In the cong. I grew up in a family needed help so the members have a whole bunch of food and probably some cash. In my last cong. there was a find to help people in need and I knew one that got help. I dont think this fund exists anymore because someone needed help badly a year ago and no cong. money was offered up.
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...the relief of Congregation Members
by Lostandfound injust clearing out all old stuff and came across tyhis line in my copy of the uk memorandum of constitution, passed by each uk cong in (i think) 1997).
this line bemused me as i know of no witness who ever receiver financial help from their congregation.
clause 4.2.4 read for other charitable purposes including the relief of congregation members who are in conditions of need hardship or distress.
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Christopher Hitchens Revises the Ten Commandments
by Finkelstein ini saw this on youtube and enjoyed it for its content , have a peek .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9wexgtck7c.
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What most people don't realize is the story makes it sound as though god is giving men these amazing new laws for people to govern themselves yet these same laws already existed Hammurabi's laws and the Egyptian neg-confessions. -
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Well I spilled it to the elders (elder)
by HowTheBibleWasCreated inan elder came over for a visit the other night (he couldn't get a partner) personally i consider him a friend and have revieiled many things to him an figured the tie has come to step out of this religion slowly.. well i finally told him i have no believe in the bible (other then the confirmed history in it) or god.
i did it slowly and tactfully and even non-agressive.. his response to learning i believe in evolution was that evolution doesn't happen now i respectfully disagreed and pointed out lactose and alcohol tolerance among the last thousand years as well as tibetian lung/hearts.
he refused to believe it.
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Who Selected the Canon? Does “The Watchtower” Tell Us the Whole Story?
by Doug Mason inat pages 27 to 29 of its article, does the bible tell us the whole story about jesus?, “the watchtower” of april 1, 2010 discusses the subject: “who selected the canon?”.
the watch tower claims that professor oskar skarsaune and professor kenneth berding provide support for its contention that the list of christian greek scriptures was a product of some first-century christians who were endowed with “superhuman abilities”, and that the canon was not established in the second century..
does “the watchtower” tell the whole story on who selected the canon?.
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Is everything that doesnt add ud explained as a vision, a parable or a "poem" ?
by Bolthof inhi.. i meet up with a couple of jw once a week and it seems to me that every time i show them a verse that says something that contradicts their doctrine they say that it is a parable, a vision.. or a poem of some sort.
what are your toughts about this ?.
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In the end they teach you have to be apart of the organization of Jehovah's witnesses and follow the leaders the self proclaimed faithful and discreet slave. The bible say all who believe in Christ are saved and the faithful and discreet slave is just a parable Luke 12:41. It would be best for you to stop studying with them. We should know we once were them. -
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Splane "Bible writer's not logical"
by Backinthebox inbethelite asked splane since mt 25 is set in the great trib because half way through mt 24 events turn to the great trib, does that not mean the generation starts when the great tribulation starts and has nothing to do with 1914. splane replied the bible writers were not logical they would pick a topic then randomly go back to another topic.
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They say what ever they want. When I was blowing up thier doctrines about the mediator and new covanant the elder got around it inn the heads by saying the things written were just For The anointed. Yep the whole new testament of the bible written only for the anointed. Idiots -
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Terrorist attack in Belgium
by ILoveTTATT2 incheck the news.
there was a terrorist attack in brussells, couple of bombs detonated in the brussell airport and the metro.. 36 dead so far.. i send my sincerest condolences to the people of belgium.. the motive seems to be revenge for the capture of the last surviving member of the paris terrorist attacks..
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Am l the only one.?The older l become the more hostile l become towards god.
by atomant inthey say you mellow out with age.maybe so but not in my case.l feel its an insult and degrading to us humans to have to live the way we do if there is a god.deep down l guess l do believe theres a god but lm having great difficulty trying to understand why things are the way they are.l dont need a bible bashing from anyone l just feel frustrated and helpless.l just battle on like everyone else but l get the feeling theres a whole lot more to our existence.
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I always had a problem with this idea that gods love yet sits back and does nothing to help mandkind. The Tsunami in 2004 along with the quake in Haiti were the last nails in the coffin watching my father die was the final nail I think. I no longer believe in a God that cares about anything on this planet. -
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How Should Anointed Christians View Themselves?
by jwdoctrine inin this coming sunday's study article :”we want to go with you” and paragraph 5 we read :.
“those who partake of the emblems at the memorial should carefully consider the warning found at1 corinthians 11:27-29.
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Again they take scriptures out of context. Paul was saying eat before the meal and don't get drunk that this meal was for a reason and not just to fill your stomach. Had nothing to do with being unworthy to eat of the bread and wine. -
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The Modern Exodus: Perception or Reality?
by Hadriel ini'm completely new at this however just in my joining this forum and of course interacting with others i can't help but notice what appears to be a significant exodus from the organization.. for those of you that have long been in this game have you seen this before?
i'm really curious and we should refrain from the sensational, but is what we're seeing different than in years past?.
it sure seems like so so many are waking and leaving.
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Ever since they said you could just report 15 minutes they have been hiding the numbers maybe even before. But as long as they can convince the born ins that this is Jehovah's organization by repeating it over and over again most will stay no matter what changes they make in doctrine.