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AMATEURS using BAD METHODS: what possible expertise does the GB possess?
by Terry inlet's start with a very basic common sense question.. if you needed surgery would you go to a graduate of medical school who had been practicing for awhile,.
or would you go to an amateur who told you god would be telling him how to peform surgery?.
don't laugh.. it is a serious question!.
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A question for Athiests.
by new hope and happiness ini am now an athiest myself, but i think being an athiest its a bit like having a faith.
some get very hooked on it and "preash" others (like me) simply get with with there lifes.
i am sure that some athiests like to have discussions about the non existence of " god" in a similar way that "thisists" do about the existence of god.
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Please help....in a dilemma..
by crazyhorse inplease help with this: when i was in college, there was a lot of talk about university and how all who pursue that are wasting their time and all that.
even before going to uni, there was a lot of pressurr on me concerning my decision.
during that time, two elders sat with me for appointment as ms and asked me if i have freedom of speech in the org since i'm going to uni and i said no.
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unchanging rituals Australian aboriginals, Jw street walkers.
by prologos inwatched parts of a documentary on the stunning beauty of aborginal sites, , ancient art and costumes of the original australian inhabitants.
their beliefs, as i understood it, requires ceremonial dream trecks through their territory to preserve the universe, their eden.
similar to wt beliefs, that their holy street work is the only way that the future paradise will be established, populated.
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The Great Crowd Catch 22
by Perry injust had a two hour conversation with my father.
he is insistent that he will be able to enter the kingdom of god as a member of the 'great crowd'.
he did agree that only the annointed are declared righteous.
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Lillian Gobitas Klose, the Jehovahs Witness who refused in 1935 to salute the American flag in Minersville, Pa. started a trail that ultimately changed American legal history died Aug. 22 at age 90
by Sol Reform inlillian gobitas klose, the jehovahs witness who refused in 1935 to salute the american flag in minersville, pa. started a trail that ultimately changed american legal history died aug. 22 at age 90. only three years after it had ruled against the gobitas family, the supreme court voted 6-3 to overturn that decision in a case involving a family of jehovahs witnesses from west virginia.. regardless of what one might think of jehovahs witnesses, lillian gobitas is an example of a person whose willingness to fight for her beliefs has expanded everyones personal freedoms.. http://republicanherald.com/news/minersville-girl-made-legal-history-1.1744279.
lillian gobitas klose, 90; test of faith went to u.s. supreme courtlillian gobitas klose sign the guest book.
atlanta news obituarieslillian gobitas klose, 90; test of faith went to u.s. supreme courtby elizabeth montgomery the atlanta journal-constitution.
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News Leaks bring discredit to Jesus!
by CaptainSchmideo inhttp://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/08/29/mars-hill-elders-news-leaks-to-non-christian-world-discredit-jesus/.
mars hill elders: news leaks to non-christian world discredit jesus a newly formed board of elders at mars hill church, in a letter friday, condemned news leaks, sought to reassure the flock and warned that public airing of internal allegations and concerns would be used by enemies of the faith.. mark driscoll: senior pastor at mars hill church has taken an extended focus break but controversy swirls within the mega-church.
(photo: crossway books/ap).. the letter seemed to carry a triple message: keep the faith, keep quiet and we will take care of it.. pray that the watching non-christian world would not be given the opportunity to discredit not only our church but the very gospel of jesus: pray that jesus will be glorified through all of this, said the letter, sent five days after senior pastor mark driscoll announced he was taking an extended focus break.. the letter follows thursdays leak of a critical letter signed by nine pastors at the seattle-based mega-church.. the nine excoriated the church for lack of transparency, and the transition of a high volume of people off staff.
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New World Order (Novus Ordo Seclorum)
by Calebs Airplane ingod not only determined and set his mind on that new world order as soon as the need arose, away back at the time of the rebellion in eden, but also set his heart upon it with unbreakable attachment and devotion.
-watchtower, november 15, 1952 page 696 paragraph 4.
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An important message from a PRACTICING Jehovah's witness
by Sparks inhi, i am also a practicing jehovah's witness and very proud of it,to say the very-very least..!
i am a middle-aged man with many decades of being a witness of jehovah god in england.. this important letter is personally to you, just as many of the bible's 88 letters are to be taken personal by you the reader.
i am writing to you to urge you to take stock of your life, think what your future holds for you.