True North
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what is the fate of those who aren't preached to before Armageddon?
by True North inrecently i spoke with someone who says they were told that current jw teaching about those who aren't preached to before armageddon (in china, india, etc.
) is that such ones will be allowed a "second chance" in the "new order" (or "new system" or whatever it's called these days).
in reply, i said i found it unlikely that this would be their teaching and that if so it would mean that even from a jw perspective, people would be better off if they were never preached to.
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What is a good martial art for girls to learn? Any recommendations?
by True North indoes anyone have have any experience with martial arts?
my daughter is interested in trying to learn one and i think it would be a good idea both for physical training and for self defense.
i know there are a lot of different styles to choose from and i'm not sure which would be the best for her.
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Why didn't Abraham suspect it was Satan telling him to kill Isaac?
by True North inhaven't we all heard of those who've killed others -- even their own children -- after (they claimed) hearing a voice telling them to do so?
most people would consider these ones to have been insane if they really thought they'd heard such things.
on the other hand, some jws, i would suspect, would think that these murderers may actually have heard demonic voices.
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Why weren't (aren't) we appalled that God required a human sacrifice?
by True North inapologists for the genocidal behavior written of in the old testament have often stated that its victims simply got what they deserved, and that they deserved it in part because their unclean religious practices included human sacrifice, even the sacrifice of their own children.
christians have long prided themselves in comparison to many pagan religions in that christian religious practice has never included human sacrifice and that christian principles would make one abhor such practices.
so why did we (do we) so readily accept the concept that the christian god would require a human sacrifice -- of his own son, yet -- before he would allow himself to be propitiated?
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Did the second-class status of JW women ever bother you? Does it now?
by True North inif the jw organization were considered a normal business operating without the protections of being a religion, it obviously would have to make some big changes in order to avoid being sued out of existence for sex discrimination.
i wasn't raised to think that women should be relegated to second class status or that they should have less opportunities than men or be relegated to a limited set of life roles.
however, when i became a jw, i freely accepted all the sexist nonsense that came with the territory without ever being bothered by it.
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Women barred from foot-washing ritual
by True North infaithful decry foot-washing ban of women .
thu apr 8,11:14 pm et add u.s. national - ap to my yahoo!
by eliott c. mclaughlin, associated press writer .
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Easter Bulletin: Radical surgery performed to separate conjoined Peeps!
by True North inhttp://www.peepresearch.org/surgery.html
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Would you have to lie to be reinstated if DF'd for something you didn't do?
by True North inif a jw was disfellowshipped for something they didn't do -- perhaps as the result of false or mistaken accusations -- would they have to lie by "admitting" the "sin" to get reinstated.
otherwise, if they refused to admit it, wouldn't they be considered unrepentant?
seems like it could be a sort of catch 22.
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Do the Sadduccees deserve to be seen in a more favorable light?
by True North indoes anyone remember the old joke about the sadduccees, that they didn't believe in the resurrection and that's why they were "sad-you-see"?
i think that on the whole, the sadduccees get pretty bad press from both jews and christians and i've often thought that maybe they don't entirely deserve it.
i know that they are said to have been "the establishment", collaborating with the romans and trying to keep a lid on the trouble being stirred up by the pharisees, the zealots, and the assorted messianic movements in order to preserve their own privileges and status.
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How many "annointed" JWs have there been since Russell started?
by True North inhas the wt org.
published any figures on how many faithful "annointed" they think there've been since russell got things started back in the 1800s?
would be interested in subtracting that number from 144,000 to see how many faithful christians the jws say there were in the previous 1800 years or so.