I'd change it but not to MacLeod but to its Gaelic form Mac Leoid. The point of having your father's last name was to carry on the family title, what's the point if you're not proud of that family.
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Surname Change: your opinions please
by RAYZORBLADE inhey folks.. i have been debating for some time about changing my surname.. as it stands, it's in its typical patriarchial form (my father's surname) and honestly, i'd like to change it to my mother's surname.. i would not deny that my father was my father, but i cannot say that he, or his family have been ever there for me.
my memories of them, for the most part are awful.. my mother is no angel, nor is she perfect, but i do have some connection to that side, and my grandmother (maternal) is my number 1 support person in the family.
when i think back at family that were there for me during rough times, it was relatives on my mom's side.
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Is Saudi Arabia being set-up?
by Stan Conroy incheck this out:.
apparently a new report about 9/11 is coming out in which the us admits to errors in it's previous findings, and sets it's sights on saudi arabia as a factor in the attacks.. so lets just recap the last couple of years.... first it was afganistan's fault.
invade.. then iraq was somehow involved, even though there was no proof.
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The US will never retaliate against SA because they're too US friendly, at least on the face. Iran won't be invaded either, even though they are surrounded by the US army. Iran will eventually collapse on itself because the Ayatollah's government is far too unpopular. Watch for a popular student uprising possibly secretly supported by the CIA. Now North Korea's another matter, I mean, it can literally go off any day. But Kim Jong-Il isn't stupid and won't start nuclear war unless if he wants to be nuclear waste. Bush's policy advisors probably think that he's getting to unpopular in the world and probably won't start any more military campaigns in his current presidency, maybe the next.
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An anointed received blood and was not df'ed.......1958
by BLISSISIGNORANCE inw58 8/1 p. 478 questions from readers ***
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Didn't the WT publish new light (perhaps not officially, maybe only to the elders) saying that the "annointed class" could be replaced? Maybe they didn't have it back then.
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An Important Question for JW's, they can't answer ??? what happened ???
by run dont walk infor the sake of argument, lets say that revelation was completed (writing) in 96 ad.in fact, their book jehovah's witnesses in the divine purpose asserts that "jehovah's witnesses have a history almost 6,000 years long, beginning while the first man, adam, was still alive," that adam's son abel was "the first of an unbroken line of witnesses," and that "jesus' disciples were all jehovah's witnesses [sic] too.
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so, after reading the above text, here's my question ............... .
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I've been thinking and in a way, Jesus prophesied about the Jehovah's Witnesses. The best question that you could ask of the Jehovah's Witnesses is: Are you really preaching what Jesus wanted you to preach? In Luke 21:8 Jesus told us not to follow people who claimed and preached that "the time is near". Jesus didn't want to be a downer and have his followers talk about how armageddon was coming and the only way to be saved was to give your life to an obscure sect and preach for 8/hr a month. NO. He wanted the gospel and his Passion to be preached. This will certainly stump them especially when they point to their "worldwide preaching work" as a mark of the true religion.
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I read an interesting book called Rants, Raves, and Recollections by M. Mair (only available in Canada, try chapters.ca) and there is a chapter called God and the Golfball. Now the current theory is that a bunch of matter about the size of a golfball caused the big bang and all the universe to be created. He basically said that the scientists can't prove or explain how the golf ball of matter got there no more than he can explain God. BTW the book is quite good and tackles sex, politics, and religion.
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Charter of rights and freedom
by JH inliving in canada, i enjoy rights and freedoms that many countries don't have.
i found this site that enumerates in detail the charter of rights and liberty.
http://lois.justice.gc.ca/fr/charte/const_en.html#egalite.
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If you want a good book about the charter read Alex MacDonald's "Outrage: Canada's Justice System on Trial". It's made by a former BC attorny general, Socred, who is now a professor at SFU. I'm finding it very interesting and it gives insight into how the charter is being abused.
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What Is God's Real Name?
by Latin assassin from Manhattan inif your name is mike, would you translate it to swahili, korean or russian?
american presidents never translate their names and they're the most powerful men on the planet.
is it possible that god's name is in fact, a hebrew name and that jws don't want to use this name because it will not bring in converts?
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God's real name at least means I AM WHO I AM. Not the Watchtower's rendering of "he who causes to become" which smacks of poor scholarship. Remeber what Jesus said "‘Very truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I AM." (Jn 8:58, NRSV). The name was meant to signify the mystery of God and for the Jews it was meant to separate God from gods. However, this is not needed in Christianity and the tetragrammation does not appear once in the NT.
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Old Crow Birthday 7/20/03
by oldcrowwoman inbirthdays
i would like to hear from others and feelings with experiences with birthdays.
and what ways you choose to celebrate or not since being out of the org.
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I've been going to birthdays, having recently gone to one on the 16th. Nobody's head got chopped off but we did watch the Exorcist and had pizza and cake, quite informal with no idolatry. Apparently there was a true story to the Exorcist but not as fantastic as in the movie. Any sort of celebration is fun out of the WTS, i mean what did we have to celebrate: weddings (once every blue moon), anniversary's (once a year), and the "memorial"; however, in the memorial we didn't celebrate we just watched on.
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Well, here's my story
by ignorance is strength inwell here's my story:.
i was born into a jw family, my father having been converted and not really much of a believer and my mother being born into it .
my mother's family first became involved with jw's when my great grandmother was converted from, i think, catholicism (i'm only saying that b/c she was irish).
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Well here's my story:
I was born into a JW family, my father having been converted and not really much of a believer and my mother being born into it . My mother's family first became involved with JW's when my great grandmother was converted from, I think, catholicism (I'm only saying that b/c she was irish).
Growing up I never really fit into the JW children's social circles and didn't want to. I didn't really find conversation with JW youths very interesting especially when they try to tell a joke every 5 sec (or talk about MASH reruns). I was a believer myself, being strongly indoctrinated since childhood and by 11 or 12 years old I started the process to become baptised. I was turned down. The reason: I did not spend enough time in field service (my average being about 3 hrs a month). This really made me question "the truth" especially when I saw elder's children who didn't even go out in field service or have a proper (by proper I mean knowledge above and beyond the WT publications) knowledge of the bible being baptised. I just stopped going to the meetings, but not altogether because my parents occasionally threatened to cut off my allowance if I didn't go.
During this period of my life there was a month when I started to go back to the meetings but I just couldn't stand how the WT took things in the bible completely out of context. I wasn't too crazy with WT doctrines even when I firmly believed in "the truth", I've always like politics and never saw anything wrong, biblically or morally, with doing "worldly activities" such as Remembrance Day or celebrating birthdays or THINKING INDEPENDENTLY (big thing for me, I can't respect a religion full of mindless automatons). Growing up I'd always been embarrassed about being a JW. I mean, we were the ones who pestered people, trying to convert them when they didn't appreciate or want it and the rules of the WTS are made to make us outcasts of society and kept us from befriending "worldly folk" who were much nicer and considerate than JW's.
Fortunately I did make non-JW friends, which was much easier than trying to make friends with JW's as many here would probably understand. Anyways, after I stopped going to the meetings (since we are indoctrinated to believe that all other religions besides it were false) I became an atheist; however, this was only for a short period. But for some reason I still believed in Christ. This was difficult because I couldn't accept things like the trinity or non-paradistic afterlife. But after really searching the internet, I came to see how screwed up the WT teachings and history were and how everything was twisted. Even to this day when I hear Babylon the Great, I think "world empire of false religion" (catchy, isn't it?).
I remember one time I was out with an elder in the field service and we came across a truly non-denominational Scottish Christian. We couldn't disprove the traditional thinking of hell and we even went back home to research the subject more but his reasoning and logic was just correct. The elder said he just couldn't see the truth. When we were just about to leave with our tails between our legs (but denying it all along), he directly talked to me and he said "believe whatever you want to believe, don't let anyone TELL you what to believe." This simple statement had quite an effect on me, not immediately but in the present.
Right now I'm just studying what I'm going to believe. Catholicism looks pretty good and its a very pretty religion not like the dull and visually unattractive kingdom halls. I hope to go to university in a year maybe I'll study law, or political science, or business. My parents don't really know my views on the WT and I think they'd rather have me be an atheist than a catholic or another kind of Christian, so in my view its best if they're kept in the dark (some advice plz
).My future does look brighter. I'm glad I'm not going to turn out to be a window washer who on his days off goes preaching a blasphemous (not trying to be righteous, just couldn't think of better word) sect. I would like to thank websites like this and the people who contribute to them for bringing out the truth about "the truth".
I could go on because there's a lot to say about my personal experience with the WT but I won't bore you any longer. So Hello to all and thank you very much!
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How to Study the Bible
by Yizuman inhow to study the bible
since the bible was written a long time ago, many of the cultural references and literary styles used are unfamiliar to us today.
to truly understand the bible, we need to understand the background of life and literature 2000 to 3000 years ago as the bible was being written.
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I find that the NRSV is a good translation, for me personally. For a good letter on biblical studies I would recomment Divino Afflante Spiritu by Pius XII.