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Rejecting Their Beliefs CAN'T be Sincere...
by jgnat in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
i came across this quote today.. ".

[t]he koran consistently assumes that the infidels are not people who have come to a good faith decision that islam is false.

in the koran, those who reject islam are never acting out of sincere conviction.
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Yet another July 15th 2011 WT thread...use caution--deconstruction at work
by sd-7 in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i figured i'd start off by just examining the language used in the july 15th, 2011 watchtower, page 15-16, paragraphs 4-7.. apostates are like:.

1. ravenous wolves.

9. their own ideas.
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Recently released new light
by wasblind in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajbrmfjjrk0.
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What Jesus Said About the Flood
by Franklin Massey in
1. jw
2. friends
i was reading this debate this morning (decent arguments on both sides and an overall respectful demeanor):.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/bible/205158/1/look-it-wasnt-a-global-flood.

much of the discussion revolved around other mentions of the flood in the bible.
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Remember the 80's?
by cantleave in
1. jw
2. friends
a couple of photos to give you a laugh - me with a perm and on our wedding day.. .
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2011 Yearbook (2010 Grand Totals) Stats
by Inside Man in
1. jw
2. friends
here is a recap of last years service year.. 116 branches down from 118.

236 lands reporting same as last year.

107,210 total congregations up from last year total of 105,298.
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God and the Meaning of Life: Where I Now Stand
by neverendingjourney in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
fifteen years ago, jehovah god was as real as the ground below me.

as it turns out, my belief was founded on lies, half-truths, and a burning desire on my part to possess a theory of everything, something that tied up all the loose ends and make sense of the world.. i stopped going to meetings nearly six years ago, and ive mostly given up the search for the ever-elusive theory of everything.

im not really a science guy, but ive read a few books on atheism and biology in the past few years.
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DID YOU CRY WHEN YOU WATCHED "PHILADELPHIA"?
by clarity in
1. jw
2. friends
did anyone watch tom hanks and denzel washington, in the show "philadelphia"?.

i never saw it when it first came out, probably because when you're a jw anything about gays and aids is pretty much forbidden!.

but i watched this unfolding drama tonight and wept throughout the whole thing!.
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CO visit last Tuesday- Platform announcement
by DeeDubs in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
we had the co visit in the cong last week.

he reread the pioneer letter for april at the end of the meeting on tuesday, he basically stated he was looking especially forward to every elders and ms and their families application, and it would be nice to see out of the 150 publishers with the elders and ms and their families "taking the lead" if we could break 100 aux pioneers that month.

you could hear a pin drop...it was a bit strong to say the least.
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DO WE NEED TO BELONG TO A RELIGION TO BE A "SPIRITUAL PERSON"?
by foodalls in
1. jw
2. friends
i have been noticing people posting on this site have a "deep" spiritual desire, but don't quite know how to find it, or where it is at.. this beg the question...do we need to be involved with a "religion" to find "spirituality"...especially an "organized religion"???.

anyone that has there eyes open can see that all religion is loosing their influence over people around the world...i spent 47 years thinking i was in the "truth" being one of jw's!

and now that i am out...and looking back from the "outside"...all i see is that its just another religion...filled with all the "control-grid" stuff found in any other group.. worse yet...they are worse than other religions...so it begs an answer..is there such thing as a "true religion"???.