OldSoul
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"New system" questions
by JustTickledPink indo you remember all the hype about the "paradise" and then the natural questions that followed that no one has answers to... like,.
"will we have cars in the new system?
" - uh, well jehovah will provide us with whatever we need.
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If pastor Russel had zeal at all it was at least in the beginning based on
by ko38 in.
honesty.from what i have read he did shed a light for a brief time.what we need is a true prophet to teach us.until that time comes i can only hope in those things not beheld.anyone reading ray franz will agree with me.if we give up as individuals what is that saying to satan.. i say we dont give up.jesus says to be always striving for truth and righteousness.hey people we are better than that.you all know who you are,lets not foresake our hope in the lord.no matter what even if we know that he is not coming in our lifetime should we not be as a fine servant rather than a ridicueling one?it is your call,but for some of us we are starting to feel our own mortality,ie.. getting older.at the very least why dont we trust in something.. iwe all know the gb is wrong or we wouldnt be here.sorry for preaching its just something i believe.opinions welcome
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To what extent do the elders keep information on us?
by JH ini remember a few years ago, i changed congregation, so the elders told me that they had to send my folder to the other congregation.
when i was baptized, i don't remeber them telling me they kept information on me, and that they would pass it around to other congregations if ever i moved.. i wonder what kind of information is kept in these folders.
probably everyone in the congregation has his hours listed and the privileges they had written in it, but maybe there is alot more written that we don't even know about.
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Why do you post?
by Xena inthreads, posts within threads...life events, doctrine, hopes, dreams, drama.....what causes you to post here?
what do you feel you get from it?
or give to others?.
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Advice needed
by jt stumbler ini'm a person who is too hard on myself and i care too much about what people say about me.
how do i explain to the "home congregation friends" on the next "shepherding call" that i have begun to research the "society",and i'm having second thoughts about what i have been taught all these years?
i'm really fearfull of becoming shunned, but i guess i already am.
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The FBI Is Accused of Spying On Certain Religious Groups!!!
by minimus inlike the quakers and some catholic groups that might oppose the government or be percieved as a threat to the government.
this is according to the aclu.......i wonder if the fbi will spy on the witnesses.
can you imagine what could happen???????????
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What is the truth?
by OldSoul inpontius pilate asked, and now i'm asking.
i've been reading many topics in here, now i am wondering... what is truth?
i'm both respectful and broadminded enough to allow for any other viewpoint, whether or not i agree.
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Should I teach my kids about Santa Claus? (Lie vs. Harmless Fantasy)
by AlmostAtheist inmy wife and i got on a discussion about something i never would've guessed we'd need to.
she wants to teach our new baby about santa claus, easter bunny, & tooth fairy, but i don't.
of course, as witnesses we never would have taught that, and i have to acknowledge that i may only be reasoning using that old set of values.. i don't want to look into my kid's eyes and tell her something that i know for a fact isn't true.
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John 18 Quid est veritas? - Who was right: Pilate or Jesus?
by Pole init's a doctrinal question.
of course the gospel of john may have been written by someone who made this conversation up.
but let's assume it really did take place between pilate and jesus christ.. john 1837"you are a king, then!
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Is it Legal or not?
by wizedup ini noticed in phil: 1:7 all my translations say, "it is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since i have you in my heart; for whether i am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in god's grace with me.
the nwt inserted ".... defending and legally establishing of the good news.
they footnote it to acts 25:11 where paul says he's willing to die if he's deserving out of wrong doing....then " if, on the other hand, none of those things exist of which these men accuse me, no man can hand me over to them as a favor.