Posts by Pubsinger

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A question for readers I always wanted to ask.

by vomit in

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especially for british congs.

since it is idolatrous to support a football team.

be crazy into football, wearing a football strip with flags etc.

Pubsinger

I don't think that they believe it is idolatrous to support a football team or wear the colours etc especially not in the UK

We don't have a cheerleading culture here or a parade/pageant culture either. And although the National Anthem may be played at major finals or international games football isn't associated with patriotism at all.

We use to play "friendly" 6-a-side football every week and we all used to turn up to play in whichever teams shirt we happened to support. Everyone did it - elders included. No-one cared.

I know that this is definitely UK wide. Of course there would be individuals who held an opinion but they actually just didn't like football. The WT may have posed the question "Is this idolatry?" In reality no-one thought it was!

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Do you think Jesus gave every Christian a personal commission to preach?

by under_believer in

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"go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things i have commanded you.

i am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.

" (matthew 28:19, 20 | nwt) .

Pubsinger

I agree with you.

It's in the definition of the word "preach". The "Great Commission" of Matt 28 said "go and make disciples" Matt 24:14 said "the good news would be preached"

Later on when discussing spiritual gifts in 1 Cor. Paul said "some as teachers, some as. . " suggesting that as you say not all were gifted as evangelisers, preachers or public speakers but everyone had a gift to use.

St Francis of Assisi (sp?) is reputed to have said "preach the gospel wherever you go. If necessary use words"

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Another funny spam mail from my M-I-L (Satan is keeping us BUSY)

by Rayvin in

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satan called a worldwide convention of demons.

"keep them from spending time with their children", "as their families fragment, soon, their homes will offer no escape from the pressures of work!

having no time to tell others about the good news of the kingdom.

Pubsinger

Send her this link, she'll be horrified!!

http://jybangalore.blogspot.com/

It's near the bottom headed B.U.S.Y.

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Another funny spam mail from my M-I-L (Satan is keeping us BUSY)

by Rayvin in

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satan called a worldwide convention of demons.

"keep them from spending time with their children", "as their families fragment, soon, their homes will offer no escape from the pressures of work!

having no time to tell others about the good news of the kingdom.

Pubsinger

Screwtape Letters . . .

Babylon the Great did it first

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Girl Scouts

by lonelysheep in

hey all.... i grew up 'worldly' and was a brownie, then a girl scout for about 7 years.

i had a blast.

we took trips and participated in community activities such as volunteer work.

Pubsinger

Mad isn't it

My daughter was a rainbow and now a brownie. It's wholesome and "normal" and I'm glad she's part of the pack!

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Evaluating Raymond Franz

by greendawn in

what do you think of ray(mond) franz?

i have seen here some people critisise him as not being a really heartfelt opponent of the wts, but my view is that he was quite honest about his expressed motives against the cult.

with his revelations he gave a lot of momentum to the ex jw movement (the apostate organisation according to the jws) and offered valuable assistance to those seeking to shake off the ideological and social dependance on the oppressive cult.

Pubsinger

His work was instrumental in my awakening.

Here's a thought. . .

If you had have written CoC and In Search of Christian Freedom would you have been a regular on JWD with 10000+ posts.

His dignified silence with no agenda and no apparent bitterness speaks volumes.

Pub

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this really freaked me out....

by kid-A in

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youtube video called "chuck's rascals" filmed at russell's grave in pittsburgh...... really creepy but well done..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mvsop_y_pi.

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