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  Proof of God

  by MrDantastic in

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  i'm an atheist as i do not see any evidence for the existance of a god.

  i encourage critical thinking in everyone and am ready to debate anyone on whether or not there is a god and what that god might be like.

  hmu..

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  are many of these changes in the last 2 years inline with christedom?

  by Crazyguy in

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  if so, its amazing that jah's chariot moves slower then satan's and i think we could use this argument to maybe get people thinking.

  thoughts.

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  Leaving the JWs, experiencing Christianity and finding freedom! (But it took awhile)

  by im_free in

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  2. beliefs

  this is my first post here.. i was raised in "the truth", and am an ex-bethelite who worked in brooklyn for several years back in the 90's.

  a few years after i left bethel, i started to become disillusioned after doing research about the society and reading crisis of conscience (i know..i wasn't supposed to do that lol).

  i eventually stopped attending meetings and going out in service.

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  Three Types of People and Their Destinies!

  by Kalos in

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  [christiansincluding jwstried very hard with their evangelism among the hindus, but did not accomplish much.

  because the hindus are in possession of something better.

  the actual name of hindus is sanatana dharma (eternal duty) which is defined as taking delight in the welfare of all beings (bhagavat gita 12:4, 20) hindus (which literally means those who live by the sides of indus river) is a superficial and geographical name given to them later.

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  my first post! (long read sorry in advance)

  by Letts Party in

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  long time lurker, first time poster here finally looking to get some things off my chest.

  i've always been a very curious person with tons of questions about everything, and i also care deeply particularly about societal issues like social injustice, racism, and homophobia.

  that, coupled with how boneheaded all the elders in my congregation are (except for one), led me to ask even more questions that led me to find ttatt.. .

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  Accuracy of the Revised NWT

  by dabster in

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  i was speaking with a jw yesterday.

  i'd previously mentioned the removal of the brackets around 'other' in colossians 1 making the mistranslation complete.

  during our chat he said that the previous edition of the nwt was the more correct one, that the revised version was simply more readable and that it shouldn't be considered the best translation.

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  JW.ORG Business Cards?

  by toweragent in

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  did anybody else get an announcement at their meeting about the branch approved jw.org business cards?.

  apparantly, they're real slick and fit into your wallet (making it easier to informal witness).

  the logic was, some people don't want to be handed a big tract and would prefer something smaller.. so strange considering how little there is to those tracts!

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  Tony Abbott

  by zound in

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  just thought this was interesting - people in positions of power have the same insincere don't give a **** attitude no matter what organisation - religious or otherwise.. this letter of a young boy to australian pm tony abbott about gay marriage and the response reminded me so much of my letters to bethel and many other people's.

  the response has the same tone as watchtower responses.. https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/marie-claire/news-and-views/latest/a/24221581/tony-abbott-responds-to-11-year-olds-letter-on-marriage-equality/.

  it's not as sensational as his other antics that have been in the news lately, but that formulatic don't give a shit letter reminded me of wt..

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  A glaring example of how Watchtower's insertion of "Jehovah" corrupts the NT

  by Island Man in

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  "the rnwt replaces "kyrios" (lord) with "jehovah" in translating romans 14:8 as follows:.

  "for if we live, we live to jehovah,*+ and if we die, we die to jehovah.

  * so both if we live and if we die, we belong to jehovah.".

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  My Elderette is attempting to change the subject again

  by Faithful Witness in

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  we were in the middle of discussing their use of god's personal name, and miss k was not able to find one place in the bible, where jesus actually said the name out loud (that wasn't a quote from the ot).

  we had started out by talking about jesus being "the way, the truth and the life.

  " then she stated that one of the purposes of jesus' coming to earth, was "to make god's name known.

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