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  In general, the people on this forum have a poor outlook spiritually speaking.

  by Stand for Pure Worship in

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  so i waz reading the august 15 wt study article, elisha saw fiery chariots, do you?

  and it made me think about this forum.

  if you remember, syria was hunting god's prophet, elisha.

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  erbie

  Flesh and blood cannot inherit Gods Kingdom (Christ's words not mine).

  That is a spritual outlook.

  I'm not sure that you have really thought this through or that you understand what it means to have a spiritual 'outlook'.

  Building new assembly halls, holding huge conventions and congratulating yourselves on how well you have all achieved what you have been told that you have achieved does not, as you presume, place you on a level with Jehovah's followers of old.

  None of you really have a clear idea of what it is that the WT 'achieves' but you are told that it achieves great things so you accept that it must be so.

  I'd give it some thought if I were you.

  Unless, of course, you really do have an aversion to living in the real world.
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  Marriage In The New World

  by Cold Steel in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  okay, here's the issue.

  some people, even some jws, believe that in the new world they will be reunited with their spouses.

  jesus, however, said that in the resurrection there would be no marriage or giving in marriage.

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  erbie

  I honestly think that living in a paradise would be so wonderful and complete that you would no way, not in a million years, ever want to marry anyway. I also think that from God's perspective marriage only serves the pupose of populating the earth and once that is accomplished the tap would be turned off so to speak.

  This is not necessarily what erbie believes but it is what he believes the Bible hints at.
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  Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

  by compound complex in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adjijphj8co.

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  Agreed, these guys are great.

  I turned down an invitation to join a choir but now I'm thinking that maybe I should have accepted.

  We could have sung this one!
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  Do you recall your first encounter with a atheist? What was your thought?

  by jam in

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  growing up in the south everyone i knew believed in god, even the.

  town drunk.

  i remember watching some special tv program around xmas .

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  erbie

  Hurry up and shut the door so I can move on to the next one!
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  Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

  by compound complex in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adjijphj8co.

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  erbie

  Well, the JW's do need to realize that the name Jehovah does not belong to them nor are they the only ones to use it.

  They won't like this will they.

  Go Men Aloud!
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  Catholic view of WT's contradictory doctrines.

  by tornapart in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  well put together article from http://www.catholic.com/magazine/articles/does-the-watch-tower-society-speak-for-god.

  contradictory doctrines.

  the jehovahs witnesses have a doctrine known as the "increase of light.

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  erbie

  Great article, thanks.
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  New Urban Legend: Catholic Church to be 'disbanded'

  by erbie in

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  2. beliefs

  the thread about urban legends got me thinking and i remembered this one which i was told quite recently which definitely deserves its own place.. a few weeks back i was told by an elder that the 'brothers' are saying that the catholic church is to be disbanded with immediate effect by the un because of child abuse coverups which apparently disqualifies it as a 'charitable organization'.. (no siggering!).

  he also claimed that it was headline news.. this is of course mad wishful thinking on their part and i was staggered to think that anyone could believe such nonsense but would be very interested to hear if anyone else has heard this.. forgive me if this has already done the rounds but it was news to me..

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  Thanks Brinjen, very interesting article.

  Just like chinese whispers I guess.
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  New Urban Legend: Catholic Church to be 'disbanded'

  by erbie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the thread about urban legends got me thinking and i remembered this one which i was told quite recently which definitely deserves its own place.. a few weeks back i was told by an elder that the 'brothers' are saying that the catholic church is to be disbanded with immediate effect by the un because of child abuse coverups which apparently disqualifies it as a 'charitable organization'.. (no siggering!).

  he also claimed that it was headline news.. this is of course mad wishful thinking on their part and i was staggered to think that anyone could believe such nonsense but would be very interested to hear if anyone else has heard this.. forgive me if this has already done the rounds but it was news to me..

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  erbie

  The thread about urban legends got me thinking and I remembered this one which I was told quite recently which definitely deserves its own place.

  A few weeks back I was told by an elder that the 'brothers' are saying that the Catholic Church is to be disbanded with immediate effect by the UN because of child abuse coverups which apparently disqualifies it as a 'charitable organization'.

  (no siggering!)

  He also claimed that it was headline news.

  This is of course mad wishful thinking on their part and I was staggered to think that anyone could believe such nonsense but would be very interested to hear if anyone else has heard this.

  Forgive me if this has already done the rounds but it was news to me.
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  Favorite JW URBAN LEGEND?

  by Separation of Powers in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the story of why the new bible has a grey cover (silver sword) moved me to ask you all what your favorite jw urban legend is?.

  one of my favorite jw urban legends.

  a sister is out in service alone.

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  erbie

  Oh, and did anyone else in the UK hear about David Jason getting baptized at Plymouth the other year?

  Apparently not the actor David Jason but I had a hard job convincing active JW's that that was the case.

  They just WANTED to believe.
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  Favorite JW URBAN LEGEND?

  by Separation of Powers in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the story of why the new bible has a grey cover (silver sword) moved me to ask you all what your favorite jw urban legend is?.

  one of my favorite jw urban legends.

  a sister is out in service alone.

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  erbie

  Yes, I've heard the river bank tale

  Also the one about some government guy spying on witnesses at a convention and got struck by lightening or something.

  They all begin somewhere and I'm certain there must be a WT machine churning all this stuff out.

  It gets crazier!

  I think they must have sent someone on the writing department on a creative writing course...