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Forty Years!
by Blueblades in
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wow!

today we have been married for forty years!

where did the time go.
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In The Beginning...
by Blueblades in
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beginnings are always difficult.

wherever one starts, there is always the question: what was before that?

this question comes from our sense of objective causality - that everything must be preceded by its cause.. must everything have a cause?
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MY BIG TOE.
by Blueblades in
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anyone here read the trilogy about my big toe by tom campell.

if so ,what are your thoughts about this trilogy unifying philosophy, physics, and metaphysics.. blueblades.
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John 8:3-11 The Women Caught in Adultery.
by Blueblades in
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the favorite bible story of jesus's forgiving the woman caught in adultery ( john 8: 3-11 ) doesn't belong in the bible.

to the careful reader, the story raises numerous questions.

if this women was caught in the act of adultery, for example, where is the man she was caught with?
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Tell Us, now that we are coming to a close.
by Blueblades in
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2. friends
tell us, in a nutshell, now that we are coming to a close, has this jwd discussion forum helped you to come to a conclusion or does the uncertainty still exist' on the following issues:.

god: does he exist or not, or you still don't know?.

jesus: was he a real historical person or not?
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The Two Greatest Commandments and Free Will???
by Blueblades in
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when those who wrote the scriptures command the readers and or believers to obey by command the two greatest commandments.

you must love god, you must love your neighbor, etc.

are the writers of scripture understanding what the true meaning of free will is?.
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Stalking when you have left them..
by Blueblades in
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2. friends
i just received an e-mail from a close friend who told me that two brothers from my old congregation are trying to locate me since i moved out of state and away from the congregation.. he tells me that they are phone and computer savvy.

one person knows how to use the phone system and can find any persons phone number private or otherwise.

the other is computer savvy and can use it to locate anyone from his computer.. is this a form of stalking?
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The Biggest Wild Goose Chase In History.
by Blueblades in
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wilson, author of jesus: a life.

called the quest for god the biggest wild goose chase in history.

from karen armstrong's book: a history of god.. what do you think?
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The Great Tribulation?
by Blueblades in
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besides talking about the great tribulation and using it to scare the rank and file that it is coming real soon, when was the last watchtower study that dealt with this subject in - depth?.

i think it was somewhere in the nineties.

anyone remember and know when the watchtower did an in - depth study on this teaching?.
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Spirit Directed Organization..How?
by Blueblades in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
correct me if i'm not understanding this phrase, 'spirit directed organization'.. my understanding is that the watchtower has recently taught ( someone may remember the exact watchtower that this was taught ) that the anointed and every jehovah's witness has the same holy spirit, no more no less.. nothing special is directing the watchtower society when it comes to understanding the scriptures.

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why then do they keep on using this phrase, that they are being directed by holy spirit and still use it when asking one of the baptism questions.. if they have no 'special knowledge', how is it that they write talks about being directed by holy spirit especially when it comes to distrct convention talks.. blueblades.