Posts by Quandary

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Did the heavenly calling cease in 1935? Not anymore!

by AnnOMaly in

watch out for the questions from readers in the may 1st 2007 watchtower.

"when does the calling of christians to a heavenly hope cease?

" it's a good'un.. included are the statements:.

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Doubting Bro:

Excellent summary of very probable scenarios over the next few years.

As for your #4 point about FDS=GB, I think most of the rank and file already have been conditioned to believe this. How many times don't the elders and C.O.s say in their talks..'the faithful slave tells us...blah, blah, blah?' In essence they mean the Teaching Committee of the GB.

I am so disgusted with this latest revelation. How they can just slip into a QFR article such a major doctrinal change without admitting they were WRONG all along is so indicative of their utter unethical arrogance!

I am sooooo "outa here"!

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Long Time Current Bethelite's Take On the Young, New Gov. Body Members

by Seeker4 in

i was talking to a friend yesterday whose sister and brother-in-law have been at bethel for three decades at least, working in important departments that put them in contact with the writing dept., gov.

body, etc.

on a daily basis.. this friend of mine has been a witness for half a century, and has been fading for the past 3-4 years.

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Wonderful reference Gumb- I am going to make a note of it, it will fit nicely into my letter of disassociation which I plan to write by year's end. Thank you-

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Red China and organ harvesting horror

by Dogpatch in

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friends

http://www.askjeevesuk.net/china.htm.

in 1992 a peaceful meditation exercise called falun gong also known as falun dafa was introduced to the public in china by master li hongzhi.

it has grown to become the most popular form of qigong.

Quandary

This is utterly appalling!! How can the Olympic Committee be comfortable allowing a country which sqelches individualism with such horror to host??? The Olympics celebrate diversity, peace and unity like no other global event. IMO any country deemed appropiate for the privelege of hosting should do the same. I personally will NOT watch the opening or closing ceremonies in protest!

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Growth and Decline in churches incl. JWs

by Dogpatch in

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friends

yearbook of churches issues 75th editionhttp://www.wfn.org/2007/03/msg00069.html.

from "ncc news" <[email protected]>.

date mon, 05 mar 2007 15:00:19 -0500. .

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Our circuit overseer back in 1989 made a statement to us in our "pioneer meeting" that if you took 10 children in the congregation and put them on the stage, 8 would leave the "truth" by the time they reached adulthood. Evidently this 80% figure has been around for almost 20 years!

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Will the WTBTS come to an end?

by pierogi in

cults come and go so do you think the wtbts will eventually come to an end?

i think about this sometimes and i wonder if i will live to see it.

the reason why i want it to end is because i don't like the administration.

Quandary

I believe what would be a real eye opener for many would be greater media attention to molestation cases going to court. How the WTS has gloated over the past decades with all the scandals exposed with the Catholics and Evangelicals, taking the arrogant stance that this sort of thing does not happen amongst "God's people"! More NATIONAL media attention would certainly force many to think, are we really that much better than the rest?? IMO-

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What is your favorite Pagan Gods !

by 5go in

skadi .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ska%c3%b0i.

isis.

Quandary

Asclepius- The god of healing- Can't we all use some healing?

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Dr. Phil

by Cindi_67 in

dr. phil has posted an upcoming topic for his program on child abuse within the "clergy".

if anybody knows someone that would like to tell their story in his program or any of you that might have had this awful experience, visit his website and apply to go to his program and share your story.. http://www.drphil.com/plugger/.

is the 14th posting down..