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  Is There a Such Thing as Progressive Understanding?

  by Recovery in

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  is there such a thing as progressive understanding of god's will?

  a simple yes or no will suffice, but if you'd like to state why, please by all means do so..

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  Recovery- you need a new AVATAR. I cannot take you seriously when I look at you!(LOL)
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  Not Sure What I Believe In Anymore

  by nuthouse escapee in

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  2. friends

  inside my head is a tangled ball of wool when it comes to what i believe.

  i have days where i believe in a creator and other days when i don't.

  then there are times when i refer to this as believing in 'something' but what exactly this something is, i have no idea.

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  Leslie, The Christians here will tell you to pray and let Christ come into your heart. The athiests will tell you needing or creating a god is being weak-minded.

  And I can't tell you ANYTHING until I figure things out.
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  Victoria, Australia: State Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious Organisations

  by AndersonsInfo in

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  2. child-abuse

  victoria, australia: state inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious organisations.

  the victoria, australia, state inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious and other organisations, including the jehovahs witnesses and the watch tower society, has officially commenced, with the last of the formal submissions being presented to the inquiry committee on friday, 21 september, 2012.. .

  a large number of submissions have been received by the inquiry in relation to the religion of jehovahs witnesses, the watch tower society, their internal lawyer vincent toole and his law firm vincent toole solicitors.

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  This is great information, Barbara! Thank you.
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  diffi cult

  by bigmac in

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  this delightful image was created by " toledo squad"--a member of ex-jw uk--a private group on facebook.

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  Fit's like a glove!
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  Phrase I hate "Keep in mind how it is viewed in community"

  by MC RubberMallet in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  whenever the society could not condemn something directly, that phrase was their loophole.

  because god's name is most important.

  and if one person may be stumbled, don't do it.. hypocrites!.

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  Did you send this list to the WTS?
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  The JW-inspired songs thread... let's kick things off with a great tune!

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  pink floyd fans will love this.... .

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3krimouav0.

  any other jw-inspired songs out there?

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  Cedars ck your PM
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  Posters!!! Are YOU Male or Female???

  by minimus in

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  sometimes i get confused.

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  Tomorrow I will be a 42 year old male.

  Just Ron

  (I am biting my tongue, Ron)

  Have a Happy 42nd Birthday, Ron!
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  Went back out in Field Service Today... Feedback?

  by simon17 in

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  2. friends

  after three years i dusted off my bible put on my sunday suit and walked door-to-door in the glorious morning sun for 90 minutes solid (no breaks--old-school).

  ' i always felt some subtle compulsion to do this, i don't know why.

  it was not for subterfuge or causing trouble.

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  You're making JW's look good.
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  As A Jehovah's Witness Did You Never Accept Or Believe Something They Taught?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i never believed that in 1975 or by the end of the 20th century, we would see the great tribulation occur.

  some witnesses would listen to fred franz' talks where he clearly told his audience that 1975 was the end of 6000 years and the beginning of the jubilee....or something like that.. was there something that you never truly accepted that you were supposed to believe as a jehovah's witness?.

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  There were other little things, but I was able to properly put those doubts in the back of my head, they of course all came out after my wake up. Like blond moment said ^
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  They STILL might be DFing me soon for apostasy...

  by RayPublisher in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  big news - i met with the elders last night.

  they were not arrogant and they were not mean spirited, but of course we all know they also would not budge from the jw brainwashed beliefs they are sworn to uphold.

  i let my light shine, and within two minutes of sitting down with them was no longer nervous.. .

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  rip van winkle

  Ray said- My fav part in the 8 minutes is actually when I asked them if they thought new GB guy is mentally imbalanced!

  (Ray)Eric, that was an excellent unanswerable question!!! (LOL)