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Neutrality of the WT
by blindfool in
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2. friends
one of the issues i have with the wt teachings is that it is taught that a true believer must not engage in warfare.. the problem is: evil does exist and someone must be willing to stop evil.

if not good people then who will?.

many years ago, i asked a sister this question: "if no one had stopped hitler (the best example of evil at the time) what would have happened?
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another question about blood
by blindfool in
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2. medical
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what does the watchtower teach about a child that is forced into a blood tranfusion by a court.. if the child dies, what does the wt teach is the fate of the child?

does the wt teach that the parents have hope of the child being resurrected?
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what is best PDA for the money?
by blindfool in
1. jw
2. friends
ok, i know we have experts here.. i've been looking at pda's mostly for the address book function / contact list function.

i keep my contacts on outlook on my laptop but its a pain to power up when i need to make a phone call on the road.

i also would like to get one of the map programs available for pda's.
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Joy and Steve and all others in the way of Ivan
by blindfool in
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2. friends
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just wanted to let these great people know that i'm thinking of them and hoping they stay safe.. .

bdf
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Did anyone ever ask FDR to appologise for Pearl Harbor?
by blindfool in
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2. current
last night president bush had a news conference and was asked by several reporters if he thought he should appologise for the 9-11 attacks.. i wonder how fdr would have responded to such a question about pearl harbor?.

how about chruchhill?

can you imagine his response if asked to appologise for hitler bombing london?
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Do JW's hate wearing shoes or what?
by blindfool in
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is it only the book studies i've been to or is it tradition to remove your shoes when going to a book study at someones home?.

i always have to remember to make sure my socks don't have holes in them.
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How much of the bible do JW's really use?
by blindfool in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i've noticed over the last several weeks how often the same scriptures are used in meetings at the kingdom hall.. anytime galatians is mentioned you can just about be sure you are going to look up chapter 5 ver.

19.. 2 timothy is going to be 3: 16. i can't remember considering any addional text to get the context of the verse, just reading the same verses over and over.

i'm sure most of you can name lots more scriptures used by jw's.. i think i'm going to start taking notes at meetings and listing which verses are used, then i can look from week to week and see how often the same old verses are considered.
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This kind of thinking drives me nuts!!
by blindfool in
1. watchtower
2. bible
the last sentence in paragraph 14, chapter 4 in the new book being studied, " worship the only true god.".

"our faith will be evident from the conviction with which we tell others about this magnificent gift from god.".

it seems to me that a better thought would be, "our faith will be evident from the way we live our life and the way we treat our fellow man.".
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I need to vent
by blindfool in
1. jw
2. friends
i haven't posted much lately, i've been busy with so many things.

i'm really pretty well adjusted to being part of a jw family, my wife and all of her family are jw's.

these people who say they are so full of love.
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Wt article on Memorial
by blindfool in
1. watchtower
2. bible
i just read the wt article posted by plmkrzy.

thanks plm, very interesting.

a couple of things i don't understand.