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Moment of madness: A zealots plea for tolerance
by behemot inmoment of madness: a zealots plea for toleranceby andrew mueller.
published: september 17 2010 22:37 | last updated: september 17 2010 22:37. it is passing no judgment on the veracity of religious beliefs to observe that the most enthusiastic adherents of any dogma tend towards the humourless.
the maintenance of faith requires a determination to ignore the contradictions with which life is vexingly replete.
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WT development of Disfellowshiping. (part 2; 1883 to 1887)
by Aussie Oz inwatchtower 1883 .
page 552. .
we also find jude writing to the churches warning them against certain men who had crept in unawares, turning the grace of god into self-exaltation, taking advantage of the spread of truth to add to their own influence and apparent wisdom, and introduce their own false teaching.
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Went to my first church service today since leaving JW's
by TweetieBird inwent to a very progressive church today, they actually meet at a movie theater but really enjoyed it.
they have a rock band that plays christian music but they also played some yes and james taylor.
very laid back, everyone there in shorts or jeans and tee shirt.
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"The Finished Mystery" LOGO on the book, what does it mean?
by EndofMysteries inthe eygptian sundisk w/ two wings on both sides, why was it on the book?
i 'know' what it is, but want to know the meaning of it being on the book if anyone knows.
does it explain it?
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"you do not know the day nor the hour"
by pirata inconcerning armageddon, did jw's know:.
the hour?
no.. the day?
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How does 'knowledge' and the 'truth' change you?
by EndofMysteries inexamine yourself, all, take this to heart.. 1. if you thought it was a free ride and no punishment would you let your dark side rule you?.
2. if you thought it was from god would you murder?
3. how bad would you go if under the disquise of good?
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Need some help looking stuff up!
by Strider Arekksu inhey, i need to proove to my dad that the wts is a fasle prophet, i need to know where in which of the watchtower/awakes they stated that the end would come in 1975, i've been in school all day, now i come home to do this, i'm about to lose my minds reading all this crap in the wts history books.
thanks in advacne!.
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Happy One Day Closer To Your Death!
by pirata ini'm a jw.
being a naughty one, i sometimes substitute "worldly" sayings that jws do not say with other ones.. for examples, on jw birthdays, i'd sometimes said "happy one day closer to your death!".
or around christmas time i'd say "merryyyyyyyyy.... had a little lamb".
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"Light Gets Brighter" Kingdom Rap
by pirata ininspired by undercover's recent "the light gets brighter thread".
in about 100 years from now the governing body is producing a kingdom rap album and you are asked to write for it.
first song is entitled "light gets brighter".
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Are Steve Hassan's books available as e-books?
by pirata inwalking around with a big book about "combatting mind control" and "releasing the bonds" are likely to attract attention.
i couldn't find any e-book versions.
anyone know if they are available?