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  If Jehovah Can Read Hearts Then WHY

  by BlindersOff1 in

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  if jehovah can read hearts then why did he test abraham by ordering him to kill his son ?.

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  cobaltcupcake

  Jehovah was in the process to switching to a Kindle when it came time to read Abraham's heart, and he missed a few pages when he tried to upload the ebook version.

  Rebel8 - LOL!!!
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  Goodbye Bex

  by TimeBandit in

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  all i can do is cry.... .

  in loving memory of bekkah mejia barnum fb: http://www.facebook.com/xjwbex.

  she was a dear friend....

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  cobaltcupcake

  (((((((Time Bandit))))))
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  This generation will by now means pass away..."

  by Jewel in

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  i haven't been to a meeting (other than some cousins' weddings) for well over twenty years.

  i've always wondered what the fds was going to do with the "generations" thing once pretty much everybody who had been alive in 1914 is gone.

  i get that they've come up with some "new light" about this topic, but when i ask my mom (who's still in) i only get "well, the new understanding is complicated...".

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  That toopid "generation" teaching is going to be their downfall in the end. I knew it was a maneuver in 1995 when they changed it. My first reaction to that article was, "We're going to see 2000 in this system, aren't we?" I remember the brother I said that to tried to spin it in the Society's favor. I just snorted.
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  Poll Worker

  by Hortensia in

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  we have a small election here next tuesday.

  this will be my third time as a poll worker and my first time as an inspector.

  i had to swear to uphold the constitution, i don't have any problem with upholding the constitution.

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  cobaltcupcake

  Awesome!
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  Experience: The last time Gorby went to field service

  by Gorbatchov in

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  2. experiences

  it was a cold, grey, sunday afternoon in december 2007. a sunday just before christmas day, december 23. because it was the end of the month gorby and his lovely wife had to make some service hours after the congregational meeting.

  it was a long road, a road without an end, just in the middle of nowhere.

  some houses, some fields and some houses, it went on and on.

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  cobaltcupcake

  Good decision, Gorby!
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  Musings on today's dishonest text.

  by Slidin Fast in

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  cobaltcupcake

  Amen, Blondie!
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  Musings on today's dishonest text.

  by Slidin Fast in

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  cobaltcupcake

  Well, that's a vomit-worthy daily text. And comment.

  It's like, you can do all the research you want - as long as you use the Watchtower Library.
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  Mistakes about Dates for the End

  by Bob_NC in

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  who has read a recent wt article consenting that "expectations" about the end have not proven to be true?

  the article goes on to say that this has not dampened our hope for when the end does come.

  the article quotes habbakuk about jehovah's day not being late.

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  And if the lookout in the fire tower said he saw smoke 15 times, but there was never a fire, he would be fired and replaced with a rational person.

  LOL!!! I love it!
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  2013 District Convention Headquarters Addresses, Dates, List!

  by Atlantis in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  2013 district convention headquarters, addresses-united states and canada..this list is 10 pages long containing the addresses and above some of the locations you will see dates, such as, (june 15-18) or something like that.

  i think those dates indicate when the convention will be held at that location.

  help me out if i am wrong on that.

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  cobaltcupcake

  Wow, that's quite a list! Thanks!
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  Anyone else in "limbo?"

  by KitchenWitDinah in

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  i've been out of the organization for about 4 years now, but have been in limbo since i've left.

  the more i learn about world religions, the less apt i am to accept anything as truth, since there are so many similarities between so many religions.

  i know many cultures have flood myths involving 40-ish days and 8 survivors (the chinese written language has many surprising allusions to biblical stories).

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  Dinah - I understand the feeling. I haven't been able to find anything to hang my hat on either. I'm ultra suspicious of any organized religion.

  Watch the movie "Religulous." It helped me quite a bit.