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22PREDICTION:
by ros inas we see a rising tide of problems confronting the new watchtower leadership, and a tidal wave swelling on the horizon, some interesting rumours are starting to trickle out.
we are waiting to see what the fallout will be following the dateline expose' on pedophilia cover-ups, which will undoubtedly lead to exposing the watchtower's policy to cover up other criminal behavior so as to not "bring reproach on jehovah's name.
" rumour is that the factions at headquarters are becoming increasingly divided.
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Question about this year's DCs
by ros inhave this year's jw dcs had any of the gb as speakers?.
just curious.
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How Many Ways Can You Spell Hypocrit?
by ros ininteresting profile in the 2/15/2000 watchtower (pp.26-29) praising a 17th-century orthodox church patriarch who was murdered and thrown to the sharks for attempting to effect reform in his church.
quote:.
cyril lucaris (b.
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What Drives exJWs to atheism #2
by ros inhello, pathothorns, abbadon, and quester!
quester: .
quester .
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What drives exJWs to atheism?
by ros ina significant number of former jehovah's witnesses come out of the watchtower still believing the bible and considering themselves christians.
most coming out are in a serious state of bewilderment, and they look intently and sincerely for something to fill the huge void of lost religion, lost family and friends, and lost fellowship.
they seek some viable spiritual association with others of like mind while at the same time having become very wary of any organized religion.. what is it that eventually draws so many of us (not me) to agnosticism or atheism?
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To Norm
by ros ini don't want to debate religion or science with you and all your friends publically.
okay, so you and alan are the most gentle and kind people you know.
may we assume your other friends are not kind and gentle, or just not as kind and gentle?
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Question for JWs
by ros ini forgot one of the most important points i intended in my "can 'the truth' lie?
" post down the line.
although i did make mention of it in a follow-up reply, i thought it might also be worth a new topic.. now that the watchtower society is perpetuating shunning within[b/] their congregations, among active members who have neither been df'd nor da'd, how should we view jehovah's witnesses considering john 13:35:.
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Can "The Truth" Lie?
by ros inperhaps it is a matter of how one defines the words "truth" and "lie".
the watchtower society certainly permits their flock to hold some unique definitions of common words the rest of us take for granted.
for example, consider what we know to be jehovah's witnesses' general understanding of a few terms which might be defined thus:.
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To JAVA - Re: Book Success
by ros inhi there, java:.
sorry for the delay in replying to your response to my down-the-line message about jim kostelniuk's book, "wolves among sheep".
(i'm off-line quite a bit at this time, but hope i'll be back on track in another week or so.
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Book success: "Wolves Among Sheep"
by ros inits a pleasure to report on the success of the book, "wolves among sheep" by former jw james kostelniuk.. for those who have not seen a review of the book, the true account of the cold-blooded murder of kostelniuk's exwife and his two beautiful children, by her second husband, a jw, see beacon website:.
http://www.xjw.com.
the story, with editorial contribution by jim penton, was finally published by harper-collins in canada this past year and it is now nominated for two literary awards: the eileen mctavish first book award and the mcnally robinson best book of the year award.
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