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  Undeserved kindness vs. Grace

  by TweetieBird in

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  you guys are probably going to think this is silly of me, but i have always wondered why the society, in the nwt and all of their literature always uses the term "undeserved kindness" and never the term "grace.

  " is it because the churches of christendom use the term grace, therefore it is bad?.

  i know that undeserved kindness is suppose to mean the same as grace, but is it really?

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  Ex-Witnesses in Oregon?

  by CatholicGuy in

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  i voluntarily disassociated from the jws in 1980. i was actively involved in ministry to jws and ex-jws for the next 10 years.

  the past 10 years or so i've moved on with my life and lost touch with much of what was happening with the watch tower society and ex-witnesses.

  of course, growing up in the witnesses leaves its imprint on you.

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  More Wondering and Self doubt

  by Vitameatavegamin in

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  hello friends, this is your vitameatavegamin girl.

  by the way, don't forget to watch the i love lucy marathon on tv land starting october 15th, it should be a hoot.

  50th anniversary of the show.. anyway, lately i have been doing more thinking about everything.

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  just one question

  by beepers in

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  i am an inactive witness.

  the problem i'm having is that i have a 1 year old daughter.

  not that she's the problem, but jw's believe that only jw's will survive armageddon.

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  I'm Scared

  by FriendlyFellaAL in

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  before i get started on what i'm afraid will be a lengthy post, i just want to say a few things.

  this may not be the appropriate forum for me to post what i need to say, but i hope that all of you will be understanding and supportive of how i feel.

  i've been lurking here for quite some time and have even been brave enough to make a few posts, so i feel somewhat comfortable expressing this here.. perhaps i should discuss my background a bit before getting to the heart of the matter so you all can understand where i'm coming from.. i am a late 20-something former jw, never disassociated myself but completely stopped attending meetings about four or five years ago.

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  Our American Flag

  by Vienna in

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  doesn't it feel good to not be a jw at this point in history?

  through the fear of the last few days, i do have comfort from scripture about my eternal salvation through jesus (as a witness you never felt secure with god--don't miss a meeting or field service for long or you're out), but also because my husband and i can display our american flag on our cars and in front of our house to support our country!.

  as americans, we will not stand for terrorism and i'm proud to be in this country.

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  Do you still believe in paradise promise?

  by GoingNuts in

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  one question that i have is does anyone still believe in the promise of perfect paradise on earth?.

  i just got done reading "emperors new clothes" forgot what link i was on.

  anyway the brother did some comendable exhaustive research into the subject.

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  Question re: REVELATION

  by Amazing in

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  recently i read some information that state the catholic church now admits that the apostle john definitely did not write the bible book of revelation.

  also, another source stated that revelation may not be an 'inspired canonical' book.

  rather, revelation may be the work of a raving lunatic imprisoned on patmos, who had illusions of grandeur, and may have been on drugs as he invented this fantasy we call also call apocalypse.

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  Is Jehovah is still creating? #73

  by OlderTom in

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  i thought jehovah is on his rest day.

  he's done with working and creating things, well that is what i was taught anyway.. tell me this then.

  every year we get a new variety of the influenca virus.

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  Indoctrinated at "church camp"

  by d0rkyd00d in

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  man, i can't believe how gullible people are.

  my friend was an atheist, but recently went to a "church camp" for four days.

  now she's back, and she said she's a new person.

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