evergreen
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Why is religion such a mass of confusion?
by evergreen inas a person who has not attended meetings for some time now, and having stood back and looked at the thousands of different faith groups, organisations, churches etc i often think how on earth are we to know what direction to go.
if a person looks deeply into their own faith questioning how, what and why... the deeper the hole gets as to errors.
from my own experience having firstly been a catholic then a jw, all i see are manmade rituals and rules mingled in with biblical principles and commandments.
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JW doctrine aside, where has your research of Christianity taken you to....
by evergreen ini felt i would ask this question in the friends forum as it seems to get the most viewing.
my question is this.
leaving aside your research of what you have found out about the organisation and focusing more on your research of the "christian faith".
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Question on the handling of child abuse by the elders.
by evergreen inhi, i hope i can clarify this as i was unsure if what i had been saying was correct.
my wife, her friend and i got into a discussion about child abuse.
i mentioned that if a child said that a brother had been touching them on a number of occassions in an inappropriare way and you then brought it to the attention of the elders; they chat with the individual concerned and are happy that this person hasnt done anything despite the fact that the child explained in detail exactly what he did.
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I corinthians chapter 11 verse 17 onwards???
by evergreen inok, i was reading this chapter today in my back garden and was astounded at what i had just read.
every year as long as i have been a witness vs 28 is mentioned that a man should examine himself under scutiny before eating the bread and drinking the wine.
obviously implying that only the anointed are to partake of the emblems etc.
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Romans 14:10, messiah jesus or God?
by evergreen inhi everyone, just been reading the kjv updated version of the bible.
can anyone enlighten me as to who is the judge here?
is it christ?
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The Bible: How and by whom was the bible put together?
by evergreen inyes, i know the old testament made up of the law(torah) and the prophets were written and handed down through time and kept by the jews,as can be seen to this day.
who put it together?
after all , wasn,t it the catholic church that kept the writings in the latin untill the time of the reformation, whereby it was only then translated into other languages?
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What percentage(estimate) of internet using JWs curiously read this forum?
by evergreen ingo on have a blast.
the jw discussion forum is on the same web page (google among others) as the societies official site.
i once remember an elder telling me about some ex witness who wrote some bad stuff on the internet.
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Jesus: the mediator of the anointed (only)?
by evergreen indid anyone realise that this was the case when they became a witness or just realise through time that this is the societies teaching on it?
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each year i get annoyed at the memorial when the speaker giving the talk always refers to this point and then says how the other sheep (the great crowd) "can benefit from this arrangement".
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Remember the Panorama programme on JWs a few years ago? Question
by evergreen inyes, many will remember the panorama programme shown on channel 4 (uk) a few years ago.
the one that highlighted the child abuse scandal and the disgusting manner in which the borg deals with it.
then when the letter was read out to the congregations a week or so later addressing this issue by dismissing the programme by simply saying that two witnesses were needed before a person could make an accusation.
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2 Scriptures confuse me?
by evergreen incan anyone explain to me how the nwt( when referring to those who are to rule as kings and priests over the earth) uses the word "over" in rev 5:10 , whereas other translations uses the word "upon" ??
also acts 18:21 in the king james bible mentions how paul was to go to the .
feast/festival in jerusalem but yet there is no mention of this in the nwt,niv, and many other bibles?