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Faithful & Discreet Slave?
by Balsam ini was doing some research on just how we had understood the faithful discreet slave class when we were jw's.
you'll notice it also speaks about the evil slave.
i thought of drunkard rutherford who was president and how he really started beating his fellow slaves.
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Literature not for Disf'ed people says Elder.........
by Balsam ini had an interesting encounter today, actually my son and i both.
well my good intentioned ex-husband and father of my son thought he would have the local congregation elders call on us and try to get us back to meetings.
well i had been getting literature from this local elder's wife without her knowing i was ever a jw.
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5/3/06 LOST TV show
by Balsam injust watched lost, did anyone pick up on the hanso foundation advertisement during the commercials?
http://www.bigspaceship.com/archive/hanso/activeproject.html.
move mouse over the last item where it says active project there is a hidden link.
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The Ori of Stargate
by Balsam inhave any of you been following the true path of the ori on the stargate show on scifi channel.
how the ori intend to destroy all the unbelievers through out all the universe's.
fundamentalist type religions like jw's, muslims, and other such fanantical religious ideas certainly are represented by such science fiction stories.
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New Catch Word "ADMINISTRATION"
by Balsam inok i have the february 15th 2006 watchtower and starting on page 17 para 7 the gb are cashing in on a new catchword for this article and the next following ones.
wt study "an administration" for fulfilling god's purpose .
take from ephesians 1:9,10. nwt quote .
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Book "JEHOVAH UNMASKED"
by Balsam inhave any of you read this book.
i got it and am into the 13th chapter.
fasinating thoughts.
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The God Who Wasn't There Movie?
by Balsam ini just ordered this movie, i watched the trailer for it was intrigued.
have any of you seen this film?
i am curious of what others thought of it.
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Philosophy Professor Dr. Anthony Flew & JW's
by Balsam inthis famous atheist turned religious made this comment recently in an interview with him:
flew: i think its very unlikely, due to the problem of evil.
but, if it did happen, i think it would be in some eccentric fit and doubtfully orthodox form: regular religious practice perhaps but without belief.
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Family members shun us.....
by Balsam ini ran across a dear abby letter in the newpaper today that made me think about our situation.
i thought the suggestion was good that dear abby gave the woman.
the reader was a white gal who marred a black man and was very happy.
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Studies of the NT
by Balsam inbart ehrman delivered this presidential address to the audience gathered at the southeastern commission for the study of religion in macon, georgia, on march 14, 1997. a fuller discussion of the textual variants mentioned below (luke 22:19-20) can be found in ehrman's book the orthodox corruption of scripture, pp.
interpreters of the nt are faced with a discomforting reality that many of them would like to ignore.
in many instances, we don't know what the authors of the nt actually wrote.