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1500 year old text reports Jesus not Crucified
by designs in
1. watchtower
2. bible
found in 2000 with a group of antiquity smugglers this bible contains the gospel of barnabas according to the report in the national turk.. written in aramaic this gospel account was omitted by the church during the period of the council of nicea.. the text maintains a story similar to islam regarding jesus being a great prophet.. is has a reported value of $28million and is said to be in the museum of ankara.. http://moorishharem.com/culture-detail/1500-year-old-bible-that-jesus-christ-was-not-crucified-vatican-in-awe/.

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Governing Body meetings
by JWOP in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
johannes greber's book "communication with the spirit word of god -- it's laws and purpose" states that, in order to seek god's truth one must cummunicate with the spirit world on a regular basis.

according to the governing body, they get their teachings from those who have died and been resurrected to heaven (the watchtower, jan. 1, 2007, p.28, para.11).

also, it was published that the gb meets on a regular basis, every wednesday (the watchtower, may 15, 2008, p.29).
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Moustaches vs. beards - one of the contributing factors to losing my cognitive dissonace
by Pacopoolio in
1. jw
2. friends
as a little background - i was born-in to being a witness, back in '79, in detroit, in mostly black and poor congregations.

baptized when 10-ish, stayed around, was on the fast track to ms, but faded when i moved out at 24ish.. there was a combination of a few things that got me on the road to "freedom" from the cognitive dissonance that kept me "in the truth" for so long.

the main thing was, being an artist and studying marketing, my thinking was patterned to constantly question if i was doing something "correctly," as constant improvement and questioning is what facilitates artistic and mental growth.
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Any German speakers translate this to English for me?
by JWOP in
1. watchtower
2. bible
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A JW sitcom?
by Island Man in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
has anyone ever thought of creating a jw sitcom?

i mean, there's enough humor and drama in jw culture to keep audiences entertained for multiple seasons.

we have judicial committees, c.o.
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Need page number for Greber quote
by JWOP in
1. watchtower
2. scandals
from the johannes greber book "communication with the spirit world of god -- its laws and purpose" :.

you are right to ask me who i am, for it is your first duty to test the spirits that speak to you and to assure yourself that they were sent by god ... i swear to you before god that i am one of his good spirits , indeed one of his highest spirits, but my name keep to yourself ... from the days of the first man down to the present, the spirit-world has communicated with mankind.

that is true of both the good spirit-world and the bad.
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ACTUALLY any form of pants are wrong wrong wrong!!
by hamsterbait in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
tight pants - tempting the gays to chase you: you cannot resist their advances bad bad bad!!!!!!!!!!!!.

baggy pants - in a 1993 witchtower baggy pants were a sign you are a rapper : bad bad bad!!!!!!!!!!.

pants just right?
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What other religious groups are ...
by EdenOne in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
b) teach conditional salvation based primarily on faith in christ?.

c) refuse eternal torment in a literal fiery hell?.

d) refuse the immortality of the soul?.
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D'Fd coming to the aid of a JW in good standing
by keynumber in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
no he's not my biological brother, nor has he ever been in the position to help me, we'v in the past have been out in the ministry togethor, very quite, single brother in his late 30's.

drives a little truck, he gives a ride to a specially challenged brother all the time, they never sit with each other as sister do that ride with each other to the hall, not a good speaker, reads with difficultly, sits in the back, only i quess has two suits, boots that are rounding out at the heals, a sign of walking in the city on concrete, always sits in the back looking in total peace, after the meeting stands alone in the back with a smile that tells you he's in total confidence not careing if the brothers just pass him up, real handshake, just a nice guy, getting to what i want to say.. we were moving and in the move i found hedgetrimmers and blower still in the box brand new, not even opened.

i had them for such a long time, never needing them, just keeping them stored along other 'junk' as wife calls it, keeping stuff just in case the tribulation comes so i won't have to depend on jw's when were hiding from the caos, that is determined to get jw's.. thought of him..,but didn't have his phone #.
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Need Scan from KIT 1985 version
by JWOP in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i'm looking to see what the 1985 version of the kit says at matthew 27:52-53. i'm looking for the word-for-word greek/english part.

i have a 1969 kit, so i just need to compare to see if there's been any changes between the two.

if you can send me a scan of it, pm me.