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  Anybody here still believe in the bible?

  by Mel Morris in

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  i'm a current bible student of jw's looking to chat with someone about biblical doctrine.

  i'm not interested in talking with an apostate or a fader, i'm just a person looking for answers and wondered if there are any neutral voices in this forum who have good insights into the bible.

  i currently talk with a couple of jw's on a personal level from my congregation and they are knowledgeable to a certain extent, but i dare not ask them certain questions because, as you know, the congregation has a culture of fear that impacts trust and openness, especially concerning biblical doctrine or the societies teachings.

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  Hi Mel, welcome to the forum.. "as you know, the congregation has a culture of fear that impacts trust and openness, especially concerning biblical doctrine or the societies teachings."

  Well said, friend...
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  JWs Outlawed in Russia

  by minimus in

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  they are banned!.

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  While I oppose any government's ban on relgious freedom, I must say that Moscow's contention that JWs are "extremists" is not without merit. (Imagine a Russian prosecutor in court entering into evidence the 2016 convention videos of little Sergei the voilin prodigy being pressured by his dad into refusing a scholariship to a prestigious conservatory, or the JW mom that refuses to answer her disfellowshipped daughther's phone call...how would that play to a jury?)
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  JW Door-to-Door Notekeeping Attracts Scrutiny of EU Authorities

  by Room 215 in

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  a newly- enacted eu gdpr privacy protection law, to become effective from may 25, has apparently prompted jws to file suit in protest: .

  (translated from the italian) .

  source: ex-jwblog: http://testimonidigeovachiedono.blogspot.com/2018/05/le-note-di-casa-in-casa-sono-illegali-per-il-gdpr.html):.

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  There's an update in today's news: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/07/eu-court-order-jehovahs-witnesses-to-comply-with-data-protection-rules/
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  This year’s convention

  by lastmanstanding in

  1. watchtower
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  two things i noted at this year’s rc.

  1) the new teaching with respect to matthew 25:45 which was applied equally to the rank & file jw.

  this teaching is also found in the watchtower study for last sunday.. then he will answer them, saying: ‘truly i say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of these least ones, you did not do it to me.. 2) the new armageddon video which was a big shift.

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  God forbid that they should ever come to acknowledge that Christ's parable was intended to blessing all those doing good to our fellow humans with whom we share this tiny planet.
  
  
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  This year’s convention

  by lastmanstanding in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  two things i noted at this year’s rc.

  1) the new teaching with respect to matthew 25:45 which was applied equally to the rank & file jw.

  this teaching is also found in the watchtower study for last sunday.. then he will answer them, saying: ‘truly i say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of these least ones, you did not do it to me.. 2) the new armageddon video which was a big shift.

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  The dismantling of Franz-era doctrine proceeds apace.
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  Do You Ever Wish That Hillary Was President?

  by minimus in

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  hillary is very supportive of doing whatever it takes to undermine trump.

  would you be happy if she were your president?.

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  "Trump is doing things, and doing exactly what he said he was going to do, and what he was voted in for."

  Like what, exactly? Where's his health care initiative? Mexico's check for the border wall? Revitalization of the domestic coal industry? The grandiose promises of a massive job-creating infrastructure upgrade?
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  Everything Happens For A Reason

  by Charles Gillette in

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  does everything happen for a reason?

  i hear this from so many people without any explanation as how this is so.

  what do you think about this belief?

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  Of course everything happens for a reason; the great "why" seems to me the foundational proposition of science. Quantum physics represents an effort to explain the nature of light, among other observable phenomena.
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  Sarah Huckabee Sanders Kicked Out Of Restaurant For Supporting Trump

  by minimus in

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  i think it’s ridiculous to kick people and families out of a restaurant because of politics.

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  Our ignoramus of a president doesn't know the difference between a migrant and a refugee
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  Help: Anyone identify Gary Breaux's ring?

  by Fay Dehr in

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  can anyone identify this ring?

  (ideally, a link to a page on the internet with photo and description).

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  He never wore it when he used to wait tables in the 124 dining room.
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  Do You Think President Trump Is Doing a Good Job?

  by minimus in

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  i think he is.

  if you don’t want to put reasons for your yes or no, it’s ok. .

  your vote,please?

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  How any American citizen professing even a modicum of patriotism can countenance -- much less endorse -- Trump's traitorous refusal to punish Russia's attempted sabotage of our democratic processes, with anyting less than outrage -- is beyond me.

  Or how the dwindling members of the Greatest Generation feel about his Charlottesville rationaliziation of neo Nazism as they go to their graves.