Topics Started by veradico

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KH restoration in New Orleans
by lostlantern in
1. social
2. current
i just received this from a family member, i was wondering if anyone has any videos that depict bapstists, catholics or any other religion helping out with volunteers?

i would love to respond with my own video that shows jw's are not alone in caring for others when disaster strikes.

what other group of people can do this?
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Do the dubs have a Judaic feel about them?
by greendawn in
1. social
2. current
did or do you ever feel that the whole jw ambience is very judaic in nature and not at all authentically christian?

to me the one thing that really does it is the perception of god as a lord and not as a father as is the case in the old testament.

the whole point of baptism and the anointing of the spirit is to effect that adoption by god yet virtually all dubs deny this anointing ergo god remains to them a lord and a very harsh one at that.
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Watchtower humility and The Gitanjali of Tagore
by veradico in
1. jw
2. friends
i was thinking about how watchtower publications talk so much about humility, but really they are designed to humiliate.

we are instructed to distrust our hearts, think of ourselves as sinners, and look to the society for direction and salvation.

the publications spend so much time condemning independent thinking, higher education, higher criticism, the pleasures of life, the diversity of human expression, and the general messiness and complexity of life that the poor people like many in my family who are still trapped are consumed by a fear of getting their white robes (washed in the blood of the lamb) messy in the dirt of the world.
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how many atheist and agnostics on this site
by dannygwalsh in
1. jw
2. friends
hi everyone just a question to satisfy my curiosity , and if you are a non believer are you happier for being so
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UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (helping JWs see)
by apocalypse in
1. jw
2. experiences
i am an "active" jw.

i serve.

give talks.
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Greg Stafford says racial unity among JW's makes them God's people
by truthseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
check this out.... http://www.elihubooks.com/greg-stafford/jwd3.htm.
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Let's All Welcome Veradico!!!
by onesong in
1. jw
2. friends
he's a good friend of mine who will have plenty to add here.

(he's written volumes on the dubs) having recently attained some much needed freedom he was able to join the forum.. he may be a little hesitant to come forth at first, but with a little coaxing...he's got a good "coming out of the org.

" story and lots of insight!.
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If you could make and distribute a bumper stick to open minds.......
by whyizit in
1. jw
2. friends
if you could make and distribute bumper stickers to use as a tool to open the minds of jws or cult members, what would you put on them?.

keep in mind that you would like to open thier minds, yet not offend them.

something that any person could stick on their bumper and the jws would not be able to find reason to label them as opposers or apostates.
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What TV Show Can You Absolutely NOT Miss???
by mama1119 in
1. social
2. entertainment
i myself cannot miss project runway.

its great.

and girl next door, they crack me up!!!!
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The enigmatic mystery of the Nephilim, the Rephaim, and the Titans
by Leolaia in
1. watchtower
2. bible
it has been said that historical memory in oral tradition goes back only a few hundred years before it alters considerably in later retellings, and when even greater time depth is involved the mythic past fills in what has been collectively forgotten.

but myths purporting to relate events hundreds or even thousands of years in the past often contain kernals of historical memory amid the layers of tradition and archetypal folk motifs.

an excellent example from my own reading is that of the inuit eskimo in greenland who have a rich oral tradition about the norsemen who died out over 500 years ago and who originally colonized the land a millenium ago.