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Philosophy - Alain de Botton
by yaddayadda ini must admit i enjoy reading a bit of philosophy now and then.
nothing too heavy going, mainly condensed versions of the great philosophers and lighter, modern stuff.
rousseau and schopenhauer are my favourites because their prose is so enjoy to read from a literary perspective.
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What has Ray Franz said about the NGO thing?
by yaddayadda ini e-d ray and asked him.
he gave a nice reply (a lengthy stock reply with brief personal comments to me cut and pasted into it) saying that he commented on the ngo thing in the latest edition of crisis of conscience.
unfortunately i have an older edition of coc so i'd be most grateful if someone could type up what he said in his latest edition...unless that is a breach of copyright?
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Annual Watchtower theme articles?
by yaddayadda inhi, apparently the society publishes every year study articles on a certain theme (eg, an annual 'donations' article, an annual 'why women are valued in the bible' article, etc).
i'm just wondering how many of these supposed theme articles are put out each year, and do they generally appear at the same time each year?
can we guess what some of these up and coming study articles might be be?
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2 Thess 1:9 (presence or not?)
by yaddayadda inhi, 2 thessalonians 1:9 in the new world translation reads:
"these very ones will undergo the judicial punishment of everlasting destruction from before the lord and from the glory of his strength.".
however, many other bible translations render it slightly differently by including the word 'presence' (see below).
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Puke-making article on WTS homepage
by yaddayadda in"discipline that yields peaceable fruit".
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/1988/4/15/article_01.htm.
notice the blatant abuse of context in saying that the 'no greeting' treatment to be given at 2 john 9-11 (persons bringing an anti-christ teaching to your home) should be the same as 1 cor 5 (persons who wilfully practice sins of the flesh).
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JW says he loves to see bad things happen
by yaddayadda inhere's what a jw said over on the moronic discussion board at www.jehovahsjudgment.co.uk (under a thread entitled 'speculation') .
"not me...i like to live on the edge.
the more the merrier.
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Assume the Position!
by yaddayadda injan 15 2006 watchtower, 2nd study article, last paragraph says:
"....likewise, satan will 'flee from us' in defeat if we are in full submission to jehovah and prayerfully rely on him.
(ephesians 6:18) with the support of jehovah god and his beloved son, nobody can do us permanent harm - no, not even internet apostates the devil!
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Watchtower admits JW's teach a different gospel
by yaddayadda infeb 1, 2006 watchtower, page 25, para 14:.
"that issue of the watch tower further stated: "in 1920,...bible students came to a correct understanding of our lord's prophecy contained in matthew 24:14. they then realized that 'this gospel' which was to be preached in all the world for a testimony to the gentiles or all nations, was not a gospel of a kingdom yet to come but a gospel to the effect that the messianic king has begun his reign over the earth.
[emphasis mine].
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If you really want to help JW's leave
by yaddayadda ininstead of wasting half your waking life on anti-jw websites, this is what you need to do:.
if you are not disfellowshipped or d'ad, periodically visit local congregations (eg, once a month visit a different congo).
after the meeting is over, make sure you get chatting to someone that might know you or who might approach you, preferably not an elder or ms, but rather someone that you know is a little bit 'on the fringe' of the organisation.
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Recent Losch talk?
by yaddayadda in.
i heard a rumour that gb member losch had recently said a few strange things in a talk he gave.
someone said his talk included a new thought about the un and it's future role.. anyone know anything about this?