It was too late! A lot of them made it to the Hall!
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i once called on a guy who invited us straight in...then told us he was "lazarus son of god.
" he had a cazy look in his eye, and would repeat this line every few minutes.
the brother with me was trying to "reason from the scriptures" that he in fact could not be lazarus...i just wanted to leave.
It was too late! A lot of them made it to the Hall!
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or for that matter, if a candidate didn't believe in god or belonged to a sect or was a believer in islam.....would you be leery?
Yes!
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this subject came up at work and has got me thinking, is this really a requirement that god enforces?
a lot of churches say it is a mandate of the bible?
does it make a difference to your spirituality if you give or not?
Yes, tithing is a pre-Jewish thing. I feel it is not a 'salvation issue' thing, but money given to God ( to advance the work of God), not necessarily a church denomination) that will result in blessings (not necessarily monentary).
Some churches try and put you on a 'guilt trip' about this, saying it is robbing God if you do not give it to them! I do tithe, but not to any one particular group. And, yes, I have been blessed but that is not the reason for my giving. I also support several ex-JW ministries.
Tithing is between you and God. Do what your heart tells you to do.
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i'm going to date myself on this and i suppose many of you will also.
it never ceases to amze me on the stand the wts will take on the latest fads or styles.
when chubby checker came out with the twist the wts had to come out and do their thing.
I personally heard N.H. Knorr say in a talk that, "They will be twisting their way to Armageddon"!
Maybe he meant, 'they will be twisting their arms'.
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it just started to snow here at around noon.
it's right at 32 deg so it should stick good.. i snagged some video as soon as the flakes started flying.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1rysatcvwc.
monday we are supposed to get a nasty windstorm..
Mid 60's here in Atlanta! Shorts and T-Shirt today.
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how do you feel about the gifts he gave us as humans?
don't you find it strange that the wbts or f&ds and other extremist religions would have their adherents believe he wants our entire lives spent in worship and preaching?.
all of us have been given special talents, gifts of special abilities such as art, humor, music, writing and so on.
I understand there are some tests that will tell you or help you to understand your 'spiritual gifts'. And yes, I do think worship includes these whether these be music, art, etc.,etc. The Society wanted us all to be the same (robots) in looks, actions, etc. and only do what they considered most important, i.e. worshiping the organization and selling their crap.
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a friend (someone i respected a great deal / mentor) at my job has shared some information with me.
he cheats on his wife.
wow!!.
I cheated when playing 'Bible Cards' once.............does that count?
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i just had a "cherry" flavoured candy and spit it out.. i realized that i've never really tasted good artificial flavoured cherry in my life!
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what do you think are the worst artificial flavour attempts?.
I would like to know just how they make artificial flavoring? Where do they start and what ingredients are used?
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when i joined in the late 80's most witnesses didn't own a house, today, more than half does.
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when i joined, sisters pioneered because they didn't work, today most sisters work and don't pioneer.. jw families had 1 car per family, today most jw couples each have a car.. .
Not too much street work anymore, and JW's don't go to cemetary's too much either. Holiday witnessing seems to be declining too.
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because of my background with the witless ones, when my husband died it was hard to believe he was in heaven.
i could hope there is a heaven for those who die.
that he is in a better place.
You might consider getting a copy of the book HEAVEN. The author's last name is Alcorn.
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