GrreatTeacher

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  Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime (NYTimes)

  by NewYork44M in

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  GrreatTeacher

  No, dude, calling someone 'immoral' is passing judgement. Why aren't you cool with that? Isn't that what christians are supposed to do?
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  AFFECTATIONS of INTEGRITY and other steaming piles of Poo

  by Terry in

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  2. beliefs

  there is a marvelous greek word for what an actor does in a play as he assumes an identity other than his own.

  and proceeds to affect behaviors which convince an audience every word and deed performed is the gods' honest truth.. do you know the word?.

  the word is ??

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  GrreatTeacher

  The greek word for witness is martyr.

  Well, you could've bowled me over with a feather. That connection is astounding.

  Rutherford was an evil man.
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  So who knows/knew William Malenfant?

  by L3G in

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  2. friends

  since a previous thread is getting comments that this guy may become a new gb member, the topic above is worth pursuing.

  here's what i found out by searching so far---in other words, not much.

  surely others must know something about the guy.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/198944/1/william-malenfant-learn-from-me-mp3-trinidad-2010-zone-talk.

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  GrreatTeacher

  You just beat me to it, Apog!
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  Things WT has condemned other religions for doing...only to eventually do themselves!

  by androb31 in

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  GrreatTeacher

  Begging for money.
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  Implications of Dropping "Types/Anti-Types"

  by Antioch in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've seen this part of the agm folded in with other topics and poked around, but no really critical discussion of the implications.. .

  the hermenuetics of the type/anti-type practice was a big deal to me in realizing the tatt.

  i searched high and low for a rational basis for concluding that god was communicating in a type/anti-type format that wasn't special pleading and circular.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Do you mean in the new bible, Sloppyjoe? I haven't seen it.

  I remember leaving in 1991 and predicting a generation change which happened in 1995.

  I want to know how long in advance they work on these things, plan these incremental changes that prepare the rank and file for big new understandings. Are there Strategic New Light Teams? Fiduciary Doctrinal Consistency Committees? I mean how does this actually work?

  And, do they plant seeds for more than one possible doctrinal outcome?
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  Implications of Dropping "Types/Anti-Types"

  by Antioch in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i've seen this part of the agm folded in with other topics and poked around, but no really critical discussion of the implications.. .

  the hermenuetics of the type/anti-type practice was a big deal to me in realizing the tatt.

  i searched high and low for a rational basis for concluding that god was communicating in a type/anti-type format that wasn't special pleading and circular.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Yes, the first thing I thought when I heard they were back pedaling on the type / antitype stuff was that this is the beginning of the end for 1914.
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  Evidence of life after death?

  by little_Socrates in

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  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/life-after-death-largestever-study-provides-evidence-that-out-of-body-and-neardeath-experiences-may-actually-be-real-9780195.html.

  "experts currently believe that the brain shuts down within 20 to 30 seconds of the heart stopping beating and that it is not possible to be aware of anything at all once that has happened.. but scientists in the new study heard said they heard compelling evidence that patients experienced real events for up to three minutes after this had happened and could recall them accurately once they had been resuscitated.".

  how are people having "experinces" while there is no evidence of heart or brain activity?.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Isn't the keyword in near-death NEAR?

  All of these accounts are from living people. They may have been NEAR death, but no one actually died.
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  Well, it was your basic KH wedding, now 40 years later

  by JeffT in

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  2. experiences

  my wife and i still like each other.

  fortieth is "ruby.

  " since rubies aren't in the budget, we went to ruby beach for the weekend.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Congratulations! 40 years is quite the feat. What a beautiful beach, too!
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  Looking back to what happened since sept 2012... i must say its brilliant !

  by insidetheKH in

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  2. friends

  who thought in the early months of 2012 that such a rebranding would take place in only a matter of 24 months?.

  they managed to go from an antique looking and boring website (watchtower.org) with hardly any attractive content to go to a fresh looking new website with stuff for everyone, families, children, teenagers.. movies, and short videos about almost everything and new ones added every month.

  cartoons, animation video's , interviews, picture activities all kind of projects, many audio files like dramatic bible readings, dramas and music, online research tools, new brochures for kids (off and online) etc.

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  GrreatTeacher

  They are decades late jumping on the TV bandwagon. And their reverse on the internet question, first it's evil, then it's the best thing ever, is disgraceful.
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  Patronizing much? Tv.jw great

  by All for show in

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  2. friends

  my jw friends and family...already this morning, think this is the best thing ever.

  gag.

  at least me and my rebellious friends and siblings had a laugh.. .

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  GrreatTeacher

  She should have gone with more of a plum undertone...