them yesterday. They seem to be quite active here and in the neighboring towns in the area.