Topics Started by Balsam
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A Mother's Story of loss of her son..............
by Balsam insome names have been changed or removed to protect those in the family who would not want their names known, or are still active jw's.
ruth .
a mothers regret for a religious devotion.
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What the Bleep do we know? Movie a must see!!!!
by Balsam inwhat a thought provoking movie.
we just got in in the mail yesterday and it was released yesterday.
why are we here, what is reality, what is god?
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Isn't the Power of Prayer Just a Myth?????
by Balsam in1. isn't the power of prayer just a myth?
if a child asks a parent for help in an emergency and the parent does not respond we'd call it child-abuse.
if a friend asks a friend for help and they were immobile and silent we'd call that betrayal.
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Literature not for Disf'ed people says Elder.........
by Balsam ini had an interesting encounter today, actually my son and i both.
well my good intentioned ex-husband and father of my son thought he would have the local congregation elders call on us and try to get us back to meetings.
well i had been getting literature from this local elder's wife without her knowing i was ever a jw.
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Studies of the NT
by Balsam inbart ehrman delivered this presidential address to the audience gathered at the southeastern commission for the study of religion in macon, georgia, on march 14, 1997. a fuller discussion of the textual variants mentioned below (luke 22:19-20) can be found in ehrman's book the orthodox corruption of scripture, pp.
interpreters of the nt are faced with a discomforting reality that many of them would like to ignore.
in many instances, we don't know what the authors of the nt actually wrote.
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Jesus Never Existed website
by Balsam ini just ran across this website.
has extensive material from many different sources.
for those of you who are atheist you will find it interesting, for those who are believers it still is interesting.
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The Ori of Stargate
by Balsam inhave any of you been following the true path of the ori on the stargate show on scifi channel.
how the ori intend to destroy all the unbelievers through out all the universe's.
fundamentalist type religions like jw's, muslims, and other such fanantical religious ideas certainly are represented by such science fiction stories.
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Blood Transfusions - more sound bible reasoning rejected by the WTBTS
by Balsam inhi everyone, below is some research on the understanding of blood that is interesting once again showing that the wtbts is not interested in what the bible really says, but is interested only in what they the gb determine for the rank and file.
balsam.
this blood will always be asked back.. of course, if no life is taken, there can be no debt for a life.
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New Catch Word "ADMINISTRATION"
by Balsam inok i have the february 15th 2006 watchtower and starting on page 17 para 7 the gb are cashing in on a new catchword for this article and the next following ones.
wt study "an administration" for fulfilling god's purpose .
take from ephesians 1:9,10. nwt quote .
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On Blood and the Bible's View
by Balsam ini've been talking to a young man in brussells who is devying the wts.
he has put an open letter on the internet concerning what he has learned about blood and the wts policy on no blood transfusions.
he is facing possible disfellowshipping for his views and efforts.