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  Their name will be their downfall.....

  by snare&racket in

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  the bible is written in classical hebrew (there are many other types and older types).

  yhwh is a classical hebrew sentence that roughly means 'he wills it, and it happens'.

  the hebrew language has such mechanisms for saying things in a shortened form, much like today cpr, rsvp, vip etc..... adonai is also classical hebrew, but its a word.... it means 'lord' and 'master'.. .

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  Why I don,t believe in reincarnation.

  by jam in

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  it,s simple, i can not remember crap from my previous life.. the wife told me today if you come back in the next life, please.

  take some science classes.. if i could remember a small percentage of my life today, just a little.

  bit, man would it make a difference.. in school i would be 100% nerd, geek, book worm.

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  Then (1960) and now (2013)

  by theron ware in

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  i was raised as a jw from the age of 7. i was df'd for apostasy in 1971 at the age of 23. it has been 42 years since i have had contact with any jehovah's witnesses, including my family.

  last year i moved to tucson.

  when i read that a district assembly was coming to town, and that it would be at the convention center only minutes from my house, i decided to check it out.

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  Can anyone explain this reasoning?

  by Honesty in

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  when a jw goes from door to door on a daily basis, they are called pioneers and it is a good thing.. it is an act of love when they share their knowledge with householders.. .

  however, if that pioneer learns more about the watchtower society's beliefs when compared with the bible and tries to share that knowledge with current members he is attacking his brothers and sisters and is mentally diseased.. when he shares his knowledge about the watchtower society's involvement with the un and other political entities with the brothers and sisters it is called an act of hate.. in both instances, we have similar actions and motivations but the watchtower society comes to completely different conclusions.. does it have anything to do with control or is it related to something else?.

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  Why JW's take on education is truly disingenuous

  by Black Man in

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  we've all waxed poetic about the jw views on higher education and how they truly stifled people trying to pursue an education.

  but what did they offer as an alternative??!!.

  at least mormons (who's theology is as equally fucked up as jws) had an accredited school in brigham young university that their people could aspire to attend.

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  Atheist Blogger Visits Kingdom Hall

  by Bangalore in

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  atheist blogger visits kingdom hall.. .

  http://doubtingmark.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/jehovahs-witness-kingdom-hall-ballard/.

  bangalore.

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  Should all elders be painted with the same brush?

  by Socrateswannabe in

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  an hour or two ago, i was reading a topic on this forum that welcomed new elders to jwn.

  there was some criticism aimed at the op and i understand that elders shouldn't be singled out as special.

  one poster said he/she hates all elders.

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  Do you believe Jehovah enjoys watching people suffer and why would you want to worship him?

  by booker-t in

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  i have to admit i never really thought about this question until one of my classmates challenged me with this very question.

  she made an excellant point and i have to admit i am asking myself the same question does jehovah enjoy watching people suffer.

  the case she brought up was the flood story.

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  A NEW NAME

  by EdenOne in

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  i wish to communicate that there has been a change in the name that identifies the community that i'm rousing.

  it used to be called "christian fraternity of jehovah's people".

  from now on it will be called "christian fraternity of god's people".

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  The Bible - Which books get to stay or go decided my men - cut & paste old school

  by HarryMac in

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  western traditioneastern orthodox traditionoriental orthodox traditionassyrian eastern traditionbooksprotestant.

  [o 1]roman catholicgreek orthodoxslavonic orthodoxgeorgian orthodoxarmenian apostolic.

  (part of 4 esdras)no.

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