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  Pre 1914 Utopia?

  by Flat_Accent in

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  2. bible

  thinking back to all those talks i heard about the sign of the last days, one thing that many used as proof of christ's presence was the dramatic changes, socially and politically, which all began in 1914. in the reasoning book, a few quotes are listed:.

  "looking back from the vantage point of the present we see clearly today that the outbreak of world war i ushered in a twentieth-century 'time of troubles'-in the expressive term of the british historian arnold toynbee-from which our civilization has by no means yet emerged.

  directly or indirectly all the convulsions of the last half century stem back to 1914.

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  Had to sit through 'Creation Reveals God's Glory'

  by Flat_Accent in

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  2. beliefs

  with my parents last night.. i had seen the dvd before but there was an overall feeling of awkwardness when they played it this time.. they both came diving into the living room anxious to watch it, and though my mum usually gets emotional when things like this are brought up, she kept her cool and decided to lay down some "facts".

  things like "we are living in the last days, and the anglo-american world power is the last one.

  china will never be a world power.

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  What are you doing on the computer?

  by Flat_Accent in

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  My first experience as a Householder.

  by Flat_Accent in

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  2. experiences

  and it wasnt even on the platform!.

  i got a knock on the door this morning from a jw in another local congregation.

  it's the first time this has happened since i left in october.

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  I don't agree with that evidence, so I'll just ignore it. . .

  by Flat_Accent in

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  2. experiences

  just a little experience i had a while back.

  thought it was funny so here we go.

  (there's also a couple of links you might want to use for your own reference).

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  The Preparation Directive

  by Flat_Accent in

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  Should I say something?

  by Flat_Accent in

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  2. experiences

  my parents are quite popular in their congregation, and they're constantly inviting brothers and sisters over.

  as i've been part of the org for 19 years i know all these people very well, and before i da'd myself i was good friends with all of them.

  every other friday they invite a single brother round for dinner, just to cheer him up a bit.

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  Abortion double standards

  by Flat_Accent in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  obviously the wt is pro-life when it comes to abortion, whatever the circumstances (a viewpoint completely devoid of human empathy, a quality which they consider so important) according to the bible, life begins at conception, and deliberately terminating a pregnancy is punishable with death.. but are unborn foetuses going to be resurrected?

  no.. it seems that embryo's are 'human' enough for god to be pissed if you abort one, but not human enough for him to care about giving a second chance after armageddon.. another idea that's been repeated to me by several witnesses, is that some children (only the angelic like ones of course, not the little hellions that run around stepping on frogs) will survive armageddon, because they can not have made a proper decision about serving god.

  but a worldly woman who is pregnant will die, thus condemning herself and her unborn to everlasting destruction.. a bit unfair isn't it?.

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  Seeing Both Sides

  by Flat_Accent in

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  2. bible

  my parents are sat upstairs right now going over a chapter in the jeremiah book for their family study.

  while i went up briefly to get something, i overheard my dad relating a personal experience.

  something about being on the ministry and getting a 'bad vibe' about a certain house.

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  Watchtower and the Civil Rights movement

  by Flat_Accent in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm one of the new guys here, but i had a question that's been bugging me for a while.. i've heard it said quite a number of times that the wtbts did more for the black rights movement in the 60's, than both martin luther king and malcom x. is there any evidence of this?.

  i understand that recently they have made brought some changes to religious freedoms in places like russia, but i seem to remember that the watchtower at one point proclaimed that black people would be 'cleansed' and made white in the new system.

  so to me it sounds rather fallacious.. cheers,.

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