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Questions for Thinkers, Part Deux
by SweetBabyCheezits ini am blatantly plagiarizing this from a 20th century email that claimed this was an open letter to laura schlessinger.
snopes has the real scoop on it's origins.
i'm sure it's been posted on jwn more than once in years past.
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Was it ever written "with" a thief but changed to "as" a thief?
by N.drew inrevelation 3:3. so remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent.
therefore if you do not wake up, i will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour i will come to you.. revelation 16:15.
("behold, i am coming like a thief.
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How has Watchtower attempted to explain...
by N.drew in2 timothy 2:16-18 please?.
16 but avoid worldly and empty chatter, for it will lead to further ungodliness, 17and their talk will spread like gangrene.
among them are hymenaeus and philetus, 18 men who have gone astray from the truth saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and they upset the faith of some.. how were they saying the resurrection had taken place?
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Would mankind be better off without religion today ? A topical debate .
by Finkelstein inthis is an interesting debate paneled by people representing both pro and con aspects of religion as a ideological concept in human sociality.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfix_e1qnbm.
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Is the WBTS a MALIGNANT NARCISSIST personified?
by Fernando inan evil malignant narcissist:.
is consistently self deceiving, with the intent of avoiding guilt and maintaining a self image of perfectiondeceives others as a consequence of their own self deceptionprojects his or her evils and sins onto very specific targets (scapegoats) while being apparently normal with everyone else ("their insensitivity toward him was selective")commonly hates with the pretense of love, malignant narcissism for the purposes of self deception as much as deception of othersabuses political (emotional) power ("the imposition of one's will upon others by overt or covert coercion")maintains a high level of respectability and lies incessantly in order to do sois consistent in his or her sins.
evil persons are characterized not so much by the magnitude of their sins, but by their consistency (of destructiveness)is unable to think from the viewpoint of their victim (scapegoat)has a covert intolerance to criticism and other forms of narcissistic injurymost evil people realize the evil deep within themselves but are unable to tolerate the pain of introspection or admit to themselves that they are evil.
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Faith without works is dead?
by jemba inmy crazy brainwashed parents have devoted their lives to this cult, to the detriment of their children.
i recently told my mum that i needed to stop anything jw because of the anxiety and depression it has caused me for over 30 years.
she said 'oh well if thats what you have to do... but you know armaggedon is just around the corner and jehovah expects us to toe the line... faith without works is dead.'.
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Did you experience classdivision while being JW?
by Cirkeline inwe all know how jw brag about their strong internal love.
all are treated equal no matter rank, color, money, status etc.
is this really true?
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The Tower of Babel - Languages: Isn't this story unhinged?
by james_woods inbesides the obvious fact that it is historically ridiculous - can anybody make any sense out of this story?.
god was somehow afraid that man was developing too much technology?
just because they were building a tower?.
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Looking for words, phrases, ideology. WT vs scriptural
by blond-moment ini have a friend, who is compiling information.
he is not a jw, but wife is.
looking for words, phrases, ideologies that jws live and die by that are wt teachings, but not scriptural.
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"...baptizing them in the name of the Father and of Watchtower Society and of the holy spirit "
by irondork inif baptism is really a symbol of one's dedication to god, as the wts agrees it is, then why would someone who was baptized years earlier need to be re-baptized after studying with jehovah's witnesses?
in discussing the two questions asked of baptismal candidates, the watchtower, april 1, 2006, page 22 par 4 says:.
therefore, those who qualify for baptism have usually studied the bible for months or even a year or two, so that their decision is neither hasty nor ill-informed.