Topics Started by zack
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When Elder's Fade
by zack inas a publisher, still buying the wt line that they were god's sole channel and any problems, doubts, etc... i had were all a product of my own lack of.
wisdom and or humility or failure of application, i would be shocked and puzzled at how long-time elders would resign and then fade away.
i would wonder: what could have happened.
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Why are so many so hard on RR?
by zack ini came to the threads about rr a little late this week.
the tenor of many of them really surprised me.
some were downright vitriolic.. i have seen rr around for quite some time.
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Why all the Testing?
by zack inthe bible is full of stories about god needing to test people, either as individuals or as a group, the most notorious being the testing.
of adam and eve.. why does an omnipotent and omniscient being need to "test" his creation?
are we like products in a factory?
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Told my Wife WTS tactics were evil
by zack inwe both know a couple that have been inactive for almost a decade.
this week they were disfellowshipped because someone had seen christmas decorations.
on their home last year!
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What do you call it when....
by zack inyour mother-in-law drives off a cliff in your new mercedes?.
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.........a dilemma.
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Is Advice on Blood Practicing Medecine w/o a License?
by zack inpart of the wts theocratic war strategy on the blood issue is to tell the rank and file to say to doctors and others that they have the right to refuse medical treatment of any.
kind and control their own health care.
they tell the rank and file, however, that the reason blood is refused is a matter of faith and not medicine.
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Nothing Impossible for Man
by zack inthere was a thread recently about "universal soveriegnty.".
as a dub i never really thought about the concept, i simply accepted it.
it was a nice, neat sound bite of an answer to the.
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When Elders Take Congregation Funds
by zack inhealth care/vehicle/ etc..... usaully there is no great discussion involved, the service department sets a quota and the elders' rubber stamp it.
they then form this.
into a "resolution" for the general congregation which they present at the service meeting.
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Finally had it out.....
by zack ini told my wife i was going to sell everything: the houses, the investment properties, the cars, the boat, the business and give it all to the poor.
she accused me of being a hypocrite because jesus didn't have any of the things i do, including "a place to lay his head.
" so i lay down the challenge: i told her i would get rid of it all.... tomorrow.