Topics Started by philo

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Another Strange JW View On Things
by eyes_opened in
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i remember a few years back this one poor sister telling my about how several years earlier she has had a baby who'd only lived for several hours after he was born.

she went on to state how relieved she was as of late because the society had in recent articles stated that, if a child has breathed the breath of life it would be resurrected.

so here this poor woman thought in the interim that she would never see her child again!
Literal genesis creation?... NOT
by philo in
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thirdson's post about snake's limbs prompted me to repost my contribution to h2o from a few months back.

there i was corrected in a few facts which i had erred in, so this is the second edition.. philo.

genesis creation as an allegory.. i have attempted to make some sense of the adam and eve story.
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GOOD AFTERNOON, JEHOVAH!
by Englishman in
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isn`t it strange that jw`s have such a problem with ex`s?

try as they might to hang their watchtower labels onto me, i just don`t seem to be the person that they think that i should be!.

i think that i`ve become far more honest than the average jw.
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Did Snakes have Legs? Yes/No
by Thirdson in
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i managed to find a piece i wrote last year and subsequently lost.

thanks to the archiving efforts of a very good person i have managed to get it back.

thinking about some posts here recently regarding the genesis account of the fall of man, i recalled a conversation with a friend a few years back.
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Why are K halls SMALL???
by philo in
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why are k halls small?.

future increase in members they get no money from the rbc.

i understand all this applies across western europe as well.. * the rbc gets its money from congregation donations within its region and these funds are directed to where the .
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What do you like about K Halls?
by philo in
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hi folks.

what do you like about kingdom halls?.

i am not talking about the software i.e., the people, the pure language, the music, the smell of lavender as the toilet door swings to, or the obedient rustle of bible pages.
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Poem 2nd edition 'new light'
by philo in
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i like this board but the pages are still too small... originally 7 verses, it now amounts to 20 short verses of comment about wt authority.

it is journalistic at best, but that seems appropriate to the subject - don't you think?

i can think of a couple of witnesses from my past who would have enjoyed this - only a couple!.
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"Creator" Book. Is there a reader wh...
by Thirdson in
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some of you by choice or by compelling reason will attend the book study to consider the creator book.

during the study you might want to ask a few questions.

here are some things to ponder and maybe you can formulate some questions to ask your conductor.. this book is dreadful in its use of quotations.
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How do you feel about smacking at K Hall?
by Latte in
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personally, it upsets me very much.

or are there any other parents that found better, alternative ways of getting young children 'trained'?.

i am not anti -smacking by the way,(except at the kh) but it is always the very last resort.. latte
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Blood = Organ Transplant Awake! '99
by waiting in
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this was posted by jang at another forum, she had not seen it before either.. has this been questioned, talked about, etc?

i've not heard anything on it...... but then that's sometimes the case with me..

awake aug 22 1999 page 31 states: .