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  new massachusetts law

  by troucul in

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  anyone have any opinions on what effect the new massachusetts law will have on dubba's?

  (priests have 30 days to report any sexual abuse-or they will face criminal charges).

  if you ask me, i foresee the borg's defense as:'we don't have priests, therefore the law does not apply to us'(by altering their terminology they can create loopholes).

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  Is the responsibility of the witnesses to protect ALL children, not just their own?

  Of course not! They do their part by attempting to spread the news of the kingdom. Aside from that, the world is doomed, remember?...so why should they bother? No giving to charities, definitely no blood donations, no helping out at the soup kitchens, so, why should they even begin to care about the physical welfare of those having to exist in the world in "it's present condition"?...even the children? They do enough just by driving around and going door to door. Can't you just feel the love [8>]?
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  A Life Lesson

  by Tammie in

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  one day a farmer's donkey fell into an abandoned well.

  the animal cried for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.

  finally, he decided that the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway, so it just wasn't worth it to him to try to retrieve the donkey.. he invited all his neighbors to come over and help him.

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  Wow!! What a great story. I really needed to hear something encouraging and that was an "uplifting" little tale .
  Thanks for sharing!

  sadie
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  Jesus - Michael or God?

  by Dawn in

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  2. bible

  i've been researching this issue for myself - it's a doctrine i was still having problems understanding - is he or isn't he.... i came across a couple of interesting scriptures that i had not noticed before so thought i'd share them with ya'll:.

  1) genesis 1:26 - then god said, "let us make man in our image..." i was taught as a jw that god was speaking to jesus (michael) here.

  if that's true, and jesus/michael is an angel - that would mean that god created angels in his image also (since i refers to "image" as singular - it doesn't say images).

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  WHAT ABOUT THE STUMBLING BLOCKS?

  by You Know in

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  the underlying assumption of the apostasy is that if the watchtower falls short to a significant degree then it cannot be jehovahs organization.

  thats why apostates are hopeful that if enough fault can be found with the organization and brought to the attention of the faithful, then they too will accept the conclusion that jehovahs witnesses are not who we say we are.

  unquestionably, many have been stumbled over a multitude of stumbling blocks.

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  JWs Could Never Steal This Feeling

  by DakotaRed in

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  i have stated in other posts that i am a vietnam veteran.

  when studying, i was told how "stupid" i was for going off to that war long ago.

  even though i was often made to feel less a person because of my military service, i still was baptized and eventually, saw the light and left the borg.. i also belong to a yahoo message group comprised of fellow veterans that i served with long ago.

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  I am going to be just fine :)

  by WildHorses in

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  i don't know if any of you really want to hear this, so if not please stop reading here.. i told a few of you about a guy i have been seeing for the past few months.

  well, i found out that he has been seeing other women, and i spoke to him last night and tried to break it off with him.

  he didnt want to hear it.

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  Lilacs,

  A LOT of good advice here. I especially agree with the "one year" thing that COMF suggested. And what April said was good...actions do speak louder than words.

  I really liked Pope's version of your letter....LOL.

  Good luck to you!!!
  sadie
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  Was Noah's Flood Local?

  by JosephAlward in

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  achristian believes those who think the bible teaches that the flood was global look foolish.

  he wrote, .

  i encourage all christians to investigate the possibility that the bible does not really teach that the whole earth was flooded at the time of noah.

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  Who ARE These People?

  by Farkel in

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  2. beliefs

  it bears reminding people that there are a number of very high ranking men in brooklyn who are quite aware that the practice of disfellowshiping for just-about-anything is totally unscriptural.

  they are aware of stories like the young girl who committed suicide did so because her sister caught her smoking a cigarette and threatened to turn her in.

  they are aware that their blood transfusion policy is not supported by scripture and that approximately 10,000 jws were not given a chance to save their lives as a result.

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  Has Anyone Invited You to the Memorial?

  by Prisca in

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  the memorial is on in just over two weeks' time, and i was wondering:.

  has anyone invited you to the memorial yet?.

  my old cong knows my address and phone number yet no-one has visited or phoned to invite me.

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  Yes. I've never been to one. I will probably go out of curiousity more than anything.

  sadie
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  Just As In the Days of Noah

  by Farkel in

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  2. bible

  since the bible makes it clear that jesus believed in the scriptural account of the flood and since the evidence that a worldwide flood as described in that same scriptural account would have been virtually impossible, why should anyone trust jesus to be man's redeemer and the only begotten son of god?.

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