Topics Started by AlanF
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Should Religion Be Exempt From Ethical Standards?
by AlanF ini want to raise this serious question: should religion be exempt from normal societal ethical standards?.
i'm raising this question for several reasons.
there is a recent thread where people are arguing about whether religious confessions should be privileged communications.
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DO BORG-BASHERS PLAY FAIR?
by MYOHNSEPH ini would suspect there are very few posters on this forum who would not agree the wbts has been less than honest about numerous issues and have used manipulation and distortion of facts for it's own aggrandizement.
but do you ever think some of the posters on this board employ the some of the same tactics to characterize the 'borg' in a less than completely honest light?
what do you think?
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Please explain 537 in layman's terms...
by confuzcious inhey guys,.
i'm doing research on 607 and i understand how historical chronology differs and how the wt really missed it by 20 years.. but it seems the anchor year has something to do with 537 and 70 years of desolation.
counting back, 70 years would be 607.. so i've been told that that is how the "bible's chronology" verifies 607.. does anyone explain what this is all about?.
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Leadership Change in WTS?
by metatron ini've written about this before but recent events bring it up again.. is the watchtower attempting to 'decouple' the identity of the 'faithful and discreet'.
slave from the pretense of being 'anointed'?.
basically, this would mean that whoever is in charge is collectively the 'faithful'.
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Saddam the Comedian
by TR inin the latest news article, saddam said: .
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/dailynews/iraq030117.html.
he said the bush administration has been "pushed by zionists and interest-seekers to play a role of wild and destructive instincts instead of the civilized behavior that is expected in this age.".
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Did being a JW stifle your ambition?
by ballistic indid being a jw stifle your ambition?
did not needing to plan for the future affect your career choices and your consequent wealth?.
i'm not simply talking about following the advice to not take up an education which has been discused many times, but i'm going further to say that those brought up in "the truth" had their whole philosophy moulded and shaped in a way which never searched for more or wanted more; a non-materialistic outlook.. now some may still say materialism is evil, or that being brought up this way leads to a more content life.. the cynics, like myself, will say that keeping people 'happy but poor' is the genius of the rich.. i've had some success after leaving the org, after taking up education and so on, but it has taken time.
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The Society's "evidence"
by RunningMan ini came across an interesting quote this morning, that made me think of our common plight.
i was looking at a website regarding rosemary jacob.
she took colloidal silver many years ago, and has been permanently damaged by it.
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1934 Yearbook
by betweenworlds inso then, is the 1934 yearbook rarer then hen's teeth?
can't seem to find one anywhere!
bw
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They Did Me a Big Favor by DFing Me
by onacruse ineven though i'd accumulated 20 years of doubts and disappointments, i fought my last dfing tooth-and-nail.
if they hadn't dfd me, i'd still be "in" mentally and psychologically.
heck, i was still "in" for another year and a half after, even though i thought i was out.
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Facts you were Not Told When Becoming a JW
by Gerard infacts you you were not told when becoming a jw .
http://home.powertech.no/festus/awaken/a-007.shtml .
they believe & teach that all religions except theirs are of satan, and your pastor or priest is under the devil's control.