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  Conjuring Uo Our Own Gods

  by startingover in

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  found this interesting article in the ny times.

  i had never heard of a tulpa before.

  for those of us that don't buy into certain posters claims, this may be an explanation.. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/opinion/luhrmann-conjuring-up-our-own-gods.html?_r=0.

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  startingover

  Thanks Truman. It's amazing because I never heard of tulpas before this morning.
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  Conjuring Uo Our Own Gods

  by startingover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  found this interesting article in the ny times.

  i had never heard of a tulpa before.

  for those of us that don't buy into certain posters claims, this may be an explanation.. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/opinion/luhrmann-conjuring-up-our-own-gods.html?_r=0.

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  startingover

  Thanks Jngnat.
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  Conjuring Uo Our Own Gods

  by startingover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  found this interesting article in the ny times.

  i had never heard of a tulpa before.

  for those of us that don't buy into certain posters claims, this may be an explanation.. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/opinion/luhrmann-conjuring-up-our-own-gods.html?_r=0.

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  startingover

  Rip, you are right. Poor choice on my part and I would change it if I could. I hope my poor choiuce does not detract from what I consider to be excellent information contained in the article. My apologies.
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  Conjuring Uo Our Own Gods

  by startingover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  found this interesting article in the ny times.

  i had never heard of a tulpa before.

  for those of us that don't buy into certain posters claims, this may be an explanation.. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/opinion/luhrmann-conjuring-up-our-own-gods.html?_r=0.

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  startingover

  I didn't realize that would be a problem, it's not much of a secret considering the long threads that have resulted from the threads they start. Unless it was posted in the wrong place. Many people here just don't understand their claims me included.
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  Conjuring Uo Our Own Gods

  by startingover in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  found this interesting article in the ny times.

  i had never heard of a tulpa before.

  for those of us that don't buy into certain posters claims, this may be an explanation.. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/opinion/luhrmann-conjuring-up-our-own-gods.html?_r=0.

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  startingover

  Found this interesting article in the NY Times. I had never heard of a tulpa before. For those of us that don't buy into certain posters claims, this may be an explanation.

  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/opinion/luhrmann-conjuring-up-our-own-gods.html?_r=0
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  Governing Body Hollywood JACKASSERY

  by Terry in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  hollywood likes to make movies "inspired by" actual persons and events.. when they do, many critics point to the various facts which have been changed in the creation of the film.

  a male character may be transformed by screenwriters into a female.. the actual location of the true incident becomes a different country altogether.. a tall person may be portrayed by a short actor.. the decade of the true incident may be switched to a totally different time period.. names are changed and characters may be added or removed.. things never spoken are quoted as though actual.

  motives are suddenly attributed to people opposite to reality.

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  startingover

  Very good Terry!

  I clicked on this thread this morning, just reading the first paragraph, and saving it for later. But the word "inspired" stayed in my mind, and it brought to mind 2 Tim 3:16. For some time I have been concentrating on the "all scriptures" part of that and realizing what the term meant when those words were written. But focusing on "inspired"...why isn't the entire bible just like the Hollywood "inspired" you speak of? Stories told, not written down, and passed along generation to generation by word of mouth, exaggerated and changed as could easily happen, until someone is "inspired" to write it down.

  Don't mean to hijack your thread, Terry, just wanted to share my thoughts which maybe deserve another thread.
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  Tech49 on HOURS, TIME, and REPORTS

  by Tech49 in

  1. watchtower
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  i thought i would share some of my observations on counting field service time, reports, etc.

  and how those reports are viewed, to those that are still so fixated on numbers.. i served as secretary on the service committee for many years, and have seen it all!.

  i was really disheartened when wt changed the requirement for aux pioneering to allow for 30 hrs, instead of the 50 it has been for so long.

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  startingover

  I missed this first time around, what a great thread, and so true.
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  An Elder Reads CoC !!

  by TTATTelder in

  1. watchtower
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  i have recently joined the site.

  i was just appointed an elder this summer.

  i started discovering the ttatt (the truth about the truth) last year after putting a few things together myself concerning the leadership and then doing some research online.. i really enjoyed jwfacts.com, jwsurvey, and others.

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  startingover

  Thanks for posting. So many have been down this road, myself included, and it always feels good to have company.
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  Watchtower Society Has Systemically, Methodically Over The Years, Caused All JWs Diabolically To Worship Watchtower Headquarters Leadership [or G.B.]!

  by bjc2read in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  (of course, this will be "old news" to many of you...but, this is especially written for the "newbies" who may not know of the following.).

  ... i was just wondering .... .

  i remember back when i was very active among the jehovah's witnesses, the watchtower society recommended a special procedure they used to do to put pressure upon bible studies of jehovah's witnesses by doing something they called: "directing attention to the organization.

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  startingover

  Great post!
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  I believe the Catholic's have Jehovah's Witnesses pretty well nailed

  by JakeM2012 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  does the watch tower society speak for god?

  by joel s. peters.

  featured ebookfrom our store: witness of suffering (ebook)document informationdescription: in this article joel peters discusses the three most noteworthy failings of the watch tower society (wts), the organization of jehovah's witnesses: erroneous expectations for armageddon, false bible interpretations, and contradictory doctrines.larger work:.

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  startingover

  Missed it the first time around, great find!