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Americans can view Fifth Estate Show at...........
by Beans inattention, residents of the usa!
if you have directv you can see the cbc newsworld international broadcasts on directv channel 366 - nwi.
the 5th's estate's show times for the jw abuse issue is .
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WT: "Now you can worship God in your own w...
by Gerard in"can i worship god in my own way?
yes, throughout history humans have felt a need to worship.
for centuries most have turned to organized religion to fill that need.
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Was Judas Worthy to Partake?
by Tower Man inthe wt, 2-1-02 says on p. 15, that only after judas was gone did jesus institute the memorial of his death.
after researching all 4 gospel accounts, this is simply not true.
luke 22:21 makes it very clear that judas was, in fact, present and active in partaking of the bread and wine.
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Eternal Life through Jesus - When did it start?
by anti-absolutism inok this one might seem odd to some people... as christians, (i personally am not sure if i want to consider myself christian yet) is the belief that, since christ gave us the opportunity to have eternal life, or an immortal soul, that it was only after his death that we had the opportunity?
in other words did the people who died before his death not have the opprtunity and therefore are still just dead?.
your response is appreciated, as brief as possible, please.
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Memorial Supper - A child's perspective
by Atreyu inat the memorial supper, i took along my little daughter, nearly 6. she's not familiar with kingdom halls and what's going on there.
to make her comfortable, i let her bring a favourite "teddy bear", actuallay a cow.. she found it very peculiar that the bread and wine was passed from hand to hand without anyone eating or drinking.
she asked a lot and i tried to explain.
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I didn't go!
by artful inwell, for the first time in 30 years i didn't go to the memorial.. it's actually a given me a great sense of relief!.
i hope that this is beginning of a long and happy relationship with god!
up until this past year i wasn't even sure if he existed.
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To Be Shunned is to be Persecuted
by Quotes inoh, the irony!.
*** w71 9/15 575 persecuted for trying to serve god ***.
sad to say, this did not stop their persecution, for now it went into a cold-war stage.
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Military and Scripture
by simplesally inok, i was reading on another thread and the poster brought up a side point that made me go "omg"!!!.
here's the quote:i would serve in the military as did cornelius, a roman army officer who converted to christianity ... and who was never required to leave the military, nor is there in record that he left the roman army.
it never dawned on me that cornelius was 1)an army officer and 2)no scripture demands his resignation of said position.. any thoughts?
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Question for Amazing—Re: Franz/Bible
by Nemesis inamazing:.
i was curious after i read that you know ray franz, what his views are on those who go to heaven and those who dwell on earth in regard to the scriptures.
i have read both his books, and appreciate all the information therein.
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WT............Humble or Arrogant?
by Smiles inmany of us know all too well how the wt hierarchy portray themselves and the wt organization itself as exceptionally "humble.
they often suggest that their "humility" helps to prove that they are, as a whole, the elite men of god.. the wt hierarchy is very dogmatic about the "humility" thing, to the point where openly doubting their great claims will harshly land you in the hot seat.. some of these wt statements are quoted below.
after reading these wt quotes please tell us if you think these things prove the wt hierarchy to be humble or arrogant.