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  10 good reasons why celebrating birthdays should be allowed

  by bluecanary in

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  i cannot take credit for any of the gems below but i did want to polish and organize them.

  much of the information was borrowed from this thread.

  if you can come up with any more, please post them.. the bible does not ban birthdays.

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  Are the gospels just midrash?

  by yadda yadda 2 in

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  some responses to this common claim gleaned from internet sources;.

  the idea the gospels are simply midrash has several problems associated with it.

  one is that the genre as such did not exist yet in judaism as the midrashim are a few centuries later.

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  1975 scan-Anyone?

  by lostsheep82 in

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  "why are you looking forward to 1975?

  pg.494 aug. 15 1968)anow it is firmly maintained that by the autumn of the year 1975 the battle of armageddon will have been fought and godas new world will have been established".

  can anyone provide a scan of this article, or a simple quote of the article?.

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  Are the best things in life really free?

  by compound complex in

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  are they for you?.

  thanks.. coco.

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  Can being gay live in harmony with being a christian?

  by digderidoo in

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  2. friends

  i have looked at the thread about gay marriages in california and thought about asking this question there, but instead of hi-jacking that one i thought i would ask it here.

  there seems to be quite a few gay people on this site and i wonder how many class themselves as christian?

  if so, can being gay live in harmony with being a christian?.

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  Watchtower Rules?

  by grissom6471 in

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  it really amazes me when people say that the watchtower rules or controls people.

  i heard on the news that the vatican issued a statement calling for a .

  boycott of davinci code movie and book.

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  Just read 'Jehovah Unmasked'. Here's what i think of it!

  by lowden in

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  2. beliefs

  when i first joined the forum a short while ago the aforesaid book was recommended to me after i ranted about the disgusting, genocidal machinations of jehovah.

  nathaniel merritt, although i don't concur with all he says, is a very brave and bright guy.

  his abhorence of the nightmarish evil perpetrated by this god mirrored the thoughts that i've been having for a few years now.

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  what proves jw's aren't true?

  by jwfacts in

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  2. beliefs

  i am inactive and it took years of doubt to convince myself the jw's arent true.

  i started doubting because i hated the idea that jehovah would kill 6 billion non-jw's.

  the thing now that is the most important proof for me is that until 1954 jw's worshipped jesus and it is still in the watchtower charter, even though you now get disfellowshipped for worshipping jesus.

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  What's The Worst Scandal You Know Regarding Jehovah's Witnesses?

  by minimus in

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  .....whether it be in the congregation or from "headquarters"?

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  Alleged Prophecies Fulfilled by Jesus

  by JanH in

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  most exjws are familiar with the claims that the gospel accounts about jesus "fulfills" around 300 prophecies in the old testament.

  this claim is taken verbatim from christian fundamentalists.

  checking out these so-called prophecies will reveal that they do not stand up to scrutiny.

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