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Children calling jw adults uncle and auntie, when did that start?
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i cant figure out when the auntie and uncle thing started or why.

it sure is a peadophiles dream to have a kid they dont know call them uncle!

they are now in a special relationship.
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Was Mark the template for the other gospel accounts?
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i was checking out why the watchtower study was using the book of matthew regarding the last days during the meeting.

i read somewhere, and please correct me if i am wrong, that mark was written in advance of the other accounts.. i thought the differences were startling.

mark makes no mention of "as in the days of noah".
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Chat with Elder and Mother
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my regular weekly chat with an elder who is trying to keep me on the straight and narrow amazed me!.

we were on the subject of jehovahs blessing.

i said its my mothers belief that jehovah has blessed her and the family over their years of faithful service.
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Has anyone found comfort/encouragement from "worldly songs"?
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i remember reading a thread when my exit was starting, about inspirational songs.

someone posted a link to the "shins" for a fool.

this was a surprising help to me.
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My chat with an elder
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my second chat with an elder focused on the lack of any archaeological evidence that the exodus happened.

quite simply it seems to me that a company of 3 million plus livestock could not possibly be sustained in the wilderness, and if they were there then there would definately be evidence.

one writer described the size of the crowd as - imagine 10 people stood side by side, well the line would be 120 miles long with a 3 million crowd.. the elder went through the insight book and discussed the organization of the crowd which has the encampment spread into divisions etc.
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Chat with Elder, how would you reply?
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had a sit down chat with an elder who is aware of my doubts.

we were on the subject of new light, i was saying that if the org changes a teaching then the old teaching was wrong and cannot qualify as truth at the time it was taught, so where did the falsehood come from?.

his response was the gb is imperfect!!
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The UN thing!
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i think the most damning evidence that the organization was fully aware of what they signed up to is the articles in the magazines in the early 90's.

these articles were clearly fulfilling thier obligation to provide evidence to the un of support for the un's goals and objectives.. i presented this information to an elder who was surprised by the content of the articles.

the response from him was astonishing!
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Can i be df'd for this?
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hi, i really need some advice here.

i was selected to play in a sports team representing the country i live in.

it's no big deal as it wont create any kind of major publicity.
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If 1914 is wrong then how is it that it was such a landmark year?
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this is the question that came up in my mind.

now dont get me wrong i know the dates from 607 - 1914 are rubbish, but how would you explain to a witness when they will automatically say, look at the momentus year 1914 was.

that is evidence enough that 607 is correct!.
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My chat with an Elder about the UN thing! Help!
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well it was a very long discussion.

the elder knew nothing about the scandal, but he stated that he had no issue with it since when the case was brought to light, the society acted immediately to right their course.

in fact he thought it was a sign that that the organisation was indeed the "truth".