Topics Started by cappytan

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New Avatar - Korah
by cappytan in
1. social
2. humour
i decided to update my avatar.. since the society says that disagreeing or speaking against the governing body is like korah challenging moses, i decided korah would be a fitting avatar!.

what do you think?.

by the way, if you didn't realize this was korah or don't know where this came from, it's from one of the new "comic book" bible stories..
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Banned from jw-archive.org?
by cappytan in
1. jw
2. friends
who all is banned from jw-archive.org?.

count me in.. here's what got me banned: .

"unsubstantiated posts like this one are precisely why brothers give me strange looks when i mention something i saw on this website.
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Elders in Spain Steal Millions from Congregation
by cappytan in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
these men are appointed by holy spirit,.

here is the source: http://www.economiadigital.es/es/notices/2015/01/la-fiscalia-imputa-una-estafa-de-mas-de-170-millones-de-euros-a-una-congregacion-de-testigos-de-jeho-65161.php.

basically, if you don't know spanish, it boils down to this: (my personal editorial of what i've read).
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At the meeting ... Ugh
by cappytan in
1. jw
2. friends
at least i have this forum.

is there a shorthand for referring to this website?

saying jehovahs-witness.com seems like a long winded way..
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1 Timothy 5:8 - Providing for one's household....materially or spiritually?
by cappytan in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the searcher brought this scripture up on another thread:.

(1 timothy 5:8) "certainly if anyone does not provide for those who are his own, and especially for those who are members of his household, he has disowned the faith and is worse than a person without faith.

" [disowned jehovah].
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LDS version of Simon?
by cappytan in
1. jw
2. friends
mormon leaders have moved to excommunicate the prominent founder of an online forum for questioning mormons, charging him with apostasy for publicly supporting same-sex marriage and the ordination of women, and for challenging church teaching.. .

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/us/john-dehlin-mormon-critic-facing-excommunication.html?_r=0&referrer=
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Waking someone up using WT Article on "Doubts"?
by cappytan in
1. watchtower
2. bible
has anyone had success in using this article to convince their family member or spouse that critical research of what the society presents is important to build faith?.

this article has this passage that jumped out at me:.

of course, not all doubt is bad.
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A Mind at War
by cappytan in
1. jw
2. experiences
right now, i feel like my mind is at war with itself.. on the one side is reason, logic.. on the other is tradition, hope and fear.. reason and logic are challenging life-long beliefs.

they are telling me, "is this any more believable than the story of the lord of the rings?".

certain doctrines of my belief system are crumbling.. my mind still wants to hold on to the belief in a creator, his son jesus and the bible.
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Bootstrap?
by cappytan in
1. forum
2. announcements
being a web developer, i can't help but notice the similarities between the forum ui and bootstrap.

is it based off of bootstrap?

i didn't see any of the tell-tale css or js files when i used my inspector..
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Losing Faith
by cappytan in
1. jw
2. experiences
i've always been a "spiritual" person.

i've been an avid bible reader since as early as i can remember.

i read the bible cover to cover for the first time when i was about 17 years old and have read it at least twice more since then.