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Also no or none? They found Jericho - yes, but this doesn't mean Jericho's walls were flattened by God-magic, lol.
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People are free to have religious beliefs but those beliefs aren't exempted from rational inquiry.
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Am I at the right place?
by AnotherJohn ini’m still a good christian.
i still believe the bible.. i don’t like the wt society, but some of the people, as individuals are good.
there are many nasty jws also.. i have concerns about current events and how close the end actually is.
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Does the WTS have a clergy class
by blondie inthis can be confusing because the wts has adjusted from not having a clergy class to not having a "paid" clergy class.. "a congregation of brothers precludes having a proud clergy class that honors itself with high-sounding titles and elevates itself above a laity" wt 6/1/2001 p. 12, pp 11. still same idea in 2021 wt october, p. 20, pp.
7, but 2022 in the wt publication, frequently asked questions about jehovah’s witnesses, page 13, the wts inserts "paid" in front of "clergy perhaps to shore up their current statement in secular courts they have clergy, just not paid) "following the model of first-century christianity, jehovah’s witnesses have no clergy-laity division.
all baptized witnesses are ordained ministers and share in the preaching and teaching work.
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@Ozzie - they may have changed it since I left.
I left in 2006.
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Does the WTS have a clergy class
by blondie inthis can be confusing because the wts has adjusted from not having a clergy class to not having a "paid" clergy class.. "a congregation of brothers precludes having a proud clergy class that honors itself with high-sounding titles and elevates itself above a laity" wt 6/1/2001 p. 12, pp 11. still same idea in 2021 wt october, p. 20, pp.
7, but 2022 in the wt publication, frequently asked questions about jehovah’s witnesses, page 13, the wts inserts "paid" in front of "clergy perhaps to shore up their current statement in secular courts they have clergy, just not paid) "following the model of first-century christianity, jehovah’s witnesses have no clergy-laity division.
all baptized witnesses are ordained ministers and share in the preaching and teaching work.
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Remember when you were first coming into 'the truth'? It was all, we are all brothers and our leader is Jesus.
Turns out this is all bullshit.
The WTS has a strict hierarchy, a bit like the Catholic Church ...
Governing Body
Bethel Elders
District Overseers
Circuit Overseers
Local Elders
Ministerial Servants
Male Publishers
Female Publishers
Children
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It's been a long 9 years Lloyd Evans / John Cedars
by Newly Enlightened inoriginal reddit post (removed).
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'Kim Silvio's ongoing defamation campaign against me ...'
^^^ I like the way Lloyd is trying to guess Kim's motives here.
As far as I can make out, Kim Silvio is just telling the truth and/or correcting certain things she believes to be false.
She's not trying to defame Lloyd.
His doing that with his own actions, lol.
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How Murderers In the Congregation are handled
by blondie ini don't have the link but i am trying to post this, this is from a previous post on jwn.
watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc. dear brothers:.. we received your letter of december 17 in which you inquire about handling a situation involving a brother who has been guilty of serious violation of the law in the past.. you explained that you received information indicating that this brother ?committed several murders and crimes before his baptism.
you ask if law obligates some action on our part.
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Absolutely, truth_be_known
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How Murderers In the Congregation are handled
by blondie ini don't have the link but i am trying to post this, this is from a previous post on jwn.
watchtower bible and tract society of new york, inc. dear brothers:.. we received your letter of december 17 in which you inquire about handling a situation involving a brother who has been guilty of serious violation of the law in the past.. you explained that you received information indicating that this brother ?committed several murders and crimes before his baptism.
you ask if law obligates some action on our part.
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it is imperative that the elders maintain strict confidentiality about his past - <--- this is the worrying part.
People need to be protected from murderers, sex offenders, etc.
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Will the next James Bond be........
by BoogerMan in.......a disabled black, non-binary, homosexual, transsexual, environmentalist vegan?
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all bases need to be covered.
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No, the next Bond won't be any of those things.
James Bond is the intellectual property of Ian Fleming, his creator, and thus cannot be changed.
And Fleming created him as a suave, dashing white guy with a penchant for bedding the ladies.
What trendy people can do is create other spies. So, yeah, Phoebe Waller-Bridge or some other trendy people can create a black 007, or a non-binary wheelchair user, lol. Keep an eye on the ratings
What gets me is this: why is it deemed necessary to 'represent' groups of people?
I love Ellen Ripley - she's probably my favorite movie protagonist - yet I'm a man and the Ripley character is a woman.
Black theatre goers can identify with and like white characters. Disabled people can like a able-bodied characters. Gay people can like hetero characters.
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David Lynch in perspective
by LoveUniHateExams ini now own the following david lynch films .... eraserhead (1977).
the elephant man (1980).
dune (1984).
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I tried to buy Lost Highway a few weeks ago from Amazon but it wasn't available in the UK ...
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David Lynch in perspective
by LoveUniHateExams ini now own the following david lynch films .... eraserhead (1977).
the elephant man (1980).
dune (1984).
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I now own the following David Lynch films ...
Eraserhead (1977)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Dune (1984)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Wild At Heart (1990)
Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me (1992)
The Straight Story (1999)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Inland Empire (2006)
The only film I don't own (and haven't seen) is Lost Highway (1997).
I also own all the Twin Peaks TV series.
One thing I've noticed is that Lynch is praised so much - trendy Film reviewers sometimes fall over themselves to ladle treacle on Lynch and his film-making ability. I quite understand why some people don't like Lynch's body of work. There are often bizarre and baffling sequences in his work. Personally, I kinda like him - I like most films that are a bit weird or different. And Lynch's stuff is certainly that, lol.
I kinda view Lynch as a talented but very left-field guy who makes stuff that is not to everyone's taste. At least he stays true to himself and his artistic vision. This is better than being a hack like JJ Abrams who makes films for Disney.
The only Lynch film I dislike outright is Dune.
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What is the harm or downside of being PIMO?
by PimoElder inwhat is the harm or downside of being pimo?.
i get all the good things about being in the cong, good social life lots of invites to bbqs and meals out.
lots of interesting gossip 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
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You know it's all bullshit.
You know you're living a lie.
You know you're wasting your life on this crap.
That is one serious head-f**k.
It must be worse than being a true believer ...