jgnat, what books did you read that dealt with the origins of the bible?
Messerschmitt
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Books for making a choice to believe in the Bible or not
by Aunt Fancy ini know some of you have referenced excellent books but i am not sure where to find them.
i am looking for some very good books to give me the other side of not believing the bible.
i am not sure where i stand at this point and would like to be informed.
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A Mother's Story of loss of her son..............
by Balsam insome names have been changed or removed to protect those in the family who would not want their names known, or are still active jw's.
ruth .
a mothers regret for a religious devotion.
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Messerschmitt
Thanks for bumping the thread.
A very heartbreaking story indeed. My best thoughts and wishes go out to you, Balsam.
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I'm officially INACTIVE....Cheers!!!!
by Gojira_101 inwell i'm sorry i've been absent, it's been a rough few weeks and still having to work....i ended up having a nice happy surprise by having the day off, so i'm finally going to get caught up on things.. .
april 1st was my 6 months of not reporting service time and i am officially inactive now.
i think my hubby and i are going to celebrate!
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Messerschmitt
Awesome!! Glad to hear you and your husband are enjoying your freedom. What tattoo design are you looking to get?
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New here
by His Excellency infor the record, i am not a native english speaker, infact i recently just started studying english about 18months ago.
so apologies for any error you may encounter in the process of making sense of my logic.. i am from a small village in a destitute and war ravaged african country, 80 percent of people in my town live on less than 50cent in a day and myself included, no roads, no hospital, no public institution, no social welfare support, no national security institutiion, nothing, just tribal factions exchanging agricultural produce and i have always wondered why jehovah would have to put the preaching work ahead of a poverty eradication program at this desperate time of our existence.. .
it was an emotional adventure on finding answers to that question that led me here.
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Messerschmitt
Welcome. Nice to have you here! Only 18 months studying English? Wow. I am trying to learn German and I have been at it for 2 years and I could barely write the way you do in English. Congratulations.
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Moses and his God directed mass genocide.
by AMO inwas wondering what modern day christians take is on the slaughter of hundreds of thousands perhaps millons, on his god directed journey to the promised land.???.
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amo.
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Messerschmitt
Just last nite I was reading the history of the Hittites and no where in their history do they mention any battles with the Israelites. - jam
What book were you reading, jam?
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"Jehovah, I want you to be my Master in every aspect of my life"
by stillin9 in....i am your servant.
i want you to determine how i should spend my time, what my priorities should be, and how i should use my resources and talents.".
this was in this week's watchtower, first paragraph.
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Messerschmitt
Your equating "Master" with the "Organization", right?
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Letter from my mother
by Las Malvinas son Argentinas ini've been officially disowned.
translated from the original:.
"my daughter,.
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Messerschmitt
It breaks my heart to see family treat their own like that! It is just sick!!!!!
Hang in their and don't let their vulgar attitudes destroy the joys that you have in life.
I send you me best wishes to You!
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Dubs badmouthing children
by rebel8 ini was remembering the 1980s when it was in vogue to shun children.
they went through a fad when they'd call unbaptized excommunication as "disassociation".
within a short period of time, most of the teens and preteens were "disassociated" or disfellowshipped.
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Messerschmitt
Do they still do this today?
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This topic is for Christians......
by Phizzy inthe very first followers of jesus were drawn to him no doubt for a variety of reasons, but stayed mainly because they had taken on board the faith that he held.. they witnessed him and his faith in action, so they came to believe as he did.. long after his death, and the death of most, if not all, of those that knew him, this gradually transformed from holding the same faith as him, to having a belief in him.
this resulted in claims for his divinity etc.
my question to you is, is it not more important that you hold the same faith as he did, rather than the much vaunted belief in him, because you cannot be "in union" with him if your faith differs from his, surely ?.
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Messerschmitt
The deal breaker for me is the bible accounts that Jesus claimed to believe in have been totally debunked, therefore he could not possibly be anything than just another wishful thinker.
Where in the bible do you base this from?...Could you give me the account in the Bible?
Phizzy, Faith and Belief are two completely different things. Somone can believe in Jesus and his existance etc, but he may not have faith in Christ as being their Savior.
I think that james is right here. Christ didn't need faith, why would Jesus need faith?
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Why I truly come in!
by justmom inhello everyone.... i would honestly like to share why i come to this site when i am able to.. i too, like many here spent my whole life inside the wt along with my husband who was born in.
(i was 6) we have raised three wonderful sons now 27, 23, 21 who the youngest was almost 7 when we left and we were disfellowshipped.
(for so-called apostacy of course)and since then all of us partake of the christ by eating and drinking the manna and his blood.
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Messerschmitt
I was never baptized into the organization but I was raised as a jw, and I know how horrible the org can be.
Thanks for posting justomom