Celestial

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  Movies with Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Celestial in

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  2. entertainment

  i can recall a few.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki801ccg9yo.

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  Bioethics of the refusal of blood by Jehovah's Witnesses: Should bioethical deliberation consider dissidents' views?

  by Celestial in

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  2. medical

  keep themselves from what is sacrificed to idols as well as from blood and what is strangled and from fornication.

  acts 21:25. .

  keep abstaining from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication.

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  Satanic Mind Control

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  is satan behind the success of xanax and valium?

  w99 3/15 p. 22 do not be overcome by anxiety .

  never be anxious about the next day, for the next day will have its own anxieties.

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  For The Bible Tells Me So

  by Celestial in

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  in the 1980s, as a teenager, i had some fascination with alternative lifestyles.

  i was never gay, i just thought i was.

  i told my girlfriend about this and she ended up telling her dad.

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  The family story I've never told

  by Celestial in

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  2. experiences

  this took place in the 1970s (i'm 38).. .

  all members of the story are or were jehovahs witnesses.

  i've known this all my life but i've never told anyone.

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  Ray Franz - Crisis of Conscience

  by Celestial in

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  i've never read crisis of conscience.

  could someone briefly describe some of his observations that clashed with his moral compass?

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  Mr. Unthank and Theocratic Warfare

  by Celestial in

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  2. child-abuse

  after reading the threads on this forum, the collapse of mr. unthank's crusade against the watchtower society seems to have some people riled up.

  i haven't followed the outworking of events that led up to the case's dismissal by the public prosecutor.

  i did notice that there was a formal motion to charge the "faithful and discreet slave" and prosecute this entity as "corporate accused.. .

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  Why did you become one of Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by Celestial in

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  2. beliefs

  any other reason than the arbitrary explanation that you were brainwashed or seduced by a millenarianist doomsday cult?.

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  Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses and the irreversible decision

  by Celestial in

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  2. beliefs

  some business opportunities unfolded sometime back that required my full attention and excessive work hours that ended up putting a strain on me.

  i started taking the edge off by drinking alcohol, too much alcohol.

  the cycle of working and drinking ended up destroying my spirituality and i eventually completely quit attending meetings and every other aspect of kingdom service.

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  Should marijuana be considered a disfellowshipping offense?

  by Celestial in

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  2. beliefs

  should marijuana be considered a disfellowshipping offense?

  there's plenty of evidence that tobacco has cancer causing agents and can thus be deemed a defilement of the flesh.. .

  therefore, since we have these promises, beloved ones, let us cleanse ourselves of every defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in gods fear.

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