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Frederick Franz, "Bible Scholar"
by Quendi inas some of you know by now, i spent sunday, 7 august, renewing ties with a dear friend.
we're both disfellowshipped, the difference between us being he is seeking reinstatement and i am not.
we got into some very spirited discussions on different bible topics and one of them was the value of the new world translation itself.
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That Magical Number: 2,520
by Quendi ini wanted to relate this experience i had on sunday while renewing ties with an old friend.
we argued about the meaning of daniel 4 and nebuchadnezzar's "tree dream".
my friend had insisted this dream told the reader the length of the gentile times.
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"I Of Newton"
by Quendi inmy favorite youtube video is an excerpt from a 1985 episode of the twilight zone.
it is hilarious and also shows what critical thinking actually involves.
since i also have a passion for mathematics, the role it plays in the story warmed the cockles of my heart.
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"Reassignment" or Exile?
by Quendi inhello friends,.
i know this has been brought up elsewhere, but i wanted to relate an experience a witness friend shared with me only last night.
i'd appreciate any additional details others may have on this topic.. many of us are aware that the wts is "downsizing" its staff at branch offices around the world, including brooklyn bethel.
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National Anthems and Such
by Quendi inwell, football season (gridiron for all you commwealth-types) will be here soon and yours truly plans to attend a few games.
i'll also be going to quite a few basketball games when that season starts in november.
in the u.s., the national anthem is played before the start of such events.
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Trying to Salvage a Friendship
by Quendi inmy friends,.
i need your counsel on a personal matter, and i hope you will give it in love.
as some of you know, i was disfellowshipped six years ago, but it wasn't until june 2010 that i made up my mind never to return to the wts.
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Heavenly Hope
by Quendi inhere are some questions i want to pose to our friends here.
does a person have to be baptized to go to heaven and if one must get baptized, how is this to be arranged and by whom?.
the reason i ask this is many here have professed their belief that they are part of the body of christ, should partake of the emblems whenever they celebrate the lord's supper, and will go to heaven after they die if they have been faithful.
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"Banned in Brooklyn"
by Quendi ini hope this thread generates some discussion as well as some amusement.
i want to talk about "banned books".
back in the middle ages, the roman catholic church issued its index librorum prohibitorum, the list of prohibited books.
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The "Ten Toes"
by Quendi ini talked to my witness friend who attended the district convention over the weekend about the program.
we have been in constant and close communication during these six years that have passed since my disfellowshipping.
he enjoyed the program.
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New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
by Quendi ini know this has been discussed before, but i want to reopen the topic.
i am currently reading ray franz's memoir crisis of conscience and ran across this footnote with respect to the new world translation of the holy scriptures:.
"the new world translation bears no translator's name and is presented as the anonymous work of the "new world translation committee.