English Patient
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Do the Sadduccees deserve to be seen in a more favorable light?
by True North indoes anyone remember the old joke about the sadduccees, that they didn't believe in the resurrection and that's why they were "sad-you-see"?
i think that on the whole, the sadduccees get pretty bad press from both jews and christians and i've often thought that maybe they don't entirely deserve it.
i know that they are said to have been "the establishment", collaborating with the romans and trying to keep a lid on the trouble being stirred up by the pharisees, the zealots, and the assorted messianic movements in order to preserve their own privileges and status.
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is it worth it?
by jwbot ini have a livejournal, and i have recently started a community called jw_discussion as a way for me to heal.
i wanted it to be a place where current jw's could go and ask questions and those who were ex or just curious to do the same.
it was neither a pro- nor anti- community.
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hi everyone first time posting
by prgirl ini have been reading the posts for a while now, and it has really helped.
i wasn't sure if i should post, but i have been so touched reading about other peoples experiences that i wanted to share mine.
i was never raised jw.
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Does Jesus being the "Son of God" mean that he is not God by nature ?
by hooberus inin bible times the phrase "the son of god" was understood as a claim to the nature of god, not a claim to be a lesser being:.
" john 19:7. .
ron rhodes commments:.
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Another brave person beats cancer
by English Patient injose' francisco molina pulled off the biggest victory of his life when he beat cancer.
molina plays football as a goalkeeper for deportivo la coruna, and only as late as this past november did he get the all clear after months of hard treatment.
he thought he would never live, never mind play again.
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Another question, please?
by irishayes inin reading a lot of the posts, and in trying to digest all the teachings and then changes in teachings, it makes me wonder, does the church have preachers who have gone to a school and studied scripture?
or do they just study the wbts publications?
there are lots of seminaries where christian preachers study but are there wbts seminaries?
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Harmful or Dangerous?
by Sunspot inin view of the recent ban in russia, and the statement that the government feels that the wts is considered harmful and dangerous, my thoughts are these;
i think that anyone or anything that purposely tampers with the very fabric of people's families, is dangerous, but that's just the way i see it.
maybe this sounds extreme, but then the watchtower society is extreme, and too, i speak from personal experience.. .
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First question: Why are JW's ridiculed so much?
by 2good2bad indo you ever wonder why jw's are the most ridiculed?
they are made fun of more than any other religion.
it makes me think about jesus and how he was persecuted and ridiculed for being righteous.
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At the Memorial......
by New Castles ini did make it to the memorial with my wife this past sunday.
at first everything was going the same as always...the talk, the passing of the crackers and wine, but then towards the end the brother giving the speech did something i had never seen.
he was talking about how we could never pay a price for what christ has given for us...he then pulled a big wad of cash with what was clearly either a 20 or 50 on the front and flashed it to everyone in the audience.