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  answer at the hall "its all illuminate!"

  by purrpurr in

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  i probably havnt spelt that right but anyway the other week a bro at my hall answered up saying that he had done research into the lives of these "rock and roll" stars and that he had discovered that they all belonged to a demon controled, satan worshipping secret cult called the illuminarte!

  therefore we must steer clear of popular music because of the secrect demonic lyrics that it contains!!.

  of course everyone nodded in agreement and the study conductor thanked him for his "fine" comment!.

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  Laika

  Imagine how dull life would be if we could only listen to 'Kingdom melodies'
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  Have you investigated Gnostic Christianity?

  by Gnostic Bishop in

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  have you investigated gnostic christianity?.

  the gnostic wing of christianity, if it can even be called that today, has quite a few differences to christianity and catholicism.

  if the old gnostic christians were here, they would hardly recognize what has happened to the original orthodox catholic church or its various offshoots in protestantism and islam.

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  Laika

  I like aspects of gnosticism, but overall find it too dualistic for my tastes.

  I am also not convinced that Gnosticism has historically been less patriarchal than orthodoxy.
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  Singapore: The Religious consequences of Tim Cook coming out as gay

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as if we needed any further evidence that the minds of christians are not all that they should be, the shenagins in the christian segment of the christian segment of the singapore population once again demonstrated that each time they fart, they blow some of their brains away, and sadly they fart so much that there's not much brain left.. i guess most people have heard that time cook (boss of apple) publically stated this week that he was gay and proud of it.

  in most of the western world, it barely caused a ripple, but not so in singapore where christians are always lobbying the government against sin.. but, tim cook as a gay man provoked the ire of the singaporean church leadership.. i have not heard that anyone claimed that using an apple iphone would make you gay, but prominent church leader lawrence khong, was commissioned as an apostle by dr. peter wagner, of the international coalition of apostles, in 2000. .

  on hearing the news about tim cook, lawrence khong stop using iphone and even denounced technology altogether.

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  Laika

  You know that is satire, right FTS?
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  Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real (shows the way to JWs?)

  by exWTslave in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  pope thus admits that every verse of the bible is not literally inspired.

  it is like a story that is built to awaken the readers to some principles (not to educate the readers the historicity with all the minute details).. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-francis-declares-evolution-and-big-bang-theory-are-right-and-god-isnt-a-magician-with-a-magic-wand-9822514.html.

  if gb is wise enough, they can come out of the mess they have gone into, making use of this opportunity that pope has opened saying bible is not to be taken literally.

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  Laika

  I suppose Joyce Meyer would be an improvement but she is not exactly the direction I would like the Society to take...
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  Books about early Christianity

  by EdenOne in

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  2. bible

  i've just finished reading two (imo) great books:.

  "a history of christianity - the first three thousand years", by diarmaid macculloch.

  "misquoting jesus", by bart ehrman.

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  Laika

  NT Wright's 'Christian origins' series is pretty good, if a bit heavy.
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  Morning Witness - Sowing the Seeds

  by Frazzled UBM in

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  2. beliefs

  so i walked past a couple of young witnesses on the way to dropping my son off this morning and they were still there at the station when i came back to catch the train.

  seeing them made me feel sad and think about all the stories of regret here on jwn so i figured what the hell i'll tell them.

  so i approached them and asked how old they were.

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  Laika

  I am amused at the idea of anyone trying to intimidate you Frazz.

  Hope you reached them in some way!
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  Slip Sliding Away :I went to a 1 day assembly-Why?

  by MissFit in

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  i have not attended anything jw related for over a year.... until last week when i went to our one day convention.. why you ask?.

  i can do what i want i'm a grown adult.. ok...ok...so my jw childhood friend who i have not seen forever, came by for a visit.. i mentally went through the check list:.

  is she pioneering and need extra time?.

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  Laika

  I hope that was a good sandwich!
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  Mormon Church Founder had 33 wives

  by designs in

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  we know russell, rutherford franz and knorr wer kooky but joseph smith takes the cake.. the salt lake tribune of all newspapers has run an article on the lds founder's 33 wives, most of whom were teenagers.. http://www.sltrib.com/news/173364-155/plural-smith-joseph-marriage-lds-says.

  would you stay an lds after knowing this, how would you rationalize staying with this knowledge.. .

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  Laika

  That's a lot! I wonder how he remembered all their birthdays!
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  San Francisco Giants vs. Kansas City Royals - World Series Winners ?

  by flipper in

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  2. friends

  once again for the 3rd time in 5 years my favorite baseball team the s.f.

  giants are headed to the world series !

  so who do you think will win this years series and your reasons for your predictions ?

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  Laika

  Good to see the Royals improve! It is a shame the timing to watch this is not good for me.

  I was in Cali last week, chose the wrong week maybe...
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  Has growing up as a JW affected my ability to forgive ?

  by troubled mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i really don't understand the concept of forgiveness .

  lately in my life several people have thrown that term around so easily ,and i am confused .

  is it because we were taught to cut people off so easily as jws that i find it hard to forgive ?.

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  Laika

  I think it's important not to seek retribution against people who have hurt you. I am upset at my former JW friends for shunning me for example but I wouldn't take any glee in them facing the same shunning were they to somehow rebel, and I would welcome them back in my life if they wanted me back. My forgiveness however doesn't extend to me going back to the JWs and pretending nothing is wrong.