AK - Jeff
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What would Christianity look like without Paul's writings?
by AK - Jeff ina thowoff from ren's thread obviously.. i am firmly convinced that what is called christianity today - is actually just pauline theology.. if you removed all the portions of the nt that are attributed to paul, and actually accepted as primary the words of jesus and his direct followers - the worldwide movement would look far different doctrinally.
and as far as the fundy's go - they would be lost without the deep judgmentalism and rules oriented thinking of this writer [whomever he really was].. if ren's thread could go 15 pages and counting - why not this one?.
thoughts?.
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I can't imagine doing THAT in my wildest dreams.....
by AK - Jeff inputting on a three piece suit to spend a 90 degree summer day knocking on doors and trespassing!dragging an entire family, including babies and young children to three or four day meetings in an outdoor stadium, living in a seedy motel room for the week.getting home from work and spending the next six hours cramming for a 'theocratic review', getting the entire family ready to go, gulping down dinner, and speeding off to the hall, and then finally getting home around 11 pm, hurrying off to bed so that everyone could get up for work and school in the morning!going to school to explain to the teachers why little johnny can't color pictures of santa, salute the flag of his country, eat birthday cake with all the other 5 year olds, bow his head when prayer is offered, or exchange valentines with all the cute 5 year old girls in class.
and then explaining with grace why he is not immersed in a cult!well, on and on!
these things were typical of my witness life - now i cannot imagine ever doing such silly things, and especially thinking that somehow they would bring pleasure to my god!.
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An Open Letter to Jehovah's Witnesses
by AK - Jeff indear jw's -.
i was, not too long ago, one of you.
i loved jehovah, and his organization.
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My o' My, How Things Change. I Never Even Noticed.
by AK - Jeff infour years ago when i first came to this site, i was quite actively still proving, and reproving to myself that i did the right thing in leaving my lifelong religion as a jehovah's witness.
some of the key components of my research were found at randy's site, especially the section on 'spiritual food at the proper time', a listing of thousands of watchtower quotations without commentary.
another was the 'quotes' site, and spin-offs of those ideas in a site called 'reexamine'.. i had bookmarked many of those sites.. now, just out of boredom, and with a desire to find a couple of favorite watchtower quotes for use in a future bit of blogging, i find that none of the above are even there anymore.
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MagicJack anyone?
by AK - Jeff injust bot one - tried calls both ways - seems to be excellent voice quality.
i had to go out of my local prefix and that will cause locals to dial long distance to reach me - but other than that i find few glitches on trial.. i was only paying 30 bucks a month for local/ld with my cable bundle - but if it works well over the next couple weeks i will drop the cable/phone.
looks like the same technology anyway.. only glitch so far is in switching from one windows user to another - since i installed on my account, i lose dial tone and all when i switch users.
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On a scale of 1 - 10 - How Ex-xjw are you?
by AK - Jeff ini felt like i was still a jw for a couple of years emotionally, though i had left.
then for a couple of years i felt like an xjw.
in the past year i think i have made the leap to lightspeed.
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I found out how to rid oneself of a 'shadow boxer' Jw!
by AK - Jeff injust post a 'welcome' thread to him/her.. http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/experiences/176666/1/lets-welcome-ak-rekrul-to-the-forum.
jeff.
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Jesus - My Exemplar?
by AK - Jeff ini do not put much credence these days to the idea of a 'savior' for man, in the sense believed by christianity.
it is not of that which i speak.. i refer to the person, either literal or literary, who is credited with leaving bad religion behind, taking an unpopular stance against it's leadership, and willingly suffering the consequences that follow such course of action.
it matters not if this person can be supported as historically accurate.
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Let's Welcome AK Rekrul to the forum!
by AK - Jeff inyou can review her few comments quickly, as she has made few of them to date.. she is a real fan of mine, borrowing my screen-name partially, and posting exclusively on my threads.
her watchtoweresque style is refreshing is it not?
she seems to believe that i am a total hypocrite - though nailing down her particular point of argument has been challenging.